I just watched an uncensored conversation between Lasorda and his pitcher Doug Rau on the mound during the 1977 world series game 4 Lasorda let the F bombs reign down on his pitcher for giving up extra base hits to left-handers in the inning . Doug Rau : I feel good Lasorda : I don't give a shit!
Well I'm a 40 year Dodger Fan and Tommy was an embarrassment and a disgrace as a manager. My apologies to Tommy and all his adoring blind and ignorant fans - bit it's true.
@@roncaruso931 God your stupid. If you haven't watched a game in 30 years you simply have zero idea what the game is like TODAY. Am I wrong? Thats like saying I haven't been to Applebee's in 30 years, but I'm positive it's still terrible. If I haven't tasted it how the hell would I know? You haven't tasted it, you don't know!
Today is April 23, 2021 and I’m just now finding out he died back on January 7th.... I was watching this marveling that Tommy was still alive today... 😒
Hate the LA Dodgers, but I love Lasorda. Met him by my fucking stoop in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 99 after he came out of Bamonte's Restaurant. I swear I was wearing a Brooklyn Dodgers hat! Told him I was a Met fan, and he said you got my boys Bobby and Piazza, and you guys will be alright this year. Fucking love the guy!
It was that season when me and my buddy slipped under the security fence thingie at Jack Murphy stadium in San Diego and we went straight up to the Dodger's bus as the team was filing out of the stadium onto the bus. We got just to the door and we looked up and there was Tommy Lasorda in the front seat picking his nose. Because we were 10 years old, we started laughing and admittedly staring a little too long. We could see him look down and watched him say the words, "Get those f****ng kids outta here." I didn't get Steve Garvey's autograph, but we had an awesome moment with Tommy. Even as a Padres fan, loved that guy! Respect. RIP Mr. Lasorda!
Borh of those series...77 & 78, were classic Yankees-Dodgers scrums. LA finally got over NY in 1981. Two great teams, and a rivalry going all the way back to Brooklyn! Godspeed Tommy.
Never liked Lasorda when he managed. But when he retired and started appearing on baseball-related TV programs, I started to really appreciate him and his larger-than-life personality. Definitely a baseball icon.
That's hilarious. It's one thing if a guy is caught flat-footed or something, but I'm pretty sure he leaned into that one. Almost lost his balance shifting his weight to the right.
Tommy Lasorda was a Dodger Treasure. I loved his passion and fire! He called Dodger Stadium "Blue Heaven On Earth" and always said he bled Dodger Blue.
The ump is doing brilliant job explaining the play to Tommy, UNTIL he makes the wrong call.If Reggie WAS called out at 2nd, then whether he gets out of the way or not, once the ball hits Reggie, who has ALREADY been called out; the ball should be dead. Yankee only scored because of the ricochet on a dead runner.
I'm from Boston and are you for freaking real dude? What is so memorable about this? Carlton Fisk's game 6 world series 12th inning game winning home run is a memorable moment in baseball/world series history, your embarrassing Boston
I miss the spontaneity of these moments. Nobody’s interested in watching umpires huddle waiting for some turd in NewYork to watch a replay and come back 10 minutes later that in spite of the video evidence before him and the rest of the viewing audience still ends up wrong more often than not and the manager who takes it in the tail sits by doing nothing because you “can’t argue”. How fucking boring! Thanks Butt Selig and Blob Manfred!
Was there that night. Had a transistor rsdio listening. Sat up in the third deck behind 3rd base .. Was amazing. If I remember correctly Nestles had 2 spectacular plays in the field.
My heart has always been with the Astros since the very early 70s. But they were always mediocre at best. Never been to the playoffs. But I loved the Dodgers during that time as a little kid. Davey Lopes, Steve Garvey, I thought all those guys were so cool. I pulled for them both in 77 and 78 WS against the Yankees. My brother was a Yankees fan. Damn Yankees. It seems like his teams would always get the breaks. I was also a die-hard Oilers fan especially in the late 70s. My brother was a Steeler fan. Needless to say, there were a lot of sports related arguments in our household growing up.
I remember seeing a video of him in triple-A and he absolutely tore his pitcher a new one. And yet as you see him here in the big leagues, it's a rather civil conversation on the mound, lol ... at least until the umpire showed up.
I was mad about the call when it occurred, but in hindsight, Russell could have caught that ball easily, and his attempt to just bat it down and get an easy double play ended up backfiring on him.
I will, never, ever forget that!!! As a dodger fan, I saw that live on TV and Reggie Jackson intentionally put his ass in the line of the ball without attempting to move out of the way that was runners interference. He should’ve been out. I know it’s water under the bridge but it’s a dodger fan, it sucks so bad💙💙💙
Wow great memories as a diehard yankee fan.... I was 10 and was at that game in the house that Ruth build in the Bronx. What a magic time. REGGIE was the straw that stirred the drink.
Man,I saw all those guys growing up,old Happy Hooten,rarely smiled,I don't believe Lopes has ever been clean shaven since he reached the Major Leagues!!
lol, no wrongful intent? For a microsecond, he was moving out of the way and then he thought, "you know what, I think I'll just stand right here and not move so the ball hits me."
Lasorda kept saying “he’s got to get out of the way”. Mistake there, he should have argued he moved into the path of the ball. Reggie didn’t have to move out of the way, but he’s not allowed to purposely get hit . With that said, even if he argued that, umps weren’t going to change the call at that point.
By rule a retired player (Reggie was already out at second) cannot interfere with the subsequent play in any way, for any reason. Tommy was 100% correct.
@@springamerican3757 I get that he was already called out at second but what is Reggie supposed to do…disappear? He clearly leaned into the ball though and Lasorda would have had a better case if he argued that. If Reggie had just stood straight up or perhaps started walking to the dugout and the ball was thrown directly at and hit him, then would Lasorda have argued he’s gotta get out of the way? In any case, no way would that call be overturned and the throw should never have been that close to Reggie in the first place. What I’m saying is that Reggie leaned into the throw and that again, would have made a better argument for Tommy. If there had been replay, call overturned…maybe Dodgers win and history changed?!
this is why MLB is dying ,, now you have Stupid instant replay that interrupts the game, loved the game when the umpires made the call and it stood , and if wanted to argue a call it was great, it's just not Authentic anymore
Garvey's not lunging or reaching for that throw, it's right there. No, he doesn't have to get out of the way, but he can't get IN the way, like he clearly did.
@@btventura9570 Shortstop Could Of Caught The Ball & Stepped On 2nd & There"s Your 2 Out"s !!!! He Dropped It On Purpose To Make It Look Good !!!! & Look Good He Did !!!!
@@loucaruso3971 If he catches that liner, it's questionable that Russell can catch Munson right there. Besides, if it was so obvious he dropped it on purpose, it was just as obvious Reggie obstructed.
@@btventura9570 Bottom Line !!!! Baserunner Has 3 Feet Each Side 6 Feet Total That The Runner"s Estate...Listen To The Ump"s On The Mic" ed Up Version, They Told Tommy,..." Where"s He Suppose To Go " ???? & Reggie Threw The Ump"s Off By Lookin Back !!!! I"m 56 Yrs Ol & I"m Not Liein, Between 76 Till They Tore It Down, Was At 84 Game"s There, Back Then It Was Honestly Krary In The Seat"s....Serious Homefield Advantage !!!!, The New Stadium Is Absolutely Gourgous !!!! Field, Seat"s, Inside Is Like A Mall, With. Alotta Room To Walk 14. Time"s & Hopefully Countin !!!! Anyrate Those Time"s Are Long Gone !!!!
@@Rob-eo5ql Had Russell caught the ball, there would not have been any play at second, maybe just a throw to first to double up, and Reggie would not have been in the line of fire.
Reggie simply knew in that split second that it was better to get hit with the throw than not . He probably could have gotten out of the way. And it was very subtle and not obvious enough to be called interference
I was at Yankee Stadium, right in line with between 2nd and 3rd and had my binoculars...and saw first hand my Reggie went into the ball and not away from it. Go Yankees!
@@btventura9570 Here is a funny tale. I was a freshman at SUNY Buffalo and had a Chemistry lab on a Friday afternoon. We had tickets and I told the lab teacher "I have world series tickets, can i do the lab in advance or mmake it up?" SHe said if "you are not there, you get an F for that day." I got an F that day.
@saint jack This game was a Saturday, and I recall it started early afternoon because we had a normal dinner after. The Nettle game was on Friday, and the rout was on Sunday. Great play by big Reggie.
@saint jack You are very cool. Who was your favorite Yankee of that great 1978 team? Mine was the great Louisana Lightning. So small in stature but so dominant. I went to see the Ynakees in Cleveland, and saw Guidry warming up in the bull pen and DANG those major leaguers throw fast...when you are up close it is shocking!
I HATE the Yankees, and you're entirely wrong. Jackson is IN the basepath. He's entitled to be in the basepath and he froze understandably when the line drive was dropped. So long as he's in the basepath and it can't be shown that he intentionally tried to obstruct the throw, he's done all that's required. It's exactly the same as if you're hit by the throw on your way to first while you're in the running lane.
@@rickrose5377 I have watched this many times over and I have no problem with saying that if that instance would have been allowed to be challenged the Dodgers would have won the call.
@@rickwashington3737 I dunno. I think Jackson MAY HAVE HAD IT IN HIS MIND to be hit by the throw, but he made no discernible move that demonstrates that intention. If the ball had been a routine double play ball, Lasorda may have had a better case, but the umpires argued (convincingly to me, and I'm inclined to side with the Dodgers) that because it was a dropped line drive, Jackson started back toward first, then had to reverse course. During all of which, he stayed in the basepath.
Reggie knew exactly what was happening as it all was occurring and that he got away we it it amazes pretty much everyone as it were. In most sanitized thoughts on the matter Reggie gambled and won.
@@rickwashington3737 Very nearly my point. He may have hoped to be hit by the throw, but so long as he stayed in the basepath and demonstrated no discernible effort to intentionally obstruct the throw, he was unlikely to be held accountable. He seems to have convinced the crew chief, who explains to Lasorda that when the ball appeared to have been caught, Jackson first tried to retreat to first base. I think we're saying close to the same thing. I think Jackson had larceny in his heart, but did just enough to evade conviction.
Any other shortstop would have thrown that ball straight at the runners head. Reggie would have moved out of the way then. Dodgers fan here. I hate the yanks!
Reggie was too far away to low bridge. if russell catches the ball he couldve stepped on 2nd to get Munson. inning over. no controversy. russell was never accused of being smart.
Watch his right foot as the ball gets to him, as he shifts his weight to make contact with the ball, his foot rotates from his instep to the outside part. Its obvious he was trying to stay in the way of the throw without looking like it. We've all played the game.
should have been a double play but russell dropped the ball intentionally so it really should have been the infield fly rule..batter is out and jackson stays on first
Well, from what I understand, infield fly can only be called when the ball is above the fielder's heads-there is not enough time to make the call. After watching Billy Russ all those years, even though he made the All Star team a couple of times, he wasn't necessarily a gold glove (was an outfielder in the minors) so hard to tell if he dropped it intentionally. If an ump DID think he dropped in on purpose, it's a dead ball and both runners would be safe, I think.
No interference by Reggie. Film shows Reggie's movement incorrectly. Same as watching old westerns on TV and the wagon's spoked wheels look like they are moving backwards, but reality are actually moving forward. As a Yankees fan I will swear to this!!
The game was tougher back then with the rivalries. I was a young Yankee fan then who really didn't know the rules, but that play didn't stand out to me. Watch some of the slides into 2nd on CZcams back then.
I loathe the Dodgers but that play and when that kid interfered in that ALCG against BAL in 1996 both involving the NYY is the reason fans everywhere know when one's playing in the Bronx - believe me it'll be rigged for NYY. Putting that review office on calls made from the field in NYC is another reason to never trust MLB...the NYY own them.
Yes Jackson leaned in on purpose and the umps were negligent .... but if Russell had thrown that ball right at Jackson's face and not his hip the Dodgers win that series and nobody would be arguing right now.
I agree. Reggie Jackson was a great hitter, but he stuck his hip out. It was a HUGE play in this series in that the Yanks came back to win this game...
B T Ventura you can clearly see him bend his ankle and lean, he was even off balance from leaning. Lol. But.. who knows, the yanks were strong, I think they were going to get it either way.
My Dear Mr. Umpire Sir I vociferously request that you hear my plea!? No Sir I in no way disparaged your Mother as being godless or a woman of ill repute I'm quite certain that she indeed a lovely woman in her own mind. 😂😂😂😂😂
I love it! Crybaby Lasorda at it again. One of my greatest moments as a Yankee fan since 1961. Dodgers win the first 2 games then my Bronx Bombers crushed them in 4 straight with Reggie exacting revenge on Bob Welch in the game 6 clincher to win their second straight World Championship both against the hated Dodgers.
@@josephgreen2824 But does it make up for all the years the Bombers slapped the Dodgers sorry asses, 1941, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1977 & 1978? NO!
I remember this like it was just...42 yrs ago. *When baseball mattered.
Ya Reggie cheated he moved into it. I was very young too. I remember changed series.
the GOOD old days of baseball growing up in the LATE 70's and 80's.
I just watched an uncensored conversation between Lasorda and his pitcher Doug Rau on the mound during the 1977 world series game 4
Lasorda let the F bombs reign down on his pitcher for giving up extra base hits to left-handers in the inning .
Doug Rau : I feel good
Lasorda : I don't give a shit!
Yeah, that was EPIC!
As a Giants fan we loved to hate Lasorda and Lasorda loved that we hated him. He was great manager.
He was the perfect Heel for giants fans
Not a dodger fan, but Tommy was freakin Classic. RIP Tommy.
The only clod that could use fuck at least 6 times in each and every sentence. Tommy, you're NOT missed.
Well I'm a 40 year Dodger Fan and Tommy was an embarrassment and a disgrace as a manager.
My apologies to Tommy and all his adoring blind and ignorant fans - bit it's true.
Wally!
As a Yankee fan at the time...Lasorda was correct. Baseball was so HUGE back then. Nobody gives a damn now. Haven't watched a game in 20 years or more
If you haven't watched a game in 20 years you don't know what it's today. Dumbest comment ever seen. Ok not ever but it wasn't smart.
@@roncaruso931 God your stupid. If you haven't watched a game in 30 years you simply have zero idea what the game is like TODAY. Am I wrong? Thats like saying I haven't been to Applebee's in 30 years, but I'm positive it's still terrible. If I haven't tasted it how the hell would I know? You haven't tasted it, you don't know!
@@wms7004 they are overpaid pussies, and it's 'you're', not 'your'. dummy
Ha!! You’re so right!!! The games been wrecked by a lot of things.
Only if it rains...
Davey Lopes killing that East L.A. mustache.
He is an alumni of a college I attended and played baseball at.
@@mikecustenborder3991 Where did you two go?
The Cheech Marin mustache.
@@btventura9570 He's lying.
Pornstache.
Tommy Lasorda looked 78 in 1978 and yet he's still with us today.
Not anymore unfortunately
Not anymore
Today is April 23, 2021 and I’m just now finding out he died back on January 7th.... I was watching this marveling that Tommy was still alive today... 😒
Yup some guys were never young! Jack warden actor is one that also comes to mind.
Sparky Anderson
Hate the LA Dodgers, but I love Lasorda. Met him by my fucking stoop in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 99 after he came out of Bamonte's Restaurant. I swear I was wearing a Brooklyn Dodgers hat! Told him I was a Met fan, and he said you got my boys Bobby and Piazza, and you guys will be alright this year. Fucking love the guy!
That's an awesome story! I HATED losing Piazza!!
Or, this Tommy classic about Bevacqua: 'He couldn't hit water if he fell out of a boat'....still very funny... priceless an' timeless Lasorda...
I remember this moment. Jackson leaned into the throw and was intentionally hit. Lasorda was correct!!
BM -Very smart baserunning . . . .
wouch!!!
Yes he was and I’m a Yankees fan! Jackson is not stupid he knew what he was doing!
And Pulli had a birds eye view of it. Terrible non call that had a huge impact on the outcome of the WS that year.
@@ANTHONY0808able HUGE!!
It was that season when me and my buddy slipped under the security fence thingie at Jack Murphy stadium in San Diego and we went straight up to the Dodger's bus as the team was filing out of the stadium onto the bus. We got just to the door and we looked up and there was Tommy Lasorda in the front seat picking his nose. Because we were 10 years old, we started laughing and admittedly staring a little too long. We could see him look down and watched him say the words, "Get those f****ng kids outta here." I didn't get Steve Garvey's autograph, but we had an awesome moment with Tommy. Even as a Padres fan, loved that guy! Respect. RIP Mr. Lasorda!
lol !!! 😂 good one Patrick 👍
Borh of those series...77 & 78, were classic Yankees-Dodgers scrums. LA finally got over NY in 1981. Two great teams, and a rivalry going all the way back to Brooklyn! Godspeed Tommy.
Munson wasnt around in 81..his passing left a void that didnt get filled til mid 90s.
@@michaelotten2724 I'm not a Dodger fan but with or without Thurman Munson, the Los Angeles Dodgers would of won
Tommy knew what he was doing. His "stall tactic" bought his reliever about eight more warmup tosses in the pen.
Tommy Lasorda! A total LEGEND!!!! MLB needs colorful characters like Tommy! He was one of the greats. Glad he is in HOF.
Never liked Lasorda when he managed. But when he retired and started appearing on baseball-related TV programs, I started to really appreciate him and his larger-than-life personality. Definitely a baseball icon.
Tommy, can you tell us what you thought of Kingmans performance?
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 😂😂😂😂😂 😜😜😜😜😜 😝😝😝😝😝 😁😁😁😁😁
I would like to know his opinion about Bevacqua’s chances of hitting water if he fell out of a canoe.
That's hilarious. It's one thing if a guy is caught flat-footed or something, but I'm pretty sure he leaned into that one. Almost lost his balance shifting his weight to the right.
Ha Ha, yes he did! I can laugh now, but at the time I was 12 and it was infuriating.
yup clearly shifted weight toward the ball, almost fell down doing it. LOL
Jackson was out on the force.
@@jjd903 True, but a runner scored on the ball bouncing off of him.
MLB really needs to bring back the maroon sportscoat/white turtleneck look. Stunning!
Tommy Lasorda was a Dodger Treasure. I loved his passion and fire! He called Dodger Stadium "Blue Heaven On Earth" and always said he bled Dodger Blue.
Lasorda is the reason I'm a Dodgers fan.
I love Tommy.
Me too
@@1sttvbn Fellow Italian Lasorda took foul language to epic heights.
@@texasstadium He, definitely, had a mouth on him. That's what made him memorable.
I miss this baseball, when it was just the game.
Lasorda.... the voice of baseball.
NAW HE WAS THE MANAGER OF BB! VINNY WAS THE "VOICE" OF BB BOTH RIP💙💙💙
The ump is doing brilliant job explaining the play to Tommy, UNTIL he makes the wrong call.If Reggie WAS called out at 2nd, then whether he gets out of the way or not, once the ball hits Reggie, who has ALREADY been called out; the ball should be dead. Yankee only scored because of the ricochet on a dead runner.
Great point
Being from Boston this is one of the most memorable baseball moments of all time
Being from Pigs Knuckle, Arkansas you are correct, though I’m not sure what Arkansas or Boston has to do with Reggie Jackson or Tommy Lasorda.
@@caveman3096 that's cuz you're a swine fan , but I caught on with the Bosox fan
I'm from Boston and are you for freaking real dude? What is so memorable about this? Carlton Fisk's game 6 world series 12th inning game winning home run is a memorable moment in baseball/world series history, your embarrassing Boston
Tommy's reply to ump.."I beg your pardon"..bee-yoo-ti-ful!...Tommy knows how to buy time...just classic...
Something tells me even if manager challenges had existed back then Lasorda would still give the umps a piece of his mind
I miss the spontaneity of these moments. Nobody’s interested in watching umpires huddle waiting for some turd in NewYork to watch a replay and come back 10 minutes later that in spite of the video evidence before him and the rest of the viewing audience still ends up wrong more often than not and the manager who takes it in the tail sits by doing nothing because you “can’t argue”. How fucking boring! Thanks Butt Selig and Blob Manfred!
Notice Frank Pulli kept his cool and didn't throw Tommy out?
Gotta give Reggie credit that was some quick thinking
Thank god no replays
That was intentional interferance
Cloud Surfer fuck yeah it was.
I'm gonna agree with the ump on this one. Lol
@@qdog568 beg your pardon
I saw then and I said then Reggie did what had to be done! Otherwise you would have had Billy Martin out for ump beat down!🤣
Was there that night. Had a transistor rsdio listening. Sat up in the third deck behind 3rd base .. Was amazing. If I remember correctly Nestles had 2 spectacular plays in the field.
Very cool! We all brought our transistors then. Nettles killed the Dodgers that year.
My heart has always been with the Astros since the very early 70s. But they were always mediocre at best. Never been to the playoffs. But I loved the Dodgers during that time as a little kid. Davey Lopes, Steve Garvey, I thought all those guys were so cool. I pulled for them both in 77 and 78 WS against the Yankees. My brother was a Yankees fan. Damn Yankees. It seems like his teams would always get the breaks. I was also a die-hard Oilers fan especially in the late 70s. My brother was a Steeler fan. Needless to say, there were a lot of sports related arguments in our household growing up.
I sure miss the Houston Oilers
@@btventura9570 I do too. Especially the Luv Ya Blue era and those players and Bum Phillips.
@@btventura9570 RIP, Tommy Lasorda.
I remember seeing a video of him in triple-A and he absolutely tore his pitcher a new one. And yet as you see him here in the big leagues, it's a rather civil conversation on the mound, lol ... at least until the umpire showed up.
I was mad about the call when it occurred, but in hindsight, Russell could have caught that ball easily, and his attempt to just bat it down and get an easy double play ended up backfiring on him.
As we said back in the day, “Russel got cute, Reggie got cuter.”
Yes Herb, that is the flip side of the argument here.
Russell kept the ball in front of him. Its how the game is played. Why wasn’t the infield fly rule applied. Russell had a triple play!
Thats Haller. The same umpire where Weaver had his classic run in with.
I will, never, ever forget that!!! As a dodger fan, I saw that live on TV and Reggie Jackson intentionally put his ass in the line of the ball without attempting to move out of the way that was runners interference. He should’ve been out. I know it’s water under the bridge but it’s a dodger fan, it sucks so bad💙💙💙
I hope the Yankees and Dodgers hook it up in the World Series this year. It would be good for baseball.
Isn't this the same ump that got into it with Earl Weaver? That shit was epic
NSUMDFS .......yes......Bill Haller
Yes it is, Bill Haller, he was a real baiter of managers and a wiseass. LOL it is funny shit to watch though.
Wow great memories as a diehard yankee fan.... I was 10 and was at that game in the house that Ruth build in the Bronx. What a magic time. REGGIE was the straw that stirred the drink.
That's cool
Ha!! Loved how Reggie’s pretended the ball was caught, then stayed still for the throw.
Man,I saw all those guys growing up,old Happy Hooten,rarely smiled,I don't believe Lopes has ever been clean shaven since he reached the Major Leagues!!
lol, no wrongful intent? For a microsecond, he was moving out of the way and then he thought, "you know what, I think I'll just stand right here and not move so the ball hits me."
Lasorda kept saying “he’s got to get out of the way”. Mistake there, he should have argued he moved into the path of the ball. Reggie didn’t have to move out of the way, but he’s not allowed to purposely get hit . With that said, even if he argued that, umps weren’t going to change the call at that point.
GREAT point!!
By rule a retired player (Reggie was already out at second) cannot interfere with the subsequent play in any way, for any reason. Tommy was 100% correct.
@@springamerican3757 I get that he was already called out at second but what is Reggie supposed to do…disappear? He clearly leaned into the ball though and Lasorda would have had a better case if he argued that. If Reggie had just stood straight up or perhaps started walking to the dugout and the ball was thrown directly at and hit him, then would Lasorda have argued he’s gotta get out of the way? In any case, no way would that call be overturned and the throw should never have been that close to Reggie in the first place. What I’m saying is that Reggie leaned into the throw and that again, would have made a better argument for Tommy. If there had been replay, call overturned…maybe Dodgers win and history changed?!
@@CMUBruin The rule doesn't tell him what he can do, it says what he absolutely CAN'T do. He can't interfere. He did.
@@springamerican3757 GREAT point!!
this is why MLB is dying ,, now you have Stupid instant replay that interrupts the game, loved the game when the umpires made the call and it stood , and if wanted to argue a call it was great, it's just not Authentic anymore
Tommy Lasorda would be canceled to oblivion in todays society.
For Lasorda, this was calm af
Hey ,..thats that same umpire who was arguing with Earl Weaver in that classic one ,,
"Beg pardon?" LMAO
I'm convinced that Reggie is going to stick it to the Dodgers from the grave. He'll admit in his will that he purposely stuck his hip out.
he already has......he tell a great story about it
crazy.. i was only a week or two old when this happened
Reggie Jackson clearly leaned into the ball!
REGGIE WAS A "JACK," ACE!!!
As Ump Said, " Where"s He Supposed To Go !!!! You Got A Baseline 6 ft Wide, 3 On Each Side !!!! BAD THROW !!!! Stay Strong Peace
Garvey's not lunging or reaching for that throw, it's right there. No, he doesn't have to get out of the way, but he can't get IN the way, like he clearly did.
@@btventura9570 Shortstop Could Of Caught The Ball & Stepped On 2nd & There"s Your 2 Out"s !!!! He Dropped It On Purpose To Make It Look Good !!!! & Look Good He Did !!!!
@@loucaruso3971 If he catches that liner, it's questionable that Russell can catch Munson right there. Besides, if it was so obvious he dropped it on purpose, it was just as obvious Reggie obstructed.
@@btventura9570 Bottom Line !!!! Baserunner Has 3 Feet Each Side 6 Feet Total That The Runner"s Estate...Listen To The Ump"s On The Mic" ed Up Version, They Told Tommy,..." Where"s He Suppose To Go " ???? & Reggie Threw The Ump"s Off By Lookin Back !!!! I"m 56 Yrs Ol & I"m Not Liein, Between 76 Till They Tore It Down, Was At 84 Game"s There, Back Then It Was Honestly Krary In The Seat"s....Serious Homefield Advantage !!!!, The New Stadium Is Absolutely Gourgous !!!! Field, Seat"s, Inside Is Like A Mall, With. Alotta Room To Walk 14. Time"s & Hopefully Countin !!!! Anyrate Those Time"s Are Long Gone !!!!
@@loucaruso3971 He got it the way on purpose, its obvious.
Tommy's right Reggie just stood there he had sufficient time to move out the way.
Yankees always got the calls!
What do you think they do with all that money?
@@rogermaris1961 🙆🙆😂😂
Damn straight.
Lifelong Yankees fan here.
Go bombers!
We did kinda makes you think!
Until 2004, thank God.
Awww… the good ole days.
Russell dropped the line drive on purpose... So, Reggie stood there and took one for the team... one of the great tit for tats in sports history...
Absolutely. Russell was hoisted with his own petard.
I agree. If Russell hadn’t dropped the ball on purpose, I doubt Reggie would have stood in the way of the throw. Quick thinking on Reggie’s part.
@@Rob-eo5ql Had Russell caught the ball, there would not have been any play at second, maybe just a throw to first to double up, and Reggie would not have been in the line of fire.
Reggie simply knew in that split second that it was better to get hit with the throw than not . He probably could have gotten out of the way. And it was very subtle and not obvious enough to be called interference
Funny to see that Bill Haller was the ump in the first clip. He's the ump in the famous clip of Earl Weaver.
The one where Weaver says, "Your here for one reason - to *&%# us?" Ha Ha!!
@@btventura9570 yes lol
Lasorda was the best
Oh boy! Tommy lost his lunch on that one! Loved it! 😎
If a player is caught cheating, suspension for 1 year automatic, plus a that player will not get payed. I wish I was commissioner
What a play. Jackson was in no mans land. Likely he shouldve been called out but wasnt.
Reggie clearly leaned into that. Those days the Yankees used to get those calls.
Let's put it this way, it wasn't inadvertent. If it's unintentional, he's in the clear, but it looked intentional to me.
I was at Yankee Stadium, right in line with between 2nd and 3rd and had my binoculars...and saw first hand my Reggie went into the ball and not away from it. Go Yankees!
How cool!
@saint jack I can't remember, but it looks like it.
@@btventura9570 Here is a funny tale. I was a freshman at SUNY Buffalo and had a Chemistry lab on a Friday afternoon. We had tickets and I told the lab teacher "I have world series tickets, can i do the lab in advance or mmake it up?" SHe said if "you are not there, you get an F for that day."
I got an F that day.
@saint jack This game was a Saturday, and I recall it started early afternoon because we had a normal dinner after. The Nettle game was on Friday, and the rout was on Sunday. Great play by big Reggie.
@saint jack You are very cool. Who was your favorite Yankee of that great 1978 team? Mine was the great Louisana Lightning. So small in stature but so dominant. I went to see the Ynakees in Cleveland, and saw Guidry warming up in the bull pen and DANG those major leaguers throw fast...when you are up close it is shocking!
I love the dodgers!!!!
Tommy was right on that one.
He was kinda right.
I love it
That's when baseball was good...
Not this analytical crap they have now😂
This is still the most blown call ever.Reggie was in the way and didn't even attempt to move.
I HATE the Yankees, and you're entirely wrong. Jackson is IN the basepath. He's entitled to be in the basepath and he froze understandably when the line drive was dropped. So long as he's in the basepath and it can't be shown that he intentionally tried to obstruct the throw, he's done all that's required. It's exactly the same as if you're hit by the throw on your way to first while you're in the running lane.
@@rickrose5377 I have watched this many times over and I have no problem with saying that if that instance would have been allowed to be challenged the Dodgers would have won the call.
@@rickwashington3737
I dunno. I think Jackson MAY HAVE HAD IT IN HIS MIND to be hit by the throw, but he made no discernible move that demonstrates that intention. If the ball had been a routine double play ball, Lasorda may have had a better case, but the umpires argued (convincingly to me, and I'm inclined to side with the Dodgers) that because it was a dropped line drive, Jackson started back toward first, then had to reverse course. During all of which, he stayed in the basepath.
Reggie knew exactly what was happening as it all was occurring and that he got away we it it amazes pretty much everyone as it were. In most sanitized thoughts on the matter Reggie gambled and won.
@@rickwashington3737
Very nearly my point. He may have hoped to be hit by the throw, but so long as he stayed in the basepath and demonstrated no discernible effort to intentionally obstruct the throw, he was unlikely to be held accountable. He seems to have convinced the crew chief, who explains to Lasorda that when the ball appeared to have been caught, Jackson first tried to retreat to first base.
I think we're saying close to the same thing. I think Jackson had larceny in his heart, but did just enough to evade conviction.
Tommy was one of the greats. But God Bless Reggie
i'm gonna take him in. LOL
baseball will miss that personality
You got to love Lasorda but for a pitcher who never won a game and had a 6.48 ERA, I think Bevaqua would have paid for his own limo to face Tommy.
Any other shortstop would have thrown that ball straight at the runners head. Reggie would have moved out of the way then. Dodgers fan here. I hate the yanks!
any other shortstop would've caught the ball and stepped on 2nd.
Reggie was too far away to low bridge. if russell catches the ball he couldve stepped on 2nd to get Munson. inning over. no controversy. russell was never accused of being smart.
Hey Guapo...
Heh heh heh heh...
HEH HEH HEH HEH!
@@joev8658 Yeah, He was a moron.....as you can see here lol
Man we’re those umps dressed up or what!
Better teams. Better days. I may even say a period of time where managers were more involved in the game
Awesome
I've looked at this several times. You can see in the slo-mo from behind 1st, Reggie did NOT stick his hip out.
Watch his right foot as the ball gets to him, as he shifts his weight to make contact with the ball, his foot rotates from his instep to the outside part. Its obvious he was trying to stay in the way of the throw without looking like it. We've all played the game.
should have been a double play but russell dropped the ball intentionally so it really should have been the infield fly rule..batter is out and jackson stays on first
Well, from what I understand, infield fly can only be called when the ball is above the fielder's heads-there is not enough time to make the call. After watching Billy Russ all those years, even though he made the All Star team a couple of times, he wasn't necessarily a gold glove (was an outfielder in the minors) so hard to tell if he dropped it intentionally. If an ump DID think he dropped in on purpose, it's a dead ball and both runners would be safe, I think.
Tommy was absolutely right.
The Dodgers got screwed BIG TIME here!!:(
@@rockyracoon3233 I've never seen an umpire do that before the fix was definitely in.
@@seanbates282 This was far more obvious than even The Immaculate Reception!
Lasorda was.all.business
Always a class act.😀
Well what do u think I should do !?
No interference by Reggie. Film shows Reggie's movement incorrectly. Same as watching old westerns on TV and the wagon's spoked wheels look like they are moving backwards, but reality are actually moving forward. As a Yankees fan I will swear to this!!
The game was tougher back then with the rivalries. I was a young Yankee fan then who really didn't know the rules, but that play didn't stand out to me. Watch some of the slides into 2nd on CZcams back then.
Is that William Conrad narrating?!
yes
If Russel doesn't screw up......! But he did.
tommy's right, reggie totally interfered.
I loathe the Dodgers but that play and when that kid interfered in that ALCG against BAL in 1996 both involving the NYY is the reason fans everywhere know when one's playing in the Bronx - believe me it'll be rigged for NYY.
Putting that review office on calls made from the field in NYC is another reason to never trust MLB...the NYY own them.
AL Ump Bill Haller trying to move things along
Yes Jackson leaned in on purpose and the umps were negligent .... but if Russell had thrown that ball right at Jackson's face and not his hip the Dodgers win that series and nobody would be arguing right now.
Billy has to catch that
Bullshit call, that was definitely intentional interference.
I agree. Reggie Jackson was a great hitter, but he stuck his hip out. It was a HUGE play in this series in that the Yanks came back to win this game...
B T Ventura you can clearly see him bend his ankle and lean, he was even off balance from leaning. Lol. But.. who knows, the yanks were strong, I think they were going to get it either way.
Yeah, Russell did intentionally drop it, but that was NOT illegal...
Loved that HUGE AL chest protector!!!
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Rip #TommyLasorda 💙💙💙💙
BOW HOW NANY THE DOUUYAARS WOULD'VE WON IF WE ONLY HAD REPLAY? RIP TOMMY
All time best Tommy tirade.
Have the seen the one where he wants to replace Doug Rau in the 77 WS? F-bombs galore.
@@motnosniv
Yes, pure classic ~~
Jackson clearly interfered with the throw.
My Dear Mr. Umpire Sir I vociferously request that you hear my plea!? No Sir I in no way disparaged your Mother as being godless or a woman of ill repute I'm quite certain that she indeed a lovely woman in her own mind. 😂😂😂😂😂
Fukn Tommy for ever true blue and he was absolutely right
Well, the runner doesn't HAVE to get out of the way, but he can't get in the way on purpose...
The Dodgers had all class in the booth (Scully) and no class in the dugout
He’s gotta get out outta the way 😂😂😂
Why in the world did you pitch to Jack Clark?
Lasorda was a typical emotional Italian.
I love it! Crybaby Lasorda at it again. One of my greatest moments as a Yankee fan since 1961. Dodgers win the first 2 games then my Bronx Bombers crushed them in 4 straight with Reggie exacting revenge on Bob Welch in the game 6 clincher to win their second straight World Championship both against the hated Dodgers.
sweet revenge in '81
@@josephgreen2824 But does it make up for all the years the Bombers slapped the Dodgers sorry asses, 1941, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1977 & 1978? NO!
Reggie was a tool. He interfered on purpose.