That catch by Rudy was one of the best ever. I remember it being on the LP cover of The Swinging A's 1972 recap. As kids we always emulated that catch
@riptheripper906011 ай бұрын
Great teams, great game and great announcers. Love Curt Gowdy and post game interview by Tony Kubek was fantastic. Loved it.
@keithshultz74364 күн бұрын
A young Al Michaels too.
@TheVCRTimeMachine4 жыл бұрын
MLB needs to get on the ball an remaster more games like this. This looks amazing in 720p. Would love to see these and more games in 4K
@rockintetster4 жыл бұрын
There is practically no television footage saved of MLB prior to the 1969 World Series. All you get are those corny old World Series news reel type films. Video tape was too expensive, so they erased all of it to be reused.
@TheVCRTimeMachine4 жыл бұрын
@@rockintetster I realize that, but there are plenty of games from the 1970s on that are available and could be remastered. Most games on their DVD collections that were released in the last decade look awful. Even games as late as 2006 were never remastered. Some times you can't even see the ball on base hits to the outfield, because the digital artifacting is so bad. Go watch the end of the 1992 NLCS Game 7...You can't even see the ball bouncing in the outfield on Cabrera's game winning hit.
@NkrumahTure4 жыл бұрын
Agreed. They're punishing us by not doing that.
@michaelabrams73454 жыл бұрын
Actually the entire 1968 series exists in B/W as well as at least 3 games from the 65 series. Back in the 1950's pre video tape all WS game Broadcasts were recorded on film for the armed forces. Quite a few of them survive including games 6 & 7 of the 1952 Series.
@rockintetster4 жыл бұрын
Michael Abrams Thanks for the information. I’ve seen game seven of the 1952 World Series. Also game seven of the 1960 World Series.
@stevecvino4 ай бұрын
Love how professional they are. The game ends and they run out there shaking hands. Post game interview fantastic.
@HRGreenShark7 ай бұрын
Joe Rudi climbing up the wall ..."Highway Robbery" at it's best !!! The Oakland A's dynasty was the Best !!!!
@bamafan622 жыл бұрын
it's like i'm 10 years old again....remember watching this live
@justyndelbridge74674 жыл бұрын
I can’t believe that such high quality videos like this and can’t be seen by the public. This is amazing!
@rmartin75584 жыл бұрын
@MANCHESTER UNITED Yep, toddlersss love sssoccer becaussse it'sss sssooo sssafe.
@dwaynecoy18714 жыл бұрын
Wait, aren't we the public? And are we not watching it right now? Anything up on KZfaq is available for anyone to "see"
@dwaynecoy18714 жыл бұрын
@MANCHESTER UNITED F.C - uh, no. Soccer is bullshit sport that is for communist countries. Any sport that doesn't allow you to use your hands is a communist sport and not suitable for right thinking Americans, who are very good with their hands.
@wilburwood82613 жыл бұрын
@@dwaynecoy1871 Americans play soccer too, they even go to the World Cup. Most countries that play soccer are not communist countries. No communist country has won a soccer world championship.
@NicanTlacaWarrior13 жыл бұрын
@M too bad for you this isn't a soccer video and hardly anyone here in the United States gives a shit about the sport
@epaddon4 жыл бұрын
This has been unaccounted for in the MLB vaults for decades. FINALLY, it's great to see it liberated. And boy, what a reminder of how poor off we've been that Al Michaels hasn't called a World Series since 1995.
@michaelabrams73454 жыл бұрын
Instead we are forced to hear Joe Buck.
@dariowiter30784 жыл бұрын
Al does call a mean football game, don't forget that! 🏈🎙️📻📺😁
@rmartin75584 жыл бұрын
This was Michaels' first World Series. He'd only begun calling MLB games a year earlier.
@rmartin75584 жыл бұрын
@MANCHESTER UNITED F.C Soccer sucks.
@richardsmith64964 жыл бұрын
Ok we get your point, but nobody gives a crap about soccer here.
@romelovesdan4 жыл бұрын
MORE Swingin A's please! This was a pleasant surprise to be able to see a 1972 World Series game we thought 'lost'!!! What else can you surprise us with?
@dariowiter30784 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how well restored this game video really is! ⚾⚾⚾⚾⚾ 📺📺📺📺📺 😀😀😀😀😀
@iljackb4 жыл бұрын
All time clutch world series catch by Joe Rudi!! Lets go Oakland!!!!!
@macddezy1014 жыл бұрын
Incredible how fast Catfish worked. Seems like he throws a pitch every ten seconds. Young Al Michaels on the call. Very cool
@williamdunphy3523 жыл бұрын
His 1st World Series.
@randy43952 жыл бұрын
To Hell with Al Michaels,he is extremely overrated.Announcers like him are why there is a mute button.
@joedimaggio36879 ай бұрын
Al Michaels is only 27 years old here. Unbelievable.
@travismaxwell91155 ай бұрын
Because he was W_____
@graciemaemarie11jones162 ай бұрын
yeah,ok,he still a whiner.....
@JayDogTitan-he6wo3 жыл бұрын
The A's were not only the best team fundamentally but they were also the best looking team, Even back then they had different varieties of uniforms.
@kevinmadden16452 ай бұрын
I think you are kidding yourself if you think the A's had a better team than the Reds . I am not a Cincinnati fan -Yankees since 1954.
@michaelcrockette86942 ай бұрын
I think 3 consecutive WS wins kinda speaks for itself. (not an A’s fan but did enjoy their style).
@Tuning_Spork3 жыл бұрын
Outstanding picture quality. It's like it's 1972 and I'm 9 years old, sitting cross-legged on the living room floor eating a silver foil wrapped Hershey bar and watching the World Series on our Magnavox color TV. :-D
@romelovesdan2 жыл бұрын
Or our "Jiffy POP" popcorn!
@mortimerzilch26083 жыл бұрын
crowd is quiet because they are shocked at how GREAT The Catfish is.
@philiptucci24583 жыл бұрын
Great World Series, two wonderful teams, really brings back very fond memories of life
@wildforthecats661 Жыл бұрын
Great video. Loved the A’s back in the day.
@loyaldude103 жыл бұрын
A's won the Series without Reggie Jackson. Shows how deep and balanced the team was. Dick Williams was a great manager also
@richardsmith64964 жыл бұрын
The Catfish Hunter interview is priceless.
@gmaqwert Жыл бұрын
Ahh, day World Series games.
@peterthart53110 ай бұрын
Notice how different the swings are.
@elvis555552 жыл бұрын
Great quality! I was in grade school in SiouxCity Iowa in '72. My 3rd grade teacher wheeled a tv into the room and we watched the games live!
@josephsantoro56822 жыл бұрын
Look at the quality of the video! Excellent! Why isn't the '73 series like this?
@kencummings9533 жыл бұрын
Johnny Bench played this series knowing that he had a spot on his lung that would have to be removed to determine whether or not it was cancerous. Fortunately it was benign.
@craiggibson40374 жыл бұрын
YES! I felt certain that this game existed on video. In Ken Burns Baseball documentary from the early 90's there were a few brief broadcast clips from this series that gave me hope, but 'experts' would say "no they were wiped." Yet here it is.
@michaelvronsky20133 жыл бұрын
The video quality here is amazing! It looks like this game was played last week. Thanks for posting this!
@gilbertdennis48723 жыл бұрын
This is incredible go a’s
@mortimerzilch26083 жыл бұрын
announcers don't even mention Catfish's PERFECT GAME he threw 4 years earlier.
@BAYAREA-kd1ig4 жыл бұрын
Oh heck yes. Never thought I'd ever see any of the games played in Cincinnati.
@darrinbaker004 жыл бұрын
At the microphone: 27-year-old Al Michaels.
@rockintetster4 жыл бұрын
Wow has his voice changed over the years! I think he intentionally annunciates differently today. A different style of announcing is in vogue.
@tgrsmuggs3 жыл бұрын
He sort of sounds like Vin Scully at this point.
@joejoewest4 жыл бұрын
Looked like a beautiful day to play baseball on that day even though it was chilly.
@RRaquello3 жыл бұрын
I remember s a cynical little 11 year old watching this game saying, "Ahh, that wasn't such a great catch by Rudi. They're just making a big deal about it because they're trying to hypo the series and get more people to watch." See, after the game and in the papers, they were all saying it was one of the greatest catches in World Series history, and I wasn't buying it. But watching it all these years later, it really WAS one of the greatest catches in WS history, considering the circumstances of the game and the way he had to fight the sun. I guess I'm smarter now than the little wise guy I was back then. Even though I wasn't an A's fan, I was rooting for them because I always rooted for the American League teams, and Catfish Hunter was (and still is) one of my all time favorite players.
@orbyfan Жыл бұрын
I was 11 and listening to the radio broadcast, and had to take their word for it that it was a great catch. He made some other great catches in the World Series of '73 and '74 and in at least one All-Star Game.
@luisvaldes15684 жыл бұрын
The Tigers where mention a couple of times from ALCS. They would not make the playoffs again till 1984 winning it all vs the Padres, who where Managed by Dick Williams. The Tigers manager in 1984, Sparky Anderson.
@lennyparadise43034 жыл бұрын
Ty for the game it was wonderful try game 7 and game 1
@graciemaemarie11jones166 ай бұрын
fantastic defense by rudi and hegan
@flconductor24 жыл бұрын
Great quality of a classic World Series. More please! The blurry sides are stupid - we can deal with black sides.
@arthurbaker87034 жыл бұрын
Not to getgreedy but I would love to see game 5 '72 ALCS or any NLCS ALCS from the early 70's.
@BAYAREA-kd1ig4 жыл бұрын
Someone has the highlights of the 72' ALCS if you type it.
@arthurbaker87034 жыл бұрын
@@BAYAREA-kd1ig Thank you!!
@rayjr623 жыл бұрын
Awesome. But good luck finding any video tapes from either the ALCS or NLCS from 1971. It's as if they do not even exist.
@jamesmmahoney9 ай бұрын
Some might disagree, but as a 55-year MLB fan, I vote for Rudi's catch shown at 1:13:00, considering the blinding sun and the velocity of the hit ball, as the greatest in World Series history.
@stevecvino4 ай бұрын
💯 my father was an A's fan from way back when they were in Philly.
@dmutant26354 жыл бұрын
Love Catfish Hunter.
@philippliskin91963 жыл бұрын
Ohhhh what a catch !!
@michaelleroy9281 Жыл бұрын
For 1972 only from mid season the A's had numbers on the right side in front
@BallparkHunter3 жыл бұрын
This is some great color for 1972!
@williamthaxton20654 жыл бұрын
The A's or Reds won every World Series from 1972 to 1976.
@beltoldomaldonado54743 жыл бұрын
Jackson and Jim Hunter wins 1977, 1978 Worlds Series
@bobbyg4334 жыл бұрын
Omg such amazing quality
@1189paris2 жыл бұрын
Arguably the Big Red Machine were the best team in the 1970's but it's hard to go against the Swingin' A's for their 3 peat.
@RichardFongАй бұрын
The Catch!
@kevinsablay70934 жыл бұрын
Fantastic that this is the entire game 2 of the 1972 world series ! I would love to see game 7 from 1972 and 1973 and game 5 in 1974 vs the Dodgers and also see footage of the A's celebrations in their clubhouse..does that footage exist ?
@stevonyl4 жыл бұрын
Indeed it does, but sadly you will have to search ebay for an out of print dvd titled "Vintage World Series Films" Oakland Athletics. It was distributed by MLB in 2006 and is amazing in every way as it covers all four of their championships in detail. They also issued this for other notable franchises
@michaelabrams73454 жыл бұрын
Game 7 from 73 exists. But missing the last 2 outs in the top of the 9th.
@angelic70072 ай бұрын
Yes really enjoyed watching the big red machine get battered again by the swinging A’s
@rhondareichner73693 жыл бұрын
That. Was. A. Great. A’s team
@graciemaemarie11jones162 ай бұрын
greatest team of the 70's,3 straight championships.....a no brainer lol
@LovelyAbyssinianCat-ye6bdАй бұрын
Curt and toney was the best curt helped toney alot in his deliverys
@rjpsuh064 жыл бұрын
Before doing primetime NFL football, Al Michaels was the lead baseball announcer for ABC and before that did SF Giants, Reds and Triple A baseball in Hawaii. He was the Reds announcer from 1971-73, before Marty Brennaman. Doesn’t he sound a bit like Vin Scully?
@americangiant10034 жыл бұрын
rjpsuh06 Don’t forget Micheals also called the NBA Finals in 2004 and ‘05. Plus was the Studio Host for the Stanley Cup Finals from 2000-‘03 and of course the play by play for Olympics Hockey Tournament in 1980, ‘84 and ‘88. Talk about a diverse amount of world class sporting events he has covered in almost 50 years of his illustrious career. 😳
@kencummings9533 жыл бұрын
@@americangiant1003 also covered the Hagler Hearns fight in 1985.
@paulmorin65693 ай бұрын
Yeah to a degree (like Scully) that was my thought
@sshaffer4623 жыл бұрын
AWESOME
@angelic70072 ай бұрын
Gene I’m freaking MVP Tenence
@rockintetster4 жыл бұрын
The second World Series appearance for the Big Red Machine. Like the first one in 1970, they lost.
@travismaxwell91155 ай бұрын
KZfaq, time machine strikes again 😂
@angusshaw59544 жыл бұрын
I was able to download it. You have been redeemed. :)
@roseandbench4 жыл бұрын
Two great teams...razor close. Reds got jobbed on Concepcion being called out at second.
@timtebowsleftarm53682 жыл бұрын
Wow. Al Michaels on the call!!
@orlandovaca84784 жыл бұрын
Can you please post the rest of the Series on this channel?
@RoundingThird4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Oakland!
@Scott-ly2nk11 ай бұрын
I went to see the reds play the giants when al michaels was the broadcaster for the giants i had blue seats right by the resd dugout and al michaels was on the field and i said to him hay all do you like it in sanfranciso he looked at ne and said with a grin i like it except for the standings and chuckled a real down to earth guy taking his time to talk to me like that real pro
@JBJB-uk7xu4 жыл бұрын
Could you please post game 7?
@jeffwright17223 жыл бұрын
Fingers, Hunter, Jackson, Perez, Bench, Morgan (Rose), Anderson, Williams......all HOFers or should be.
@bowlersinger9 ай бұрын
1:13:00......Rudi's catch
@70Eldo4 жыл бұрын
loving the voice to text conversion same as my phone- nearly useless LOL
@justinellison42142 жыл бұрын
Great qwality of video for 1972. Must be the master tape?
@Scott-ly2nk11 ай бұрын
Kubek was the man he really liked it when they had a play in the infield he would tell it like he was in the game cause toney was a good infieder himself it was a shame of his injury
@kevinmadden16452 ай бұрын
An English teacher would have a field day with you.
@roseandbench4 жыл бұрын
Bobby Tolan cost the Reds the 1972 World Series with a horrific game 7
@dougmilesmedia2 ай бұрын
Al Michaels sounds a lot like Vin Scully early in his career.
@rmartin75584 жыл бұрын
Interesting that there's no chalk line denoting the outer edge of the infield. Michaels says they removed it that season. Anyone know the reason?
@rafaelramirez15072 жыл бұрын
What a catch by Joe Rudi 😳
@StFidjnr4 жыл бұрын
Jackie Robinson's final public appearance before he passed away
@dariowiter30784 жыл бұрын
Yeah.....WE KNOW!!!!! Idiot! 😠
@michaelleroy9281 Жыл бұрын
He passed away 2 days after game 7
@angelic70072 ай бұрын
Big red machine just broke down.
@ericn14502 жыл бұрын
Al Michaels was better than Gowdy as a play by play guy back then. You forget how good he was at baseball.
@dominictant3 жыл бұрын
Screw the resolution.... The 72 73 and 74 Oakland A's were the best baseball team of all time.... And the best announcer of all time is hands-down Curt Gowdy.
@kevinmadden16452 ай бұрын
You are out of your mind.
@jonathanswift22518 ай бұрын
55:22 perhaps the last video image the world saw of Jackie Robinson. He would die 10 DAYS later!!!
@sharksice14 жыл бұрын
They don’t include the opening ceremony with Jackie Robinson.
@romelovesdan3 жыл бұрын
Now uploaded on the A's you tube page. Missing the team introductions, but still great! Check it out!
@anduflah75134 жыл бұрын
can y'all please upload 2006 ALDS game 3 vs minnesota next.
@bengaljam45504 жыл бұрын
It's incredible the breaks the Oakland A's got in that series.
@Daisyno24 жыл бұрын
whats this BS with the sides of the frame being blurry
What would have been called if Rudi had been ruled to trap the ball against the outfield wall?
@lorenanders7023 жыл бұрын
It would be a live ball, batter takes all he can get.
@JosePerez-vz1qq Жыл бұрын
35:26 enter Earl Morrall. What a cosmic coincidence.
@williamdunphy3524 жыл бұрын
NBC Radio: Monte Moore (PBP) 1st half Jim Simpson (PBP) 2nd half
@RayManzarekRocks Жыл бұрын
The A's were not the first major professional championship team in the Bay Area. The Oakland Oaks won the ABA title three years earlier. Would appreciate a correction here.
@williamdunphy3524 жыл бұрын
Umpires (Game 2) HP Jim Honochick (AL) 1B Mel Steiner (NL) 2B Frank Umont (AL) 3B Bob Engel (NL) LF Bill Haller (AL) RF Chris Pelekoudas (NL) (Crew Chief)
@teddavidson3 жыл бұрын
"Due to time constraints"? What constraints are those? Anyway, you really should let us know ahead of time that you cut out 2 1/2 innings in the middle of the game. Other than that, the video quality is excellent.
@rockylum69473 жыл бұрын
Look at the Flintstone club that Bert Campaneris is swinging.
@BigChill734 жыл бұрын
Right field blue seats used only for NFL and college football games. LOL 😂
@ronaldringler14973 жыл бұрын
Time constraints? BS!
@piustwelfth4 жыл бұрын
The A's, led by Gene Tenace, destroyed the heavily-favored Big Red Machine. A's pitching was outstanding.
@RRaquello3 жыл бұрын
The only person I heard picking the A's in this series was my father. I remember us kids before the series talking about how the Reds were going to win easy and he interrupted us and said, "The A's are gonna win. Pitching. Pitching. Pitching. Always go with the team with the better pitching." He was right.
@piustwelfth3 жыл бұрын
@@RRaquello I attended this World Series in Oakland when I was a kid. My Dad got tix because my great aunt was a huge A's fan but had never attended a game. She was born in Oakland in 1886! She was in her late 80s but attended the game where the A's scored in the bottom of 9th to win the game. She had a smile from ear to ear!
@RRaquello3 жыл бұрын
@@piustwelfth That's cool. Oakland in 1886 must have still been the wild west. And she would have experienced the big earthquake in 1906-as an adult.
@piustwelfth3 жыл бұрын
@@RRaquello Thanks for your reply. Her father came to Oakland in 1868 when the population was approx. 3,000! It's amazing you mentioned the 1906 earthquake because she used to me stories of the huge fire and smoke and all the people who came across the bay fleeing from SF. The population of Oakland tripled in the 10 years after the '06 quake. She also told me stories about taking the horse & buggy to Sacramento! She was an amazing person, made the best cookies and pies, and was a diehard A's fan. She never left the side of the radio while the game was on. She lived to see all three of their World Series victories. She died on the eve of Thanksgiving 1976.
@marknapiorkowski2 жыл бұрын
4 games to 3 is destroyed? What do you call 1990?
@JosePerez-vz1qq Жыл бұрын
37:50 only if....
@pmsfar-outgrooviness80253 жыл бұрын
Reds had a pretty poor bench other than McRae
@kencummings9533 жыл бұрын
Imagine that. A hitter complaining about the position of an infielder in 1972. Just like 2021. Make him pay for his shifting and he will stop doing it.
@RayManzarekRocks Жыл бұрын
A's-Pirates would have been a better matchup. The Buccos were defending WS champs and had the best record in MLB in the regular season.
@stevep84454 ай бұрын
Really? The '72 series went 7 games, with 6 of the games being 1-run games. Sounds like a good matchup to me..... Another uninformed you tube comment...
@RayManzarekRocks4 ай бұрын
@@stevep8445 Don't let an agenda get in the way of the facts, brah. The '72 Reds were the first team in major league history to advance to the World Series without the best record in its respective league, By virtually every stat and metric, the Pirates were slightly better than the Reds in the regular season. The Reds didn't earn the home field advantage in the playoffs. A cockamamie playoff system gifted it to them much like the Giants one year earlier and the Mets one year later. #DoYourHomework
@frederickrapp53963 жыл бұрын
I wonder why of all the places he could possibly live, why did Bert “Campy” Campaneris want to live in Missouri?
@bombasticanimal1853 Жыл бұрын
The A's were still based in Kansas City Missouri when he started with them. The franchise was located there from 1955 through 1967, after relocating from Philadelphia and before moving to Oakland.
@kevinmadden16452 ай бұрын
I sat next to Campaneris in a restaurant in Raytown, Missouri in January, 1980.
@jebstewart57093 жыл бұрын
I loathe videos with the added blurry video on the extreme right and left sides of the screen, which is done to fill up the screen. All it does is ruin watching the video for me.
@danroux40103 жыл бұрын
Cover with you favorite color of paper an a small piece of tape
@jebstewart57093 жыл бұрын
@@danroux4010 yeah, whatever. Why not just have it with black borders? It would be watchable then
@danroux40103 жыл бұрын
@@jebstewart5709 When you don't have what you want, you try and adapt a solution instead of complaining. I'm just happy some dude posted it.
@jebstewart57093 жыл бұрын
@@danroux4010 I'm not complaining about the guy who posted it, but the company that created it.
@graciemaemarie11jones162 ай бұрын
and guess what.....they beat the big red losers (5 losees in 6 home games in 2 series) without the services of the arrogant A.H. lol