MLB World Series Film: 1956

so so in baseball it happens every fall hearts flutter blood pressure rises excitement fills the air it's world series time the premier event of the american sports scene 1956 presents an on-call performance by the same antagonists who fought it out in a thrilling seven-game series in 1955 the brooklyn dodgers and the new york yankees managed by walt alston and casey stengel baseball is unchallenged as our great national game no other sport can sustain the interest of the entire country for six long months and then rekindle it to climactic heights in a postseason series from the tiniest little leaguer in a crossroads town to the number one citizen in the white house pulses quicken as attention has turned to the struggle for baseball supremacy president dwight d eisenhower despite a busy election year finds time to attend the opening game of the 1956 series at brooklyn manager austin of brooklyn introduces all the dodgers to president eisenhower who had made a special request to shake hands with all the players next come the yankees introduced by manager stengle beginning their warm-ups down in the bullpens are the starting pitchers 39 year old sal the barber magley will hurl for the dodgers sal staged a great comeback for brooklyn highlighting his 13 victories with a no-hit of september 25th going for the yankees will be ed whitey ford the stocky southpaw who won 19 games during the regular season the capacity throng rises for the national anthem while the colors are raised the umpires gather at the plate for a briefing on ground rules and a check of the lineup cards president eisenhower tosses out the first ball to catch a roy campanella safely clearing the heads of the battery of photographers with a perfect pitch cappy promptly returns the ball to the president magley takes his warm-up throws hank bauer steps to the plate and the series is underway bauer grounds out to jackie robinson for the first out of the game enos florida slashes the ball down to gil hodges and it skids off his glove for a hit that brings to the plate mickey mantle winner of baseball's triple batting crown he won the american league batting title led in runs batted in and walloped a total of 52 home runs magley gets one strike on mandel and there it goes over the right field fence across bedford avenue and deep into a parking lot slaughter scores ahead of mantle and the yankees have a quick two to nothing lead in the last half of the second inning robinson gets the first hit out four it's a homer into the left field stand hodges drops a pop fly single into short center urillo follows with a double to left center and hodges races home to tie the score at two and two [Music] with one out on the third inning reese of the dodgers beats out a hit to deep short on which gill mcdougall makes a sparkling backhanded stop but his throw is too late schneider drops a single into center [Applause] field gil hodges smashes a home run into the left field lower deck recent snyder score ahead of him and the dodgers lead five to two [Applause] with one out in the fourth inning martin hits magley's first pitch into the left field seat and the yankees reduce the lead five to three [Applause] magley pitching brilliantly still has his three-run lead going into the ninth first up is hank bauer [Applause] he strikes out in one of magley's baffling curve balls it's the tenth strikeout for the barber slaughter who has given magley trouble all day lions are single to left that brings up mabel on the second pitch mickey hits sharply to junior gilliam who starts a lightning double play and the dodgers win 6-3 magley is mobbed by his mates and the crowd gives the amazing veteran an ovation this time however the fans do not rush for the exits they remain in their seats until president eisenhower leaves the president obviously enjoyed himself for a few hours at least he was able to leave behind the cares of state just as millions of other fans during the season escaped the stress and strain of their own lives by the relaxation of watching a ball game it was a wonderful day for the dodgers too magley the magnificent who had won the big ones for the dodgers in the pennant stretch drive came through once again and there was great personal satisfaction for magley since it was his first world series victory after losing one while with the giants adley stevenson candidate for the presidency interrupts his busy campaign through the east to visit ebbets field for the second game of the world series a distinguished spectator stevenson shows he's neutral by wearing both dodger and yankee caps another neutral is the commissioner of baseball with mrs frick starting pitches for game two are don larson and don newcombe newcomb 27 game winner this season will try to make it too straight for the dodgers over the yankees the yanks after taking a one to nothing lead in the first inning are on the march in the second larson's base hit brings in billy martin who had singled and was sacrificed a second and now it's two to nothing with one out mcdougall drives a hip to right and larson pulls up at second enos slaughter slaps the ground at a race and mcdougall was fourth of second while larson takes third mickey mantle's up newcomb pitching carefully walks the home run king of 1956. base is filled and yogi berra advances to the plate now the brooklyn pitcher is in a spot newcomb's first pitch misses the plate on the next one barra connects and the ball goes high and far over the right field wall four more runs a six to nothing lead and yogi has hit the fifth grand slammer in world series annals it's a long slow walk for don nukem that's a nice fat lead for larson if gil hodges opens the dodger half of the second with a single to right center joe collins takes sandy amorous grounder but wait he dropped the ball and there's no play at either base it's his first world series era the bases are filled when carl furillo walks pampanela sends a sacrifice fly to slaughter and hodges scores the dodgers first run dale mitchell comes up to bat for roebuck and billy martin takes his pop foul [Applause] the bases are jammed again when gilliam walks dengle calls for johnny cooks to get that third out greased after hitting four fouls singles to left sending amorous and pirillo across the plate it's time for another pitching change dengle brings in tommy byrne a southpaw to face left hand hitting duke snyder the duke misses a wide curve but not this one there it goes over the right center field screen and this game is tied sixth and sixth it's knight is tenth series houma tying him with lou geary only the mighty babe ruth has hit moore 15. the brooklyn fans are rejoicing now the dodgers had a run in the third [Applause] but the yankees make it seven and seven on the fourth off don besson it's hodges up in the fifth against morgan schneider and robinson on base again it's a drive to left and slaughters falls as the ball goes past him for a double now it's 11-7 brooklyn's up in the eighth and mickey mcdermott is the yankees seventh pitcher a world series record for one club in a single game guerillo singles to left [Applause] flower dropped campanella's fly for an [Applause] era the runners move up when bessen sacrifices now the yankee infield draws in for a possible play at the plate but gilliam's sharp hit goes past martin income furillo and campanella brooklyn 13 new york seven it's the last chance for the yankees as they come up in the ninth florida leads off with a single [Applause] mantle flies to snyder [Applause] but bearer singles to center and slaughter takes third collins forces bearer reese to gilliam and slaughter brings in the first yankee runoff descent since the fourth inning destin has his first world series victory when power flies to geno somoli for the second straight game brooklyn fans have something to cheer about the world series moves to yankee stadium for the third game walter o'malley president of the brooklyn club his wife and son are enjoying the situation immensely another happy group includes president warren giles of the national league and two members of his staff fred flagg and dave grote brooklyn's two coaches billy herman and jake pitler who were so busy waving runners around the bases at ebbets field hope the activity continues starting pitches for the third game are whitey ford and roger craig after a scholars first inning robinson walks to open the brooklyn second hodges smashes the ball to deep short and both runners are safe when robinson slides into second ahead of mcdougall's throw guerillo flies to bower and robinson takes third [Applause] [Music] campanella follows with a long drive to right field fowler slips as he starts for the ball but recovers and makes a sparkling catch in front of the yankee bullpen and robinson props home to give the dodgers a one to nothing lead with one out in the yankee half of the second martin drives the ball into the left field seats and the game is tied at one and one there's no further scoring threat until reece trickles to right center with one out in the brooklyn sixth snyder then sends mantle deep for his 400 foot drive to center field reece has plenty of time to score and put brooklyn back in the lead 2-1 with one out in bauer on first following a single keeps the rally rolling with a single to right center and bauer dashes to third slaughter is the next batter and works to foster craig to a three-in-one count craig then makes one too good for slaughter and he propels the ball into the right field stands scoring power and bear ahead of him and sending the yankees out in front four to two clutter is given a hero's welcome by the yankee bench and when he goes to the outfield the fans in his sector give him another special ovation guerilla opens the ninth with a 400 foot smash to right center he races past second base and is outed third when martin throws a strike on a relay from bauer kerry tosses out charlie neal for the last out and the yankees win 5-3 the fans depart talking about the ageless slaughter and the excellent pitching of whitey ford who scattered eight hits for his fourth world series victory tom sturdivant 26 year old right hander who helped the yankees win the flag with a 16-8 record will face the national league champions tom draws an experienced world series competitor 29 year old carl erskine will be making his 10th appearance and 7th start officials of the new york giants headed by president hora stoneham are here to watch the excitement also among today's crowd are frank lane st louis cardinals general manager and the club's field skipper fred hutchinson another who will be pulling for the dodgers is bob carpenter president of the philadelphia field sturdivant holds the dodgers safe in there first and now hank bauer faces erskine in the yankee half back goes snyder for the drive 400 feet away holding the ball as he falls [Applause] yanks have their first base runner when collins doubles to the right field corner hodges takes mantle's grounder and urskan covers for the out holland's moving over to third there are two strikes on bearer when he slashes a single into the outfield after reece makes a desperate dive for the ball collins comes in to give the yankees a one-to-nothing lead that's still the score when snyder doubles off the right field wall at the side of the fourth the first hit off skirt of it after robinson fouls out hodges drops a soft single to center scoring schneider with a tying run this makes it eight runs batted in for gill only one short of the world series record mantle works erskine for a pass at the start of the yankee fourth as vera strikes out mickey steals second [Applause] with first base open first can give slaughter an intentional pass bringing booze from the yankee fans strategy goes astray when martin singles to left center scoring mantle and putting slaughter on third a sacrifice fly by gill mcdougall the snyder brings in slaughter for a three to one yankee edge it's still yankees three dodges one when mcdougall moves to his left and whips out hodges ed roebuck faces mantle at the start of the yankee sixth after looking at one pitch the slugger pounds the next one into the center field pizza his second homer of the series and seventh in post-season play with andy carry on first after hitting a single off don drivesdale in the new york seventh power wallops his first world series houma a shot into the lower left field seats the yankees lead six to one [Applause] it's the ninth inning robinson leads off with a double the deep left center following a strikeout by hodges amorous walks sturdivan's in trouble after walking urillo to load the bases with only one away campanella drops a single into left field [Applause] and robinson comes across the plate dengle talks to sturdivant and gives him a pattern a vote of confidence randy jackson backs for drivesdale and takes a third strike the dodgers last hope is gilliam but he lifts the flight of mantle for the final out of the ball game the 69 705 fans have seen the yankees fight back to square the series in this fourth match it's a big moment for tom sturdivant who started his career as an infielder manager bertie tebbitts and general manager gabe paul of cincinnati are among the spectators at the fifth game but they didn't miss by much having active roles themselves in the 1956 world series phil rizzuto former yankee shortstop is engrossed in pre-game chatter with general manager hank greenberg of cleveland before the game casey stengel of the yankees has an informal council of war with his fine staff of coaches bill dickey frank gracetti and jim turner the fifth game obviously is a big one with a series tied at two-all and stengel would like to get the edge before the action returns to brooklyn he had success bringing back ford for a second start following an early round knockout in brooklyn and he tries it again with don larson for the dodgers it's once more the fabulous sal magley winner of the opening game as alston tries to regain the advantage lost the past two days robinson leads off the brooklyn second by whistling a terrific liner at andy kerry the ball carrums off his glove to mcdougall who scoops it up and throws robbie out magley is even rougher than he was in the first game he retires the first 11 men to face him next to challenge him is mantle with two out in the fourth inning magley works carefully the count reaches two and two and then mantle hammers the ball down the right field line and into the stands only a few feet fair the yankees lead one to nothing wraps a sizzling line at the center and duke snyder races over and makes a sensational backhanded somersault pet fearing the ball above the grass tops [Applause] with one out in the brooklyn fifth hodges rockets one of larson's pitches to left center and the drive looks good for extra bases however its mantle's turn for feeling brilliant as he overhauls the ball and makes a tremendous one-handed catch magley's first pitch is slapped into center field for a single by kerry in the sixth inning larson steps into the box and looks for a signal from third base coach frank gracetti larson lays down a sacrifice and kerry moves to second base on magley's second pitch power singles to left and perry scores to make it two to nothing for the yankees all attention by this time is being focused on larson and it isn't because of the strange sight he presents of pitching without a windup don hasn't permitted a hit and no dodger has reached first base he continues his pitching charm through the seventh and now it's the eighth inning jackie robinson is the first batter with two strikes on him jackie bounces the ball to the box and larson tosses him out hodges is next larson begins with a call strike and with account one and two hodges lines to carry then comes amorous for the third straight time larson starts with a call strike on the second pitch amorous flies to mantle [Applause] there is no secret about larson's no hit bid he receives a deafening standing ovation from the crowd when he steps to the plate as the first yankee batter in the eighth but magley still is conceding nothing larson strikes out bauer also goes down swinging on a back-breaking curve collins then takes his turn and magley also whiffs him to strike out the side now the stage is all larsen and a strange horse falls over the crowd as it realizes the overpowering drama of the situation never before has a pitcher hurled a no-hitter in the world series much less a perfect game larson is only three outs away first man to face larson in the ninth is carl fiorillo the first pitch is a call strike guerillo follows the next one back into the screen all one high another foul into the stand then still another puerillo flies to bower [Applause] the second batter is roy campanella another dangerous hitter crouching behind yogi bearer at the plate is the most important man in the ballpark to larson that's the plate umpire babe cannelli every pitch is important now campanella follows the first pitch down the left-field line then campy bounces the ball to martin and is thrown out [Applause] only one man now blocks larson from the greatest pitching achievement of all time and that man is dale mitchell who comes to the plate to pinch hit for magley the first pitch is a ball high then a curve for a call strike a swinging strike and the cloud is one and two larson touches the rousing bag takes his time removes his cap another pitch is fouled off larson goes through the same cap tugging and dirt pouring maneuvers he faces the batter again and from behind the plate umpire finale awaits the pitch with intense concentration here it comes mitchell starts to move the bat checks his swing and finale's arm goes up strike three and with that fateful move canelli opens the door to the hall of fame for larson it also touches off one of the wildest player demonstrations the yankees never have stayed as the yankees win two to nothing and within a fraction of a second larson is surrounded by a seething mass of yankees that gradually sweep him toward the clubhouse where bedlam breaks loose larson's fantastic performance of retiring 27 men in succession hasn't been accomplished in the major leagues since 1922. for pinelli the game was a wonderful climax to an amazing 22-year career as a national league umpire in which he never missed an assignment in more than 3 400 games larson was lavish in his praise of his battery mate yogi berra don pitched the perfect game but yogi also caught a perfect one he turned in a brilliant job behind the plate this world series will be decided in ebbets field down three games to two the dodgers will battle to throw it into another deadlock brooklyn has beaten the yankees five straight on this field including three last year the burden today is on bob turley the fireballing right-hander he meets a tough opponent in clem lavine who comes out of the bullpen for the dodgers last ditch stand the american league office force from chicago headed by president will harridge with earl hilligan service bureau director is prepared to cheer another triumph by the yankees after bauer opens with a single ascender collins wraps to gilliam he starts a double play barra greets lebine with a single off the right field screen at the start of the yankee second [Applause] gilliam comes in fast for slaughter's roller and gets barrett second with a backhand flip to reece it's still a scoreless battle as the dodgers come up in the fifth gorilla strikes out curly's pitching without a windup the yankee hurler takes campanella a strikeout victim too and then he whips levine on three pitches the eighth strike out for bob [Applause] the seventh inning is over and the battle is still scoreless when campanella fans for the third time it's a defense strikeout for turley one is out in the new york eighth when collins smashes the double off the scoreboard [Applause] alston comes to the mound will the vine pitch to mantle no he's giving mickey an intentional pass barrow sends a short flight of snyder and the dodgers breathe easier quarters rollers taken by gilliam and the threat is over it's great such pitching by the 30 year old levine in the brooklyn eighth hurley has two strikes on the bind when the pitcher doubles into the left field corner and it's only the third dodger hit [Applause] gilliam twice buns foul then fans curly's 11 strikeouts are high for yankee pitchers in world series play mantle scoots over for reese's flies then stengel calls a strategy meeting with a dangerous snyder at the plate [Music] brooklyn fans boo when the duke is purposely passed yankee crisis is over when robinson pops to kerry yankees come to bat in the 10th only once before in series history have two teams going into extra innings with neither having scored the vine makes curly a victim on stripes power sends the ground at a reese for an easy out the vine continues his mastery as gilliam crosses out collins to retire the yankees with one out in brooklyn's tenth gilliam walks re-sacrifice and now gilliam is in scoring position with first base open the yankees take no chances and pass snyder [Music] [Applause] robinson after a foul and a ball slashes a drive to left the leap by slaughter is in vain [Applause] gilliam comes home in the single with a run which wins for the dodgers one to nothing let's have another look at that play [Applause] it's a tough one for turley to lose and a grand one full of vine to win the crowd saw two great pitchers today and baseball drama at its best every game has its heroes one of them certainly was robinson who delivered the big hit and the other was clem levine with his great pitching skill so tomorrow we'll tell the story this is the day a chilly one october 10 when the 1956 world series champion will be crowned hundreds of reporters photographers and movie cameramen are in efforts field for the seventh and deciding game between the dodgers and the yankees a spectator for the entire series is joe cronin general manager of the boston red sox 23 year old johnny cooks making his first series start is the hope of the yankees for the dodgers it will be big don nukem and here are the men who have maintained the yankee dynasty del webb george weiss dan topping and casey stengel seven tenants in eight seasons for casey and five world series triumphs there's the huddle at home plate and the dodgers take the field for their rendezvous with destiny hank powers shoves off for the yankees with a leadoff single in the first inning [Applause] with martin batting power steel second [Applause] then martin strikes out newcomb fans mickey mantle on a three and two pitch the count is two strikes when yogi bera slams one down the right field line his second homer of the series sends the yankees out in front two to nothing [Applause] with one away in the yankee third martin singles past rhys again mantle goes down swinging at newcomb's blazing fastball the brooklyn pitcher gets two strikes on bearer but yogi connects and it's another homer over the right center wall it's ten runs batted in for yogi an all-time world series record the yankees go ahead four to nothing it's the start of the fourth inning and elston howard blasts a home run manager alston calls for don besson to stop the yankee sluggers that's all for newcomb in the seventh the yanks still lead five to nothing roger craig is the brooklyn pitcher and martin singles to left center mantle draws a walk and this brings up bearer while yogi is at bat both runners advance in a wild pitch the bases are filled when bearers walked intentionally no one out and bill's scouring up goes the first pitch a homer into the left field seats that makes it nine to nothing two records humble it's the twelfth homer of the series for the yankees and is the first time the same team has hit two grand slammers in the same series cooks goes into the ninth with a two hitter and a nine to nothing lead gilliam goes out on the ground at a scholar [Applause] reese tries a surprise maneuver but bearer grabs his bun in foul territory schneider drives a single to center robinson misses the third strike the ball bounces away but bearer throws him out at first the yankees with this nine to nothing crusher have won their 17th world series the long struggle is over and it's a time of victorious madness for the yankees who came back after losing the first two games it was a great series a series of surprises a series of record-breaking sluggings of superlative pitching topped by don larson's perfect game for the second straight year a seventh game was necessary to decide the champion in this 53rd world series a salute to the world champion yankees and to the dodgers always a worthy opponent a grand game again has reached its yearly climax bringing thrills and enjoyment to millions at home and abroad just as it will continue to do year after year you

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Length: 40min 47sec (2447 seconds)

Published: Mon Sep 07 2020