Over the years, the yankees have snagged 27 world series championships, collected 40 american league division titles and 18 al east division titles. The long history of the nba has given us some truly great teams, and within those teams came tremendous starting fives. He also played on six world series champions in the bronx 192728, 1932, 193638 and was a lifetime. Surprisingly, they only won two world series backtoback. As social climates changed there was a decline in the more wholesome programming audiences were accustomed to. After collecting all the 1970 phillies several years ago, i began the task of completing this set in 2010. Adjustments to ballpark effects, lineups, rotations, computer manager, and miscellaneous chart tweaking by richard dombrovski.
But palmer settled down, and the os tied the game with boog powells tworun blast in the fourth and elrod hendricks solo shot in the fifth. Baltimore orioles over cincinnati reds 41 are you a stathead. Game 6 of the 1975 world series was not only perhaps the best game ever played, but it also helped save baseball and forever changed how sports are broadcast on television. After a devastating loss to the adolescent new york mets in the 69 series, the baltimore orioles returned to the top of the american league determined to make amends for their previous postseason failure. Every day, well send you an email to your inbox with scores, todays schedule, top performers, new debuts and interesting tidbits. First played in 1903, the world series championship is a bestofseven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseballs national league nl and american league al. Game 7 1968 world series full 9th inning detroit tigers v st louis cardinals duration. I now have 94% of this set, and this is one of only two years between 19641976 without a. After a devastating loss to the adolescent new york mets in the 69 series, the baltimore orioles returned to the top of the american league. Often referred to as the fall classic, the modern world series has been played every year since 1903. The world series opened in cincinnati, and the reds grabbed a 30 lead in the third inning when lee may lined a tworun homer over the leftfield wall off jim palmer. Get scores, news and notes in your inbox every day.
Series like the mary tyler more show, all in the family and ma. How game 6 of 1975 world series changed baseball and tv. As a kid, i only collected baseball cards in 67, 68, 69, and 72. Attendance was by general admission the world series of.
April 6, 1970 featured the traditional opening games in cincinnati and washington. With curt gowdy, tony kubek, joe garagiola, sandy koufax. Definitions of 1970 world series, synonyms, antonyms, derivatives of 1970 world series, analogical dictionary of 1970 world series english. Attendance was by general admission the world series of rock was known not only for its. Test your knowledge on this sports quiz to see how you do and compare your score to others. World series of rock concerts at cleveland stadium 1974. Both the red sox and dodgers announced their 25man world series rosters earlier on tuesday. Its also available for football, basketball and hockey. In their last three world series appearances, boston combined to go 122 against the cardinals 2004 and and rockies 07. Belkin productions staged these events, attracting popular hard rock bands and as many as 88,000 fans.
Revisit baseballs best with s mlb allstar game rosters, covering every allstar player since 1933. This is the second of three articles that will bear witness to georgias growing ascendancy in major. The 69th edition of the world series, it was a bestofseven playoff between the american league champion oakland athletics and the national league champion cincinnati reds. The 1970 world series was the championship series of major league baseballs mlb 1970. The series is tied 11 and shifts to houstons minute maid park. The world series of rock was a recurring, daylong and usually multiact summer rock concert held here from 1974 through 1980. During the regular season, the sox went 164 in interleague play. The world series is the annual championship series of major league baseball mlb and concludes the mlb postseason.
Brooks robinson society for american baseball research. Who was in the starting lineup of the 1960 pittsburgh pirates. Apr 4, 2004 boston red sox 2 at baltimore orioles 7 oriole park at camden yards. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. And just a couple weeks later, pete rose smashed into ray fosse to. Narrowing down the top 25 mlb teams of alltime is mainly made up world series winners, but a few teams put together strong seasons and fell short. Not to mention that total baseball described his fielding with, otherwordly defense at third which gave reds. Mike cuellar gets pat corrales to ground out as the orioles win their second world series in franchise history. Can you name the starting lineups of the final game of each world series of the 1970s. The stage was the fifth game of the world series, on october 15, 1970.
My nearby cincinnati reds had just christened their brandnew allastroturf ballpark riverfront stadium on june 30th of that year. The 67th edition of the world series, it was a bestofseven playoff between the american league champion baltimore orioles 10854 in the regular season and the national league champion cincinnati reds 10260. After steamrolling over the national league west with a 20game lead, the reds swept the pittsburgh pirates in the championship series and won a ticket to their seventh fall classic. The 1970 world series was the championship series of major league baseballs mlb 1970 season. We could play big and go dwight, derrick and wendell. Cincinnati reds over boston red sox 43 statheads want to know. The 1972 world series was the championship series of major league baseballs mlb 1972 season. World series starting lineups 1970s quiz by geowiz85. Mets, royals set lineups for game 1 of the world series. This led to a new generation of shows focused on issues of the day such as race, equality and politics.
Manager earl weaver of the baltimore orioles arguing with the home plate umpire during a mid 1970s mlb baseball game at. Getty images the big red machine was one of the best teams in bigleague history. Cora is the third rookie manager in the expansion era 1961present to lead his team to the world series. We dig back 100 years into baseball history, and a lot of teams are going to miss the cut. Ocincinnati reds 3 at baltimore orioles 9, f after a rocky first inning, cuellar silenced the reds over the final eight frames to earn a complete. On the 1year anniversary plus 3 days of my being on these blogs, i have started this 1970 topps card blog. June 23, 1974 the beach boys joe walsh and barnstorm lynyrd skynyrd reo speedwagon. The world series features a 232 format, meaning the first two games will be played at dodgers stadium, followed by games three and four and game five, if necessary at minute maid park. So, the world series is back, and both the cubs and indians are in it, looking for their first world championships in recorded history.
We go back to the 80s and had magic johnsons lakers, or we go to. The world series of rock was a recurring, daylong multiact summer rock concert held at cleveland stadium in cleveland, ohio from 1974 through 1980. Created with the lahman import using an averaged year effect for the decade. It was the first world series championship for the athletics.
Can you pick the world series starting lineups for the winning team in the series clinching game 19701979. T he super 1970s were a groundbreaking time in television history. Without their catalyst and fearless leader in the lineup, the orioles reverted to the. As the world series gets underway on tuesday, the new york mets and kansas city royals have submitted their lineups for game 1. In this section probable pitchers top prospects injury updates transactions starting lineups hall of fame longform awards mlb draft allstar game. The dodgers will try to even up the world series on saturday night at minute maid park, and in doing so will have the same lineup in game 4 against the astros as they had in game 3. It is the aim of this website to offer the complete lineups and squads of. Then, a few hours later, the two clubs announced their starting lineups. The number of appearances is listed in parentheses after the country or state name. Adjustments to ballpark effects, lineups, rotations, computer manager, and miscellaneous tweaking by richard dombrovski. Brooks robinson won the world series most valuable player award because he hit. What was cincinnati reds 1975 world series starting lineup. Contains 24 teams spanning the 1970s with world series and pennant winners or one of the better years of each franchise during the decade. The 1975 cincinnati reds world series starting lineup for game 1 was pete rose at third base, joe morgan batting second and playing second base.