Swingin' A's 1974 World Series Gm. 1 vs. Dodgers

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In 1974, the A’s sought a new face between Finley and the players, turning to Alvin Dark as their new manager. With Dark at the helm, they tried to become the only franchise other than the Yankees to win three straight titles. This was Hunter’s season to lead the way, as he won the Cy Young Award with another phenomenal season, winning a career-best 25 games.
While the other A’s championship teams sailed through the regular season and had to fight through tough series in the playoffs, this one was the opposite. The A’s lost just twice in nine postseason games, beating the Orioles in the ALCS and then the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series. Rollie Fingers won the World Series MVP Award, a rare honor for a relief pitcher, after picking up a victory and two saves, working 9-1/3 innings in the series.
The first era of the A’s in Oakland, known as the “Swingin’ A’s,” won three consecutive World Series championships in the early 1970s, something only one other Major League franchise (the Yankees) has ever been able to equal.

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@victorblock3421 3 ай бұрын

RIP to my favorite pitcher as a kid. Kenny Holtzman died 3 days ago, April 14, 2024.

@davesmith6146 4 жыл бұрын

Watching Reggie Jackson wearing the Green and Gold is PRICELESS !!

@manuginobilisbaldspot424 4 жыл бұрын

Mr. October YEARS before arriving in New York.

@josecarranza7555 3 жыл бұрын

Reggie Jackson chose the yankees over the a’s for his hall of fame hat.

@ronniewest838 Жыл бұрын

A great piece of American History.

@ronaldringler1497 Ай бұрын

Curt and Vin. Doesn't get any better!

@frankgutt758 23 күн бұрын

Don't forget Tony Kubek.

@Robster543210 Жыл бұрын

Those A's were good, real good.

@romelovesdan 4 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!!!! More Swingin' A's games PLEASE!!!!!

@dezertfox3130 Жыл бұрын

Holtzman is vastly underrated if you look at his lifetime stats

@BlackuLaLa 3 жыл бұрын

"Sal Bando" sounds like an evil bounty hunter in the Star Wars universe! I can't tell you how much I'm enjoying this game. Than you SO MUCH for putting it up. I'm recovering from a couple operations so if I'm going to be stuck lying down, this is the way to do it. You're the man!

@ericvogt3313 Жыл бұрын

Now whenever I watch Bando swing a bat I'm going to hear the lightsaber sound

@spy1965 11 ай бұрын

Star Wars....lol...Boba Fett

@towhee89 19 күн бұрын

Hahahaha it does that's funny

@MatthewBaumgarten Жыл бұрын

Buckner as a dodger, for such an awesome player over all it’s sad he never got a championship and ring

@zcam1969 3 ай бұрын

he is remembered for the ball bouncing between his legs in Boston sadly .lol

@graciemaemarie11jones16 Ай бұрын

he disrespected the A'S screw him

@charlessmith263 Жыл бұрын

I had studied the most famous double play in that series by the Dodgers - Joe Ferguson catching on the run a fly ball to retire Oakland's Reggie Jackson, and then immediately fires a long throw from the outfield to home plate, with Yeager of the Dodgers catching the ball in time, and taking the collision with Oakland's Sal Bando but holding on to the ball for the other out, retiring Bando as well - which is a 9-2 DP. The LA fans loved that play so much! It was in the MLB's highlight reels in 1974 for years to come. I looked at the numbers for this spectacular play of this series..... 1. Ferguson's run-up to intercept Wynn's catch....about 15 or so mph. 2. The cannon from his throw to the plate....was likely 100 or so mph max in velocity. 3. Sal Bando's collision---about a few hundred pounds of force but Yeager survived that. 4. Now the hang-time - from where Ferguson released that ball after the throw to the time Yeager caught it - about 2 1/2 seconds - maybe less than that. 5. Finally - the time Yeager caught the ball to the collision leading to the out - 1/3 of a second!

@charlessmith263 Жыл бұрын

It happened in the 8th inning.

@varrick1226 2 ай бұрын

I loved the A's so much I live in the Pittsburgh Pirates area in central Pa. and of course I was also a Phillies fan. But the A's always found a way to win which attracted me to them. And Curt Gowdy had the best voice ever loved everything he did.

@smartluck100 Жыл бұрын

Weekend WS games should be played during the day so little kids can enjoy them

@graciemaemarie11jones16 5 ай бұрын

lol/ little kids nowdays are watching porn, watching sick stuff on how to bang your own mother...

@rafaelramirez1507 Жыл бұрын

Curt Gowdy, Tony Kubek and Vin Scully ...... 🌟Priceless🌟

@purveyoroffinefoodslaszlo9955 Жыл бұрын

So good. Scully was so knowledgeable.

@rafaelramirez1507 Жыл бұрын

@@purveyoroffinefoodslaszlo9955 yes he was ... he was so good that everytime he would do the announcing for the game of the week on television, you felt like you were part of the players in the dug-out 👍,what a amazing top notch knowledgeable gentleman he was 🌟🤩 .... R.I.P. Vin Scully 🙏

@user-yg1mh1sz8n 11 ай бұрын

Saw the As play white Sox at comiskey in 73 Oakland had a killer team

@Eddie_Schantz 8 ай бұрын

I had forgotten that Jimmy "Toy Cannon" Wynn had played for the Dodgers for 2 years. There is a video of him hitting the longest homerun ever hit in Crossley Field on June 11, 1967. The homerun cleared the left field wall and can be seen bounncing on what I think is I-75. He played for the Houston Colts/Astros for 10 years. when his career started.

@zcam1969 3 ай бұрын

my man Curt Gowdy. Campananis hit 290 that is good for a Short Stop in the 70s

@justinllamas1 Жыл бұрын

ironically 2 of the pitchers featured in this game (messersmith for LA, catfish hunter for oakland) played a huge role in the creation of free agency. seitz arbitrated hunter’s case after finley breached his contract in 1974, and then messersmith’s case after he declared that he was a FA after pitching the renewal year in 1975 without signing a contract. seitz ruled in the players’ favor both cases and essentially struck down the indentured servitude in baseball known as the reserve clause.

@bluebird925 Жыл бұрын

Great point about the first 2 free agents to be.

@GreenHornet1962 5 ай бұрын

I grew up a Dodger fan but the A's are the first dynasty that I remember. You can't beat having Vin Scully, Curt Gowdy, and Tony Kubec in the booth.

@jamesmiller6217 3 жыл бұрын

1:45:49. Amazing throw by Joe Ferguson.

@BAYAREA-kd1ig 3 жыл бұрын

Someone else pointed this out on another youtube clip regarding this play is at 1:46:12 watch the fan in the bleachers flip off the A's and his wife getting mad at him.

@jamesmiller6217 3 жыл бұрын

@@BAYAREA-kd1ig hahaha. funny!

@kevindickson2178 4 жыл бұрын

the game moves along....compared to today's 3+ hr games.....much more entertaining.

@BlackuLaLa 3 жыл бұрын

I left baseball 20 years ago after finding out that my childhood heroes were jacked on 'roids. I was very disappointed. Anyway, I'm coming back now, and I barely recognize the game. It's all about managers arguing stupid stuff with the umps so they can get some spotlight, announcers trying to be clever, and ads that seem to be from a world I hardly recognize lol. I need a time machine. And some scotch

@richardsmith6496 4 жыл бұрын

Three straight WS wins for the A's. It would have been four if Finley hadn't sold off his best players.

@frederickrapp5396 3 жыл бұрын

I think that A’s could have won at least four in a row if not for Finley selling his best players. Quite possibly five or even six or seven. They were a very, very, powerful ball club, with most of their team just approaching their peak years. They definitely would have challenged the Yankees record of five in a row from 1949-53. Shame on Finley for doing what he did. Would have loved to see this ball club go up against Cincinnati’s “Big Red Machine” of 75-76. I believe that A’s great starting pitching made them superior; as they proved in 1972 with Reggie Jackson missing the entire World Series. Shame on Charlie Finley. He should have paid his ballplayers, instead of selling them away like cattle.

@ericn1450 2 жыл бұрын

They lost to the Red Sox in 75 in the ALCS with most of the same team. They lost Hunter due to a Finley screw up but Jackson, Bando, Rudi, Tenace, North and Campaneris were still on the team as well as Holtzman, Blue and Fingers. At the time it was considered an upset.

@rafaelramirez1507 Жыл бұрын

@@ericn1450 though shameful what Finley did during the middle seventies by selling his best ball players during the middle 70s , I still believe that the Oakland A's were basically the same team in 1975 except that they didn't have Jim "Catfish" Hunter who had a great pitching record with the New York Yankees , he was 23-14 with a 2.58 era .... but against the Boston Red Sox during his first stint with the Bronx Bombers, he went 0-3 while giving up 14 runs in 30 innings in 4 starts 🙄

@ericn1450 Жыл бұрын

@@rafaelramirez1507 he didn’t really sell them though. He tried to sell Blue, Rudi and Fingers in 76 but Kuhn overruled him. He was a cheapskate who wouldn’t pay the players what they deserved and they all wanted out. Holtzman famously asked for a huge salary hoping it would be rejected so he could simply leave.

@rafaelramirez1507 Жыл бұрын

@@ericn1450 I agree Eric 👍

@vazz22 4 жыл бұрын

A lil' OAKTOWN LOVE! ⚾️

@williamdunphy352 4 жыл бұрын

NBC Radio: Jim Simpson (PBP) 1st half Monte Moore (PBP) 2nd half

@jamesrivera4947 2 жыл бұрын

Back in 1973 while warming up prior to a game against the Giants, Buckner took the time to pose for an photo out in left field 😉

@RD22 11 ай бұрын

Cary Grant! I thought it was Harry Carey in the stands

@brando7266 2 жыл бұрын

The a's should go back to these uniforms, classics

@orbyfan 4 ай бұрын

I miss the days when relievers would pitch more than 1 inning.

@zcam1969 3 ай бұрын

Raliegh Fingers 👍

@bufnyfan1 Жыл бұрын

Sad to think that the A's will be moving from Oakland to Las Vegas. The city of Oakland and the A's simply couldn't come up with a plan to build a new stadium to replace the Coliseum (which was originally built in 1966). The A's wanted Oakland to pay a substantial part of the cost for this and the city has other priorities for public funds than to build a stadium for owners who can easily do it themselves.

@graciemaemarie11jones16 5 ай бұрын

oakland is a ghetto filled with the joys of 'vibrancy'- enjoy.

@williamdunphy352 4 жыл бұрын

Curt Gowdy (PBP) Tony Kubek & Vin Scully (C) 1st half Scully (PBP) Kubek & Gowdy (C) 2nd half

@user-xb4pu5kc5n 2 жыл бұрын

Where is Joe Gallagiano ?

@williamdunphy352 Жыл бұрын

He hosted "The Baseball World Of Joe Garagiola."

@williamdunphy352 4 жыл бұрын

0:13 Umpires (Game 1) HP Tom Gorman (NL) (Crew Chief) (5th) 1B Bill Kunkel (AL) (1st) 2B Doug Harvey (NL) (2nd) 3B Don Denkinger (AL) (1st) LF Andy Olsen (NL) (1st) RF Ron Luciano (AL) (1st)

@rjpsuh06 2 жыл бұрын

1:02:49 Kubek, Scully (RIP) and Gowdy (RIP)

@jamesrivera4947 2 жыл бұрын

Different Warning Track depths, huh 🤔 For years, the Warning Track was one of the few concessions the MLBPA was able wrangle from ownership 😲

@roseandbench 8 ай бұрын

The Reds should have been there. 98 wins without any comparable pitching to the Dodgers. Jimmy Wynn Cincinnati native. Gene Tenace and Rollie Fingers Ohio natives. Walter Alston... Oxford,Ohio.

@victorkreitner754 Жыл бұрын

$8500.00 for each umpire. That was pretty good money for that time period. Could buy at least 2 new cars with that money or a nice house down payment. Hard to believe 50 years later the A's are one of the worst run franchises in baseball, and are barely hanging on in Oakland. Wouldn't shock me if you see them in Vegas within 5-10 years.

@JustCallMeKen 4 жыл бұрын

Gee, I wonder who's going to win ... !

@kevindickson2178 4 жыл бұрын

announcers announce baseball rather than try to impress viewers like today.

@edwardcannon291 9 ай бұрын

He didn't look bad in pin stripes either

@jamesmiller6217 3 жыл бұрын

1:43:55. Cey’s error let’s in the winning run.

@randywalsh8383 Жыл бұрын

Bottom of 2nd for the Dodgers would have been, bases loaded nobody out, with replay. Phantom dp at 2nd, and batter probably beat it out at 1st.

@cjones3710 8 ай бұрын

Dear As do not move, jist fix oakland collesum and take down that part you don't want anymore.

@mirandamiranda5830 3 жыл бұрын

Beat LA ! Beat LA! Beat LA!

@p.s.9031 4 жыл бұрын

Catfish the closer!

@raymondswenson5529 3 жыл бұрын

An excerpt from "Catfish ...My Life in Baseball" where he talks about coming in to face Joe Ferguson with the Dodgers rallying: DARK: He can't hit your curve ball with a boat paddle! CATFISH: That's nice....but he's getting fastballs. DARK:. Fastball? No I said he couldn't hit a curveball! CATFISH: I ain't got no curveball today. Three pitches and Ferguson goes down.....all fastballs.