When was the 1975 world series

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The Winged Victory Chorus 43rd U. Army Airborne Infantry Division. Luis Tiant W - -. Bill Lee Dick Drago L, 9 th - -. Luis Tiant W - - -. Tony Perez 4 th Tony Perez 6 th. Cesar Geronimo 8 th - -. Tony Perez 6 th. When he was lifted for a relief pitcher after giving up an 8 th inning homer that gave the Reds a lead, I anticipated a somber two hour car ride back to Amherst.

I need not have worried. In the bottom of the 8 th inning, with two outs and two runners on base, Bernie Carbo batted as a pinch hitter. With two strikes and two balls on him, he launched a fly ball towards the deepest part of the Park. I watched the Reds centerfielder Ken Griffey run back and look up as if he were getting set for the catch. I saw the fans in centerfield rise, saw Griffey stop running, and heard a deafening roar.

Home run! The score was tied! My friends and I leaped and pounded each other with our baseball hats and fists in ecstasy. Years later, Carbo confessed he was high on mescaline when he connected. We roared again in the 9 th when the Sox loaded the bases with nobody out. But our enthusiasm crashed when second baseman Denny Doyle was tagged out at the plate trying to score on a fly ball out to left field. The Reds survived the threat and we settled in for extra innings.

In the eleventh, second baseman Joe Morgan stepped to the plate with one out and speedy center fielder Ken Griffey on first. Morgan tattooed a drive to deep right field. I saw Red Sox right fielder Dwight Evans racing back on a dead heat. I saw him leap with an upturned arm towards the bullpen wall.

Evans had improbably caught the drive. He whirled and fired the ball to the infield. The Reds tied it in the seventh when Ken Griffey walked, stole second, and scored on a two-out single by Pete Rose. Sox pitcher Jim Burton then walked Rose to set up a forceout, but then gave up a bloop single to Joe Morgan to score Griffey with the go-ahead run. The delivery to Fisk. He swings The Red Sox win! And the series is tied, three games apiece! There he goes Rose will score easily! There goes Griffey to third, they're going to have a shot at him Two strikes.

The pitch Carbo hits a high drive to deep center, way back, home run! High fly ball, left field Foster 's got a shot! They're tagging up at third. Here comes the throw Well hit, right field deep Evans is going back, back near the wall and Oh what a catch he made! What a catch by Dwight Evans and the double play Griffey didn't know what happened as Dwight Evans made a spectacular catch and take a look at this.

This was the final World Series broadcast for Gowdy, who had been NBC's lead play-by-play announcer for baseball since Garagiola would take over full-time as NBC's lead baseball announcer the following season. This was also the final Series broadcast for NBC Radio, which had retained exclusive rights to the event since Baseball Wiki Explore. Top Content. Recent blog posts. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account?