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#11035A: MUTUAL NETWORK RADIO SPECIAL LIVE PREVIEW OF THE 1951 WORLD SERIES BETWEEN THE NEW YORK YANKEES AND THE NEW YORK GIANTS

1951-10-03, MUTUAL, 29 min.

A LIVE MUTUAL NETWORK RADIO SPECIAL PREVIEW OF THE 1951 WORLD SERIES BETWEEN THE NEW YORK YANKEES AND THE NEW YORK GIANTS who hours ago beat the Brooklyn Dodgers in a third playoff game at the Polo Grounds, on Bobby Thomson's home run in the ninth inning.

Mel Allen is introduced by master of ceremonies Al Helfer. Allen comments on today's exciting National League victory of the New York Giants vs the Brooklyn Dodgers. He states that the upcoming World Series between the Giants and the New York Yankees will be the first to be telecast coast to coast nationally.

Jim Britt the voice of the Boston Braves and Boston Red Sox and Russ Hodges the voice of the New York Giants are introduced. Hodges will be announcing his first World Series beginning tomorrow, October 4, 1951. Hodges recalls, only hours ago, calling the Bobby Thomson homerun on radio. Mel Allen states that this series will be an exciting one.

Frank White introduces the commissioner of baseball, Ford Frick who confirms that baseball is on the level in the fine hands of 16 great owners and 400 major league players.

The president of Gillette Safety Blades, sponsor of the World Series, states that the World Series will be carried by 100 stations in Canada in French and in Lain America in Spanish, as well as heard by two stations in Hawaii and three stations in Alaska. In addition the series will be heard by short wave radio to every service man in the world.

Will Hayes, president of the American League states that today's Dodger / Giant game will be remembered for many years to come. He adds that today's third playoff game will probably never be surpassed for excitement. Hayes predicts that the New York Yankees will win the series in 6 games.

Mel Allen introduces Warren Giles who will succeed Ford Fick as National League Commissioner. Giles describes rooting for the for the Giants today, a fitting climax moment representing the 75th anniversary of the National League's existence. Giles predicts the Giants to win the World Series.

Al Helfer introduces Dan Topping, president of the New York Yankees. Dan congratulates Ford Frick, Warren Giles and New York Giant owner Horace Stoneham and condolences expressed to Brooklyn Dodger owner Walter O'Malley and manager Chuck Dressen.

States that as of today there are more ticket requests to see game one then can be handled. Many will be shutout.

Gabe Paul general manager of the Cincinnati Reds recalls the first night game at the Polo Grounds which had a similar come from behind scenario as today's game. He predicts the Giants will win the series in 6 games.

Dan Daniel sports writer for the New York World Telegraph & Sun states that he picked both the Yankees and Giants to play in the world series back in April. He predicts that the Yankees will win the series in 6 games.

Sports writer Frank Gibbon of the Cleveland Press comments on today's game, stating that he thought it was very special that Dodger pitcher Clem Labine walked over to the Giant Clubhouse after the game to congratulate Bobby Thomson. Gibbon predicts that the Yankees will win the series.

Sam Levy sports writer for the Milwaukee Journal picks the Yanks to win in 5 games.

Additional comments are heard from Boston Braves manager, Tommy Holmes and Latin America sports announcer, Buck Canel, who recalls his call today of Bobby Thomson hitting his homerun.

This broadcasts concludes with announcer mentioning that it has been broadcast live form the Star Room at the Commodore Hotel in New York City.
"First World Series game tomorrow begins at 12:45pm"

#5898A: WORLD SERIES (1951): NEW YORK GIANTS VS NEW YORK YANKEES - HIGHLIGHTS (GAME 1, 5, 6).

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1951-10-04, MBS, 95 min.

The 1951 World Series matched the two-time defending champion New York Yankees against the New York Giants, who had won the National League baseball pennant in a thrilling three-game playoff with the Brooklyn Dodgers on the legendary home run by Bobby Thomson (the Shot Heard 'Round the World).

In the Series, the Yankees showed some power of their own, including Gil McDougald's grand slam home run in Game 5, at the Polo Grounds. The Yankees won the Series in six games, for their third straight title and 14th overall. This would be the last World Series for Joe DiMaggio, who retired afterward, and the first for rookies Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle.

This was the last Subway Series the Giants played in. Both teams would meet again eleven years later after the Giants relocated to San Francisco. They have not played a World Series against each other since. This was the first World Series announced by Bob Sheppard, who was in his first year as Yankee Stadium's public address announcer. It was also the first World Series to be televised exclusively by one network (NBC) as well as the first to be televised nationwide, as coaxial cable had recently linked both coasts.

Rare highlights of game one, five, and six of the 1951 World Series broadcast on the Mutual Broadcasting System radio network.

Game One - The opening with commentator Al Helfer who for the first seven minutes mentions multiple times yesterday's historic Bobby Thomson winning home run against the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Helfer states the opening line-up for both teams.

Mel Allen is heard doing the play-by-play during an historic top of the first inning which includes Monte Irvin's steal of home, only the fourth time successfully executed in World Series history, last done by Bob Meusel thirty years ago in 1921.

This game is notable for BOBBIE THOMSON'S FIRST AT BAT AFTER HIS ICONIC HOME RUN THE DAY BEFORE AT THE POLO GROUNDS, MONTE IRIVIN'S STEAL OF HOME IN THE TOP OF THE FIRST INNING WITH THOMSON AT BAT, WILLIE MAYS FIRST AT BAT IN A WORLD WORLD SERIES, AND MICKEY MANTLE'S FIRST DEFENSIVE WORLD SERIES PLAY AS A CENTER FIELDER (May's fly out to Mantle to end first inning).

We hear highlights during the bottom of the Yankee second inning which includes Gil McDougald's first World Series hit (double).
Al Helfer does the play-by-play in the top of the Giant sixth inning which includes a home run by Alvin Dark and Monte Irvin's fourth consecutive hit in the game.

Highlights of game five. Al Helfer states the opening line-ups for both teams. Mel Allen does the play-by-play for the top of the Yankees' first inning, and top of the Yankees' third inning which includes Gil McDougald hitting only the third Grand Slam in World Series history. Also heard is Phil Rizzuto hitting a home run in the top of the fourth inning and Joe DiMaggio doubling in the top of the seventh inning, playing the next to last game in his career (1936-1951).
Mel Allen recaps game five's 13 to 1 Yankee massacre of the 1951 World Series.

Highlights of Game six. Opening with Mel Allen stating the line-ups for both teams.
Al Helfer does the play-by-play for the bottom of the Yankee first inning. Brief play-by-play in the Giant top of the fifth inning with Willie Mays singling. Mel Allen calls the ninth inning which is a nail bitter as the New York Giants load the bases with no outs, trailing 4 to 1. After the Giants close within one run with the potential tying run on second base, a racing Hank Bauer makes a sensational sliding catch by pinch hitter Sal Yvars to end the game giving the New York Yankees their fourteenth World Championship.

The 1951 season has been referred to as "The Season of Change" as it witnessed the departure of several of the games veteran superstars and the introduction of a new generation of talent. Several new rookies on the scene including a young 19-year-old switch hitter named Mickey Mantle and a phenomenal 20-year-old outfielder named Willie Mays begin their historic careers.

NOTE: These rare sound tracks were discovered at WOR radio station in the 1960's. They were on multiple 16" Electronic Transmission discs. Each side of one disc contained 15 minutes of audio. This 95-minute compilation of broadcast audio highlights of the 1951 World Series is all that exists of this classic World Series broadcast. RARE.

#5905A: WORLD SERIES 1955 (GAME ONE)

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1955-09-28, WNBC, 11 min.

The World Series, GAME ONE, September 28, 1955, at Yankee Stadium.

The Brooklyn Dodgers vs New York Yankees.
This is the NBC TV broadcast with Vin Scully calling the play by play.

Jackie Robinson’s most famous time stealing home plate came against the New York Yankees in the eighth inning of Game 1 of the 1955 World Series. He was called safe, much to the dismay of Hall-of-Fame catcher Yogi Berra, who even in retirement insisted Robinson was out.

The Dodgers icon racked up 197 stolen bases in 1,382 career games. Robinson led the National League with 29 stolen bases when he was named Rookie of the Year in 1947, and he paced the Majors with 37 two years later en route to earning the MVP Award.

*This successful single straight steal of home in a World Series has been, to date, the last time this feat was accomplished, over 68 years ago (Hear Jackie Robinson state to Mel Allen why he stole home when the Dodgers were trailing the Yankees, in the 8th inning, during this game on ATA#107, July 29, 1961).

Top of the eighth inning, Carl Furillo singles to center field.
Gil Hodges flies out to left field.
Jackie Robinson gets on base when his ground ball goes through the legs of New York Yankee third baseman, Gil McDougald...Furillo advancing to third base and Jackie winding up at second base. Don Zimmer flies out to center field allowing Furillo to tag up from third base making the score now 6 to 4, in favor of the New York Yankees. Robinson tags up from second base and advances to third base. Frank Kellert pinch hits for Brooklyn Dodger pitcher reliever, Don Bessent. On the second pitch by Whitey Ford, Jackie Robinson steals home, only the fifth player to accomplish this feat in World Series history, and the last to do so.

NOTE: Not included in this air check is Kellert's single, after Robinson steals home. We pick up Vin Scully's play by play with Casey Stengel leaving in Whitey Ford to continue pitching and Don Hoak pinch running for Kellert, whose single is missing from this recording. Jim "Junior" Gilliam pops out to third base ending the inning. Mel Allen is heard doing a Gillette commercial with Casey Stengel.

Brooklyn Dodger Line-Up as described in
www.baseball-reference.com

Jim Gilliam LF
Pee Wee Reese SS
Duke Snider CF
Roy Campanella C
Carl Furillo RF
Gil Hodges 1B
Jackie Robinson 3B
Don Zimmer 2B
Don Newcombe P
Don Bessent P
Clem Labine P
Frank Kellert PH
Don Hoak PR

NOTE: In a phone conversation with Vin Scully (October 19, 2021), Phil Gries plays the steal of home by Jackie Robinson audio track to which Scully states that his "trademark was to call a play and then shut up."

This conversation between Vin Scully and Phil Gries can be heard on the ATA website Home Page (Scrawl down right column to locate).

When Jackie Robinson stole home Scully stated, "Robinson is dancing off third, shaking up the crowd. Robbie is coming to the plate. The throw to Berra. He steals it!"

Only the roar of the crowd can be heard for over a minute afterwards, with no additional commentary from the greatest baseball announcer of all time, Vin Scully, as agreed upon by most baseball journalist historians.

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Angeles City Council on Friday officially renamed Elysian Park Avenue after the revered announcer, Vin Scully, who's been the voice of the Dodgers for 67 years. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

By: Ed Sherman
September 14, 2016

There are many ways to measure the incredible longevity of Dodgers announcer Vin Scully. Given my background, I will go with the sportswriter perspective.

When Scully made his debut in 1950, Grantland Rice, the most influential sportswriter of all time, was writing columns about Jackie Robinson for a Dodgers teams located in Brooklyn.

Now that is some longevity.

Well, it turns out old Vin couldn’t go on forever. After 67 years in the booth, he finally is hanging up the microphone at the end of the Dodgers season.

It truly has been an epic run for Scully, and the fanfare will be unprecedented for his final game broadcasts. In the vast pantheon of great announcers in baseball history, there is no debate about No. 1.

“He’s so much greater than anyone who has ever done this,” Cubs radio announcer Pat Hughes told me for a Chicago Tribune column on Scully. “It’s not even close. It’s an embarrassment of riches. He’s the best, he’s done it the longest and he’s been with one franchise. It’s amazing all of this can be said about one man.”

Scully will leave behind numerous lessons for current and prospective members of the media. First and foremost is his emphasis on preparation. Hughes and Cubs TV announcer Len Kasper each made a point of marveling at how much research Scully does for a broadcast.

Yet something Kasper said really gets to the essence of what makes Scully so great.

“It’s so striking that what he says, and the words he uses, plays as well on paper as it does on a broadcast,” Kasper said. “He’s like a great author. His pen is his voice.”

#13001: 1956 WORLD SERIES GAME 4, THE

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1956-10-07, WNBC, 3 min.

Mel Allen does the play-By-Play of game 4 of the 1956 World Series between the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees from Yankee Stadium in New York City. Mickey Mantle's seventh-inning home run and the Dodgers at-bat in the top of the ninth inning are heard. This game took place just one day before Don Larsen's perfect game.

#10506: SALUTE TO BASEBALL

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1957-04-13, WNBC, 55 min.

Baseball personalities on this television special ushering in the start of the 1957 baseball season include Johnny Antonelli of the New York Giants, Don Larsen, Bob Friend, Billy Pierce, Ted Williams, Stan Musial, Joe DiMaggio, Mel Allen, Ernie Banks, George Kell, Harvey Kuenn, Ted Kluszewski, Ed Matthews, 
Don Newcombe, Pee Wee Reese, Robin Roberts, Herb Score, Harry (Suitcase) Simpson, Eddie Yost, and Happy Felton and his Knothole Gang. Mel Allen recreates Don Larsen's perfect game. Show Business guests include: comedians Ed "Archie" Gardner, Paul Winchell, Jerry Mahoney, Frank Fontaine, singers Tony Bennett, Pat Marshall, and Bill Hayes, Singer-comedienne Janis Paige, actors Robert Alda and Robert Strauss. Also participating are baseball commissioner Ford Frick, sportscaster Mel Allen, and baseball Hall Of Fame members Joe DiMaggio, Pie Traynor, Lefty Grove, and Gabby Hartnett. Gene Kelly is the host. 

Highlights:
Gene talks to Don Larsen about his no windup pitching approach.
Also, Gene in conversation with Billy Pierce, Johnny Antonelli, and Bob Friend. Kelly introduces Ed Gardner...comedy routine about Baseball's greatest pitchers.  

In a brief segment,  Mel Allen states his dream outfield. Gene Kelly talks with Stan Musial, who states that his favorite ball player was Mel Ott, Ted Williams, chairman of the Jimmy Fund  states that his favorite baseball player was Joe DiMaggio, and DiMaggio's favorite ball player was Frank Lefty Odeul. Gene Kelly mentions that his favorite Baseball Player of all time was Babe Ruth. 

Other Highlights: 

"This Is The Year" Ensemble
1956 Most Valuable Players: Mickey Mantle, Don Newcombe
Sketch: "Rookie Of The Year" Robert Alda
Song: Janis Paige
World Series Film: Gene Kelly
Interview: Don Larsen, Gene Kelly
" Know-How" Kelly, Paige, Tony Bennett, Paul Winchell, Jerry Mahoney, Robert Alda
Knothole Gang- Happy Felton
Dugout Sketch- Paul Winchell, Jerry Mahoney
Song- Tony Bennett 
Pitchers Interview- Gene Kelly
"Two-top Gruskin" Ed Gardner, Robert Alda
Baseball Medley- Ensemble
Song- Pat Marshall
Dream Outfield- DiMaggio, Williams, Musial
Waite Hoyt's Tribute To Babe Ruth- Gene Kelly
Old-Timer's Film- Mel Allen
Rock-'n'Roll Number- Bill Hayes
Comedy Interview- Robert.Alda
Commissioner's Message: Ford Frick
Hall Of Fame Sequence- Gene Kelly
Finale- Ensemble

#13222: WORLD SERIES GAME 3 NEW YORK YANKEES VS. MILWAUKEE BRAVES

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1957-10-05, NBC, 3 min.

Mel Allen broadcasts baseball game 3 of the 1957 World Series between the New York Yankees and the Milwaukee Braves from County Stadium in Milwaukee. The top of the sixth inning is heard. Mickey Mantle receives a base on balls. Mantle at bat in the middle of the 7th inning and flies out.  
Also, a special NBC News announcement is heard stating that a Russian satellite named "Sputnik" would be passing over Washington, DC.

#44: 1960 WORLD SERIES: PITTSBURGH PIRATES VS. N.Y. YANKEES, THE
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1960-10-13, WNBC, 61 min.
- Warren Giles
- Ford Frick
- Mel Allen
- Hal Smith
- Bill Mazeroski
- Bob Prince
- Joe Brown
- Don Hoak
- Tom Johnson
- Dick Groat
- Vernon Law
- Bill Virdon
- Harvey Haddix
- Smokey Burgess
- Bob Skinner
- Roy Face
- Rocky Nelson
- Gino Cimoli
- Danny Murtaugh
- John Galbreath
- Joe Barr
Mel Allen announces the play-by-play in this classic 7th and final game from the 6th inning, at which time N.Y. was ahead 5 to 4. Allen calls the memorable Hal Smith 8th inning home run and Bill Mazeroski's series winning 9th inning home run. From a victorious Pirates clubhouse, Bob Prince interviews Warren Giles, Hal Smith, Bill Mazeroski, Joe Brown, Don Hoak, Tom Johnson, Dick Groat, Vernon Law, Bill Virdon, Harvey Haddix, Smokey Burgess, Bob Skinner, Roy Face, Gino Cimoli, Mayor Joe Barr, John Galbreath, Commissioner Ford Frick, Rocky Nelson and manager Danny Murtaugh.
#107: N.Y. YANKEES OLD TIMER'S DAY: 1961
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1961-07-29, WPIX, 11 min.
- Mel Allen
- Jackie Robinson
- Joe Black
- Otto Miller
Mel Allen interviews Jackie Robinson, Joe Black and Otto Miller during a rain delay. They all reminisce about the Brooklyn Dodger years. Robinson talks about his famous 1955 World Series steal of home plate.
#132: N.Y. YANKEES 1961 PENNANT VICTORY
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1961-09-20, WPIX, 47 min.
- Roger Maris
- Mel Allen
- Elston Howard
- Yogi Berra
- Ralph Houk
- Rollie Sheldon
- Jim Coates
- Luis Arroyo
- Clete Boyer
- Roy Hamey
- Ralph Terry
- Bill Skowron
- Wally Moses
- Bud Daley
- Johnny Blanchard
- Whitey Ford
- Bobby Richardson
- Hal Reniff
- Tex Clevenger
- Hector Lopez
- Billy Gardner
- Bob Fishel
- Bill Stafford
- Bob Hale
Yankee announcer Mel Allen does the play-by-play, as Roger Maris hits his 59th home run and the Yankees win their 26th American League pennant. In a victorious Yankee locker room, Mel Allen interviews Elston Howard, Yogi Berra, Ralph Houk, Rollie Sheldon, Jim Coates, Luis Arroyo, Bobby Richardson, Clete Boyer, Roger Maris, Roy Hamey, Ralph Terry, Bill Skowron, Wally Moses, Bud Daley, Bill Stafford, Whitey Ford, Hector Lopez, Billy Gardner, Bob Hale, Johnny Blanchard, Tex Clevenger, Hal Reniff and Bob Fishel.

#133: 61ST HOMERUN OF ROGER MARIS (TV), & RED BARBER SHOW, THE

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1961-10-01, WPIX, 20 min.

Roger Maris breaks Babe Ruth's home run record. Phil Rizzuto, Red Barber and Mel Allen call the play-by-play of the four Maris at bats. Rizzuto (1st inning), Barber (4th inning, announcing Maris' 61st home run), Allen (6th and 8th inning).

Mel Allen, in the WPIX TV booth, interviews Sal Durante, the 19 year old truck driver who caught Roger Maris' historic home run ball.

Also, Bob Sheppard's poem about Maris and his record breaking 61 home runs is read by Mel Allen.

Following the conclusion of the game we hear THE RED BARBER SHOW post-game show. Maris guests and reviews, via video tape replay, his historic home run, with Red Barber.
NY Yankee Manager Ralph Houk and NY Yankee pitching coach, Johnny Sain also comment.

NOTE: This television audio air check was audio tape recorded, direct line, off the air at the time of the broadcast, by Phil Gries, founder and owner of Archival Television Audio, Inc. It is the only known recording of Roger Maris' four at bats as aired on this WPIX Channel 11 television broadcast.

A recording of this air check was given to Andy Strasberg who contacted me, while researching material for a book he was writing. He mentioned that for over fifty years searching for his holy grail broadcast of Roger Maris appearing on Red Barber's NY Yankee Post Game Show had alluded him. In his finished book "MY 1961," published by August Publications in 2021, the transcript of this peerless audio is greatly quoted verbatim by author Andy Strasberg on pages 257 through 270.

#11232PR: WORLD SERIES SPECIAL

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1961-10-03, ABC, 28 min.

Mel Allen and Howard Cosell in New York, Chris Schenkel in Cincinnati and other sportscasters give a picture of World Series excitement on the eve of the first game to be played at Yankee Stadium (Cincinnati Reds vs New York Yankees).

Players, managers and officials of the clubs, including mangers Ralph Houk of the Yankees and Fred Hutchinson of the Reds are interviewed.

In addition there are interviews with Bobby Richardson, Whitey Ford, Elston Howard, Luis Arroyo, Frank Robinson, Vada Pinson, Jerry Lynch, Jim O'Toole.

The broadcast switches to Pestone's Great annual World Series Victory Party with moderators Jerry Coleman and Howard Cosell.

Mel Allen summarizes the 1961 New York Yankee pennant race, their 11th in their great history. Whitey Ford is highlighted who won 25 games for the first time in his career. Also spotlighted are Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris who combined hit 115 homeruns.

From outside Yankee Stadium, Rocky Graziano interviews fans in the rain all waiting to get into the stadium...some waiting for 87 hours.

From Fountain Square in Cincinnati Chris Schenkel interviews among a mad house celebration. Former Cincinnati players are interviewed including Rube Bressler, Bubbles Hargrave, Ira Goodwin, and Joe Beggs.

Mel Allen, at the Commodore Hotel in New York City. Howard Cosell interviews Jim O'Toole New York Yankee pitcher for game one. Also interviewed briefly are Joey Jay, Jim Brosnan, Vada Pinson, and Frank Robinson.

Jerry Coleman talks to Julia Meade, Roy Haney, Willie Mays who predicts the Yankees will win the World Series and Jimmy Piersall who rates the New York Yankees club.

Howard Cosell interviews New York mayor Bob Wagner and Cincinnati mayor Walton Bachrach. Jerry Coleman interviews Betty Houk, wife of Yankee manager Ralph Houk. Pittsburgh Pirates manager Danny Murtaugh predicts Cinci to with the World Series. Cosell interviews Cincinnati Reds manager Freddie Hutchinson, and New York Yankees manager Ralph Houk.

Commercials include Eveready Batteries and Prestone Antifreeze products.

#135: ROGER MARIS: HOME RUN KING
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1961-10-07, WPIX, 26 min.
- Roger Maris
- Mel Allen
- Phil Rizzuto
- Babe Ruth
Mel Allen is host. There is a review of Roger Maris' 61 home runs and the play-by-plays of his last eleven home runs are heard as they were announced live during Roger's quest for Babe Ruth's record.
#137: 1961 WORLD SERIES GAME NUMBER 5: N.Y. YANKEES VS. CINCINNATI REDS, THE
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1961-10-09, WNBC, 34 min.
- Joe Garagiola
- Mel Allen
- Elston Howard
- Ralph Houk
- Del Webb
- Johnny Blanchard
- Fred Hutchinson
- Whitey Ford
Mel Allen does the play-by-play for the 8th inning. Joe Garagiola does the play-by-play for the 9th inning. Allen, from the victorious Yankee clubhouse, interviews manager Ralph Houk, Del Webb, Johnny Blanchard, Elston Howard, Reds manager Fred Hutchinson and Whitey Ford. Joe Garagiola wraps up the broadcast. Note: Also heard are three Chrysler Corp. auto commercials promoting their new line for 1962.

#6327A: NEW YORK YANKEES VS DETROIT TIGERS (22 INNINGS)

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1962-06-24, WPIX, 147 min.

From Tiger Stadium in Detroit, the NEW YORK YANKEES vs the DETROIT TIGERS in a seven hour game lasting 22 innings. Television Broadcast on WPIX Channel 11 in New York, beginning at 2:30pm.

Announcers are Mel Allen and Phil Rizzuto.

On June 24, 1962, the Bombers and Detroit Tigers took part in the longest game in franchise history (exactly seven hours) at Tiger Stadium in front of a crowd of 35,368.

Yankees’ right fielder Jack Reed’s two-run home run off Phil Regan in the 22nd inning ended up deciding the contest, but not after a ton of at-bats, pitches and whatever else could be shoved into seven hours of a baseball game.

Both teams combined for 191 plate appearances, 39 hits and absolutely no runs scored from the seventh inning until Reed’s home run. New York’s reliever Jim Bouton came in clutch in relief, as he allowed just three hits seven scoreless innings to earn the win.

After the New York Yankees scored six runs in the first inning and one run in the second inning they would continue playing for an additional twenty innings scoring two runs in the top of the 22nd inning, beating the Detroit Tigers 9 to 7.

This rare television audio air check is picked up in the 15th inning and continues to conclusion. To date it is the longest, length of time, New York Yankee regular scheduled game in franchise history (7:00 hours) and in Major league history during a single game played the same day.

Detroit's Rocky Colavito goes 7 for 10. To this day he is only the sixth player to achieve seven or more hits in a Major League baseball game.

June 24, 1962: Yankees outlast Tigers in 22-inning game.

This article appeared in “Tigers By The Tale: Great Games at Michigan and Trumbull” (SABR, 2016), edited by Scott Ferkovich.

INTERESTING ARTICLE DESCRIBING THIS MOST UNUSUAL HISTORIC GAME.

June 24, 1962: "Yankees outlast Tigers in 22-inning game."
This article was written by John Milner

When the fans at Tiger Stadium settled into their seats for a game between the Yankees and Tigers on June 24, 1962, little did they know that history was about to take place at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull Avenues. The two teams, having played a doubleheader the day before, were looking to finish up the series and move on to their next opponents. The matinee contest turned into a grueling seven-hour marathon.

Both clubs were off to fairly slow early-season starts after having accumulated over 100 wins each in 1961. The Tigers’ starting pitcher was Frank Lary, coming off a 23-win campaign. Unexpectedly, in the top of the first, the Yankees plated six runs off Lary to jump ahead. The Tigers countered with three in the bottom of the inning, knocking out Yankees starter Bob Turley in the process. Larry ended up being taken out for a pinch-hitter in the second inning after the Yankees added their seventh run, so by the third inning both teams’ bullpens were starting what would be a long day.

In the bottom of the third inning, the Bengals scored three runs to tighten the gap. The appearance of a high-scoring game after three innings would be deceptive as the two teams’ bullpens settled in and went to work. For the rest of the regulation nine innings, the only mark made by either team was a run scored by Bill Bruton on a single by Rocky Colavito that knotted the score at 7-7 after six innings. Both teams had opportunities but could not capitalize on them prior to extra innings. The Yankees loaded the bases in the fourth and seventh innings, but could muster only groundballs to the pitcher both times. The Tigers were able to get a runner to third base in the fourth inning, but couldn’t get him across the plate.

Once the game went to extra innings, both teams had chances to put an end to the affair. In the 10th, Detroit had runners on first and third but couldn’t cash in. The 11th frame brought the Tigers maybe their best opportunity to end the game. Colavito’s third hit, a triple, led off. The Yankees intentionally walked the next two batters to load the bases with nobody out. Chico Fernandez’s line drive found its way into the left fielder’s glove for the first out. Dick Brown then attempted a bunt, but the ploy turned into a double play to end the inning with the score still 7-7.

Colavito commented, “The thing that annoyed me was that I led off the 10th inning with a triple off the 415-foot sign in left-center, but we couldn’t score. I was so frustrated because we should’ve won the damned game right then.”1

In the 15th inning the New Yorkers got a single by Tom Tresh, who then stole second base and advanced to third on a wild pitch, but was ultimately stranded. In the home half, Detroit put two runners on, but was unable to push a run across.

As the bullpens began to dominate for both teams, opportunities to score were few and far between. Standouts for the Tigers were Hank Aguirre, who pitched five-plus innings of scoreless relief, and Terry Fox, who threw eight innings without allowing a run. The Yankees countered with Tex Clevenger throwing six-plus innings with no runs and 23-year-old Jim Bouton, who finished off the game by throwing seven shutout frames.

The Tigers got a runner to third base in the 20th inning, but to no avail.

Finally, Detroit was basically reaching for anybody that could hold a baseball. To start the 22nd inning, the Tigers brought in Phil Regan, their sixth relief pitcher of the game. He had pitched the day before until he was knocked out after three innings and eight runs.

It didn’t take Regan long to put the Tigers’ chances of winning in jeopardy. A one-out walk to Roger Maris was followed by a two-run homer by Jack Reed to put the Yankees up 9-7. In the last gasp for the Tigers, they could not muster much of a threat. Colavito, who got his seventh hit, a single, was the only baserunner in the 22nd inning off Bouton, who collected the win.

When left fielder Johnny Blanchard caught the final out off the bat of Norm Cash, the game time read 6 hours and 59 minutes, but Joe Falls, the official scorer, listed it as seven hours. “I figured, who will ever remember 6:59 as the longest game in baseball history, so I shouted out the time, ‘seven hours.’ ” The game ended up being the longest by time in major-league history. Before this game the longest had been a 5-hour 20-minute game between the Boston Braves and Brooklyn Dodgers in 1940.

The Tiger Stadium concession stands sold 32,000 hot dogs and 41,000 bottles of beer before closing early under Michigan labor laws. Yogi Berra caught all 316 pitches the Yankees’ pitchers threw, while Colavito ended up with seven hits in 10 at-bats. In true Yogi fashion, his responses to questions regarding the game posed by a SABR biographer in 2010 were short and to the point. When asked how he felt after catching 22 innings, Berra’s response was “tired.”3 Asked about Reed’s home run, he said, “Good timing. Glad he hit it.”

The crowd was listed at 35,368 when the game began, and almost half of the faithful were still there to the end. New York was held scoreless for 19 innings in a row from the third inning to the 22nd, but still collected the win.

It turned into a very long weekend for both teams considering that they had played a day-night doubleheader the day before, and then played the last game of the five-game series on Monday afternoon.

The teams used 43 players total in Sunday’s game. “I pitched in that game,” said Jim Coates. “Hell, all of us pitched in that game. It was a long, long, long ballgame.” Rollie Sheldon commented, “There were far more players in the clubhouse than there were in the dugout. We’d consumed all the beer and they had to send out for more.” Yankees reliever Luis Arroyo was one of the few not to enter the game but he must have felt as though he had been involved. Arroyo warmed up in the bullpen on 11 different occasions and, by his own estimate, threw nearly 300 pitches.

The hero for the Yankees, Jack Reed, is an interesting story in itself. The 29-year-old journeyman was a third-string outfielder behind Mickey Mantle and Joe Pepitone and didn’t get into the game until the 13th inning. “I knew if I ever hit a home run this would be it. It felt good. It was a fastball down and low.” The game-winning home run was the only one he hit in the major leagues. Reed said of his home run, “I really thought it would be a double. I didn’t look up, but I knew I hit it good. I didn’t have the kind of power where I could stand there and watch it. I was one of those guys that had ‘warning track power.’ By the time I got to second base, the umpire was telling me it was a home run.”

#282: 1962 WORLD SERIES: N.Y. YANKEES VS. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS, THE
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1962-10-16, WNBC, 30 min.
- Joe Garagiola
- Mel Allen
- Elston Howard
- Yogi Berra
- Ralph Houk
- Jim Coates
- Roy Hamey
- Ralph Terry
- Del Webb
- Whitey Ford
- Russ Hodges
- Alvin Dark
- Dale Long
- Joe DiMaggio
Mel Allen, Russ Hodges, and Joe Garagiola broadcast game seven from the 8th inning and conduct interviews with the winning N.Y. Yankees team. Interviewed are Ralph Terry, Ralph Houk, Alvin Dark, Elston Howard, Del Webb, Whitey Ford, Jim Coates, Dale Long, Roy Hamey, Yogi Berra and Joe DiMaggio.
#517: 1963 WORLD SERIES: L.A. DODGERS VS. N.Y. YANKEES, THE
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1963-10-06, WNBC, 25 min.
- Don Drysdale
- Warren Giles
- Mel Allen
- Bill Skowron
- Buzzie Bavasi
- Maury Wills
- Johnny Podres
- Frank Howard
- Ron Perranoski
- Tommy Davis
- Fresco Thompson
- Vin Scully
- Sandy Koufax
- Willie Davis
- Dick Tracewski
- Walter Alston
Vin Scully does the play-by-play from the last of the eighth inning in this final game. A "hoarse" Mel Allen begins the play-by-play for the top of the ninth but cannot continue and Scully takes over again as the Dodgers sweep the Yankees in four straight. Mel Allen wraps up his last NBC television World Series broadcast. Scully interviews the victorious Dodger players and others from their clubhouse. He talks to Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, Warren Giles, Buzzie Bavasi, Walter Alston, Bill Skowron, Ron Perranoski, Frank Howard, Fresco Thompson, Tommy Davis, Willie Davis, Johnny Podres, Maury Wills and Dick Tracewski.

#14986: NORTHEAST 13 HOUR ELECTRICAL BLACKOUT (NEW YORK, CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, MARYLAND, NEW JERSEY, MASSACHUSETTS, NEW HAMPSHIRE, PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND, VERMONT)

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1965-11-09, VARIED, 62 min.

The northeast blackout of 1965 was a significant disruption in the supply of electricity on Tuesday, November 9, 1965, affecting parts of Ontario in Canada and Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont in the United States. Over 30 million people and 80,000 square miles (207,000 km2) were left without electricity for up to 13 hours.

Live coverage of the northeast power blackout that started at 5:28 PM, Eastern Standard time, Monday evening, November 9, 1965.

Coverage begins approximately at 8:00pm with a SPECIAL CBS RADIO NEWS REPORT with MIKE WALLACE. Live reports in the field from Ike Pappas, Robert Pierpoint, Neil Strawser, Reed Collins.

Coverage continues November 10th with Mike Wallace early CBS News. On ABC television Bill Beutel interviews NYC mayor John Lindsay. NBC Today Show coverage with Gabe Pressman, Arlene Francis, Jack Lescoulie and Frank Blair who gives a news retrospective of what happened related to the Blackout effecting 30 million people covering 80,000 square miles. All told 800,000 people found themselves stranded.

Additional reports from Merrill Mueller, Steve Rowan. Pat Tracey, and Dave Marlin. Only morning newspaper that went to press and available this morning, The New York Times. 4000 National Guard called into standby by President Lyndon Johnson. People stranded and evacuated from subways.

WOR's John Wingate interviews two women from a beauty salon having to leave with rollers in their wet hair.

Gabe Pressman reports from the streets of Manhattan with an interview during the first hour when the lights went out.

From the New York Hotel Josh Garson reports.
Other "Man in the Streets" reports of people stuck in elevators in the middle of the Midtown Tunnel and attempting to find a taxi or bus to get a ride home.

On the evening ABC Speaking of Sports show with Howard Cosell, he tells of his experience attending the Newark Jewish Center for a tribute to Mel Allen during at the time of the blackout.

Coverage of last nights blackout continuing into today, November 10th from three network Evening news broadcasts...Peter Jennings And The News (ABC), Huntley Brinkley Report (NBC) and CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (CBS). Commentary from Eric Sevareid.
Walter Cronkite gives an anecdote Blackout comparison to a 1941 Mutt and Jeff cartoon, after which he famously signs off.

NOTE:
VARIED COVERAGE FROM MANY TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS, TWO AND HALF HOURS AFTER IT HAPPENED AT 5:28PM EST THRU THE FOLLOWING DAY, NOVERMBER 10TH.

#772: RUSS HODGES GUESTING WITH BOB MURPHY

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1968-08-11, WOR, 7 min.

Russ Hodges, longtime announcer for the New York and San Francisco Giants, reminisces with Bob Murphy between games at Shea Stadium, the home of the N.Y. Mets. Hodges talks about his early Yankee experiences with Mel Allen, Willie Mays, the 1951 Bobby Thomson home run, past and current Dodger and Giant rivalries and memories of Jackie Robinson.

#835: WAY IT WAS: DON LARSEN'S PERFECT 1956 WORLD SERIES GAME, THE

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1974-12-26, WNET, 29 min.

Host Curt Gowdy reminisces with Mel Allen, Casey Stengel, Mickey Mantle, Duke Snider, Clem Labine and Sal Maglie about Don Larsen's Perfect 1956 World Series Game against the Brooklyn Dodgers.

#9855: THE WAY IT WAS

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1977-03-19, SYN, 30 min.

October 3rd, 1974-May 14th, 1977  

A half-hour syndicated PBS series sports nostalgia show hosted by Curt Gowdy. Guest athletes view film clips of famous sporting events and reminisce. 

The Yankee Dynasty part 2 1936-1948 is featured. 

Host: Curt Gowdy.

#1151: A 1960'S RADIO BROADCAST ADDITION: CBS RADIO AT 50: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN SOUND - SEPTEMBER 18, 1927-1977
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1977-09-18, WCBS, 158 min.
- Walter Cronkite
- Red Skelton
- Mel Allen
- Red Barber
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Richard M. Nixon
- Edward R. Murrow
- Arthur Godfrey
- Frank Sinatra
- John F. Kennedy
- Casey Stengel
- Joe DiMaggio
- Bruce Dunning
- Charles Osgood
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- Eve Arden
- William S. Paley
- Marie Wilson
- Bing Crosby
- Douglas Edwards
- Goodman Ace
- Benny Goodman
- Ted Husing
- Eric Sevareid
- Andy Rooney
- The Andrews Sisters
- Robert Trout
- Edgar Bergen
- Agnes Moorehead
- Orson Welles
- Fred W. Friendly
Walter Cronkite introduces segments with famous political, creative and entertainment personalities as well as news events from the past fifty years of broadcasting. Heard are: Bruce Dunning, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Richard M. Nixon, William S. Paley, Eric Sevareid, Orson Welles, Goodman Ace, Mel Allen, Eve Arden, Red Barber, Edgar Bergen, Bing Crosby, Joe DiMaggio, Douglas Edwards, Arthur Godfrey, Ted Husing, Agnes Moorehead, Charles Osgood, Andy Rooney, Red Skelton, Casey Stengel, Marie Wilson, The Andrews Sisters, Fred W. Friendly, Benny Goodman, Edward R. Murrow, Frank Sinatra and Robert Trout.
#7018: A 1960'S RADIO BROADCAST ADDITION: CBS RADIO AT 50:AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN SOUND -SEPT 18TH 1927-1977
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1977-09-18, CBS, 00 min.
- Walter Cronkite
- Red Skelton
- Mel Allen
- Red Barber
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Richard M. Nixon
- Frank Sinatra
- John F. Kennedy
- William S. Paley
- Others
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#11035A: MUTUAL NETWORK RADIO SPECIAL LIVE PREVIEW OF THE 1951 WORLD SERIES BETWEEN THE NEW YORK YANKEES AND THE NEW YORK GIANTS

1951-10-03, MUTUAL, 29 min.

#5898A: WORLD SERIES (1951): NEW YORK GIANTS VS NEW YORK YANKEES - HIGHLIGHTS (GAME 1, 5, 6).

1951-10-04, MBS, 95 min.

#5905A: WORLD SERIES 1955 (GAME ONE)

1955-09-28, WNBC, 11 min.

#13001: 1956 WORLD SERIES GAME 4, THE

1956-10-07, WNBC, 3 min.

#10506: SALUTE TO BASEBALL

1957-04-13, WNBC, 55 min.

#13222: WORLD SERIES GAME 3 NEW YORK YANKEES VS. MILWAUKEE BRAVES

1957-10-05, NBC, 3 min.

#44: 1960 WORLD SERIES: PITTSBURGH PIRATES VS. N.Y. YANKEES, THE

1960-10-13, WNBC, 61 min.

#107: N.Y. YANKEES OLD TIMER'S DAY: 1961

1961-07-29, WPIX, 11 min.

#132: N.Y. YANKEES 1961 PENNANT VICTORY

1961-09-20, WPIX, 47 min.

#133: 61ST HOMERUN OF ROGER MARIS (TV), & RED BARBER SHOW, THE

1961-10-01, WPIX, 20 min.

#11232PR: WORLD SERIES SPECIAL

1961-10-03, ABC, 28 min.

#135: ROGER MARIS: HOME RUN KING

1961-10-07, WPIX, 26 min.

#137: 1961 WORLD SERIES GAME NUMBER 5: N.Y. YANKEES VS. CINCINNATI REDS, THE

1961-10-09, WNBC, 34 min.

#6327A: NEW YORK YANKEES VS DETROIT TIGERS (22 INNINGS)

1962-06-24, WPIX, 147 min.

#282: 1962 WORLD SERIES: N.Y. YANKEES VS. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS, THE

1962-10-16, WNBC, 30 min.

#517: 1963 WORLD SERIES: L.A. DODGERS VS. N.Y. YANKEES, THE

1963-10-06, WNBC, 25 min.

#14986: NORTHEAST 13 HOUR ELECTRICAL BLACKOUT (NEW YORK, CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, MARYLAND, NEW JERSEY, MASSACHUSETTS, NEW HAMPSHIRE, PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND, VERMONT)

1965-11-09, VARIED, 62 min.

#772: RUSS HODGES GUESTING WITH BOB MURPHY

1968-08-11, WOR, 7 min.

#835: WAY IT WAS: DON LARSEN'S PERFECT 1956 WORLD SERIES GAME, THE

1974-12-26, WNET, 29 min.

#9855: THE WAY IT WAS

1977-03-19, SYN, 30 min.

#1151: A 1960'S RADIO BROADCAST ADDITION: CBS RADIO AT 50: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN SOUND - SEPTEMBER 18, 1927-1977

1977-09-18, WCBS, 158 min.

#7018: A 1960'S RADIO BROADCAST ADDITION: CBS RADIO AT 50:AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN SOUND -SEPT 18TH 1927-1977

1977-09-18, CBS, 00 min.