1963 world series 4

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[spudwas]

Sorry, But back then we had a lot of fun being there and watching the game. We didn't need obnoxious music constantly going every inning!

[bostonredsox49]

7:05 That's just how amazing Koufax was. You could hit a home run off him like the Mick did and then look awful on the called 3rd strike.

[cjs83172]

And of course, there are too many stars to mention during this three-decade period from 1952-'82. but those that shone brightest in the World Series included Mantle, Berra, Snider, Aaron, Mathews, Burdette, Spahn, Frank and Brooks Robinson, Clemente, Brock, Mazeroski, Rose, Bench, Morgan, Joe Rudi, Catfish, Reggie, Stargell, Thurman Munson, and among pitchers, Koufax, Drysdale, Gibson, Lolich, Palmer, Seaver, and Carlton. I would say this 30 year period was the best in MLB history.

[cjs83172]

The Pittsburgh Pirates played in three World Series during that period, winning each of them, and they aslo all went the distance, as did the first two of the A's three consecutive World Series from 1972-'74. In fact, those A's teams are still the only team to win consecutive 7-game series. And the 1975 World Series is considered by many to be the greatest ever played. And places like L.A., S.F., Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Philadephia, Cincinnati, Baltimore all hosted the WS in this period.

[cjs83172]

I think you should expand that, because the best baseball, especially where the World Series was concerned, was from 1952-'82. Sure there were some stinkers in there, but just look at how many 7-game series were in there. In fact, the Yankees' World Series appearances from 1951-'62 were, in the numbers of games played, as follows: 6, 7, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 5, 7. And it was that way for those 31 years. The Cardinals were in 6 WS from the 60s through the 80s, and each of them went the distance.

[cjs83172]

And taking nothing away from the Tigers in 1968, but there's something special about doing what Koufax did at Yankee Stadium against the Yankees, just as was the case when the man who's single-game strikeout record he broke, Carl Erskine. Erskine also held the record from a game against the Yankees in 1953 with 14 Ks, though that was at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn in Game 3 that year.

[cjs83172]

Well, there were different kinds of fears when you faced Sandy Koufax compared to someone like Bob Gibson or Don Drysdale. When you faced Gibson or Drysdale, you went up to the plate fearing for your life, because they would throw at you. When you faced Koufax, there was a completely different kind of fear. Instead of fearing for your safety, the fear you faced was that of getting embarrassed, because Koufax would flat-out embarrass you. So there were two different kinds of fear involved.

[NkrumahTure]

Gibson was a better competitor than all of them. Koufax never had 17 strikeouts in a world series game. And hitters feared Gibson more than Koufax.

[supercell241]

DODGERS!

[loveyouall66]

ther are many who will diagree with me, but in my opinion, we as americans saw the greatest baseball ever played between 1960 and 1970. what a decade for baseball.

[sabreyow]

vin scully is great

[xSoccerxCorex]

says some jerkoff wearing a $15 chain with the face of a abused pitbull