1968 World Series Highlights

hey Ichiro get it pretty good atta boy take it baby get ready to learn a lesson from McGuire Griffon Ripken and more Major League Baseball is proud to introduce hitters on hitting finding the sweet spot some of baseball's all-time heaviest hitters reveal the inside secrets of their swing with exclusive interviews and footage not available anywhere else the interactive DVD includes over 50 minutes of bonus material that USA Today calls pure perfection hitters on hitting is available now wherever videos and DVDs or sold elegant Busch Stadium is a setting for America's greatest sports spectacle the World Series an air of busy excitement grips st. Louis as fans clamor for tickets stam usual that greatest cardinal of them all is immortalized in bronze there is a decorative confidence in st. Louis for their the defending world champion celebrities are everywhere including senator Eugene McCarthy the torch starting pitcher Denny McLain talks about those 31 season victory General William Decker Commissioner baseball shows red Shane Dean's two male Smith the World Series trophy suddenly the vast stadium is hushed the national anthem is played and the 65th World Series the baseball is about to get underway a pregame meeting of the umpires as they straighten out a rule deference between the two leagues Elizabeth water all eyes key on Bob Gibson a 22 game winner who established a new record for the lowest earned run average in national league history he strikes out 2 in the 1st and 3 in the 2nd norm cash Willie Horton and Jim Northrup all go down the st. Louis every minute Denny mcclain pitching for the Tigers Tim McCarver belts a booming triple to right center in the second inning for the first hit off the tiger pitching Scott dennee however bears down and fires a third strike past Mike Shanin boolean Javier at bat and he too looks at a third strike Tyger manager male smith breathes a sigh of relief as the Cardinals fail to score in the third inning with two out Lou Brock the biggest thief in baseball is now on first Lightning loose steals his first base of this series and then continues to third when Bill however Brock is left on base and the score remains nothing to nothing in the Cardinal half of the fourth Shannon faces McClain with Maris and McCarver on and one down as Willie Horton let's the ball get by Jumeirah scored the first Cardinal run of the series and the clobber goes to third Shannon the second on the air Javier at bat he singled sharply to right the send McCarver and Shannon racing around for a three run inning sixth inning Tigers trailing three nothing a call of batting for Detroit with one out dick Browns a single to right Gibson strikes out Stanley and now faces the veteran Al Kaline al lines a double down the left-field line a call of bulls a third norm cash is up but the incomparable Bob Gibson stops the Tigers with another strikeout to retire the side bob is now threatening the all-time World Series strikeout record of 15 for one game bottom of the 6th Lou Brock the batter they say the best thing to do with Brock is to keep him off the bases Gibson is in complete control opening the night Gibson faces family and Mickey loops the single the center but it's the last hit of the game for the Tigers by now Gibson has struck out 14 batters to bring him just one shy of the World Series record the batter is Al Kaline Vonn cash is up next an account goes to 3 and 2 and this pitch makes history standing ovations one more out to go and the batter is Detroit's leading home run hitter Willie Horton record 17 striker you also drive the World Series competition it's a new day and new excitement millions of fans wonder if the underdog Tigers can shake off the effects of Bob Gibson 17 strike up some of these fans are enjoying the luxury of today's modern baseball stadium for st. Louis Nelson Broyles a 19 game winner is on the mound and Willie Hortons the batter it's the second Henning will he's not tense anymore he strokes this one smooth as silk a towering blast that sends Brock racing way back but to no avail a home run and the Tigers lead one another in the third inning enter a new hero mickey lowlich Mickey comes to bat and hits a home run was Mickey ever surprised between the shock of everything first-base came up right in the middle of my stride and I stepped right over the top of the base and I had to go back and you know touch the base and then Wally Moses is second base is that way so I had to start running that direction I've never hit a home run in the ten years I've been a professional baseball the best I've ever done was a triple that Tony Conigliaro tried to shoestring I have hit two legal doubles that I've been at the gap that's the only extra base set I've ever had I mean homerun in personal baseball arm cash comes up now the top of the sixth and makes it three to nothing even the people in the stand are having a with the shots the Tigers are hitting today Ryles now faces the next batter Willie Horton well he wraps a deep to short a long throw to first by maxvill save what Rizzo Cepeda has a beef let's take a look at that play from another angle watch that ball roll up the wrist as a beta tries to cradle it against his chest a great call by umpire Stan Landes lefty Steve Carlton released Broyles and faces Jim Northrup who singled Tigers are simply not swinging at the same stuff they faced in the first game work watched the fill the bases and up steps McCollum a sinking line drive the center seems to pull Curt Flood he can't hold it and it's scored as a two-run single let's look at that play again two runs score and the Tigers lead five to nothing in the last of the six lowest face of the determined Cardinal team Brock Watson steal second with one out flood beats out a chopper when lowly slips that's Brock on 3rd as a paid it comes to back Orlando boots a top flying a short West Center that falls among three Tigers box scores to make it five to one a double play ends the inning Detroit's Al Kaline opens the seven with a clean single to left center the Tigers come alive again pitching coach Billy Muffet tells him to get Ron Willis up in the bullpen meanwhile norm cash has his sights on Carlton another single right down the middle Willis pitching now with one out Horton walks and the bases are loaded Northrop hits a double play ball right back to the mound dal maxvill scoops that up steps in the bag fires to first for a beautiful double play but Kaline scores at Nikki low which again has five fat runs to work on it's the last of the eighth as Brock tries to get something started for st. Loup a single with one out look at that daring lead by Brock wallets tries to pick him up but Lew immediately breaks for second it's his second steal of the game and third of the series with Joe Horner mopping up of the night the Tigers we're up again Kaline singles to left male Smith wants more runs noncash pushes the bud just over the head of the on charging Mike Shanin Chanin still has everything under control but he's pegged a second pulls maxvill off the bag the Troy gets two extra insurance runs when a pair of walk force in two and makes it now eight to one in favor of the Tigers last of the night Michiel Oh each faces Ron Davis with two out Davis lifts the pop up cash moves under that's it the Tigers have even the World Series at one apiece and now it's off to Detroit as the scene of the World Series shifts for the third game the st. Louis Cardinals and the Detroit Tigers each have their own charter plane and away they go often the friendly skies in Detroit the enthusiasm for the home team is tremendous and hopes have been reborn by Mickey Louis victory it's been 23 years since the people here have had a World Series and you can see the pleasure in the faces of the fans as they hurry to their seats a well-kept tiger stadium and for the millions who watch TV everything's ready Earl Wilson pitching for Detroit first inning Lou Brock opens the game with a walk and steal second as Maris takes strike three Brock tries to go to third and his out by the biggest margin of his life Ray Washburn on the mound for st. Louis third inning one out dick McAuliffe up it's good for a single left son famed number six Al Kaline the next for beauty is first world series all right fifth inning now and Wilson gets in the deep trouble Lou Brock leads off with a hit up the middle flood comes up while Wilson worries about Brock there goes that man again his second stolen base of the game and his thievery promptly pays off flood rifles a double into the left-field corner and Brock scores easily from second Pat Dobson is a tiger pitcher now two on two-out McCarver the batter and there it goes into the upper right field stand and the Cardinals now lead the Tigers 4 to 2 Washburn gets the sign in the tiger 5th and the call up reminds the Cardinals that the Tigers can hit the long ball 2 Joe Horner relieves Washburn in the sixth with the tang and lead runs on base bill freehand the batter there goes to D play what to the warning path and makes the catch a stiff wind kept that one from going out Don McMahon pitching for Detroit and seventh inning Curt Flood opens it with a single and of course he's almost as fast as brock roger maris of the next batter tried to check his swing but bloops a double down the left-field line Orlando Cepeda had hitting problems in the 1967 series against the Red Sox but this is another year and there it goes Willie Horton going back but it's just in there and that blows the game wide open seven to three st. Louis now keep your eye on pitcher Horner as he goes for that final out the batter is pinch-hitter Jim price he sends a fly ball to deep left Lou Brock hasn't it's a happy Joe Horner as a favored Cardinals take a two to one lead in the series next day there's a hangover sadness in Detroit and the skies rain down on Tiger Stadium but series fans can't be discouraged by this they come out anyway for today is the occasion of the heroine rematch between Denny McLain and Bob Gibson Commissioner Eckert and he's a July clerk discussed the big question to play or not to play the hawkers make their own kind of sunshine in the strength how come it always tastes so much better the ballgame vice president Hubert Humphrey is here with Commissioner Eckert and Tiger owner John Fetzer so play ball Denny McLain Picchi the wet weather hasn't dampened Lou Brock he belts McLain second pitch into the stand a tremendous 420 foot home run what a dismal beginning for the Tigers one out later things continue to look really bleak for Detroit fans McClane obviously shaken drops the good throw while covering first against Marist in McCarver's up and baseball's first 30 game-winner in three decades is in trouble again only a nice cut off in left center by Willie Horton keeps Maris from scoring but Maris comes in a moment later as Mike Shanin chops one over the mound and beats it out third inning McLain faces Curt Flood the first batter he singles to right once again is Tim McCarver Jim Northrup tries to cut off the ball but it goes through for a triple what comes in the score and the Carver pulls up with his second triple of the series with two outs shannon doubles down the third-base line and the Cardinals lead four to nothing the rains come down hard again and the umpires call time the order the field covered and everybody waits patiently for an hour and 14 minutes on this sunless Sunday when the action finally resumes Jos Parma has replaced Denny McLain on the mound first man to face farmer in the fourth inning is Bob Gibson and there it goes in 1967 Gibson hit a series homer against the Red Sox now he has two for a pitcher's record Detroit's other nemesis Brock rise deep to right-center for a triple and that's all for jos Parma Darryl Patterson takes over the tiger pitching Curt Flood lists a high fly to Kaline and right field watch this perfect strike to the plate bluch wisely rolls up in respect for one of baseball's best arms Maris is up look at that jump by Brock as Maris grounds out and it's now six to nothing Cardinal in the bottom of the fourth Gibson gets a wee bit careless and here's a home run by Jim Norton John Hiller pitching for the Tigers in the 8th gets tagged by Xavier and umpire Jim honey chick is there to call it right on the line for a double mike shanin who reached on an error holds up at third after a walk to maxvill fills the bases gibson walks to force in a run the bases are still loaded up comes Lou Brock again pure poison to the Tigers he Sox a tremendous cloud in the deep center it's his eighth hit of this world series to run score when Stanley has a taste with a real a Gibson scores and brought winds up at second with Kurt flooded bad and Pat Dobson pitching Lou Brock steals his seventh base tying his own World Series record of the year before the last of the ninth the Cardinals click off a neat double play to end the ballgame Bob Gibson Setzer an all-time World Series record with his seventh consecutive victory and st. Louis now leads three games to one one more loss and Detroit is done but does that dampen the spirit of Detroit is it matter to them at only two teams in World Series history have ever come back from that kind of deficit if two did why can't another so tune up that Tiger enthusiasm hang up those tiger signs let's hear those Tiger Cheers get out those tiger hats let's never forget that cats eat birds that is far from over that Detroit will never say die and so it's game number five well a series in here or go back to st. Louis Michigan Governor George Romney still hopes for Detroit miracle sona's American League President Joe Cronin and Tiger President John Fetzer and hall-of-famer goose Gosselin mickey lowlich who owns the one tiger victory is Mayo Smith choice to keep the Tigers alive it doesn't look good as Brock again leads off with a solid hit a double down the left a line more bad news as flood and Cepeda wait their turn Bertram's a single - right and the flying Brock scores easily now it's blood who's threatening to steal the pate of the batter there he goes and flood swipe sucker and that isn't bad enough Cepeda has still another joke for the tottering Tigers he sends a high drive to left it's his second home run of the series and the quickly in front of lowly screed and up in the third inning st. Louis bids for more brach leads off at his devastating fashion as he singles for his 10th series hit he now has a chance to break his own all-time base stealing record at this time the Tigers are ready with a pitch out and brought his flag down Nelson Briles carries his 3-nothing leader to the fourth when Stanley rips one down the right our sudden a ray of sunshine it's fun again good thing one out later norm cash flies to Brock and left family tags up the biggest lightly off and Nikki slides over safely to make it free the one st. Louis now it's up there Willie Horton to keep things going and Willie does just that he felt the drive in the right center alley well important shows he could move a lot Jim Northrup's up looks like an easy chance for second baseman Xavier look at that bad huh scoring his Martin it's a free two ball game now and that's how it is in the Cardinal fifth when two key plays turn the series around first with one out Lou Brock gets his eleventh base into the city Horton made a good play on the rebound a whole block to a double how important this is for Lowell each and the Tigers soon becomes apparent Xavier is the batter Rock has a short lead at second Stanley's been ducking behind him Horton get set in left on the air single sharply to left field and Brock heads home the throne of pre and his puppy Marvie called rock now let's take another look in slow motion look at prions left leg blocking the plate this could be the crucial play of this 1968 world Pangos paola scoring affair so still 3-2 to st. Louis leading as Tiger manager male Smith makes a crucial decision and let's mickey lowlich bat for himself on the last of the seventh with one out he puts one right dick McAuliffe comes up to bat against the new Cardinal pitcher Ryles has been relieved by Joe Horner who saved the third game for st. Louis with one out Bakala slaps a grounder through the right side and the Tigers now have to the pressure increases on horner when he watched Mickey Scully to load the basin this brings up a veteran player of sixteen season Detroit sentimental favorite Al Kaline playing in his first World Series but one out and his team trailing by one run he's the man on the spot the cat's one-on-one and Kaline loops hit into right-center in comes laufeyson they send the goose-pimples all my back and it was tremendous thrill to think that I was able to do something for the fans after all these years norm cash up next and he'd like to buy some insurance with two men on base norm slaps it to the right side the Tigers now lead 5 to 3 as finally crosses a flavor as the Tigers take the field for the top of the it is now up to Mickey lolis to try and protect the two-run lead when the Carver leads off the ninth with a single Fargo manager reg shandy's sends up his best pinch hitters to try and win the series ed spiezio after fouling off eight pitches singles to left and now the tying runs are on base for st. Louis with just one out Roger Maris can put it away for good with a home run and Maris has been known to hit quite a few Lou Brock's on deck but Wallace never wavers he strikes Marisa one out to go and block the batter even the bullpen tensely watches we tries to check his swing but Louis has him and fire two three a standing ovation and I kissed the daddy Busch Stadium game six and that rains there again those he excitement everyone's talking about that big play at the plate in game five including Lou Brock well that's a play that happened perhaps 15 to 20 times a years an automatic play your reaction is automatic depends on the reaction of the catcher you're going standing up and of course where I'm from termina series are going laughter the game the other day the Raiders came up to me and everybody wanna know why the Lou Brock Dexter plate or not I said I had to be the worst person in America to know because I was trying to catch him I couldn't see a thing so all I know is that I wasn't sure if he was coming to you about the play or not I saw him started running back so I just tagged him anyway I didn't know exactly what he was coming back of course I followed the batted ball into left field so Willie Horton feel a thing by now Brock is coming around third base I got myself back off the foul on left out of Brock's way where he can clear me becoming in sliding last second has brought stars past me I take one step in towards you so I get a clear shot at the plate in doing so I see where fans got they got the corner blocked definitely now catches the ball just as Brock reaches it and I know by the way he turns to him he has to take because we're going to hit chest on and he's got the ball and blown against his chest so I forget right about the immediately to plate you see rocks foot that he reaches well to me it looks like when I say three to four inches to the side of the plate and the other never touching it is now he hits the hip of free hand spins off and free hand and spinning with now I see the ball come up here wait to make sure they hold the ball here in st. Louis nationally President Warren Giles will throughout the ball for the sixth game Gussie Busch the owner of the Cardinals is confident of victory as his Denny McLain who is making his third try for a World Series victory that Tigers are a team inspired they threatened Ray Washburn in the second inning Willie Horton at bat with norm cash on first Willie wax went out to the wall and left Center for a double and cash racing home with Detroit's first run belfry in it bad he hasn't had a hit in 16 times up now he comes true with a single and the ball slips by Lou Brock Willie Horton scores and freehand goes all the way to third manager red shandeents worries are just beginning and so as the Tigers third inning Washburn pitches to Stanley who singles to left Paulo farm with a walk goes to second Kaline lines a single to center scoring the column and sending Stanley to third lefty Larry Jastrow comes in to relieve and cash singles to center scoring Stanley and sending Kaline to third after Horton watch to load the bases Garza hammers a grand slam in for your strength in grand slammer or Jim Northrup well this was the fifth Grand Slam that I've hit this year I've yet I hit four during the regular season three of the five have been off left-handers this year and some of the others I think I've hit eight in my career and I think five or six of the eight have been off left-handers - so I've I've had pretty good luck against left-handers I don't know why I guess I concentrate more and try to get a better pitch Ron Willis relieves Jaster the bases are loaded again as Kaline gets his second single of the inning and two more runs come home when dick Hughes replaces Willis non-cash gets his second single in the inning who had another run then Horton singles off the pitchers Bluff we're still another run it's absolutely busy but when everything comes into focus that Tigers have scored ten big runs in one inning to tie an all-time World Series record deep Carleton facing Kaline in the fifth and al connects for his second World Series only but the Tigers hardly need the extra 13th run by the last of the ninth Danny mcclain can feel some vindication for his earlier defeats his tired arm had failed him in the first and fourth games and he gives up a run in this game when Xavier singles Maris across but on just two days rest Danny makes a vital contribution to the tiger cause he strikes out maxvill for the final out it has tied the series at three games off a few days ago it was a cardinal runaway and now it goes down to the final day game 7 and Bob Gibson be beaten and the tiger stopped Lou Brock is mickey lowlich going to wind up as the hero of the series there are other stars too who have made this show so exciting norm cash Jim Northrup Willie Horton Al Kaline the old pro who got his opportunity to be a serious star because of male Smith's daring gamble in moving Mickey Stanley from centerfield to shortstop Orlando Cepeda boolean Xavier curt flood roger maris playing a final game of his 11-year career Mike Shanin and Tim McCarver but now is Gibson again slowly both start strong Gibson is retired 10 batters in a row in the fourth inning Mickey Stanley beats out a hit to deep short to become the first Tiger baserunner but Detroit fails to score the intense duel go scoreless into the sixth when Brock leads off at his 35th the tied Bobby Richardson's all-time record for most hits in a World Series how low Leach takes great care with Brock at first when Brock dares him to throw of that taunting lead he fires to first cash makes a good roll and there is a crucial out for the now skirt floods turn the move he just beats out of infield again we see that good Lolita move what is crapped off we can't get out of the rundown and to the game's best baserunners have been wiped out into the seven that goes still a pulsating 0-0 tie gibson is retired 20 of the first 21 batters he's faced the norm cash connects for a single it's only the second hit off Gibson up steps Tiger strong boy Willie Horton Willie slaps a bouncer that just makes it and this sets the stage for the breakthrough Jim Northrup's the batter cache takes a lead off second Northrop hits a solid drive to center flood misjudged the ball the sails over his head two runs are in and in the third slides Northrop it's two to nothing against superstar Bob Gibson what happened to flood considered the best centerfielder in the National League Curt says the ball got lost momentarily in the white-shirted background no doubt he lost sight of it and then almost lost his footing the truck keeps it going bill freehand Rhys one two left and Brock can't quite make the catch Northrup scores on the hip three the nothing in favor of the Tigers in the seventh st. Louis desperately fights back Mike Shanin comes to bat and lost one to left-center where Willie Horton running a collision course the bar graph sunshine makes second I'm not even a break like that can get the Cardinal started it is now the ninth inning and Bob Gibson still hangs in there red Shane Dean's letting bat anything earlier I wanted him to finish was the manager's tribute to his veteran star Willie Horton single and the tiger bats get hot once more Northrop fossil they hit up the middle the sand pinch-runner dick Kaczynski 2/3 Gibson now faces Don work whose singles to center and the Tigers get one last run making the score four to nothing Detroit with two outs in the last of the night Mickey low each faces Mike Shanin one out left Mickey looks the picture relaxed concentration but there goes his shut-eye Shannon homers de left here in the Cobbers up to ounce of the night it's a pop up belfry hand weights for it that Tigers are the new world champion and the city of Detroit is one big happy Club you

Channel: Sports History Channel

Views: 113,771

Keywords: basebll, world series, 1968, bob gibson, lou brock, al kaline, mickey lolich, denny mclain, curt flood, norm cash, roger maris

Id: VYv0FtTPhco

Length: 43min 39sec (2619 seconds)

Published: Wed Jan 28 2015