Locked On Mariners - Daily Podcast On the Seattle Mariners - A Classic Fall Classic: 1975

Episode Date: October 28, 2020

Today, D.C. looks back at the great 1975 World Series featuring the Cincinnati Reds' "Big Red Machine" and the Boston Red Sox. Many future Hall of Famers participated in this Fall Classic, which Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk has said that Boston won three games to four. Game Six in particular was one of the greatest baseball games ever played. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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It is Tuesday night, October 27th, 2020-U-Dominee, and this season's World Series is now officially history. Congratulations to the Los Angeles Dodgers, who won the 2020 Fall Classic, four games to two, over the Tampa Bay Rays. We're going to talk about it on tomorrow's episode, and John Miller will be joining me to do that. but tonight we're going to remember another classic world series.

Last night, we looked back at the great 1991 World Series, and tonight we're going back to 1975. The participants in this one, the Cincinnati Reds and Boston Red Sox, both teams laced with future Hall of Famers. Carlton Fisk, Carl Yostromske, and Jim Rice played for the Red Sox. Fred Lynn, who was the first player ever to win rookie of the year and MVP the same season, patrolling center field in Fenway.

And plus you've got borderline Hall of Famer Dwight Evans. And on the pitching side, Louise Tehant and Bill Lee anchoring the starting rotation. And over to the Reds who boasted Johnny Bench, Hall of Famer. Tony Perez, Hall of Famer. The late Joe Morgan

Hall of Famer. Pete Rose would have been a Hall of Famer if not for the gambling issue. George Foster Borderline Hall of Famer. Ken Griffey Senior, Borderline Hall of Famer. I'm telling you, gang, this team was stacked on the offensive side of the ball, and they had a pretty decent pitching staff to go with it,

anchored by Don Gollip in the starting rotation, and Raleigh Eastwick at the end of the bullpen. The Reds won 108 games in the regular season, and were just coming off a sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League Championship series, three games to none. The Red Sox, on the other hand, finished with the record of 95 and 65, and had also swept the American League Championship Series sending the Oakland Athletics home.

And don't forget, ladies and gentlemen, the Oakland Athletics were coming off three straight World Series victories and were bucking for a fourth. Red Sox stopped them in their tracks to set up this classic 1975 World Series. Game one took place in Fenway Park on October 11, 1975, with Luis Tiant of the Red Sox facing Don Gulles. of the Reds. And it was Luis Teantt, who came up aces in this game, throwing nine scoreless innings, a complete game shutout in a six-nothing victory. The Red Sox incidentally scored all six of their runs in the seventh inning. Teantt led off the inning with the single. Yes, they were in

an American League park and the designated hitter had been used in the American League for a couple of seasons now. But these days in the World Series, the pitcher hit in both leagues. The designated hitter would first be used in a World Series the following year, 1976. But back to the game, Luis Tiont's on first base with a single. Dwight Evans then reaches base on a sacrifice bunt, which was scored a fielder's choice. Teant's on second, Evans is on first. Denny Doyle hits a single, but Tiant doesn't score. He advances to third base. But that loads the bases for future Hall of Famer Carly Estremski, who hits a single to score Tiant.

Bases are still loaded with Clay Carroll coming in to replace Don Gullet, and he walks Carlton Fisk with the bases loaded to force in Evans. Clay Carroll's short day is done, and he is relieved by Will McEnany, who fans Fred Lynn for the first out of the inning, but the bases are still loaded. That brings up Rico Petricelli, who hits a two-run single to score Doyle and Yaz. Rick Berlison then hits a single of his own to score Fisk. and send Petracelli to third base. Burleson advanced to second base on a throw home.

Cecil Cooper then hits a sacrifice fly, scoring Petricelli and sending Berluson to third base. But Luis Tiant, who had led off the inning, fouled out to the first baseman to complete this inning, which was so great for the Red Sox and so hellish for the Reds. Six-0 was the score at this time. And what does T-O-T-O-U-T-U-Suts. Shuts the Reds down. One, two, three, in the very next half.

frame. He also shuts the Reds down 1, 2, 3 in the 9th inning to end the ball game, a complete game shutout once again from Luis Tionts to give the Red Sox a 1-0 series advantage. The Reds would take the next game to even up the series in a come-from-behind win. Red Sox would score 1 in the first inning. Reds would tie it up in the fourth, and the Red Sox would go ahead 2-1 in the 6th inning. And then in the 9th inning, Johnny Bench leads off with a double. Dick Drago then comes in to replace Bill Lee on the mound, who induces Tony Perez to ground out, and then George Foster to fly out. Dave Concepcion heads a double then to score bench, and then steals second base. Ken Griffey Sr. then doubles in Concepcion to give the Reds a three to two lead. Caesar Geronimo is intentionally walked, and then Raleigh Eastwick comes up, and he grounds out. Raleigh Eastwick then sets the Red Sox down 1, 2, 3 in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Red Sox that 1-1 series tie and a 3-2-come-from-behind victory.

Game 3 would go 10 innings, and this would be a 6-5 victory for the Cincinnati Reds, although the Reds did get on the board first. In the second inning, the Reds would score 2 in the 4th and 3 in the 5th for a 5-1 lead. Boston would score one apiece in the sixth and seventh, and then they would score two in the ninth inning to tie the ballgame on a Dwight Evans two-run home run. On it would go into the 10th inning, and in the bottom of the 10th,

Cesar Geronimo leads off with a single. Ed Armbrister reaches on an error trying to sacrifice Cesar Geronimo to second base. Geronimo winds up on third, and Armbrister winds up at second. Pete Rose has had intentionally walked to load the bases. Merv Rettonman pinch hits, but he strikes out swinging. That brings up future Hall of Famer Joe Morgan, who singles to center field and Geronimo scores to give the Reds a 6-5 game win

and a two games to one series advantage. The Red Sox would tie it up the next day in game four with a 5-4 victory, and the Red Sox would score all five of their runs in the fourth inning, a two-run triple from Dwight Evans, an RBI single from Rick Berluson. Burleson would later score on an error by the first baseman, and Kar Yostremski would single home Louise Teont, who had singled earlier in the inning,

to account for all five Red Sox runs. So after four games, the series is tied two games apiece. So it's essentially a three-game series from this point out. Game five would take place in Cincinnati, and the Red Sox would be on the board first in the very first inning, top of the first inning, on a sacrifice fly from Carl Yostremski. The Reds would score one apiece in the fourth and fifth innings, and then score three in the sixth,

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family show. Keep that in mind. This family show will continue talking about the 1975 World Series on the other side of this vital word of importance. Welcome back to Lockdown Mariners. Once again, your host, D.C. Lundberg. Thank you again, Joey. Lockdown Mariners is about to continue with this time. Talking about the 1975 World Series, the great 1975 World Series. We have gone through the first five games of the 1975 World Series, bringing us to what many tout as the greatest baseball game ever played, and that is Game 6.

This took place in Fenway Park on Tuesday, October 21st, 1975, in front of 35,205 fans. And if you say, hey, that's kind of a low crowd for a World Series game, remember that Fenway Park was built over 100 years ago, and its capacity is not that much. It has one of the smaller capacities in Major League Baseball. In any case, this pitching matchup today was Gary Nolan of the Cincinnati Reds facing Luis Tiant of the Boston Red Sox.

Nolan would not last that long, and the Red Sox would get on the board in the very first inning, jumping out to a quick three-nothing lead on a Fred Lynn three-run home run. Gary Nolan actually had a one-two-three bottom of the second, but Sparky Anderson pinch hit for him in the third inning, ending his day. The Reds would answer with three runs of their own in the fifth inning, and that was a two-run triple by Ken Griffey Sr.

And an RBI single from Johnny Bench. The game is now tied at three, and the Reds would score two more in the seventh inning. on a two-run double from George Foster. They would tack on one more in the top of the eighth inning as Cesar Geronimo solo home run to give them a six to three lead. In the bottom of the eighth inning

with the Red's ace reliever, Raleigh Eastwick, on the mound, the Red Sox pinch hit Bernie Carbo for the pitcher. Bernie Carbo began his career with Cincinnati a few years earlier. There are two runners on base at this time, and Bernie Carbo hits a, deep fly ball to dead center field, which carried and carried over the outfield wall for a game tying three-run home run in the eighth inning to make a World Series hero out of a part-time outfielder who once played for the opposition. The game would remain scoreless through the

ninth inning. Neither team would score in the 10th inning, and neither team would score in the 11th. Johnny Bench would lead off the 12th for the Reds with a foul out to the catcher. Tony Perez would then single and George Foster would then single. Runners at first and second base with one out. Dave Concepcion flies out to right field and Cesar Geronimo fans, ending what potentially could have been a pretty decent inning by the Reds. As it stands, it's still a 6-6 tie going into the bottom of the 12th, and the lead-off hitter is Carlton 5th.

With a 1-0 count, Carlton Fiske hits a high line drive down the left field line. Is it fair? Is it foul? Carlton Fiske famously waves his arms trying to will the ball back into fair territory. And that seems to work as the ball flies over the green monster in fair territory, giving Carlton Fisk one of the most famous home runs in baseball history, and giving his team a 7 to 6 victory over the Reds in game 6 of the 1975 World Series. This is like Game 7 of the 91 series, which I described last night,

in that just talking about it here does not do it justice. Look for it on YouTube. I don't know if it's here in its entirety or not, but do look for it. That sets up a decisive Game 7, also taking place in Fenway Park on Wednesday, October, 22nd, 1975, in front of 35,205 fans. Winner takes it all. Red Sox were the first on the board in the third inning, plating three runs on an RBI single by Carl Yostremski,

a bases-loaded walk by Rico Petricelli, and another basis-loaded walk from Dwight Evans, an RBI single and two bases-loaded walks in the bottom of the third inning for a quick three to nothing lead. The Reds would answer in the sixth inning with two runs, a Tony Perez two-run, home run, scoring Johnny Bench ahead of him. The Reds would tie it up in the seventh

with an RBI single by Pete Rose to score Ken Griffey Sr. The game would remain tied through eight innings. In the top of the ninth inning, Ken Griffey Sr. would lead off with a walk. Cesar Geronimo would sacrifice him to second base. Dan Driesen would grab him. out and then Pete Rose would walk. Up steps Joe Morgan, who kind of bloops a single to shallow

center field to score Pete Rose from third base, giving the Reds a four to three lead. Johnny bench walks, but Tony Perez flies out to end the inning. Red Sox need one run to tie, two runs to win. Will McInney takes the mound for the Reds, and his first foe is Juan Benitez who flies out. Bob Montgomery pinch hits for Denny Doyle, and he grounds out to shortstop. The Red Sox's last hope is Yaz, Carl Yostremski, and he flies out to center field, ending the 1975 season and giving the Cincinnati Reds a game seven victory and a four games to three series victory. On the other hand, Carlton Fisk has said in interviews later that he always says that the Red Sox won the series three games to four. It was that good of a World Series, ladies and gentlemen.

I hope you enjoyed this look back at it. Tomorrow we're going to look back at the most recent World Series, which ended two nights with the Dodgers taking it four games to two over the Tampa Bay raise. John Miller is going to join me to talk about it, and I do hope you join us then. Also remember to download rate and subscribe to this program on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher Radio, or whichever podcasting app that you can't think of. Follow us on Twitter at L.O. underscore Mariners. Follow me on Twitter at D.C. underscore Lundberg.

Remember, tomorrow talking about this year's World Series, and then after that we're going to continue to look at some fall classics of yesteryear, and I might extend this series into next week as well. I'm thinking I might want to do one on 1968, might want to do one on 2001, might want to do one on 1905, and I'm sure that I can come up with others to talk about as well. But do join us tomorrow when we talk about this season's 2020 World Series. Talk to you then.

This is Joey Martin. Join us tomorrow for the next edition of Locked-on Mariners, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network.