1971 World Series, Game 7: Pirates @ Orioles
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- Pittsburgh Pirates 2 at Baltimore Orioles 1, F -- With four 20-game winners and a powerful lineup featuring Frank Robinson, Brooks Robinson and Boog Powell, the Orioles were expected to dominate. But with the help of a Roberto Clemente home run in the fourth, and a Willie Stargell run in the eighth, Pirates starter Steve Blass went the distance for the World Series champion Pirates.
What a blessing that we have this entire broadcast for baseball fans of every generation to see.
Blessing indeed! I'd never seen it before and was on the edge of my seat. Clemente, Stargell and the Robinsons are true immortals. Blass must have jumped 5 feet in the air when the game ended!
Roberto Clemente..Top 10 players of all time
This was half a century ago, and all the heroes of my youth have either grown old or are no longer with us. All except my greatest boyhood hero: Roberto Clemente. He did not grow old. Nor did the years condemn. We know him today as he was. And he will be forever young.
Nicely stated
Forever young, forever beautiful.
The great Roberto Clemente Walker! Pride of my beautiful homeland of Puerto Rico. Amazing player and even better person.
Roberto Clemente and Frank Robinson playing right field. LEGENDS
We saw Frank Robinson, Brooks Robinson, Willie Stargell, Robert Clemente, all deservedly in the Hall of Fame. A real treat, IMO.
Absolutely LEGENDS!!!
Frank Robinson flew out to Roberto Clemente in the bottom of the 1st Inning. Both Right Fielders.
It was the last game Frank played as an Oriole.
THE GOLD STANDARD
Roberto Clemente was my granfather's cousin. They both grew up together in Carolina, PR. I was born in October of 1973 so i never experienced the greatness of Roberto in real time. I have always been very proud of the kind of human being he was. Thank you so much for this upload.
Saw him play many times also visited Roberto Clemente Museum here in Pittsburgh. I was born in June of 1955.
My Grandfather, Don Osborn, was the Pirates pitching coach. This game is a cherished family memory for sure.
Bless your grandfather always n forever n ever.
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Top 5 players I ever saw in person.... Mays, Aaron, Mantle, Clemente, Griffy Jr.
Roberto Clemente was my favorite baseball player growing up. I always had to have my Roberto Clemente signed Louisville Slugger baseball bat whenever I played baseball with the kids in the neighborhood
what a tremendous collection of talented, dedicated players....a field of dreams
Roberto was one of the greatest players ever so lucky to see him as a little kid
Mr. Clemente's homer from 51:40 on is the sweetest hit in this World Series during an era where the Fall Classic was being played in the daytime.
What a treat to watch this game. I'm a Detroit TIgers fan but I have always been a Roberto Clemente fan and I have always been a fan of Steve Blass, what a nice man. This game featured a lot of familiar players and what a fun game to watch, played in Baltimore's historic stadium. I loved the announcers too. What professionals.
Was at that game as a 7 year old 1st Base Upper, which would have been Sec 32-35, not a sellout Pirate fans the son came out after the last out.
Glad that I was able to see the great Roberto Clemente in action. I have to say that as an all-around ballplayer and human being, I don't think there's been anyone better than Roberto! The world could use more men like Roberto Clemente!
+Mr18000rpm Likewise, used to go to the Knothole games through the school. We had to sit in the cheapest seats......RIGHT FIELD! #21right in front of us.
The left field bleachers were the cheapest. I grew up there, too.
65 Cents for children every game. $1.00 for adults. You're right about the Knothole Gang, we were usually out in right field, 2nd level if a big crowd.
We would sit in the left field bleachers for $.50! On the hottest days, you got the best seats because you cooked out there. At the 7th inning stretch, they would open the door between the bleachers and the stadium proper. Of course, we would race around to right filed to see our hero, Roberto. The best games were when there was a rain delay or the Pirates were way ahead (or way behind), then we could sneak into the box seat areas.
Dale Murphy was a great ballplayer & a humble man. he didn't have that ego, like many of them had & have.
I’m envious
Steve Blass is a wonderful person! And of course he was one heck of a ball player in his day!
I got to see Roberto play at Forbes Field and 3 rivers.best player ever!
I got to see him play twice at 3 rivers including what I think was his last hr. great player and even greater human being
So did I many times
Its definitely a by gone era... I grew up watching these guys and enjoy watching again... we will always love you Roberto!!
I was only 10 when this game was played the first world series I followed rooted for the pirates because my grand parents may the rip lived in pittsburgh or near there.
Dad..... Thank you for taking me to this game. Something I will never forget!
The Baltimore Orioles of 1966, 1969, 1970, and 1971 were one of the greatest teams in Baseball history. They were upset by the New York Mets in 69 and by the Pirates in 71. The Mets had great pitching and deserved to win. The Pirates were led by Roberto Clemente who showed why he was the greatest baseball player I ever saw.
I was 13 when I saw this series, Indeed at the time I hated the Orioles because I was a Tiger fan at that time the Tigers and Orioles were in the AL east. every time they came to Detroit they would beat the Tigers, except in 68 but even in the 80's the Orioles had great teams The Tigers finished 83 right on their tails no pun intended bu even in the 80's the Orioles had great teams too, So what Oriole team do you think is better the 66- 70 team or the 83 team? The Pirates also beat the Orioles in 79 as well. I grew to appreciate them however when I got a bit older. Always liked their uniforms very sharp.
69 orioles were best statistically.
You got that right buddy they don't play baseball like Roberto did anymore man these bums today all they care about is money.
At least they won two championships. They also won another one in 1983. The Atlanta Braves went to five World Series in one decade (1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1999) and only won it once (1995). They haven't been to a World Series since.
Could have easily won 3 in a row.
Long live the GREAT Roberto Clemente... There will never be another one like him
This was the first game I truly remember watching as a kid. I was hooked after that.
I was a 6 yr boy at this game, my dad took me to 7 pitt games to see Roberto Clemente. I remember him saying a cpl times that i'd be witnessing the greatest baseball player of all time. No one expected him to pass so soon R.C. was a great human being !
I was at games 6 and 7. Left field bleachers. Amazing games. Clemente played on a level beyond the Majors.
Love your comment because I never seen Roberto play. Baseball perfection on and off the field!
Even the Orioles fans clapped for him. Back then any player made an outstanding play even opposition players, the fans gave them a hand. Rarely booed, even a player that killed your team.(Yankee fans & Phillie fan were the exception). But I still appreciate a great play & player. Old school!
No. I was too far away. Fans not allowed on field. Just like today.
THE. GREAT ONE. SAYS. IT ALL
May God bless Roberto Clemente! May God bless Willie Stargell! As a Cubs fan I believe that this equals the finest era that these Pirates had with Roberto and Willie and all the rest of the guys.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give to you, MR. ROBERTO CLEMENTE.
In October of '71 I was a young 13 yr old experiencing Jr Hi School for the first time and I LOVED Baseball. I watched game 7 on a Sunday afternoon on a black n' white TV. This brings back memories......
So did I. It was a b+w 13" TV in the front room if my parents house. The bigger TV in the back room could not receive it.
I was also the only one who watched it. Mom, who was a huge Pirate fan, and Dad took the rest of the family somewhere that I do not remember.
I love the pre-game. So pure. So simple. No nonsense
Man…that’s exactly what I was thinking!
When I am asked where I want to go I usually say "the 70s'". Baseball like this was great.
What a beautiful baseball game, both in way it was played and the way it was broadcast. Pitchers working quickly, expecting to go nine innings. Minimal chatter by the announcers, letting the sounds of the game tell the story. Just a pleasant afternoon at the ballpark, which just happened to be the seventh game of the World Series.
So much has changed, hey?
What an incredible treat to hear Orioles PA announcer Bill Bolling. One of the great voices to anounce the players, he was as good, if not better, than the more acclaimed Bob Sheppard (PA announcer for the Yankees and Giants). I would go to a many Oriole games just to hear him announcer the players. I remember telling Rex Barney, who replaced Bolling, how disappointing it was hearing his voice and not Bolling's. RIP Bill, forever missed.
Thanks so much for putting this up. Even knowing the outcome, it was incredibly suspenseful.
How heartbreaking to think in a little over a year Roberto Clemente would die. What a heroic man.
This world series gave the baseball world the opportunity to see what a formidable player Roberto Clemente was in his day... he went on to win MVP of the series... keep in mind that he was 37 years old at the time, the announcer makes note of what great shape he's in and that "he could play for another 2 or 3 years at least..." barring any injury.
Roberto Clemente fue más que un magnífico jugador, él fué un héroe nacional y ese héroe nacional entre lágrimas habló del amor a la familia y a Dios!
I love it when you have open stadiums with the neighborhood background.
It does make it look like they were playing in your neighborhood
Several of these players on both teams were well on their way to legendary and Hall of Fame careers. It's fun watching these again. Boog Powell was a mountain of a man. That one foul ball was a mammoth shot.
I miss Roberto :((( he passed too soon😥
That was sad and stunning news.
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Roberto could have definitely played a couple more years. He was something else to watch play.
He'd be nearly 83 now. Hard to imagine. Great player. Great man.
:'(
NO Baseball yet 2020 - really great to see this game - when I really happy to see the World Series in 1971
Dam Roberto got all of that on that home run
I was a huge Pirate fan at the time. I remember running home from the bus stop to catch the playoffs and WS games. I really liked this Orioles team also.
Clemente was a total badass in the series!
mvp player ⚾71
Great series.
Baseball at it's finest. Fantastic series.
Such a place in time of a great era of baseball!
Roberto Clemente may very well be the greatest baseball player of all time. Hitting fielding and speed. He had it all. Saw him play in person and was awed by his ability.
Awesome game. Clemente. What a player!!
Watching game #7 on CZcams. Classic matchup in pitchers. Cuellar vs. Blass. Refreshing the pace of the game. When Baseball was good. Lifetime Orioles fan. Pirates and Roberto Clemente summed up in 1 word. Class.
Nobody stepping out of the batters box to adjust a batting glove with each pitch. Oh, that's right, there were no batting gloves!
Also notice how many batters swung at the first pitch.
It's amazing how quick the pace is compared to today. The batters get in the box ready to hit, and the pitchers get on the mound, ready to deliver the ball. None of the constant stepping out of the box, and fiddling around on the mound that causes games today to last forever.
The first MLB game I ever attended was a Baltimore-Detroit game at Tiger Stadium in 1972. It was an NBC Game of the Week. Detroit won 2-0. It lasted less than two hours. There's a very brief clip of it somewhere on CZcams.
+Lava1964 I swear to God this was my first game, sat in the right field upper deck, not a sell out.
Blame that on Mike Hargrove!
that's why it was the best game of all back then
@@josephmcfarland8442 : Who did sell out? Another of your friends or relatives?
I watched the entire series, back in the day, and while I was an Expos fan I also rooted for the Pirates. First game I ever saw live was Pittsburgh-Montreal in 1971. Came away loving guys like Stargell, Blass, Sanguillen and of course, Roberto Clemente. :D
Boc...a-bella!
My first Expos game was a double-header with the Pirates at Jarry Park in 76. Bombo Rivera hit an inside-the-park grand slam for the 'spos but I think the Pirates took both games. Like you I grew up cheering for the Expos throughout the 70s and 80s, and also had a soft spot for the Bucs. Good times!
Don't get no Ron Hunt on ya! @@eversostupid
I remember this game. The whole Series. Pirates fought back. Roberto was fabulous as always. It's such a shame he only had 1 more season. But at 37 yrs old he played like a much younger man. I don't know why I thought Blass threw a 3 hitter in this game,but it was his previous start he did that.(As one gets old the memory isnt as sharp as it once was). It was so great to watch this game again. I didn't realise Manny had such a great Series too.(I remember him getting the game winning hit in 1979,though,& him saying "That was for Roberto!") For Pirates fans we've waited a long time, for another WS championship. You never know . I miss Roberto, & still say he's the greatest I've ever seen. Nothing against Aaron, Mays, or Mantle,but (well you saw a 37 yr old Clemente, he'd lost nothing, most players are in decline at that age, not Roberto). Plus a hit in all 14 WS games he played, the man was amazing. On & off the field. This brought back great memories. Go Bucs!
Mr. Clemente....The Greatest....missed this baseball.....real baseball.....! A full display for everyone to see....no one like Roberto Clemente!!!!!🙁💪✊✊✊✊✊👍👌
Viva Roberto Clemente.
Sin duda el mejor jardinero de todos los tiempos. Pensar que unos tres meses después de este juego ya no estaba entre nosotros. Pero, sigue siendo inmortal.
@@renanacosta1 Clemente is the greatest after all these years I still miss him?
k viva!!!!!
Saw him in Pittsburgh as a kid. Best player of the second half of the century. No joke. That good.
@@keeroe2020 I only saw him on tv?
I love to hear bob prince he is one in a million
This was baseball at its finest back in the day! Led by the great one Clemente the Pirates took the series from Baltimore and the two Robinsons...and what a display both offensively and defensively Roberto put on to confirm his status as one of the all time greats. Vive Clemente!!!
Thank you for the correction Jack eternal respect for 21. Long live his memory as a player.
Roberto the great
Man I wish they presented baseball just like this now a days!!
The Orioles were my heros back in the 70's and 80's. I was 11 back when the Pirates beat the birds and after Merv Rettenmund grounded out to end the game....this 11- year old cried his eyes out!
That is a cute story. I wonder if any little kids still get that invested in the game. It sure is a different world today.
2:07:00 Historic!!
"En el día más grande de mi vida, para los nenes la bendición mía y que mis padres me echen su bendición en Puerto Rico."
"In the greatest day of my life, blessings to my children and blessings from my parents in Puerto Rico".
I wish the Pirates still had those uniforms.
CLEMENTE 🐐☝🏽🇵🇷
NEVER forget this series!
Please ask kids in Detroit, I was 12 years old, used to love to watch and say Roberto Clemente!
I was.10yr when this happened ..on a Sunday Afternoon. I remember it like it was yesterday
My uncle was the Home Plate Umpire Nestor Chylak
He was a fine umpire.
remember Nestor very well heck of an umpire.
I always remember his name as a young baseball fan that day and my dad taking me to Fenway Park and he was there for games there too. What a great unique name. Nestor.
Mine, too. Although it was because his mistress was my Mother's sister.
I believe he was the plate umpire for the first MLB game ever played in Toronto (April 7, 1977.)
I miss baseball ....😭
I remember watching the game with my parents and the city celebrations after, a lot more fun when it's the home team.
My first recollection of a world series. Day time World Series were great. Great for the fans and the players. We all have more energy during the afternoon. I know many players /fans don't appreciate having to play at night
If I remember right tbis was the first Series with night games, on week days. I was really happy as before this all the games were day games. I was in school & couldn't watch. Now all the games are night games.
Brooks Robinson was the man in Baltimore back in those days...A real good guy on and off the field
Which Big 3 car dealership did he own?
I've heard about it I think, but I've forgotten.
So happy for Bob Clemente...
Wow! What a blast from the past this is !! I just stubbled upon this video and it brought back some AMAZING memories for me! I was a 9yr kid at the time (from Greensburg) and a HUGE, HUGE, HUGE Pirate fan as was my Grandmother. I will never, ever forget that she took me (by train) to a Pirate game that year (1971). We were 2hrs early to Three Rivers stadium..... as she and I were walking towards the stadium, we had stopped at a cross-walk and then a BRIGHT YELLOW 1970 Plymouth Roadrunner SUPERBIRD came around corner real slow coming right in front of us. It was BOB PRINCE himself driving that fabulous car! He tapped the horn (Roadrunner BEEP! BEEP!) and then reached out the window and gave us both a very warm greeting !! I will cherish that memory of forever! What a day memories I have of my Grandmother and those 70s Pirates! My Grandmother would sit and listen to ALL the Pirate games on her tiny transistor radio......
Great post. I was a 9 year old living in Uniontown. My cousins lived in Baltimore.
I remember us calling them up and ribbing them after the game. The following year I seen Clemente's 3000 hit it person vs John Matlock of the Mets. Never forget it.
A fellow greensburger here...West Point in hempfield township....I remember the gray day thait was. .we were out in the backyard playing football..too nervous to watch it..lol..I think We went in to see the end....what a different era...
This is real baseball.
+Rylan Dawe F'n eh !!
Yeah when the pirates won and were in the world series now today we are owned by a guy who just cares for profits and not a good team or even great baseball at that
Yes. No DH. No changing pitchers a dozen times. Just baseball.
Amen to that . the 1969 and 1971 WS are a pleasure to watch again. Nothing like those trees out behind center field at old Memorial Stadium in Balto and the camera behind HP looking out towards those trees. Thing of beauty you won't see anymore
Yes the best
Hey, Roberto Clememte el mejor de la serie! "Bravo"
As a kid living in Pittsburgh, I became a sports fan that very year, 1971. First a Pirates fan, then the next year I became a Steelers fan. The 70s really spoiled me. Two World Series championships and four Super Bowl championships. In 1979 both teams won championships. Doubt that Pittsburgh will ever see that again, at least in my lifetime.
Thank you for this game,when baseball was great as I remembered,players of my youth. My Camaro is of the same year as this WS. I was 8 in 1971. And my uncle, Ray Schalk was in his prime playing baseball, his favorite sport.BLESS ALL ALWAYS N FOREVER AND EVER.
Thank you for uploading. This is awesome. Seeing the early days of THE LUMBER COMPANY is so cool. The Pirates were the best team of the decade of the 70s. Stargell, Clemente, Oliver, Sanguillen, etc... and pitcher Steve Blass, one of the classiest men to ever be part of this great sport.
The Reds have to be considered the best NL team of the 1970s. they went to WS in 70 and 72, won WS in 75 and 76. Pirates beat orioles in 71 and 79, both in 7 games. Orioles arguably had the better team in 71. hose Red teams were more dominant in mid 70s.
The Oakland A's have entered the chat...
I would say the Reds and A's were probably the 2 best team of the 70's, Yankees close 2nd..
@@loyaldude10 I am a Pirates fan and would have to agree with you that between the Reds and the Pirates, the Reds had a better decade in the 70s. I was glad when the Bucs beat the Reds in 1979. I hated the Reds back then! I think it might be fair to say the Pirates were the best team in the NL East in the 70s. Won the division 6 times (70, 71, 72, 74, 75, & 79).
The Pirates aren't my favorite team, but they have 3 of my favorite players of all time - Roberto Clemente, Willie Stargell and Manny Sanguillen!
I was nine years old, living in Pittsburgh. I remember it well!
What a great World Series that must have been, I enjoyed watching snippets of this game. Steve Blass shut the door on the biggest stage and it's inexplicable to me what happened to him later. He had a huge 1972 and then couldn't throw a strike in 1973. Hard to reconcile the incredible mental strength you see in this video with the mess of two years later. Baseball's a cruel game.
Yeah, he got the yips in 73.
I am more than ten years younger than this game and I still love it.
Roberto and Brooks Robinson.... gotta love it
Roberto played with severe neck pain most of his career. If he would have been 100% healthy, his statistics would have been even more amazing. A real life hero !
I wasn't alive for over another decade after this game. I need audio versions of these oldies. This is pretty great to have the video.
I love this video. I was living in Spangdahlem, Germany on an air force base. I think this might have been the first world series that was broadcast live there via satellite. What a treat that was. In Germany it was about 11 or 12 at night at then end of the game. Every single kid who played little league on base watched every single one of these games. It was such a pleasure to see it. Instantly, our heroes were Blass, Sanguillen, Clemente, and it didn't matter who won. We also became fans of Frank and Brooks Robinson, Boog Powell, etc. My parents and I are from Minneapolis, so I am a Twins fan, but this World Series to me is right up there with the two my Twins won.
The Orioles came to Japan a week later and played 18 games against Japanese teams in one month.I don't remember because I was a baby, but thank you for being tired.
I love that the Buccos have brought back these fashion-forward unis and the mustard yellow caps as at least their "Sunday" home uniform. Total classics!
Awesome seiries. Remember it in 71
Two of my favorite baseball players Roberto Clemente and Manny Sanguillen
Absolutely astonishing how much of a nonexistent factor Will Stargell was in this series
Roberto Clemente el mejor pelotero de América Latina.
Absolutely. A great ballplayer and a class act.
My favorite player was Roberto Clemente.I was devastated when his plane went down in the Gulf of Mexico.I always thought he was somehow going to turn up on the shore somewhere 😢😢😢
Yes, but the plane crashed in Puerto Rico's northern shore (Atlantic Ocean), just minutes after taking off from the Puerto Rico International Airport, which is located - ironically enough- in Clemente's hometown of Carolina, just west of San Juan. The plane was headed to Nicaragua, so it would go nowhere near the Gulf of Mexico.
Bobby Linning as a kid hearing the terrible news it was devastating, I thought myself he would somehow he would be found alive and well😔
puerto rico plane crashed after takeoff ✈
I saw it! Lifelong pirate fan
Great players, imagine the amount of money some of these players would command in this day and age. Clemente, Palmer, Robinson, etc.
+Ralph Rivera, true, but the money's poisoned the game. Now we need announcers and reps to trumpet the 'greatness' of today's crop of ballplayers; the old guard let their actions speak for themselves.
+TralfazConstruction You're old. The players today are WAY better.
Maybe, maybe not. Remember way more Americans played baseball back then, including inner city black kids who now mostly play basketball. Players in the 1960s and 1970s might not hit the weights, but they're probably more skilled.
Ben Moore Good theory, but it doesn't pass the eye test. The players today are way better, not just in terms of size, but also skill.
Agree about some of the physical changes in general over the years, but I have no doubt superstars like Clemente and Robinson would be equally great today. Because pitchers are throwing harder, it actually helps batters when they make mistakes. Also, many of today's stadiums have smaller fields, also helping the offense.
Thank you for the flashback to my childhood. What a great upload.
The Pirates in their own division faced 20 game winners of Seaver, Carlton, and Jenkins. Thats not mentioning Gibson, Koosman, Wise, Bill Stoneman, and Milt Pappas who won over 15 games that year.
I would agree that the early 1970s were the era of the pitcher in Major League Baseball with all those fine hurlers on the mound.
This was the first sporting event I ever attended, my mother took me, I was 7 years old, the game was not even sold out, I remember sitting in the right field upper deck. I was and am a lifelong Orioles fan.I remember Clemente homering and we could not get to Blass, had a rally in the 8th, but couldn't get it done. Haven't been in Baltimore for a series game since.I guess I would have to say the highlight for me was to see Roberto Clemente play. He was a money player that could do anything on the baseball field that was necessary. the only time I saw Frank as well.
Brooks Robinson #5 The Human Vacuum Cleaner!!!!
No one played third like Brooksie. The 1970 and 71 series had two of the greatest world series performances there ever was. With Brooks almost single-handedly shutting down the Reds defense and killing them with the bat and then Clemente doing everything to carry his team to a come from behind victory. Two great athletes and men.
He made great plays in the 69 series but they overlooked because the Os lost
Another great 7 game World Series with Hall of Famers on both teams...In the end it was Clemente"s Pirates time to shine...Descanze en paz mi hermano Boricua!!
what's very sad is that watching this series along with the 60 and 79 series it's the closest pirates fans will ever come to seeing the pirates in the world series.
The glory days of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Not too many know this about Boog Powell but he was the fourth Alou brother to play Major League Baseball (he changed his last name to Powell because he didn't want to be known as "Boog Alou").
🤣🤣🤣Brilliant!
Classic
Boog Powell was not related to either one of the Alou brothers, go hide in the basement like Biden dumb ass comment
Watching games like this from when I first fell in love with baseball as a 9 year old makes me hate today’s game even more
EL GRAN ROBERTO CLEMENTE....DIOS .¡¡¡¡¡¡ EL MEJOR JUGADOR DE BEISBOL SE TODOS LOS TIEMPOS...