WEBVTT 00:00:01.159 --> 00:00:04.580 This is Retro Sports Radio. Visit RetroSeasons 00:00:04.580 --> 00:01:14.599 .com for more sports history. There's something 00:01:14.599 --> 00:01:17.480 magic about the Red Sox, something glorious about 00:01:17.480 --> 00:01:19.900 the old town team that brings out the best in 00:01:19.900 --> 00:01:23.019 New Englanders. Each spring it begins anew as 00:01:23.019 --> 00:01:25.099 the good folks from Eastport to Block Island, 00:01:25.379 --> 00:01:27.980 from B Street to the Berkshires, assemble around 00:01:27.980 --> 00:01:30.319 the tribal meeting house called Fenway Park. 00:01:31.079 --> 00:01:33.700 Only the real old timers remember the glory days 00:01:33.700 --> 00:01:36.260 of the early 20th century when the Red Sox won 00:01:36.260 --> 00:01:39.519 pennant after pennant, series after series. Since 00:01:39.519 --> 00:01:42.140 those early days, championships have been few 00:01:42.140 --> 00:01:44.900 and far between. Yet the glorious dream never 00:01:44.900 --> 00:01:48.680 dies. Many fans remember the 46 Sox, the team 00:01:48.680 --> 00:01:52.120 of Williams, Pesky and Doar. And a lot more Red 00:01:52.120 --> 00:01:54.459 Sox fans still daydream about the impossible 00:01:54.459 --> 00:01:58.379 dream of 67, with Lomborg and Hawke, Enrico and 00:01:58.379 --> 00:02:02.379 Yaz and Canigliaro. Lomborg is within one out 00:02:02.379 --> 00:02:07.040 of his biggest victory ever. His 22nd of the 00:02:07.040 --> 00:02:10.259 year. And his first over the twins, the pitch. 00:02:10.539 --> 00:02:12.979 His loop towards shortstop, Petrocelli's back, 00:02:13.139 --> 00:02:17.659 he's got it! The Red Sox win! Pandemonium on 00:02:17.659 --> 00:02:26.599 the field! Red Sox fans also remember their team 00:02:26.599 --> 00:02:29.159 losing the division title by a half game to the 00:02:29.159 --> 00:02:32.080 Tigers in the strike -abbreviated season of 72. 00:02:32.780 --> 00:02:35.419 And there was the sad and sorrowful fall of 74 00:02:35.419 --> 00:02:38.969 for Red Sox fans to reflect upon. Likewise, the 00:02:38.969 --> 00:02:42.090 spring of 1975 offered little for Red Sox fans 00:02:42.090 --> 00:02:44.710 to cheer about, as all -star catcher Carlton 00:02:44.710 --> 00:02:47.150 Fisk would be idled with a broken arm as the 00:02:47.150 --> 00:02:50.090 team headed north for opening day. It was a year 00:02:50.090 --> 00:02:53.330 full of surprises. To most Bostonians, when the 00:02:53.330 --> 00:02:56.090 season began, Lynn was a city somewhere north 00:02:56.090 --> 00:02:59.330 of Boston. Rice was a menu selection at any Chinese 00:02:59.330 --> 00:03:02.469 restaurant. And Wise was a potato chip company. 00:03:03.099 --> 00:03:06.199 By seasons end the most austere citizens of the 00:03:06.199 --> 00:03:09.219 hub blandly referred to them as Fred Jim and 00:03:09.219 --> 00:03:13.219 Rick As the super season of 75 became a reality 00:03:13.219 --> 00:03:16.860 two facts became self -evident one Tom Yawkey's 00:03:16.860 --> 00:03:19.319 farm system have produced a bumper crop of outstanding 00:03:19.319 --> 00:03:22.159 talent and to the trades of Dick O 'Connell in 00:03:22.159 --> 00:03:32.349 1974 had blossomed into fruition in 1975 the 00:03:32.349 --> 00:03:35.629 Super Sox of 75, the season really began on Tuesday, 00:03:35.810 --> 00:03:38.310 April 8th, before the usual sold -out gathering 00:03:38.310 --> 00:03:41.550 of the clan at Fenway. Hank Aaron graced Fenway 00:03:41.550 --> 00:03:43.689 Park for the first time in an American League 00:03:43.689 --> 00:03:46.710 uniform and received a tremendous ovation. There 00:03:46.710 --> 00:03:49.449 were two other wild ovations this day, the first 00:03:49.449 --> 00:03:52.349 when Tony Canigliaro was introduced, the second 00:03:52.349 --> 00:03:54.710 when this valiant comeback player did his thing 00:03:54.710 --> 00:03:56.629 with a bat. And the roar you're going to hear 00:03:56.629 --> 00:03:59.349 will be for number 25, his return to Fenway Park, 00:03:59.469 --> 00:04:12.599 Tony Canigliaro. as the groundswell continues 00:04:12.599 --> 00:04:15.699 for Tony C and his comeback in the Red Sox uniform. 00:04:16.439 --> 00:04:18.920 Possibly the sports story of the year. Here's 00:04:18.920 --> 00:04:21.779 a line drive basic to right field. Tony's got 00:04:21.779 --> 00:04:26.920 a base hit. The Red Sox split their first two 00:04:26.920 --> 00:04:29.000 games of the season with the Brewers and then 00:04:29.000 --> 00:04:31.819 took off for Baltimore and New York. In the opener 00:04:31.819 --> 00:04:34.279 against the Orioles, the Sox charged from behind 00:04:34.279 --> 00:04:36.720 to win. Rick Berlson tied the game in the ninth, 00:04:37.000 --> 00:04:39.240 and then Captain Carl took over in the twelfth. 00:04:39.259 --> 00:04:41.899 There's a long drive by Yastremski, hit way back, 00:04:42.040 --> 00:04:46.019 way back, it is gone! And the Red Sox lead 6 00:04:46.019 --> 00:04:49.160 -5. Despite the fine start, the Sox finished 00:04:49.160 --> 00:04:52.100 the month of April with a 7 -9 record. But the 00:04:52.100 --> 00:04:54.939 Sox started rolling along in May, going 16 -9 00:04:54.939 --> 00:04:58.149 for the month. on sunday may 18th against the 00:04:58.149 --> 00:05:00.930 kansas city royals bernie carbo single -handedly 00:05:00.930 --> 00:05:04.430 snapped the red sox five game losing streak all 00:05:04.430 --> 00:05:06.449 right the red sox with a thread here in the third 00:05:06.449 --> 00:05:08.970 inning doug griffin representing the tying run 00:05:08.970 --> 00:05:12.449 at second base and tim blackwell off first nelly 00:05:12.449 --> 00:05:14.870 bryles on the mound his pitch shutout ball so 00:05:14.870 --> 00:05:17.389 far ready to pitch to bernie carbo here's the 00:05:17.389 --> 00:05:20.250 set the look back towards second and here it 00:05:20.250 --> 00:05:39.170 is the long drive Bernardo Carbo once again he's 00:05:39.170 --> 00:05:40.970 got a couple of hits in the ballgame one of them 00:05:40.970 --> 00:05:43.290 a home run off trials that has put the Red Sox 00:05:43.290 --> 00:05:45.529 where they are right now a three to one lead 00:05:45.529 --> 00:05:48.509 two out here in the fifth inning trials ready 00:05:48.509 --> 00:05:52.069 to wind up the pitch Bernie swings there's a 00:05:52.069 --> 00:05:54.829 high drive toward left field this may be out 00:05:54.829 --> 00:05:57.870 of here it is up into the screen a home running 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:04.980 Maybe the turning point of the season occurred 00:06:04.980 --> 00:06:07.360 in mid -may when the Sox swept the three -game 00:06:07.360 --> 00:06:10.779 series from the Oakland A's. In a key game, Bill 00:06:10.779 --> 00:06:13.199 Lee pitched a two -hit shutout while the Sox 00:06:13.199 --> 00:06:16.160 got home runs from Jim Rice, Juan Beníquez, and 00:06:16.160 --> 00:06:19.060 Tony Canigliaro, his last as a major leaguer. 00:06:32.319 --> 00:06:34.980 After shutting out the A's, the space cowboy 00:06:34.980 --> 00:06:37.420 Bill Lee came right back to shut out the Angels. 00:06:37.939 --> 00:06:40.300 The next day, the Sox lost not only the game, 00:06:40.600 --> 00:06:43.339 but their tempers as well. Yastremski made this 00:06:43.339 --> 00:06:48.980 dramatic forced exit. Three and two count. Figueroa 00:06:48.980 --> 00:06:52.079 throws, and it's strike three. Call, and Yaz 00:06:52.079 --> 00:06:55.300 now started up the first baseline. He is just 00:06:55.300 --> 00:06:57.360 putting his hands on his hips and looking out. 00:06:57.740 --> 00:07:00.220 He started to say something. Now he is coming 00:07:00.220 --> 00:07:03.459 back. He dusts off home plate, and now he puts 00:07:03.459 --> 00:07:06.199 dirt on home plate, and he has run out. Throws 00:07:06.199 --> 00:07:08.319 his helmet down, and Yastremski's ejected from 00:07:08.319 --> 00:07:12.019 the game. And he gets a big hand. One of the 00:07:12.019 --> 00:07:14.759 keys to the Red Sox success was the strong emergence 00:07:14.759 --> 00:07:18.060 of their young pitchers. On June 3, Dick Pohl 00:07:18.060 --> 00:07:21.259 beat the White Sox 4 -0. Jim Rice provided the 00:07:21.259 --> 00:07:24.060 game -winning hit in the first inning. Here's 00:07:24.060 --> 00:07:27.860 the set. and the pitch long drive left field 00:07:27.860 --> 00:07:30.240 going to hit the wall it's going to go over the 00:07:30.240 --> 00:07:33.279 wall and into the screen home run Jim Rice 3 00:07:33.279 --> 00:07:37.060 -0 Red Sox by mid -June Fred Lynn had already 00:07:37.060 --> 00:07:39.180 established his superstar credentials with the 00:07:39.180 --> 00:07:42.139 Red Sox fans but on the night of June 19th in 00:07:42.139 --> 00:07:45.000 Detroit all the world stood up and took notice 00:07:45.960 --> 00:07:48.959 Curveball, long drive, right field, way up, forget 00:07:48.959 --> 00:07:52.300 it. Home run, upper deck for Freddie Lynn. Red 00:07:52.300 --> 00:07:54.699 Sox lead three to nothing. Burlton at third, 00:07:54.839 --> 00:07:59.259 Yastremski at first. Coleman works. And there 00:07:59.259 --> 00:08:02.100 goes a high shot to right field. That's up, it's 00:08:02.100 --> 00:08:05.220 towering, it's gone. It's on the roof. Freddie 00:08:05.220 --> 00:08:07.360 Lynn hit one, it's on the roof in Detroit for 00:08:07.360 --> 00:08:10.259 his second home run. And the Red Sox now lead 00:08:10.259 --> 00:08:17.120 by a six to one score. Way back, way back, and 00:08:17.120 --> 00:08:19.860 it's off the scoreboard. Here's Burlton in the 00:08:19.860 --> 00:08:22.180 score. Here comes Zastrovsky around the score. 00:08:22.740 --> 00:08:24.800 Lynn is going into third base. He's got a triple. 00:08:25.100 --> 00:08:27.379 Two more runs batted in, and Lynn is giving him 00:08:27.379 --> 00:08:29.819 seven. And there goes a shot deep to right field. 00:08:30.120 --> 00:08:32.539 High in the air, and we watch this one go into 00:08:32.539 --> 00:08:34.960 the upper deck. His third home run of the night, 00:08:35.620 --> 00:08:39.519 as he goes five for six with three home runs. 00:08:42.600 --> 00:08:44.779 This program not not always is a front -runner 00:08:44.779 --> 00:08:46.759 Fred but this time it has to be because of your 00:08:46.759 --> 00:08:48.940 magnificent performance in Detroit first of all 00:08:48.940 --> 00:08:51.580 Congratulations on that and have you gotten over 00:08:51.580 --> 00:08:55.019 it yet? Thanks, Ned I have gotten over it. You 00:08:55.019 --> 00:08:57.159 know I've been spending a lot of time at the 00:08:57.159 --> 00:08:59.460 pool, so I don't have to be in my room Yes, nobody 00:08:59.460 --> 00:09:01.519 ever even dreams of having a night like that. 00:09:01.539 --> 00:09:05.120 Do they no certainly not? Especially me. I you 00:09:05.120 --> 00:09:07.220 know don't consider myself a homeland hitter 00:09:07.220 --> 00:09:10.019 and to hit three in the game and almost hit four 00:09:10.019 --> 00:09:11.879 You know that was that was really something for 00:09:11.879 --> 00:09:14.700 me over the first 63 games of the season veteran 00:09:14.700 --> 00:09:17.159 Bob Montgomery and youngster Tim Blackwell filled 00:09:17.159 --> 00:09:19.980 in admirably for injured catcher Carlton Fisk 00:09:19.980 --> 00:09:22.120 Marty with his clutch hitting and Blackwell with 00:09:22.120 --> 00:09:25.600 his mitt on June 23rd Fisk returned to the lineup 00:09:25.600 --> 00:09:28.240 and Immediately set off a fuse of actions that 00:09:28.240 --> 00:09:30.700 would carry the Red Sox into first place to stay 00:09:30.700 --> 00:09:33.799 in the American League East On June 26th, the 00:09:33.799 --> 00:09:36.620 Yankees came to Boston for four important games. 00:09:37.100 --> 00:09:40.059 This series was a box office smash and a baseball 00:09:40.059 --> 00:09:43.539 buff's dream. The 136 ,000 people who witnessed 00:09:43.539 --> 00:09:46.139 it saw baseball as it was meant to be played. 00:09:46.639 --> 00:09:49.179 In game one, the diehard battery of Louis Tiant 00:09:49.179 --> 00:09:52.379 and Carlton Fist finished the Yankees. Long high 00:09:52.379 --> 00:09:55.379 fly ball. Deep left field. Way back, way back. 00:09:55.480 --> 00:10:12.889 It is gone! Runners lead from first to the second. 00:10:14.009 --> 00:10:18.570 Teod looks down, gets the sign. Into that slow 00:10:18.570 --> 00:10:25.409 set and jiggling motion. Waits. Looks. Throws. 00:10:25.889 --> 00:10:28.429 Strike three. Call. The game's over. The Red 00:10:28.429 --> 00:10:31.990 Sox win the first one six to one. In game two, 00:10:32.210 --> 00:10:35.070 Rick Wise beat the Yankees. But the Red Sox lost 00:10:35.070 --> 00:10:38.610 the next game eight to six. In game four, Yankee 00:10:38.610 --> 00:10:40.970 killer Roger Morett battled Catfish Hunter on 00:10:40.970 --> 00:10:43.350 even terms for eight innings. In the bottom of 00:10:43.350 --> 00:10:45.750 the inning, Bernie Carbo and Rick Burlson put 00:10:45.750 --> 00:10:48.269 the Sox in front. A drive off toward right field, 00:10:48.389 --> 00:10:50.529 Whitney away from Bond if it stays fair. Fair 00:10:50.529 --> 00:10:53.450 ball, bounces into the seat. Turbos scores. Burlson 00:10:53.450 --> 00:10:57.750 is double, 3 -2 Boston. Morett took over from 00:10:57.750 --> 00:10:59.870 there and mowed down the Yankees to put the Sox 00:10:59.870 --> 00:11:02.809 in first place to stay. Coggins off first. He 00:11:02.809 --> 00:11:05.429 represents the tying run. Here's the set by Morett. 00:11:05.919 --> 00:11:08.779 The pitch into the plate. Fly ball, right center 00:11:08.779 --> 00:11:11.759 field. Rick Miller is under it. Rick Miller has 00:11:11.759 --> 00:11:14.460 got it. And the ball game is over as the Red 00:11:14.460 --> 00:11:17.240 Sox beat the Yankees. Grade a two and take the 00:11:17.240 --> 00:11:19.840 series three games out of four and go into first 00:11:19.840 --> 00:11:22.580 place again in the American League East. One 00:11:22.580 --> 00:11:24.919 of the big stories of the season was a successful 00:11:24.919 --> 00:11:28.379 comeback by Rick Wise. He won 19 big games for 00:11:28.379 --> 00:11:31.440 the Red Sox and on July 2nd came within one out 00:11:31.440 --> 00:11:34.620 of a no -hitter. After retiring the first two 00:11:34.620 --> 00:11:37.480 batters, he walked Bill Sharp, and George Scott 00:11:37.480 --> 00:11:40.080 broke up the no -hit bid by belting a two -run 00:11:40.080 --> 00:11:43.480 homer. Rick goes into the stretch. Drops to the 00:11:43.480 --> 00:11:47.279 belt. Here's his pitch. Fly ball deep left -center 00:11:47.279 --> 00:11:49.639 field. There goes the no -hitter, and there goes 00:11:49.639 --> 00:11:55.460 the cutout. It's a home run. From July 7th through 00:11:55.460 --> 00:11:58.419 the 20th, the Red Hot Sox won 10 straight. On 00:11:58.419 --> 00:12:00.440 July 10th, in the middle of that winning streak, 00:12:00.899 --> 00:12:03.120 the Sox rallied back to beat Minnesota and keep 00:12:03.120 --> 00:12:06.120 it alive. The Goldust twins, Lynn and Rice, got 00:12:06.120 --> 00:12:09.379 it started in the eighth. Red Sox trail eight 00:12:09.379 --> 00:12:14.700 to four. Here it comes. There's a fly ball deep 00:12:14.700 --> 00:12:16.419 left center field that's going to be off the 00:12:16.419 --> 00:12:20.279 wall. Doyle scores easily. Rice is going for 00:12:20.279 --> 00:12:22.399 two. He's got himself a double and now it's eight 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:26.759 to five. One ball, two strikes to Lynn. Here's 00:12:26.759 --> 00:12:29.559 the set by Aubrey and the pitch. And he hits 00:12:29.559 --> 00:12:33.000 the fly ball toward left field fairly deep. A 00:12:33.000 --> 00:12:35.100 home run for Lynn and now it's eight to seven. 00:12:35.700 --> 00:12:38.500 Then in the ninth Cecil Cooper tied it and Doug 00:12:38.500 --> 00:12:41.399 Griffin and Rice pulled it out. Johnson delivers. 00:12:42.539 --> 00:12:45.820 Long drive. Deep right center field. Way out. 00:12:46.039 --> 00:12:49.700 It's gone. Game tied up. Eight to eight. Home 00:12:49.700 --> 00:12:54.820 run Cecil Cooper. The 1 -0 pitch to Griff. Line 00:12:54.820 --> 00:12:58.019 drive, right center field for a base hit. And 00:12:58.019 --> 00:13:01.080 the lead run, the winning run is on first. Doug 00:13:01.080 --> 00:13:03.220 Griffin, a pinch single, lining it into right 00:13:03.220 --> 00:13:06.779 center. Now the step by the pitcher Bergmeier. 00:13:07.259 --> 00:13:10.759 Three and two to right. The pause. The pitch. 00:13:11.080 --> 00:13:13.320 Law drive into left center field. It's in there. 00:13:13.639 --> 00:13:16.080 Base hit. Rolling to the wall. Here comes Griffin 00:13:16.080 --> 00:13:27.179 around third. The relay is not going to be. The 00:13:27.179 --> 00:13:29.799 Red Sox success story was a total team effort, 00:13:30.179 --> 00:13:32.120 but the two players who kept coming through were 00:13:32.120 --> 00:13:35.139 the rookie tandem of Rice and Lin. Lin showed 00:13:35.139 --> 00:13:37.940 his stuff that big night in Detroit with 10 RBIs. 00:13:38.559 --> 00:13:40.779 Rice demonstrated his awesome power the night 00:13:40.779 --> 00:13:43.919 of July 17th, when he became only the sixth player 00:13:43.919 --> 00:13:46.460 to hit a ball over Fenway's center field fence. 00:13:46.940 --> 00:13:49.620 Here's Rice, struck out his first time up, as 00:13:49.620 --> 00:13:53.330 Busby's had a funny two innings. Scored on five 00:13:53.330 --> 00:13:56.149 times and five strikeouts long drive way way 00:13:56.149 --> 00:13:59.049 back out of sight over the American flag and 00:13:59.049 --> 00:14:03.090 out of here home run, right? Did he get all that 00:14:03.090 --> 00:14:06.909 one? That might be the longest one he's hit this 00:14:06.909 --> 00:14:10.649 year Otis didn't even move it disappeared somewhere 00:14:10.649 --> 00:14:13.870 in the folds of the American flag Then six days 00:14:13.870 --> 00:14:16.330 later Jim Rice displayed his fielding prowess 00:14:16.330 --> 00:14:19.110 by robbing Minnesota's Glenn Borgman of two home 00:14:19.110 --> 00:14:23.320 runs Here's the pitch by Morett. Borgman swings 00:14:23.320 --> 00:14:26.019 and sends a long, high drive down into left field 00:14:26.019 --> 00:14:28.440 near the line. Rice going for it. This may be 00:14:28.440 --> 00:14:31.779 out of here. It is up. It is caught by Jimmy 00:14:31.779 --> 00:14:34.340 Rice as he leaps up and takes a home run away 00:14:34.340 --> 00:14:37.399 from Borgman, leaping and taking the ball in 00:14:37.399 --> 00:14:39.639 the air, coming down and nobody knew that he 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:42.460 had it, but he has the baseball and Borgman is 00:14:42.460 --> 00:14:49.480 out. A sensational catch by Jim Rice. Morett, 00:14:49.580 --> 00:14:53.240 all set. Comes in with his pitch. There's a long 00:14:53.240 --> 00:14:55.679 drive deep toward left center field this time. 00:14:55.879 --> 00:14:58.299 Lynn goes for it. Rice goes for it. Rice wasting 00:14:58.299 --> 00:15:01.019 full tilt toward the wall. He leaps up. He's 00:15:01.019 --> 00:15:03.840 got it! A fine running catch again by Jim Rice. 00:15:04.179 --> 00:15:08.139 And Borgman again is robbed of extra bases. Late 00:15:08.139 --> 00:15:10.899 in July, the Sox travel to New York for a four 00:15:10.899 --> 00:15:13.789 game showdown at Shea Stadium. After dropping 00:15:13.789 --> 00:15:16.149 the opening game, the Sox bounced back to win 00:15:16.149 --> 00:15:18.429 the second game, which was highlighted by two 00:15:18.429 --> 00:15:20.970 sensational fielding plays by shortstop Rick 00:15:20.970 --> 00:15:26.049 Burleson. Bases full, Red Sox leading 1 -0. Here 00:15:26.049 --> 00:15:29.090 is the set by Reggie Cleveland and the pitch. 00:15:29.649 --> 00:15:31.450 Herman sends a bouncer past Cleveland towards 00:15:31.450 --> 00:15:33.690 center field. It is cut off by Burleson going 00:15:33.690 --> 00:15:36.669 to his left, throws over to Doyle of course out. 00:15:36.909 --> 00:15:39.730 Munson scores, the game's tied 1 -1, but Burleson 00:15:39.730 --> 00:15:45.360 saved another run. So now there are two outs 00:15:45.360 --> 00:15:47.779 and Sandy Alomar the number nine hitter in the 00:15:47.779 --> 00:15:50.080 Yankee order at the plate Reggie Cleveland ready 00:15:50.080 --> 00:15:52.220 to pitch to him runners at first and third two 00:15:52.220 --> 00:15:55.500 outs and the game tied 1 -1 Here's the set by 00:15:55.500 --> 00:15:59.799 Cleveland and here it comes Again pass the mound 00:15:59.799 --> 00:16:01.919 up toward the middle burleson flashes to his 00:16:01.919 --> 00:16:04.259 left dies. He's got it flips to Doyle They've 00:16:04.259 --> 00:16:06.559 got him they retire the side on another great 00:16:06.559 --> 00:16:09.600 play by Rick burleson saving another run and 00:16:09.600 --> 00:16:13.629 the game is tied 1 -1 Then in a big doubleheader 00:16:13.629 --> 00:16:16.269 on a warm July Sunday, the Yankees swallowed 00:16:16.269 --> 00:16:19.350 a double dose of southpaw cyanide as first Bill 00:16:19.350 --> 00:16:22.750 Lee, then Roger Morett shut them out. In the 00:16:22.750 --> 00:16:24.990 ninth inning of a scoreless first game, Rick 00:16:24.990 --> 00:16:48.190 Miller hooked the catfish. On the bottom of the 00:16:48.190 --> 00:16:50.850 ninth, Fred Lynn turned in the defensive gem 00:16:50.850 --> 00:17:51.430 of the season. Then in game two of the Twinbill, 00:17:51.630 --> 00:17:53.990 Roger Morrett was dynamite. Here's the pitch. 00:17:54.609 --> 00:17:56.849 And there's a plod up right field. Miller's there. 00:17:56.970 --> 00:17:59.349 He's got it. The ball game's over. And Morrett 00:17:59.349 --> 00:18:02.230 has a shutout. The Red Sox have a double shutout 00:18:02.230 --> 00:18:04.910 over the Yankees and now lead New York by 10 00:18:04.910 --> 00:18:07.730 games. The next night in Boston, Carlton Fisk 00:18:07.730 --> 00:18:10.630 had five RBI's to lead another cardiac comeback 00:18:10.630 --> 00:18:13.869 by the Red Sox. Rammed up the middle in the center 00:18:13.869 --> 00:18:16.990 field. Base hit. The run scores. Here comes Lynn 00:18:16.990 --> 00:18:19.250 in the third. He's beat it. Throw it to his second 00:18:19.250 --> 00:18:21.930 base. Fisk is in his second. He's safe. Do nothing 00:18:21.930 --> 00:18:24.490 possible. All right, three balls, one strike. 00:18:24.690 --> 00:18:26.390 Right to the short lead. Here's the delivery. 00:18:26.829 --> 00:18:30.069 Long drive by Fisk. Way back. Left field. Going, 00:18:30.190 --> 00:18:35.109 going. It is gone over everything. A drive by 00:18:35.109 --> 00:18:37.809 Carlton Fisk. Deep left center field. And it 00:18:37.809 --> 00:18:42.210 is a new ball game, baby. Pudge has done it again. 00:18:42.589 --> 00:18:44.589 Throw and takes off. Here's the throw on down 00:18:44.589 --> 00:18:48.019 to second. He is out. Carlton Fisk. Related on 00:18:48.019 --> 00:18:51.039 the money and darwin got a good running jump 00:18:51.039 --> 00:18:55.019 Just fired him down carlton takes a deep breath 00:18:55.019 --> 00:18:59.440 One ball one strike He outfields in here's the 00:18:59.440 --> 00:19:02.640 pitch fist swings face at the center field games 00:19:02.640 --> 00:19:05.859 over the red sox win it seven to six in the night 00:19:05.859 --> 00:19:16.440 In august The Sox took off on a 15 -game road 00:19:16.440 --> 00:19:18.480 trip, which many thought would be a repeat of 00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:21.900 last year's death march. It wasn't. The Sox won 00:19:21.900 --> 00:19:24.799 nine out of 15 and played inspired baseball. 00:19:25.640 --> 00:19:27.740 Witness this game -winning pinch hit by Doug 00:19:27.740 --> 00:19:31.519 Griffin against the Brewers. Rick Austin of the 00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:33.900 Brewers in a jam right now the Red Sox with a 00:19:33.900 --> 00:19:37.599 threat here base is full Heise at third Berlson 00:19:37.599 --> 00:19:40.140 at second and Dwight Evans at first base a tie 00:19:40.140 --> 00:19:42.859 ball game right now And it's right up to Doug 00:19:42.859 --> 00:19:44.859 Griffin who's come up the bench a lot of times 00:19:44.859 --> 00:19:48.190 this year to deliver important hits Griffin stands 00:19:48.190 --> 00:19:51.250 in from the right side. Austin, the southpaw, 00:19:51.329 --> 00:19:55.309 gets set. Working. And here's the pitch. There's 00:19:55.309 --> 00:19:57.869 a drive into left field. It is dropping in there 00:19:57.869 --> 00:20:00.690 for a base hit. Heist comes across to score. 00:20:01.130 --> 00:20:03.450 The bases remain loaded and the Red Sox go out 00:20:03.450 --> 00:20:07.289 into a 3 -2 lead. And this tape measure shot 00:20:07.289 --> 00:20:09.930 off the bat of Dwight Evans in Chicago. There 00:20:09.930 --> 00:20:12.589 goes a long drive. Deep left field. Way back. 00:20:12.869 --> 00:20:17.559 It is gone into the upper deck. New ball game. 00:20:18.099 --> 00:20:20.579 And this clutch hit by Denny Doyle to beat the 00:20:20.579 --> 00:20:24.160 White Sox. Denny looks out, waving the black 00:20:24.160 --> 00:20:27.599 bat. Here's the pitch. Ground ball, right side, 00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:30.220 base hit. Into right field. Burlton running for 00:20:30.220 --> 00:20:33.019 the plate. Kelly goes to the plate, not in time. 00:20:33.319 --> 00:20:36.039 The Red Sox go ahead. And runners are at second 00:20:36.039 --> 00:20:38.799 and third. It's 4 -3. It's Denny Doyle who wanted 00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:40.440 you now because of the way you've been playing. 00:20:40.579 --> 00:20:42.359 And things have really worked out well for you. 00:20:42.420 --> 00:20:44.900 You look awful happy. Needless to say, I came 00:20:44.900 --> 00:20:47.160 from a bad situation where we weren't winning 00:20:47.160 --> 00:20:50.059 at all and I wasn't playing. And it was frustrating 00:20:50.059 --> 00:20:51.779 in that I knew that I could help a ball club, 00:20:51.960 --> 00:20:54.059 whether it be a winner or whatever. And it's 00:20:54.059 --> 00:20:56.839 really gratifying, this experience right here, 00:20:56.920 --> 00:20:59.119 the situation I'm in. When the Red Sox announced 00:20:59.119 --> 00:21:01.900 the acquisition of Doyle back in June, the news 00:21:01.900 --> 00:21:04.940 was met with a collector's yawn. But Denny hit 00:21:04.940 --> 00:21:07.799 300 for the Sox and fashioned a 22 -game hitting 00:21:07.799 --> 00:21:10.740 streak, longest in the American League in 1975. 00:21:11.740 --> 00:21:14.200 Another important midseason acquisition by General 00:21:14.200 --> 00:21:16.700 Manager Dick O 'Connell was relief pitcher Jim 00:21:16.700 --> 00:21:19.319 Willoughby, witnessed this big save in July. 00:21:19.640 --> 00:21:22.460 And the pitch. Ground ball, hit fair to third. 00:21:22.599 --> 00:21:25.099 Petrocelli has it, over to first, game's over. 00:21:25.420 --> 00:21:28.740 Red Sox win their seventh in a row. And Jim Willoughby 00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:32.140 gets a save. Burroughs grounds out, and the Red 00:21:32.140 --> 00:21:35.420 Sox sweep the Texas Rangers. They sweep the home 00:21:35.420 --> 00:21:38.539 stand, seven in a row. And then there was Bob 00:21:38.539 --> 00:21:41.059 Heiss, a valuable performer all season, who filled 00:21:41.059 --> 00:21:43.440 the breach as the Red Sox infielder during Rico 00:21:43.440 --> 00:21:46.240 Petrocelli's absence. The pitch, Heiss wraps 00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:49.099 it. Fair ball, town pass third. Bouncing off 00:21:49.099 --> 00:21:51.519 the railing, this scores Burlson. Heiss going 00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:54.619 for two, here comes a throw. No tag made, it's 00:21:54.619 --> 00:21:57.509 a double for Heiss. and he knocks in a run is 00:21:57.509 --> 00:22:00.390 now five to one so heist gets a double and drives 00:22:00.390 --> 00:22:03.690 in a run and bobby is two for three tonight he 00:22:03.690 --> 00:22:07.089 has been quite a fill in lately then came september 00:22:07.089 --> 00:22:09.150 the sox were gamely holding on to the lead as 00:22:09.150 --> 00:22:11.789 they came down the home stretch closing fast 00:22:11.789 --> 00:22:14.750 as always were the baltimore orioles on september 00:22:14.750 --> 00:22:17.730 3rd and 4th the sox met the orioles for two crucial 00:22:17.730 --> 00:22:20.630 games in lord baltimore's hometown the orioles 00:22:20.630 --> 00:22:23.440 needed a sweep to close the gap But instead of 00:22:23.440 --> 00:22:25.859 sweeping, they got swept. Eight games behind 00:22:25.859 --> 00:22:28.819 the pennant -crazed Bosocks. Cecil Cooper out 00:22:28.819 --> 00:22:30.700 -dueled a Jim Palmer pitch in the 10th inning 00:22:30.700 --> 00:22:34.500 of the first game. The pitch by Jim. Long drive 00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:37.259 by Cooper. Right field. It's deep. It's deep. 00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:41.079 It's deep. And it is off the wall. Bouncing away. 00:22:41.299 --> 00:22:44.259 Cooper's at second. On his way to third. And 00:22:44.259 --> 00:22:47.799 the throw coming on. He's in with a triple. Cecil 00:22:47.799 --> 00:22:51.059 Cooper just barely missed a home run. Now they're 00:22:51.059 --> 00:22:55.470 rolling home runs. 0 at home run. But the ball 00:22:55.470 --> 00:22:57.730 hit over the wall and then bounced back into 00:22:57.730 --> 00:23:01.109 play. Call to the first base umpire Larry Barnett. 00:23:01.309 --> 00:23:04.869 Here comes Earl Weaver. Red Sox lead 3 -2 on 00:23:04.869 --> 00:23:07.730 a home run by Cooper. Then in the second game, 00:23:07.950 --> 00:23:11.269 the Orioles came unglued early. Bases full and 00:23:11.269 --> 00:23:14.309 one out. In field, double play depth. The pitch 00:23:14.309 --> 00:23:17.269 to Rice. Ground ball toward third. Robinson steps 00:23:17.269 --> 00:23:20.309 on the bag, throws to first and steps away from 00:23:20.309 --> 00:23:24.339 Lee May. Run -run scores. Here comes Lin. He's 00:23:24.339 --> 00:23:27.039 going to score. And in the third goes Jim Rice. 00:23:28.019 --> 00:23:30.339 Oh, did they mess that up. That's all the Sox 00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:33.140 needed as Drago and Pohl held the birds to just 00:23:33.140 --> 00:23:36.220 one run. Here's the set by Drago. Here's the 00:23:36.220 --> 00:23:39.259 pitch. Rich strikes out swinging. Pohl game's 00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:42.559 over. The Red Sox lead by eight games. The Orioles 00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:45.119 were on the endangered species list when two 00:23:45.119 --> 00:23:47.579 weeks later they came to Boston for another important 00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:51.250 two -game series. On September 16th, Louis Tiant 00:23:51.250 --> 00:23:53.789 and Jim Palmer hooked up in a real pitcher's 00:23:53.789 --> 00:23:56.869 duel. Rico Petrocelli put the Red Sox in front 00:23:56.869 --> 00:24:00.150 with a home run. Scoreless tie here in the third. 00:24:01.170 --> 00:24:04.869 Palmer and Tiant for it. Long drive by Petrocelli. 00:24:04.990 --> 00:24:12.490 Deep left field, it is gone for a home run. Another 00:24:12.490 --> 00:24:15.470 home run just for safety's sake by Carlton Fisk 00:24:15.470 --> 00:24:28.799 and El Tiante did the rest. He's working on a 00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:32.200 shutout now in the ninth. The gap is in right 00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:35.500 center field on Ken Singleton. The arm around 00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:38.519 the pitch. Fly ball right center field. Freddie 00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:41.460 Lynn wants it. He's under it. He has got it. 00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:44.140 Ball game's over and the Red Sox win it 2 -0 00:24:44.140 --> 00:24:48.569 and five and a half in front. And you might say, 00:24:48.710 --> 00:24:51.529 one more time, there's pandemonium on the field. 00:24:55.529 --> 00:24:57.450 Well, I wish you'd been here to hear the standing 00:24:57.450 --> 00:25:00.049 ovation that Louis T. Ant got. And listen to 00:25:00.049 --> 00:25:05.450 this. This is something new. Louis, Louis. That's 00:25:05.450 --> 00:25:08.430 a big chant here in Boston now. On Sunday, September 00:25:08.430 --> 00:25:10.990 21st, the Sox were having a terrible time with 00:25:10.990 --> 00:25:13.509 the usually helpless Tigers. They blew an early 00:25:13.509 --> 00:25:16.769 lead, and tragically, Jim Rice was hit by a pitch 00:25:16.769 --> 00:25:19.650 and subsequently finished for the season. Watch 00:25:19.650 --> 00:25:23.789 it. He is hit. He's hit again on the hand. Jim 00:25:23.789 --> 00:25:27.349 Rice. Second time he's been hit on the hand or 00:25:27.349 --> 00:25:29.829 arm this year, and he is in pain as he bends 00:25:29.829 --> 00:25:34.009 over. He got it on the left wrist or hand. And 00:25:34.009 --> 00:25:36.549 that's a tough break for Jim. In the ninth, the 00:25:36.549 --> 00:25:38.930 Sox staged a rally, and Denny Doyle worked his 00:25:38.930 --> 00:25:44.019 magic again. Pence leans in. He pitches and Doyle 00:25:44.019 --> 00:25:46.200 sends the ground ball hits the first base bag 00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:49.160 goes into right field. Here's Miller scoring 00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:51.660 Here comes Vanekas to score the throw to second 00:25:51.660 --> 00:25:53.779 base not in time and the Red Sox go into the 00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:57.660 lead The Sox then went to New York and shot down 00:25:57.660 --> 00:26:00.079 the Yanks six to four in a driving rainstorm. 00:26:00.420 --> 00:26:02.859 The rain continued for three days and three nights, 00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:05.500 and everyone prayed to the Sun God for it to 00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:09.140 end. Finally, on September 26th, the Sox returned 00:26:09.140 --> 00:26:11.279 to action, and Louis Tiant and Reggie Cleveland 00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:14.279 proved invincible. In game one of the doubleheader, 00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:16.880 Tiant threw a five -hitter at the Tribe. Tiant 00:26:16.880 --> 00:26:21.839 in question with 18th win. Here it is. Curve 00:26:21.839 --> 00:26:32.599 ball, pop foul. Then in the second game, Reggie 00:26:32.599 --> 00:26:35.440 Cleveland repeated Louis' five -hit shutout performance. 00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:51.680 With the magic number down to two, Sox fans waited 00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:53.759 to hear the outcome of a Saturday night twin 00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:55.660 bill in New York between the Orioles and the 00:26:55.660 --> 00:26:58.859 Yankees. When it came, it was good news. It sounded 00:26:58.859 --> 00:27:11.380 like this. The Red Sox were the new Eastern Division 00:27:11.380 --> 00:27:13.700 champions. They had beaten the pressure applied 00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:16.200 by the Orioles, beaten the curse of witch doctors, 00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:19.700 and beaten the monsoons of September. Now, it 00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:21.759 was on to the playoffs and hopefully the World 00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:24.480 Series. But first, the Sox had to handle the 00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:26.880 challenge of Charlie Finley's band of mustachioed 00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:29.380 marauders, the reigning champions of the baseball 00:27:29.380 --> 00:27:39.839 world. So the Red Sox had disposed of the Baltimore 00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:42.259 Orioles and had taken the Eastern title by a 00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:44.960 healthy margin. Now it was on to the best of 00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:47.180 five playoff games against the defending champion 00:27:47.180 --> 00:27:50.059 Oakland A's. These were the fabled A's of legend 00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:53.119 and song. They were also the steel -belted pressure 00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:55.680 -proven A's of three straight world championships. 00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:58.519 The big question mark before the playoffs began 00:27:58.519 --> 00:28:00.599 was how would the daring young Red Sox handle 00:28:00.599 --> 00:28:03.400 the postseason pressure? The answer was not long 00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:06.400 in coming. In the opening game of the playoffs 00:28:06.400 --> 00:28:09.440 at Fenway Park, Yaz led things off with a single. 00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:12.740 That brought up Carlton Fisk, and the A's made 00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:14.799 their first in a series of errors that would 00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:22.920 plague them throughout the playoffs. With Fred 00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:37.049 Lynn up, Phil Garner booted one for another run. 00:28:41.869 --> 00:28:51.869 The uncharacteristic sloppy play of the A's was 00:28:51.869 --> 00:28:53.869 contrasted by the brilliant fielding of the Red 00:28:53.869 --> 00:29:10.279 Sox. The 2 -0 pitch to Billy Williams fly ball 00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:12.880 deep left center field. Yes jumps key going back 00:29:12.880 --> 00:29:26.220 back back With the game still up for grabs in 00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:29.299 the seventh inning the Red Sox exploded for five 00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:44.559 runs Boltzmann works Holtzman gets that again. 00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:46.779 Burleson right down in the back. Swing. Ground 00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:50.140 ball, big hit. Left field. Evans in the score. 00:29:50.299 --> 00:29:53.500 Here's Burleson going for two. And he is in there. 00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:55.539 And they're having trouble picking the ball up 00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:58.720 and left. Burleson turned second. And then darted 00:29:58.720 --> 00:30:01.660 back in there. It's 3 -0 Boston. Ground ball 00:30:01.660 --> 00:30:03.940 up in the middle. Big hit. Here's Burleson digging 00:30:03.940 --> 00:30:06.319 around third. He'll head on to the plate and 00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:09.759 he will score. 4 -0 Boston. If we're going to 00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:15.990 miss, the runner breaks the throw. The pitch. 00:30:16.450 --> 00:30:20.069 Out into the left center. North has got it. Benique 00:30:20.069 --> 00:30:23.009 has his tag. Cross out the ball. And Benique 00:30:23.009 --> 00:30:26.450 is a star. Doyle is safe. Billy North tried to 00:30:26.450 --> 00:30:28.690 throw the ball before he got it and dropped it. 00:30:28.769 --> 00:30:33.509 And it's 5 -0 Boston. Line drive. Base hit. Center 00:30:33.509 --> 00:30:36.730 field. Doyle. Speeds for third. The throw will 00:30:36.730 --> 00:30:39.410 come back into second. And Lindblad has been 00:30:39.410 --> 00:30:42.670 touched for a hit. Paul Lindblad. It's all up 00:30:42.670 --> 00:31:03.920 and softball. Works. But Louis Tiant, El Teante, 00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:39.279 was magnificent to the end. In game two, the 00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:42.119 A's came back like wounded bulls. Reggie Jackson 00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:45.160 started it off with this two -run shot. Pitches, 00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:48.359 long drive, hit to right field, way back, and 00:31:48.359 --> 00:31:51.380 it is gone. Home run, Reggie Jackson into the 00:31:51.380 --> 00:31:53.900 bleachers, two -nothing Oakland. In the fourth 00:31:53.900 --> 00:31:56.519 inning, the Sox came back. With Doyle aboard, 00:31:57.039 --> 00:32:00.539 Yaz lost one. Fly ball, deep left center field, 00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:03.279 way back, toward the wall, toward the screen, 00:32:08.460 --> 00:32:11.099 In the sixth inning, Yaz got it started again 00:32:11.099 --> 00:32:27.819 with a double, and Fisk drove him home. With 00:32:27.819 --> 00:32:38.170 the A's rallying in the seventh, Dick Greggo 00:32:38.170 --> 00:32:40.569 came out of the bullpen to strike out Billy Williams, 00:32:41.029 --> 00:32:43.230 and Fred Lynn turned a potential hit into an 00:32:43.230 --> 00:32:46.130 exciting double play. Greggo works, and the drive 00:32:46.130 --> 00:32:48.150 on out into center field, here comes Lynn on, 00:32:48.150 --> 00:32:50.690 he's got it, and Piper is going to be doubled 00:32:50.690 --> 00:32:54.049 up. He was running all the way, and a double 00:32:54.049 --> 00:32:57.150 play, and Greggo's out of it. Time and again, 00:32:57.170 --> 00:32:59.150 the old pros came through in the clutch for the 00:32:59.150 --> 00:33:02.390 Red Sox. In the seventh inning, it was Rico Petrocelli's 00:33:02.390 --> 00:33:05.109 turn. Fingers on a full count of three and two. 00:33:05.890 --> 00:33:24.910 Here's the delivery. In the eighth inning, Freddie 00:33:24.910 --> 00:33:27.230 Lynn drove in the final run of the game, and 00:33:27.230 --> 00:33:29.549 Dick Drago continued to bewitch the bewildered 00:33:29.549 --> 00:33:33.869 A's. Here's the set by Dick Drago. Here's the 00:33:33.869 --> 00:33:36.569 pitch. Ground ball toward the middle. Cut off 00:33:36.569 --> 00:33:39.230 by Berlson. Flips to Doyle. They've got the force 00:33:39.230 --> 00:33:44.470 out on the Red Sox of 1 -2. A force out from 00:33:44.470 --> 00:33:49.089 Berlson to Doyle. Dick Drago gets a save for 00:33:49.089 --> 00:33:51.900 Roger Moret. On the verge of elimination, the 00:33:51.900 --> 00:33:54.380 A's returned home to Oakland to face Rick Wise. 00:33:54.960 --> 00:33:57.180 No one in his wildest dreams would have predicted 00:33:57.180 --> 00:33:59.740 a Red Sox three -game sweep of the world champion. 00:34:00.420 --> 00:34:02.859 But the combination of perfect Red Sox execution 00:34:02.859 --> 00:34:05.599 and the lack of execution by the A's led to their 00:34:05.599 --> 00:34:08.280 downfall. Witness the fourth inning. Fred Lynn 00:34:08.280 --> 00:34:21.909 at the plate. For Rico Petrocelli and Carl Yastremski, 00:34:22.210 --> 00:34:25.650 it was 1967 revisited. Rico drove in a run with 00:34:25.650 --> 00:34:38.670 this hit. Then Yaz came up with this super play 00:34:38.670 --> 00:35:06.989 on Reggie Jackson. With the old boys leading 00:35:06.989 --> 00:35:08.969 the way, the kids and the newcomers followed 00:35:08.969 --> 00:35:12.630 suit. Rick Burlson doubled. On the pitch. Dang. 00:35:13.230 --> 00:35:15.449 Fair ball. Down pass third and into the left 00:35:15.449 --> 00:35:18.170 field corner and Burlson's on his way to second 00:35:18.170 --> 00:35:20.030 base. He goes in standing up for the double. 00:35:20.429 --> 00:35:35.000 Denny Doyle drove him home. Then Jastremski singled, 00:35:35.219 --> 00:35:37.440 Fisk singled, and the Red Sox ran the bases with 00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:40.139 abandon. There's a shot in the right field, that's 00:35:40.139 --> 00:35:43.119 a base hit. Here is the runner going to third, 00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:45.659 Jackson Snow is coming on and he's in there. 00:35:47.260 --> 00:35:51.840 Oh, Jastremski now is two for three. All right, 00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:54.219 runners on, first and third. Yes, at first Denny 00:35:54.219 --> 00:36:05.579 Doyle over third. Here's the pitch to Fisk. As 00:36:05.579 --> 00:36:07.940 the runner at third, Fisk on at second. Ooh, 00:36:08.099 --> 00:36:10.440 and a base hit here could break it open. One 00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:12.940 ball, two strikes on Fred Lynn. Here's the pitch. 00:36:13.179 --> 00:36:15.519 Into the dirt, gets away. Here comes Jostrowski 00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:19.380 down. He scores as the ball gets away. And Bando 00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:23.599 comes on to recover and it's 4 -0, Boston. Wild 00:36:23.599 --> 00:36:26.179 pitch charged to Lynn Bland. In the bottom of 00:36:26.179 --> 00:36:28.280 the eighth, the A's threatened to pull it out. 00:36:28.659 --> 00:36:30.659 Dick Greggo came out of the bullpen in relief 00:36:30.659 --> 00:36:33.619 of Rick Wise. To the dangerous Joe Rudy at bat. 00:36:33.769 --> 00:36:56.849 Drago served up a double play ball. And in the 00:36:56.849 --> 00:36:59.710 night, Drago continued his magic as the Sox pulled 00:36:59.710 --> 00:37:02.389 off their incredible three game sweep by winning 00:37:02.389 --> 00:37:06.110 five to four. Three balls, two strikes, two outs. 00:37:09.849 --> 00:37:12.190 Right side of the infield deep. Cooper laying 00:37:12.190 --> 00:37:15.969 back. Drago getting set with a payoff pitch once 00:37:15.969 --> 00:37:20.070 again. Pauses. Pitches. Ground ball past Drago. 00:37:20.130 --> 00:37:22.710 Charged by Doyle. Goes to first. The Red Sox 00:37:22.710 --> 00:37:25.110 win the pennant. The Red Sox win it. They're 00:37:25.110 --> 00:37:27.309 all out on the field. As they have beaten the 00:37:27.309 --> 00:37:30.110 Oakland A's, three in a row. Looking back on 00:37:30.110 --> 00:37:32.880 it, it was a miracle of sorts. In April, who 00:37:32.880 --> 00:37:34.639 would have predicted the Red Sox would beat out 00:37:34.639 --> 00:37:36.739 the Yankees or the Orioles in the Eastern Division? 00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:39.900 Who could have foreseen the fabulous rise to 00:37:39.900 --> 00:37:42.820 stardom of rookies Rice and Lynn? Who could have 00:37:42.820 --> 00:37:45.780 foreseen Rick Wise coming back to win 19 games? 00:37:46.340 --> 00:37:48.579 Who, in the farthest reaches of their imagination, 00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:50.860 could have foreseen a sweep of the A's and a 00:37:50.860 --> 00:37:53.559 World Series berth for the Red Sox? You had to 00:37:53.559 --> 00:37:56.139 pinch yourself to believe it. But there were 00:37:56.139 --> 00:37:58.690 the Super Sox in friendly Fenway Park. against 00:37:58.690 --> 00:38:01.130 the Cincinnati Reds. The Big Red had eight wins 00:38:01.130 --> 00:38:03.710 in the regular season and blown past the Pittsburgh 00:38:03.710 --> 00:38:06.429 Pirates in three straight playoff wins. What 00:38:06.429 --> 00:38:08.989 were the Sox chances? Asked Sparky Anderson. 00:38:09.429 --> 00:38:11.090 They must be great. They beat the athletics, 00:38:11.110 --> 00:38:13.050 the world's champs three times and knocked them 00:38:13.050 --> 00:38:15.349 off in three straight. So they must be something 00:38:15.349 --> 00:38:18.409 else. I hope they're not that good because if 00:38:18.409 --> 00:38:20.250 they are, we won't even be in the same ballpark. 00:38:20.610 --> 00:38:22.809 Game one was a pitching masterpiece for seven 00:38:22.809 --> 00:38:25.610 innings. Cincinnati ace Don Gullick matched Louis 00:38:25.610 --> 00:38:28.590 Tiont pitch for pitch. Then in the seventh, Teot 00:38:28.590 --> 00:38:32.510 took the offense into his own hands. Swung on 00:38:32.510 --> 00:38:35.889 and hit hard to left field. A base hit. Louis 00:38:35.889 --> 00:38:38.630 Teot and a breaking ball. Five feet rose for 00:38:38.630 --> 00:38:40.730 a single to left field. And listen to this crowd. 00:38:42.809 --> 00:38:44.690 Dwight Evans tried to move him along and did 00:38:44.690 --> 00:38:48.110 more than his job. Evans a hit and three times. 00:38:48.989 --> 00:38:51.230 Pitch he squares bunch at first base side. Gulling 00:38:51.230 --> 00:39:00.119 up with the ball. Shot at second base. Next came 00:39:00.119 --> 00:39:05.659 Denny Doyle. Two on, none out for the Red Sox. 00:39:05.900 --> 00:39:08.119 Pitch, swung on, bouncing ball, left side, a 00:39:08.119 --> 00:39:11.039 hit to left. Deon will get the stop sign at third 00:39:11.039 --> 00:39:14.119 base as Doyle gets one to left field. A base 00:39:14.119 --> 00:39:16.900 hit that fills the bases with Red Sox and nobody 00:39:16.900 --> 00:39:21.300 out. With the bases loaded, Captain Carl delivered. 00:39:41.440 --> 00:39:45.360 delivered a big two -run single. Petrocelli hits 00:39:45.360 --> 00:39:48.800 the shot by Concepcion into left field. Here's 00:39:48.800 --> 00:39:51.639 Foster throwing for the plate. Cut off by Rose, 00:39:51.800 --> 00:39:55.539 a two -run single by Petrocelli and it is 4 -0 00:39:55.539 --> 00:40:00.519 Boston. And Berlson and Cooper kept the parade 00:40:00.519 --> 00:40:04.260 moving. Back at any with the look in, the check 00:40:04.260 --> 00:40:46.239 and the pitch swung on. Like a matador in a bull 00:40:46.239 --> 00:40:49.260 ring, Louis Tiant finished off the Reds to the 00:40:49.260 --> 00:40:51.460 delight of the crowd as the Sox took the series 00:40:51.460 --> 00:41:18.500 opener 6 -0. In game two, Bill Lee pitched an 00:41:18.500 --> 00:41:20.900 out -of -space masterpiece until rain halted 00:41:20.900 --> 00:41:22.659 the game in the bottom of the seventh inning. 00:41:23.300 --> 00:41:25.119 The long rain delay gave the bewildered Reds 00:41:25.119 --> 00:41:27.780 a chance to regroup. Johnny Bench's double in 00:41:27.780 --> 00:41:30.300 the ninth sent Bill Lee to the showers. Then 00:41:30.300 --> 00:41:32.760 Griffey and Concepcion combined to give the Reds 00:41:32.760 --> 00:41:35.679 a 3 -2 win. With the series tied at one game 00:41:35.679 --> 00:41:38.260 apiece, Riverfront Stadium became center stage 00:41:38.260 --> 00:41:40.960 for the baseball world. Carlton Fisk got the 00:41:40.960 --> 00:41:43.219 Red Sox going with this bases empty shot in the 00:41:43.219 --> 00:41:53.090 second inning. Joe Morgan's glove Rob Rico and 00:41:53.090 --> 00:42:04.769 the socks of a potential run In the bottom of 00:42:04.769 --> 00:42:06.929 the fourth Johnny bench put the Reds in front 00:42:06.929 --> 00:42:27.730 two to one In the fifth inning, the Reds hit 00:42:27.730 --> 00:42:30.010 back -to -back homers for the first time in World 00:42:30.010 --> 00:42:58.309 Series competition since the 67 Red Sox. and 00:42:58.309 --> 00:43:00.889 a Joe Morgan fly ball gave the Reds the commanding 00:43:00.889 --> 00:43:03.969 five to one lead. But as they have all season 00:43:03.969 --> 00:43:07.010 long, the Red Sox battled back, scoring one in 00:43:07.010 --> 00:43:09.110 the sixth and another in the seventh on Bernie 00:43:09.110 --> 00:43:11.849 Carbo's pinch -hit home run. Left -handed batter, 00:43:12.110 --> 00:43:14.650 inside out stroke. He lined the left field in 00:43:14.650 --> 00:43:17.050 the ninth inning of game two. Fly ball, deep 00:43:17.050 --> 00:43:19.889 left field. Back, it goes, and it's over the 00:43:19.889 --> 00:43:23.869 wall for a home run for Bernie Carbo. Do they 00:43:23.869 --> 00:43:26.030 call it a homer? They do. It's gotta be. He stopped 00:43:26.030 --> 00:43:27.750 at second base. He wondered where the ball was. 00:43:27.820 --> 00:43:31.320 That one just got over the yellow line and disappeared 00:43:31.320 --> 00:43:34.039 over the first fence for Carbo's home run. And 00:43:34.039 --> 00:43:37.159 he comes back to haunt his former ball club and 00:43:37.159 --> 00:43:40.079 bring the Red Sox one run closer. It is now Cincinnati 00:43:40.079 --> 00:43:42.860 five and the Red Sox three. And in the ninth, 00:43:43.159 --> 00:43:46.079 Dwight Evans tied it. The outfield straight away 00:43:46.079 --> 00:44:08.360 on Evans. They don't claim the bull. In the dramatic 00:44:08.360 --> 00:44:10.599 10th inning with Geronimo on first, one of the 00:44:10.599 --> 00:44:12.800 most controversial plays in World Series history 00:44:12.800 --> 00:44:16.119 took place. So with Geronimo having let off the 00:44:16.119 --> 00:44:18.139 10th inning with a base hit to right center field, 00:44:18.460 --> 00:44:20.519 Ed Armbruster will be the pinch hitter for Raleigh 00:44:20.519 --> 00:44:23.440 Eastwick. Right hander, Jim Willoughby, into 00:44:23.440 --> 00:44:25.639 his stretch motion as he checks the runner at 00:44:25.639 --> 00:44:27.619 first base. Here is a pitch to the plate. Armbruster 00:44:27.619 --> 00:44:29.800 squares around the bud, drops it out in front 00:44:29.800 --> 00:44:31.639 of the plate. Carlton Fisk up with the ball, 00:44:31.940 --> 00:44:33.800 taking a shot at second base and he throws it 00:44:33.800 --> 00:44:55.900 away. Joe Morgan ended it abruptly with a single 00:44:55.900 --> 00:44:58.920 Leading two games to one the Reds jumped off 00:44:58.920 --> 00:45:00.739 to a quick two -nothing lead in the first inning 00:45:00.739 --> 00:45:03.559 of the fourth game But in the fourth inning the 00:45:03.559 --> 00:45:05.960 Red Sox bounced back with a succession of base 00:45:05.960 --> 00:45:08.639 hits and the aid of a Cincinnati error Norman 00:45:08.639 --> 00:45:11.500 comes in three one delivery a swung on line in 00:45:11.500 --> 00:45:14.699 the left center of base that Geronimo cuts it 00:45:14.699 --> 00:45:16.679 off. He's got a whole fist to a single on an 00:45:16.679 --> 00:45:20.059 excellent play All right, Norman goes into a 00:45:20.059 --> 00:45:23.880 stretch. Take a look at first Now throws Lin 00:45:23.880 --> 00:45:26.800 hits a round ball in a right field for a base 00:45:26.800 --> 00:45:31.340 hit this stops of second And limbs on first now 00:45:31.340 --> 00:45:34.079 the check of the runners in the pitch There's 00:45:34.079 --> 00:45:36.260 a high fly ball in the deep right center that 00:45:36.260 --> 00:45:39.159 balls well hit way back way back It is at the 00:45:39.159 --> 00:45:42.179 base of the wall. It'll tie the game Evans is 00:45:42.179 --> 00:45:46.159 going for three the relay throw and he is the 00:45:46.159 --> 00:45:50.480 ball gets by the third baseman Hit the screen 00:45:50.480 --> 00:45:53.239 in front of the Red Sox dugout and bounded back 00:45:53.239 --> 00:45:57.239 to Pete Rose. The infield is in. Rick Burleson's 00:45:57.239 --> 00:46:00.260 a batter. Tough little out, and he hits a line 00:46:00.260 --> 00:46:02.179 drive over the head of Concepcion in the left 00:46:02.179 --> 00:46:05.579 field. In the score is Evans. Here's a turn. 00:46:05.699 --> 00:46:08.199 Burleson's hustling for two, and he is safe. 00:46:08.340 --> 00:46:10.840 He beats it out. Hustling base running by Rick 00:46:10.840 --> 00:46:14.019 Burleson. One ball, one strike. The Red Sox have 00:46:14.019 --> 00:46:16.059 taken the lead 3 -2 in the top of the fourth. 00:46:16.719 --> 00:46:19.059 Teot drives it up the middle of base set. They're 00:46:19.059 --> 00:46:22.079 going to hold Berlson, the throw by Geronimo. 00:46:22.860 --> 00:46:26.599 Now they've got Teot. He made a big turn. Perez 00:46:26.599 --> 00:46:28.519 was coming up and looked like they had him hung 00:46:28.519 --> 00:46:32.000 up and Teot scrambled back the first. Teot's 00:46:32.000 --> 00:46:35.500 at first. Berlson the third, one down. Five hits 00:46:35.500 --> 00:46:37.940 by the Red Sox in this inning. That ball is dumped 00:46:37.940 --> 00:46:41.280 to the right. Perez fumbles the ball. In the 00:46:41.280 --> 00:46:44.699 scores Burleson. He dumped it to the right side 00:46:44.699 --> 00:46:47.500 Perez was charging looking for the squeeze and 00:46:47.500 --> 00:46:51.659 couldn't handle it Everybody's safe and the Red 00:46:51.659 --> 00:46:54.079 Sox have four runs in here in the fourth inning 00:46:54.079 --> 00:46:57.079 The odds a big lead just rims get the fly ball 00:46:57.079 --> 00:46:59.300 shallow right center coming hard to run them 00:46:59.300 --> 00:47:03.119 all can't get it in the scores beyond the throw 00:47:03.650 --> 00:47:06.630 is in the second base. Justremski has dumped 00:47:06.630 --> 00:47:09.809 a single in the center. Teon scores five runs 00:47:09.809 --> 00:47:12.309 across for the Red Sox in the fourth inning. 00:47:12.809 --> 00:47:14.590 The Reds battled back with two in the fourth. 00:47:15.110 --> 00:47:17.650 Then Lewis shut them out until the dramatic night. 00:47:18.050 --> 00:47:20.949 Teon to the stretch, looks to the plate. Here's 00:47:20.949 --> 00:47:22.730 the pitch and the runners goes and there's a 00:47:22.730 --> 00:47:25.280 pop -up to the right side. Yastremski calling 00:47:25.280 --> 00:47:28.219 for it. This could be it. Yastremski makes the 00:47:28.219 --> 00:47:31.440 catch. And the Red Sox have held on and defeated 00:47:31.440 --> 00:47:35.659 the Cincinnati Reds to even this 1975 World Series 00:47:35.659 --> 00:47:39.079 at two games apiece. Game five belonged to Don 00:47:39.079 --> 00:47:41.559 Gullick. A hard -throwing southpaw overpowered 00:47:41.559 --> 00:47:44.480 the Red Sox, leading the Reds to a 6 -2 victory 00:47:44.480 --> 00:47:48.719 and a 3 -2 series edge. Game six was a long time 00:47:48.719 --> 00:47:51.559 coming. The Monsoons of September returned again 00:47:51.559 --> 00:47:54.340 to Boston and reigned for three straight days. 00:47:54.760 --> 00:47:56.960 The time off helped set the stage for one of 00:47:56.960 --> 00:47:59.659 the greatest games in World Series history. The 00:47:59.659 --> 00:48:01.840 Red Sox, with their backs to the wall, trailing 00:48:01.840 --> 00:48:04.599 three games to two, started Louis Tiant against 00:48:04.599 --> 00:48:07.820 Gary Nolan. The Sox opened fast, with Lynn supplying 00:48:07.820 --> 00:48:10.840 the firepower. Swung on, a fly ball, hit back 00:48:10.840 --> 00:48:12.840 in the deep right center field, Griffey is back 00:48:12.840 --> 00:48:27.010 in the bullpen and it is... The Reds battled 00:48:27.010 --> 00:48:29.469 back to tie it three all in the fifth, but Louis 00:48:29.469 --> 00:48:31.449 continued to twist and wiggle his way through 00:48:31.449 --> 00:48:33.809 the Reds lineup until the seventh, when George 00:48:33.809 --> 00:48:36.369 Foster solved the teat puzzle, driving in two 00:48:36.369 --> 00:48:39.369 runs with this double. There goes Morgan. At 00:48:39.369 --> 00:48:41.909 the fly ball, the deep center. Lynn going back, 00:48:41.909 --> 00:48:45.150 back. That ball is off the wall. It'll score 00:48:45.150 --> 00:48:48.849 two runs. Foster's in a second, and Foster has 00:48:48.849 --> 00:48:51.389 doubled off the top of the center field wall, 00:48:51.690 --> 00:48:54.150 and nearly had a home run. And things looked 00:48:54.150 --> 00:48:58.099 bleak for the Red Sox. Geronimo hits a high drive 00:48:58.099 --> 00:49:00.380 down the right field line. That one's deep and 00:49:00.380 --> 00:49:04.940 it is a home run for Cesar Geronimo. Right down 00:49:04.940 --> 00:49:07.820 the line it went and dropped into the right field 00:49:07.820 --> 00:49:12.260 grandstand. And the Reds now lead 6 -3. Moret 00:49:12.260 --> 00:49:14.420 came on to relieve Tion and retired the Reds 00:49:14.420 --> 00:49:17.039 in order. Fred Lynn led off the Red Sox eighth 00:49:17.039 --> 00:49:19.539 by literally getting a hit off Pedro Borbón. 00:49:19.760 --> 00:49:22.820 The Red Sox are three runs down and facing extinction 00:49:22.820 --> 00:49:27.880 unless they... and get a rally going. There's 00:49:27.880 --> 00:49:30.639 a drive -off for Bourbon's legs. They don't have 00:49:30.639 --> 00:49:33.840 a play on Lin. Lin's safe with a smash off the 00:49:33.840 --> 00:49:37.280 right leg of Pedro Bourbon. A walk to Petrocelli 00:49:37.280 --> 00:49:40.039 was followed by two quick outs. Then, one of 00:49:40.039 --> 00:49:42.480 the most dramatic moments in World Series history 00:49:42.480 --> 00:49:45.760 occurred. Bernardo Carvo stepped up to hit for 00:49:45.760 --> 00:49:48.300 Roger Moret. Bernie had had a great first half 00:49:48.300 --> 00:49:50.699 of the season. He came into the series spotlight 00:49:50.699 --> 00:49:53.340 in game number three with a dramatic pinch hit 00:49:53.340 --> 00:49:56.460 home run. Could Lightning strike twice? Two balls, 00:49:56.519 --> 00:50:00.780 two strikes. The pitch. Garbo hits a high drive. 00:50:01.219 --> 00:50:41.079 Deep center. Way back. That record tying Thunderbolt 00:50:41.079 --> 00:50:43.579 gave the Sox a new lease on life and rekindled 00:50:43.579 --> 00:50:46.480 the drooping spirits of the 35 ,000 fans at Fenway. 00:50:46.780 --> 00:50:49.739 It set the stage for the bizarre night as Denny 00:50:49.739 --> 00:50:52.630 Doyle drew a walk. Yaz drilled a single to right, 00:50:52.969 --> 00:50:55.409 and Carlton Fisk walked, loading the bases with 00:50:55.409 --> 00:50:58.510 nobody out for Fred Lynn. The Reds have the infield 00:50:58.510 --> 00:51:02.130 in, the outfield very shallow, and a pitch. There's 00:51:02.130 --> 00:51:05.530 a high fly ball down the left field line. It's 00:51:05.530 --> 00:51:09.489 going to be close. It is caught by Foster. Here's 00:51:09.489 --> 00:51:13.090 a tag, here's a throw. He's out! A double play! 00:51:13.869 --> 00:51:16.949 A double play! Foster throws him out! The score 00:51:16.949 --> 00:51:19.769 remained tied at 6 -6, up to the 11th inning. 00:51:19.960 --> 00:51:22.099 And maybe it was fitting and proper that this 00:51:22.099 --> 00:51:24.659 thrilling game played by these two dynamic teams 00:51:24.659 --> 00:51:27.800 should go to extra innings. This was not just 00:51:27.800 --> 00:51:30.460 another World Series. It was baseball at its 00:51:30.460 --> 00:51:33.480 best, entertainment at its best. Just when you 00:51:33.480 --> 00:51:35.800 think you've seen it all, up pops another new 00:51:35.800 --> 00:51:38.460 Vaudevillian with a topper. When you think of 00:51:38.460 --> 00:51:40.800 great World Series outfield plays, you think 00:51:40.800 --> 00:51:43.480 of Al Gianfrido's catch off the bat of Joe DiMaggio 00:51:43.480 --> 00:51:46.320 against the Yankees, or Willie Mays of the Giants 00:51:46.320 --> 00:51:48.460 and his over -the -shoulder grab of a long fly 00:51:48.460 --> 00:51:51.699 ball by Vic Wirtz. Now there's a new one to add 00:51:51.699 --> 00:51:54.239 to the list. Dwight Evans against Joe Morgan. 00:51:54.599 --> 00:51:57.199 And Sparky Anderson, as gracious in defeat as 00:51:57.199 --> 00:51:59.559 he was in victory, called it the greatest catch 00:51:59.559 --> 00:52:02.780 he had ever seen. Given the time, place and circumstance, 00:52:03.260 --> 00:52:22.760 it probably was. jumping high in the air and 00:52:22.760 --> 00:52:25.860 snagging that ball out of the right field grandstand. 00:52:27.460 --> 00:52:31.360 Here is some right fielder. Dick Grego had pitched 00:52:31.360 --> 00:52:34.519 three innings of superlative relief. In the 12th, 00:52:34.639 --> 00:52:36.880 Rick Wise came out of the bullpen and had it 00:52:36.880 --> 00:52:39.599 when he needed it most. Two balls, two strikes, 00:52:39.719 --> 00:52:43.719 two outs, two on. Wise looking down through the 00:52:43.719 --> 00:52:49.159 spectacles gets the sign. The pitch jams him. 00:52:49.219 --> 00:52:53.440 Strike three, call. Wise strikes out Geronimo, 00:52:53.679 --> 00:52:56.440 and that ends the inning. The crowning moment 00:52:56.440 --> 00:52:59.800 of the 75 Super Sox season took place at 1230 00:52:59.800 --> 00:53:03.139 a .m., October 22nd, Eastern Daylight Saving 00:53:03.139 --> 00:53:06.300 Time, at Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts, 00:53:06.659 --> 00:53:10.239 in the 12th inning of game six of the World Series. 00:53:10.760 --> 00:53:14.480 Game tied 6 -6, Darcy pitching. Fisk takes high 00:53:14.480 --> 00:53:20.099 and inside, ball one. Freddie Lin on deck. There 00:53:20.099 --> 00:53:23.860 have been numerous heroics tonight, both sides. 00:53:25.119 --> 00:53:27.579 The 1 -0 delivery to Fiske. He swings, long drive, 00:53:27.659 --> 00:53:30.739 left field. If it stays there, it's gone. Home 00:53:30.739 --> 00:53:34.460 run! The Red Sox win! And the series is tied, 00:53:34.559 --> 00:53:44.599 three games apiece. Carlton Fiske in a 1 -0 pitch. 00:53:45.179 --> 00:53:47.280 They're jamming out on the field. His teammates 00:53:47.280 --> 00:53:50.420 are waiting for him. The ball hit the foul ball 00:53:50.420 --> 00:53:53.579 and the Red Sox has set the World Series in the 00:53:53.579 --> 00:53:56.920 game seven with a dramatic seven to six victory. 00:53:57.840 --> 00:53:59.940 What a game. This is one of the greatest World 00:53:59.940 --> 00:54:03.260 Series games of all time. As the faiths would 00:54:03.260 --> 00:54:06.559 have it, the Red Sox 1975 Championship Express 00:54:06.559 --> 00:54:08.880 would be derailed in the ninth inning of the 00:54:08.880 --> 00:54:11.340 seventh game of one of the greatest World Series 00:54:11.340 --> 00:54:14.360 ever played. Ironically, a blue single with two 00:54:14.360 --> 00:54:16.880 outs by Joe Morgan would be the pin that burst 00:54:16.880 --> 00:54:20.070 the beautiful balloon. The true beauty of baseball 00:54:20.070 --> 00:54:23.010 is not so much the eventual outcome, but the 00:54:23.010 --> 00:54:25.190 excitement of a pennant race, the splendor of 00:54:25.190 --> 00:54:28.309 the individual, the effort of the team, and the 00:54:28.309 --> 00:54:31.210 memories of a group of men who did it their way. 00:54:52.570 --> 00:54:59.150 The 1 -0 delivery to Fiske, swings, long drive.