Channel 9 Mets Game Opening (1986)

[divisioneight]

I was there at Shea that night, behind the home dugout, on the Loge. Someone got me two tickets in the box seats that afternoon, and I ended up watching the last run to the field where the fans mobbed the place. It was amazing.

[timmay1627]

this is my fav memory as a Mets fan. cause it happened on my bday!!!!

[MedicalVideoJunkie]

This is SO classic!!! If you have any other Mets 86 video PLEASE OH PLEASE upload it. I'll be your best friend?

[verizon20051]

What ever happened to ivory?

[Llawton1]

Kiner through out the first pitch today, to Mookie Willson. Sadly that was the most exciting moment we had today @ Citi field. :/

LETS GO METS!

[winyguy]

September 1986 was a September to Remember.

[Renagade70]

@winyguy Wednesday, September 17, 1986 Did you know the game wasn't scheduled to be broadcast that night on WWOR?

[winyguy]

@Renagade70 No I do not know, That the game was not scheduled to be broadcast that night on WWOR-TV.

[8644mec]

@Renagade70 Why do you say that?? I have the 86 pocket schedule that was made before that season even started, and it says the September 17th game was supposed to be a WWOR game all along.

[FairBolFL]

Cheesy music, but it brings back memories. I remember watching almost every Mets game on TV during the late 80's......Ralph Kiner was a class act. Also Bob Murphy on WFAN. Also Vin Scully on NBC during the 86 World Series......will never forget Game 6! "Little roller up along first.....behind the bag, IT GETS THROUGH BUCKNER!! HERE COMES KNIGHT, AND THE METS WIN IT!!!"

[idster7]

if you put bets in 1986 on one of these starting pitchers making the hall of fame...dwight gooden or dennis eckersley?

[LowellDevil]

Do you have the rest of this game?

[bwworld]

I was at this game--Mezzanine, behind first base. At the end of the game, I ran onto the field along with about half of the people in the stadium, and jogged around the bases (the bases, of course, were long gone by then). It was an experience I'll never forget!

[dandydonaldo]

Century 21 called. They want their blazers back.

[metro4334]

Cool! This was on my 21st birthday!

[JR08620]

This was the clincher not the opener.

The ECK as a starter. LOL

[ArchCriminal]

The Original Crew Of Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy and Ralph Kiner was awesome.

Bob Murhy also did Bowling for Dollars on WOR-TV

[radiodj1520]

I Believe This Was WOR-TV's New York Mets Baseball Video Open From Wednesday Night, September 17, 1986.

[jsvette1]

Best sports music from the 80s

[beakt]

I learned a lot about baseball watching these broadcasts on cable channel 19 in L.A. in the 1980's. Tim explained so much inside baseball that the Dodgers announcers didn't talk about back then (none of whom were players), and I remember it all to this day.

[Jean0987654321]

lol, AT&T, the right choice

[B2B76]

Dennis Eckersley started this gm for the Cubs, who would have thought just a few years later he would become the games most dominant closer, funny cause he was a so so starting pitcher, change of scenery did him wonders.

[ajogg]

Ah, the good old days..

[rentslave]

At that time,who among would bet that between that night's starting pitchers,Eckersley would be in the Hall today and that Gooden would be on his way back to jail?

[Mrveendam]

We were at this game . It was wild !!

[aAaTheReaper]

i love watching old shit like this

[ekimfloom]

I worked for the Marriott at the time and they offered season tix to emplyees at half price. The $8 tix we got for $4 per. I bought about 40+ games with an emphasis on September given the fact of the '84 & '85 chase. I not only was there. i was on the field, on the pitchers mound and still have to this day dirt & Shea grass from that incredible night....long live Madagan! The Doc! Let's Go Mets!

[mycommercials]

awesome! sadly, Magadan's finest moment as a Met was his first.  seemed like a great guy, and was good throughtout his tenure, but who could live up to the fire and leadership of Keith?

[ekimfloom]

Agreed. Magadan was a decent fielding, soft hitting 1st baseman who had no chance but filled a crucial role for the Mets in '86...like Ed Hearn, Mazzilli, etc....

[JR08620]

@ekimfloom Did you see that Steinbrenner passed away? You have to thank owners like him for diva players, high salaries, the fact that players are called 'KINGS' and worse. No, I do not dislike him but, I do not like the EVIL EMPIRE. The joke is that he gave some money away while at the same time firing people and treating others rotten. Steinbrenner will be missed but, by those who love the EE.

Sorry, it will not be me.

[nyy22592]

Tim McCarver has downs

[Back2BackJack]

I love Tim McCarvers voice. I'm listening to him do Game 2 of the ALCS and hearing his voice while watching baseball always brings back great memories.

[mycommercials]

Couldn't agree more with you

[gatorcarter]

@Back2BackJack couldn't agree less. lol

[Stanza769]

I've been a fan from birth in 1977, never heard that before, thanks!

[gmta28]

I see why Eckersley became a closer!

[tluv241]

Steve Zabriski was the worst!

[doubleot]

"...by Burger King, where you'll find chicken tenders, made with real chicken..." well, i'm glad to hear that, i'm afraid to know what else they'd be made with.

[flawedbeauty82]

Thanks for posting this! I was only 4 years old back then.

[greenwichlirr]

I was there that night....Mezz section between 1st and RF. 11 years old at the time....the only vivid memory I have of that night is at the very end and my dad saying "We gotta get outta here NOW" right as the last out happened. We lived 25 miles away, and got home at almost 4AM. Insane, but great.

[mdemaio924]

I was there as well, but I was a freshman in college...I don't think I left the stands until 4am...

[devantesworld]

lmfao u funny wow

[gocal777]

I used to get a kick out of Don Nelson jackets in the '70s

[divisioneight]

I was at this game, it was pure magic.  We all waited patiently as they stalled in Philly. The crowds on the field were intense.

[bwworld]

I was at this game too!!! I ran on the field with everyone else when it was all over, left the stadium through center field  (they opened the wall to let everyone out). In the middle of the tummult, I snuck over to the pitcher's mound and just stood there for a minute, taking it all in. Yes, it was magic.

[Patel10314]

Why won't Timmy McCarver who supposedly loves baseball state the obvious: the game has been totally ruined by money.

Who can stay up on the east coast past midnight to watch playoff and world series games?

[Frostybeek]

You can get angry with Buck and McCarver all you want but it isn't their fault that the games start when they do. If either one said anything derogatory about Fox they would be suspended or replaced in a heart beat. The truth is that any broadcast network would want to protect their primetime segment for highly rated programming. Sadly, sports just doesn't pull in the same type of ad revenues that other show do. I hate the start times too but it isn't Buck and McCarver's fault.

[nwcchinalake]

start of the  greatest season in my lifetime

[FiascosFreshness]

Man, I love Ralph.

[TimFrith24]

He used to host his show on WOR-TV Channel 9 called "Kiner's Korner".

[devantesworld]

wow our lil brothers just got 2 rings i feel sorry 4 u lil bro nottttttttttttttt lol go yanks lets win number 27

[idster7]

sure but 1986 is worth about 10 or 20 normal world series wins.

[elmuneco12]

i remember this game..fans rioted the field at da end!

[jesseis4cool]

oh wow im 11 years old and i play for there team on my little leage for triple a

[MikeBunds2001]

RIP Shea Stadium!

[slapshot68]

the bk logo was still blk n white bak then??

[MikeChuk21]

It's local New York TV in 1986. They were still superimposing mechanical black-and-white slides for the commercial reads.

[JRobelen]

McCarver was brilliant in '86, regardless of what any of you think. If you saw it then, you know what I mean. But the tide seems to turn on everyone.

[SFFOOL76]

Yeah he was good, he got annoying when he started announcing for CBS in 1990 and just wouldn't shut the fuck up.

[tiberius1724]

Yes, I agree wholeheartedly. There was a time when Tim McCarver was actually a decent announcer. Usually people improve their skills over time, but Tim is the exception to that rule

[doublek321]

I saw this back then and I agree completely

[EeVvAaNn3]

How the fuck did McCarver get his own show? He's terrible.

[robertmastroianni]

LOL

[nwcchinalake]

TEST

[isaachaaze3]

Don't forget about Joe F*ck, the most annoying announcer in history!

[gocal777]

ha ha , chicken fingers with real chicken,

why thanks real chicken? .

[vikingohannes]

what the hell happen in 07. unfukingbelievable. It's the universe getting back at us for the game 6 miracle on 10/25/86.

[ndnewbus]

haha this may be the only time the mets ever sealed the deal at the end of the season lmao

[rustytrombone1027]

Um, actually, they did it in 1969 too.

[nymetsfan9121]

1973

[angusyoung4president]

tim mccarver is the dumdest fuckhead ever, atleast with madden its like an old grandpa thing if mccarver was my grandpa i would change my name and move to montana

[TheJuice]

wow...great memories.

[Bostonsox007]

mccarver said during the ALCS of 04: "you are more likely to have a multi run inning if you start off with a home run rather than a walk"

typical mccarver

[jeremygarobinson]

it was new york new york!

[carlinrulez666]

Was it just me, or did I hear "New York, New York", by Frank Sinatra, playing?

[jmb048nym]

Yep... it was a Shea anthem long before the Yankees started playing it

[mgeller5]

I liked McCarver.

[Atomsmasher777]

I agree. McCarver is annoying.

Why is he still on tv???

[lanet229]

Tim McCarver is the worst baseball announcer in the history of baseball announcing. I can't stand listening to him. He points out the obvious more than John Madden, and when he tries to talk fundamentals he is always wrong, hate him.

[e521soediv]

dosent McCarver commentates for FOX?

[westyone1]

FRom a man who ran past a teamate to screw up a grand slam! How do you run past a teamate on the bases? Toolshed

[keepinitpithy]

did you hear that asshole say during the phillies game in the 1st inn that rich dubee should be concerned about hamels? " he doesn't look like he's got his stuff tonite" 7 innings and 1 run later he has a win. how can you be around baseball for so long and not have a fucking clue? that grandslam thing was so fucking retarted. tim is a asshole!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Gideon6640]

Tim Mccarver is a fucking asshole.He blew up at a player who sprayed him with GGatorade but this same asshole use to play pranks on reporters even ruining aone cameraman's equipment.So this douchebag can dish it out but can't take it. And now he "feels he needs to tell people about Manny "what a an egotistical cocksucker this guy is...Fuck him and his fans.

peace

[keepinitpithy]

well said!!

[tranurse]

my late father-in-law played with mccarver. he was bob gibson's roommate in the minors. and i do know that gibson and mccarver were roommates at stlouis. my husband to this day, and he is 50, still can't stand mccarver. says he was a horrible person.

[sean2015]

What is it about McCarver that so many people think he's a douchebag? I'm not questioning you, but what kind of person was he behind the scenes???

[tranurse]

my husband was 8 or 9. anyway, he was in the lockerroom with his dad. mccarver was just really nasty to him. as my husband puts it, tim just wasn't used to black people who weren't working for him at that point. he matured as time when on. but, my husband's dad got all over mccarver about how he spoke to his child.

[sean2015]

McCarver grew up in the south (Memphis to be exact) so he would've been exposed to a lot of segregation and racism for sure.

[tranurse]

but my husband did say, that rooming with bob gibson and being exposed to black players, it opened his eyes. and my father in law was a pro ball player, with a math degree, ended up getting his masters. very smart guy, and very funny from what i've heard, he passed away a long time ago. when mccarver was nasty to my husband, he didn't expect his dad to jump all over him. from what i heard, he was actually shocked.

[IBTLpwn3r]

And I thought the onslaught of commercials during sporting events didn't begin until the 90's...

[intoodeep0606]

Interesting that Frank Sinatra was being played in the background.

[jaydude28]

do you have the opening to Kiner's Korner

[MHMProductions]

lol now the mets broadcasts are boring and gay.

[EwingOil]

Bring it home Mets!

[glassslide]

Chicken tenders made with real chicken.

LOL

[jkmlight]

Yankee FANS ARE SO ARROGANT & STUPID. A YANKEE FAN IS SO SPOILED. IF THEY DON'T WIN A PENNANT, THE SEASON IS LOST. THE PITTSBURGH PIRATES BEAT THE NEW YORK YANKEES IN THE 1960 WORLD SERIES. HEY YANKEE FANS, GET YOUR COLD BALANTINE BEER. WOW, A BALANTINE BEER BLAST FOR YANKEE LOOSERS. "ABC WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS" "THE THRILL OF VICTORY". "THE AGONY OF DEFEAT". STUPID ARROGANT YANKEE FANS.

[kimberlyKfnOphiEAGLE]

I wish someone would put one of the WOR "Let's Go Mets" 1986 commercials up here!!

[Ethergirl]

Oh, look how young Ralph Kiner was there ( well, younger anyway.) Love the matching blazers! Thanks for posting.

By the way, "Burger King chicken tenders; made with real chicken" as opposed to what? LOL

[prausch65]

Two great broadcasters with fantastic chemistry. They both tell it like it is, and always have the humor going.

[agizzman]

man look at ralph kiner when hes on the games now i cant understand what he says but i still love the guy LETS GO METS 08

[iaminparties]

steve zabrinski

[rcarce]

your right hop, they have an inferiority complex, mets fans are obnoxious and condescending and for what, they have the same amount of championships as the MARLINS, unbelievable.

[pavman77]

My father has the whole game on a VHS tape at home ... and the celebration after. And who was covering it on Channel 9 News? Steve and Al Albert! Blasts from the past. As far as McCarver, he was a fun TV play by play guy to listen to. And Kiner, well, he was Kiner ... never polished, but always entertaining, like the time in spring training, with all those no-name players, there was music trivia on the scoreboard, and he announced that John Fogerty was now playing centerfield. Priceless.

[felitopingu]

I am amazed... I watched this broadcast live!!!

I can't believe it, and just realized it when he made that comment about a mother expecting a child, that's when it dawned on me that I had watched this game live on channel 9, thank you sooo much for posting, and by the way, tonight we beat the reds 10-8 coming from behind on the ninth we scored 4 runs right after allstar break, sounds familiar? hum, let me see...'86? sounds like deja vu all over again.

[mayamanign]

LOL at the Scoscia comment. Stupid Met haters come out of the woodwork. Face it, the Mets have played some of the most memorable games in Major League history including the best game ever played against the Astros. Suck it haters

[hop2171]

Here is some reality for you, the mets fans are the most cocky fans in MLB yet they have no reason to be! When do they ever win? 2 times since "62? Thats terrible! Do some winning before you brag!!

[mistahkleen1963]

Ralph Kiner, this guy used to butcher a broadcast. But he was great. Liked Murph too.

[Renagade70]

Wednesday, October 17,1986. I was able to stay up late to watch the game. WWOR wasn't supposed to broadcast that game. I was glad they did. Thank you for preserving the video. It brought back memories.

[goalie74]

If I remember this game right, Chico Walker of the Cubs made the last out??? And then the fans ran onto the field and went nuts???

[DaveDeShrubber]

Regardless of what anyone thinks of him as a broadcaster, Tim McCarver should be admired for his active involvement in the MLB Players Association during the years before free agency. Tim was one of the players who helped Marvin Miller make that union into an inspiration to working people throughout America.

[mycommercials]

right on

[bigdrenza]

Wow. I almost forgot Tim McCarver before his blatant New York bias kicked in.

[900bug]

I was at this game. Dave Magadan 1st game as a Met (had a couple hits). I took a patch of grass after the game was clinched!

[chumbersdee]

And Scoscia hits a home run off Dwight Gooden to tie the ballgame. Take care, Los Angeles

[Fragmeat666]

chumbersdee: Got your years mixed up?

[wpst555]

Your year is wrong, and in 1986 the mets had a record of 108 and 54, ranking them number 7 mlb team of all time. Take care, New York

[KDinCT]

It's fashionable to hate on McCarver now, but back then he was a good colorman.

[jpwjr1199]

Agreed.

[gnggreen28]

Tim McCarver was the worst!! I remember, I used to mute the TV so I didn't have to listen to him, and I would turn on the radio to listen to the man, the myth, the legend...Bob Murphy!! Greatest ever...man that brings back some great memories... Love the Mets, I bleed BLUE and ORANGE!

[evanw2192]

lol tim mccarver sucks

[kimberlyKfnOphiEAGLE]

I would love to work in a broadcast truck with a sports crew. Modern HDTV mobile trucks are really cool. Whenever I watch a baseball or football game, I think of all the network personnel and modern equipment that makes it all possible.

[cholulasaucehot]

leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

mazzillllliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

[wiedep]

Bring It Home! Channel 9 !

[GardenCEO]

No 1 is a bigger Met fan than me, Wow the braves sucked in the 80s Russ Nixon was managing. I didnt know that the Eck Man was a starter.

[kimberlyKfnOphiEAGLE]

Thank you for putting up a Channel 9 Mets intro! I remember this as well..and 1986 was indeed the Mets' year!

BTW I'm a Phillies fan.

[NYVoice]

I have the entirety of this game on Beta! Steve Zbriskie, there's a name for ya.

[arkangel187045]

Damn man, I haven't heard that word Beta in years!

This video really took me back. I used to watch the Mets back during these days. Thx for uploading this, this was great.

[USAGiant]

The Mets local TV broadcasters of the 1980's of Zabrikie, Kiner and McCarver along with legendary baseball TV producer/director Bill Webb was the best 'local'(regional) TV team in MLB at that time. Excellent crew that was network ('national) tv level.

Not to mention Kiner was also a key member of the 'oringal NY Mets' broadcasting crew of Murphy and Nelson too.

And this is coming from Yankees fan lol.

[Xtreem9087]

I liked Steve Zabriske as an announcer Very upbeat

[WVECSpirit]

Guess this is what McCarver did back then when he wasn't second banana to Al Michaels at ABC.

[gnosticfellow]

McCarver is an ass-clown. It only figures his wife would compare the Mets clinching the NL East to child expectancy. Could it be that's where he gets his stupidity?

And what's with Kiner referencing it in the intro?

Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Fucking Dumb.

[paktype]

The Mets had just lost four straight for the first time all season. Their magic number was 1. The Mets knew they were going to win one more game, but they didn't know when. That's what McCarver's wife meant - its like a woman who's nine months pregnant; she knows she's going to give birth, but doesn't know exactly when.

[gnosticfellow]

Aristotle, I know what they meant. But for a baseball analogy, it's farcical. If it were a member of the Mets squad, that's one thing. But Tim McCarver in the booth? He should be home with his wife, not waxing bad analogies with Ralph Kiner!

[paktype]

Copernicus, its not a bad analogy at all. Besides, why should McCarver be home with his wife? She wasn't pregnant, it was just an analogy.

Its 21 years ago. Let it rest.

[spectrefourtwenty]

awesome to see that. i was front and center for every game that summer (and sadly, this past summer as well)

[mycommercials]

you and I both. only, I was about 5 when my family had season tickets in '86. my season tickets this year were all for nothing, it seems.

[jaydude28]

now just to have an opening to the post game show called Kiner's Korner

[JimR541]

Steve Zabriskie was doing the intro.

[GalacticCabaret]

All I know is that I had a 1980's TBS promo on here one time with about 5 seconds of an Atlanta Braves clip, and MLB made youtube take it down. I hope they dont take yours down either. We used to get WOR in the late 80's down in Florida for awhile.

[paktype]

The Braves were brutally bad in the '80s.

[GalacticCabaret]

Thanks for posting this! Sadly MLB will probably make youtube take it down.

[mycommercials]

It doesn't show any of the game, just Channel 9's intro... so I don't think they can do anything about it. I hope not at least

[starkid77]

Wow, I loved that, and I don't even watch baseball, thanks!!