This is a wonderful broadcast. It is such a pleasure.. Watching baseball on ESPN is painful.

Look at the Line-ups. Harmon Killebrew, Tony Oliva, Rod Carew, Carl Yastrzemski, George Scott, Harrelson, and other great players. This has to be saved. Games like this need to be preserved. So our kids, and their kids can look back at what baseball used to be, and the great players who played during those years.

I was there! Several rows behind the 3rd base dugout. Haven't managed to spot myself yet.

Played this tape against tonight’s Sox broadcast. Noticed how much less Ken Coleman and Mel Parnell talked during regular at bats, sometimes just saying “outside”, “strike, 1and 2”, that’s it- saving their voices for when needed to get your attention. Now, my God, count the words on each pitch, endless over-talking and analysis , give it a rest boys . Let the game do the talking once in a while. We don’t need to hear every stat and thought imaginable on every pitch.

I was there the next day, October 1, 1967 when Jim Lonborg pitched and the Red Sox won the pennant. I (along with thousands of other fans) ran onto the field after Rico caught the infield fly to end the game. I still have a bottle of infield dirt I scooped up that day!

I learned about all these players from playing Strat-o- matic baseball. Videos like this make the Strat cards come alive!

I was in 1st grade for the '67 series. The sisters rolled in the tv and we watched the '67 world series. It was amazing. Weymouth, Ma. St. Jeromes school.

I wish I could give this more than 1 thumbs up. As a life long Red Sox fan i grew up with everyone talking about this team and how exciting the series was. Too actually get watch the game is thrilling. Coleman and Martin were great announcers. I don’t recall Parnell from my youth so I don’t know when he retired.

Great seeing Fenway in its glory without all those corporate ads emblazoned across the monster and all over the park. I miss the magic of baseball I experienced as a kid.

I wish we can go back to that simple style of Baseball telecasting.

The 1967 WS was the first sporting event I ever saw in color. We would sprint home (down the hill!) after school to see it. Nice to have a friend with a color TV!

no ads on the backstop. and the announcer doesn't talk his head off.

If i recall, this game gives Yaz the Triple-Crown. Man...what a season!

I remember that weekend and will never forget...The Impossible dream !!!

Nice to watch a baseball game without all the annoying interviews in the middle of the game

I remember much of this day when it happened. I was nervous Tiger fan, watching Bosox Twins on TV, listening to Tigers on radio, as it wasn't on TV. Heartbreaking reaults, as Tigs lost DH & pennant. Made up for it big time in 68 though.

I was an eleven-year-old kid that year, and a big Red Sox fan. I remember watching some of the games on TV. I heard John Kiley playing the organ at the beginning. So many memorable players from my childhood on both teams.

Dang, seems like yesterday. Thank you for the great post, WCSAA-TV! ⚾❤

I was 7, growing up in Boston, listening to all these games on my older brothers transistor radio. We didn't even see a color TV until the late 70s.

At 5:06, the way the pitcher and batter both digging in for battle and the umpire between them- something beautiful about it...

It's nice to see a broadcast where every single play isn't shown multiple times thanks to the lack of instant replay.

Not many people remember this, but Ken Coleman was a Reds TV broadcaster from 1975-78. Ned Martin was still with the Red Sox in the 1975 World Series. He helped call Game 7 for NBC TV. For some reason, Ken Coleman didn't do tv for NBC in that WS, even though he was very familiar with both clubs. Coleman came to the Reds directly from the Red Sox.

This is the oldest complete game in color, there is about an hour of color footage from a game in 1965

What a treat for baseball fans! Thank you for posting this. Here in 2024, the things that really stand out are the SOUNDS of the game and the ballpark. I miss the way the announcers from this era allowed the pictures to speak for themselves. Nowadays, the announcers talk entirely too much. Paul Skenes is lights out...I do not need to hear about his "influencer, gymnast girlfriend" although I'm sure she's a delightful person. No pitch clock, unlimited mound visits, unlimited pickoffs, no advertisements in the stadium, no chryon graphics littering the screen, umpires wearing suits with bowties, plate umpire using the balloon chest protector, no strike zone box, no video replay, Billy Marting coaching at 3B for MIN, Rod Carew's batting stance, Yaz and Killebrew...baseball as it was meant to be. Thank you again for sharing!

Games 3-5 of the 1969 world series at shea stadium are the oldest surviving World series video tape. This tape is of excellent quality. Someone really took care of it until it was digitally uploaded. all of those nbc world series prior to 1969 are crappy kinescopes.

I was born in 1967. So obviously I have only the knowledge of newspapers, magazines, etc about these classic games. I wish that there were more of these classic games preserved. The historical significance of baseball's past is so important. These players from the 40's, 50's, 60's, and 70's helped shape what we have. Although I still say baseball was better in the late 70's and early 80's. But that's just an opinion. Thank you for sharing this game with us. It is greatly appreciated. God Bless.

I was in the 7th grade when my Twins played the Dodgers in the 65' W S. Our English teacher let us watch a game.

I started watching baseball on WGN (Chicago) in 1967. All of the Cubs games were in color. I know they were in color even before that. But this must be the earliest surviving color video.

Bad enough we lost all those silver nitrate films. I'm surprised this is as late as 1967(I was 8).

Among the greatest pennant races ever! Four teams out of ten still mathematically in it with less than a week to go! Sadly after 1993 that was the end of true pennant/division races. You know, no wild cards to fall back on? Like Bob Costas says, winning a true pennant/division championship that's decided over the course of a full 154/162 season has a LOT more meaning that just merely qualifying for a playoff spot.

Ken Coleman had one of those voices!

I started collecting baseball cards in 1970 so this is the first time I've seen a lot of these guys "live". Some observations: Reggie Smith batting using the soft cap with the insert. I wonder who was the last to do it? And this was after Tony Conigliaro's injury too. Almost no batting gloves. A few people using one, nobody using two. A lot of dirt being used on hands. A lot. No replays. That mound DOES look high from the centerfield shots. This was a year before they lowered it. Mostly competitive at-bats from the pitchers. Fastball velo definitely less overall. No names on uniforms. Some unusual looking throwing motions too... some very typical looking bodies of guys who grew up in the 40's and 50's (Adair, Allison etc...). Jim Kaat was a big horse, no wonder he played for 60 years!

I was in the 8th grade at the time in a Boston public school. A teacher actually let us listen to a game on the radio that fall. We knew all the players, and the city was on fire for the Sox. And when we went home from school, we played pickup baseball games in any empty field - including parking lots and vacant fields. Today - and for a long time - I never see kids in Red Sox caps or shirts. I don't even see them playing baseball unless they're in uniforms and Mom drove then to a league game.

Quite a few comments waxing poetic about how the time period of the broadcast or the broadcast itself being a better time than today. All I can think about is how remarkable it is that the Red Sox still dress like this to this day. Like some of this footage is of decent enough quality that you could probably sucker someone into thinking it was modern

A few years after this game, early 70’s I caddied for Ken Harrelson - great guy, tremendous golf swing , hit his tee ball a mile - crushed it.

Thank you so much for sharing this vivid broadcast. I really enjoyed watching it. I wasnt born yet when this game was played, but it's so interesting to see how things have changed! What really stood out for me is the pant legs are worn so high up. Seeing it in color, I can really see the contrast between the stirrup and the socks.

I love all of this (especially as a Bostonian). No ads all over the ballpark, no railings at the dugouts, no batting gloves, batters rubbing dirt into their hands, no stupid pitch clock, no changing the ball every time it hits the ground. Baseball as it should be. Thanks for posting!

I had a friend in the late 70s/early 80s that had a loft in his attic and he would listen to Twins games and keep the boxscore EVERY game.

This is so great. It’s somewhat rare-ish to see things on video and not film, from this period, but on color even rarer. Makes 1967 feel not so long ago.

In the words of the great Willie Mays: baseball is simple. "They throw it, I hit it. They hit it, I catch it."

This just reminds me of all the ways the game has been ruined. MLB has become unwatchable. This right here was real baseball, and an enjoyable broadcast.

Where are all the corporate wall ads? Where are the ads on the uniforms? Where is the hideous ad graphic on the back of the mound?

Before they lowered the pitcher’s mound in 1969. You can really see the difference. Lonborg and Bob Gibson must have been intimidating up on that hill.

There are many, many games in color from the ‘50s, especially World Series in late ‘50s. Not sure if the actual videotapes were saved but they were transferred to film.

Hall Of Famors everywhere in this game

It’s so surreal to watch color footage of these greats. Yaz, Killebrew, Oliva…

We get to see rookies Rod Carew and Reggie Smith.

Just imagine watching a ball game without endless blathering from the announcers along with insipid metrics quotes.

What a great find. It really shows how much the game has changed - the game they’re playing here looks closer to slow-pitch softball than to MLB circa 2024.

I attended this game when I was a kid. The Red Sox were all people were talking about that summer. My dad owned a gas station and sold gas for around $0.35 per gallon. People would fill their tanks for 5 bucks.

I was at this game, and the one the next day too!!

A lot of changes in the game today, including DHs and that pitchers don't hit anymore, no appeal to the corner umps on check swings, no challenges, and the home plate ump doesn't even throw out all the balls that end up in the dirt, or even some that are put in play. And, of course, no pitch clock, or limit pick-off attempts. No replay on the broadcast either. We can replay on KZfaq, but if you were watching this game live on TV you'd need to pay attention.

Amazing footage. Love that Yaz homerun and nice to see a day game with the triangle actually populated by fans.

Remember the old Black and White "Split screen" Television years of Baseball before 1965?

As the telecast starts the organist is playing “Everything’s coming up Roses” 😊

Wow, they jusy showed Edward Kennedy, Bobby was still alive....wow.

The impossible dream team that ultimately came up short. Still legendary.

I remember this really historic, great game. It was Yaz's triple crown year, and the Red Sox won it at the wire and lost to the Cardinals in the Series. It may be the oldest preserved complete color broadcast, but games were broadcast in color at least 2-3 years earlier. I remember watching the Giants play the Dodgers on Saturday Afternoon Game of the Week during 1965 which was Willie Mays great MVP year as well as Koufax's 27 win Cy Young season wherein he broke Bob Feller's single season strikeout record. That was truly a golden age for baseball with, I believe, more all time greats playing at any time before or since.

Joe DiMaggio once told me that Mel Parnell was the toughest pitcher he ever faced. Really.

This was broadcast on old WHDH channel 5. Ken Coleman and Ned Martin were great.

just nice seeing simple uniforms.

Love the Old Geezer comments saying this is a better broadcast than today. It’s adorable. Like saying it’s better to crap in an outhouse.

As a redsox fan i can say this is a pretty historic game too

Kaat leaves the mound after only 2 innings due to injury. Would have loved to have seen Boston have to beat him in this pivotal game....Kaat's leaving was definitely a blow to the Twins.

Baseball without all the stupid graphics and picture in picture ads... The only thing I like better in todays broadcasts is the score on the screen.

I'm listening closely to hear the fans say "Wooooo-oop!" Every time a foul ball rolls down and off the backstop netting and into the waiting hands of the ball boy. One of many old Fenway memories.

I was 5 when this game was played. I’m 62 (gulp) now. I don’t remember when they didn’t have graphics for balls, strikes, outs, batter’s name and average on the screen. Nowadays we have all these analytics like launch angle of a home run etc, etc. When did they start showing pitching speed? I miss those times especially the 70’s. With all of the downs of that time like the horrible Vietnam war, inflation, gasoline rationing, I’ll happily take those years over what we have now with people always looking at their “Smartphones” and horrible verbal and written communication skills in those under 35-40 and 500 tv cable channels that are mostly STINKO!

Sometimes you lose the game in the first inning. Twins could have scored 3 or 4 runs.

"NEWSPAPERMEN"...SOMETHING YOU WON'T HEAR THESE DAYS

OK, yes, I watched this game when it was broadcast. How old do I feel?

Great view without the on screen graphics

Ken Coleman was The Definitive "Voice of the Red Sox" 💯 I always thought he was the best and remember hearing his very last game on the radio with Joe Castiglione.. it was emotional but awesome as he passed the baton to Joe.. God Bless his Soul ⚾👍

Tony Oliva had a great Hall of Fame career. If he didn’t blow out his knee at 33 years old, his name would have been mentioned as one of the top 25 hitters of all time!

Young Tony-O before all the knee surgeries took his speed, awesome!

First batter really digging in the batter box lol

They apologize for the technical quality at the beginning but actually, all things considered, I think it's pretty good.

I was 4 months old! And this game most certainly would've been the giant cabinet tv with the tiny screen😅

Weird how I remember this on radio with Ken Coleman doing the broadcast. I guess they did simulcast of radio and tv because Ken was most definitely the radio announcer for HDH. We used to play ball in a schoolyard, and we ended huddled up around a little transistor radio. The following day we were there again when they won the pennant. It was surreal because for all of the 60's the Red Sox were a bad team, and nobody expected them to do anything that year. I really believe If Tony C didn't get hurt, they would have won the world series.

Dude, the car that comes out with a relief pitcher, no matter the team (clsssy) is soooo cool. Also, good on the Boston fans cheering out of respect for an injured oppossing pitcher. I was born in 1973.....at least that part of the game was classy. I REALLY.....REALLY wish I could see what the fan/souvenier store was like. I assume they sold pennants for EVERY tesm, maybe a shirt, but I doubt they sold jackets or jerseys. My favorite sports are hockey (NJ Devils, btw 1967 was the last year of the Original 6) The Dalllas Cowboys (this was the Ice Bowl season and on Oct 1, 67 sadly lost @Cotton Bowl to the George Allen LA Rams 13-35 to go 2-1(Game of The Week here on youtube). I hated the Phladelphia Flyers (I born n sadly still here in Philly). I used to say Bobby Clarke was probably pissed off when fans were allowed to buy a team jacket. This era of baseball, I bet a ticket behind home plate was maybe $7 and probably 50 cents or $1 to sit last row..disgraceful prices today. I really wish I could taste a hot dog from back then. I brt they were much better. I guess it was just hot dogs, peanuts ..you know what is said in the song. Looking at jerseys, they look exactly like what you see at an Ebbetts Field or Mitchell andcNess store.

It certainly does seem that things show up better in color, starting with the ball.

If only there were commercials to go at the break

Crazy to see fans with no Sox gear on. Just street cloths.

Killebrew was a tank in a baseball uniform.

Loved Yaz. He got me hooked at age 11 on baseball and loved the game until they ruined it like everything else.

We took a jr high field trip to the area in the 90s and everyone yelling "let's go to the dam store! And the dam cafe!" were big highlights.

The Red Sox came into that game, trailing the Twins by one game in the standings, and needing to win both games, along with a Tigers winning no more than 3 of its 4 games (in two doubleheaders) against the Angels, which would leave the two teams tied. The Red Sox won both games, and Detroit split its four-game series, winning the pennant for the Red Sox by one game over both the Twins and the Tigers. The White Sox, who led much of the season, lost its last five games to the lowly Senators and Athletics to finish three games back.

I watched this in TV in '67. The town was on fire. They weren't supposed to be good that year. Yaz and then Jim Lonborg too, just carried the whole bunch. Look at how far off the plate the batters stand, none of them had any protection on their arms or legs as they do today. Reggie Smith didn't wear a full batters helmet. I agree with the poster here on the game call....they let the sounds of the game be a part of the game for the listener. Jimmy Kaat threw 183 complete games in his career...whaaat!? Justin Verlander has 26 complete games. Look up this Twins team....5 hall of famers...just where are you going to get that?

This was the first of a two-game series between the Red Sox and Twins where the Red Sox entered the day NOT controlling their destiny even though they were one back of the Twins. The Tigers were also one back of the Twins for the AL Pennant at that point but because of a rainout in Detroit that Thursday and very cold conditions Friday, they had to finish with back-to-back doubleheaders at home against the Angels. If the Tigers won all four games, regardless of what the Red Sox did the Tigers would have won the pennant. The Twins if they had swept this series were guaranteed no worse than a one-game playoff on Monday (10/2). Of course, the Red Sox this game and then the next day while the Tigers split both doubleheaders leading to The Red Sox completing "The Impossible Dream" season of 1967 that saved baseball as we know it in Boston. Even midway through that season, the Yawkey Family was looking to move the team to Milwaukee to replace the Braves that had moved to Atlanta after the 1965 season. Had that happened, MLB likely would have awarded Boston a new Red Sox team that would have commenced play with the Royals, Expos and Padres in 1969 and never had the mess with the Seattle Pilots who became the Milwaukee Brewers days before the 1970 season started. This was also one year after the Red Sox had a bizarre finish to the 1966 season where they had to complete their 162-game season five days ahead of everyone else because the Patriots, who then played home games at Fenway had home games the final two Sundays of the MLB season.

This game was played on a Satirday

When in July a lengthy road trip beckoned, look at them go, 10 in a row and now our kids are 2nd.

Nice DVD rip.

Nice Killebrew home run near the end there

Pretty close in pace to pitch clock era ball. About 30 minutes faster than a 2019 game lol

Lead off batter hitting .201?

There were color broadcasts before this. And probably still saved.

can really see how much higher the mound was

Skip to 3:30 to get to the beginning of the exchanging of lineup cards.

Looked like J. EDGAR in the opening! 👀😯🤷‍♂️ Anyone read _Pafko at the Wall,_ by Don DeLillo? He had Hoover, Jackie Gleason, & Sinatra all sittin next to each other, bustin balls during the “Shot Heard Round the World” game. If it WAS him, ‘I should like to kiss a pig.’ 😵‍💫

Oliva stood a mile away from the plate!

The comments are interesting. The same sort of changes, that so many are complaining of, apply not just to baseball, but to everything. It's not necessarily better to have faster, louder, brighter, more complicated. Just being able to do something doesn't mean you should always do it. These are really cultural issues, and I feel cautiously optimistic that they will be sorted out in the fullness of time. But it probably will take generations.