Best Baseball Brawl Ever Seen on the Radio!

in May of 1962, the brand new team of the New York Mets came to San Francisco to face one of the oldest teams in baseball, the Giants. Giants are up and Willie Mays is on 2nd base. Roger Craig, future Giants Manager of the 1980's, is on the mound pitching for the Mets. Elio Chacon was the shortstop for the Mets. Craig throws to Chacon in a pickoff attempt on Willie. Radio announcers Lon Simmons and Russ Hodges described what happened next! AMAZING!!!!!

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• Chacon
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• Hodges
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[Theadrianos80]

how can it be seen on a RADIO???!!!

[tetsuokaji]

@Theadrianos80 it's called seeing with your imagination. I was also phrasing an old baseball song I forget who it's by, but it's called "I saw it on the radio"

[joraider08]

1 fluke championship in 56 years..Big deal..I will say this though they had great announcers back in the 60's with Hodges and Simmons and the announcers they have today are garbage especially the minor league duo of Kuiper and homer Krukow. Absolutlely horrible.

[tetsuokaji]

@joraider08 you must be a dodger fan......or a philly fan.  >:(

[planetmango]

Thank you for posting this!!! I was actually at this game in Candlestick Park in 1962. I was 13 years old at the time. It was a double header. Willie Mays, Orlando Cepeda, Juan Marichal, Willie McCovey. The brawl at second base was epic. Both dugouts emptied onto the field and players were piled 3 and 4 deep. Fists were flying and connecting and even bats being swung. It was something that was talked about for years. I almost can't believe this is online. It was almost 50 years ago. Wow!

[jln55]

@marcs678 Wit is wasted on you.

[tetsuokaji]

@joraider08 They are being paid by the organization to do their job. Of course they're homers, unless they are on network ESPN or Fox or MLB then they are paid to root for the home team.

[tetsuokaji]

@joraider08 is he the one who always says "he gone" when somebody strikes out?

[tetsuokaji]

@olympiawashdrummer really? I got this clip from a CD back in the early 90's. Where did you get yours?

[PRican522]

Cepeda has a heavy Left hook

[olympiawashdrummer]

I have the Album 1962, The Giants Win the Pennant. This track is on there.

[sabreyow]

@joraider08 i agree with you with vin scully and also the old mets broadcast team of murphy,nelson and kiner

[joraider08]

@ArentWeSpecial Homer.Home team broadcaster that shows his favoritism towards the home team during a broadcast. The biggest one of all in my opinion is Ken "The Hawk" Harrelson who does the White Sox Games who actually openly roots for his team on the air. It is kind of entertaining.

[ArentWeSpecial]

@joraider08 I'm sorry, can you explain what you mean by "homers"? I've heard that word used before, but I don't really understand what is meant by it.