One thing about Reggie is he never cheated on his swings. No one ever looked better striking out. LOL

@iuploadgamingclips48

2 жыл бұрын

Ok

@kevinmiller6380

2 жыл бұрын

Except maybe Mickey Mantle.

@spy1965

2 жыл бұрын

Except me in our church softball league

@williegordon9188

2 жыл бұрын

We need to change his nickname to "Mr. Strikeout "

@vincentrobinson3078

Жыл бұрын

Willie Stargell maximized on his strikeout swings as well.

9 straight fastballs in a clutch WS at bat against one of the most clutch WS hitters who absolutely feasted on fastballs. That takes some major cajones right there. Awesome. RIP, Bob.

@zachshaw951

10 ай бұрын

Reggie was late on every one of them. After pitch #2, you understand why.

Reggie Jackson's strikeouts are more exciting than most people's home runs.

Man, Tony Kubek and Joe Garagiola. Those were the great TV days of MLB.

Brings back such smiles of glory and pleasure. My backyard neighbor, Bob Welch. I caught his pitches in the driveway at his house on Leach St. State Camps for HPHS too.

@trinaroe5132

Жыл бұрын

Teresa Cline reminded me that tomorrow is the anniversary of his passing and I had to go back and watch again too. ❤HPHS

Probably the greatest duel, I've ever seen in World Series history. We miss you Bob Welch. :(

@benturian

7 жыл бұрын

Dontuween yeah that was sad. My grandma knew him they lived next door when they were kids

@davidmata9952

7 жыл бұрын

Or Gibson and Eckersley.

@bobroe2673

7 жыл бұрын

Greatest moment for me in the WS up till then...Sure Jackson hit a dinger off Welch in game 6, but who remembers that...? No one...Jackson looked foolish in this at bat...

@conni70

7 жыл бұрын

Jackson looked foolish..? i'm a lifelong Dodger fan, but i give credit where credit is due....that was a gutsy at bat by Jackson...yeah, Welch won that battle but Reggie fought off a bunch of wicked fastballs to take it to a full count.. foolish would be 3 straight pitches for a strike out, which wasn't the case

@blackadonis4440

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, But What About Eckersley vs Gibson

The rookie Bullet Bob Welch vs. Mr. October. Unforgettable duel.

I may have only been 11 but I remember this like it was yesterday. Great moment in baseball history. Two Legends going at it!!!! RIP Bob Welch

Bob was a year behind me in school and we went to the same elementary, jr high and high school. He grew up across the street from my sister-in-law. I was reminded by a mutual friend and member of his class that today is the 9th anniversary of his passing and just had to come back and watch this clip again. How none of this segment made it into Ken Burns Baseball documentary will always be a mystery to me. It is the most classic epic showdown of a rookie and a legend and the rookie won the challenge.

2 great players 1 great battle Good ol days for sure

Great 5 minute AB. Great moment in baseball

R.I.P. Bob Welch. You were an amazing pitcher and I am glad that I got to meet you, as you will always be a Dodger legend.

@ChrisBakerauthor

Жыл бұрын

I was sad to read this. He had a good career, although not a HOF career.

Man could Reggie swing hard! Nobody looked better than him doing that!

Rip Bob Welch you criminally underrated pitcher.

I remember watching this as a young boy who lived and died with my Dodgers back then. A great moment of my youth, but the Yankees won the war that year, unfortunately. Welch lived down the street from me that year and was always great when my friends and I would ask him to sign stuff for us. RIP to a Dodgers and A's great :)

@attaboi8110

5 жыл бұрын

The Dodgers didn't have a Reggie Jackson on their team in 77-78. They did in 1988, though. His name was Kirk Gibson.

@markwoldin162

5 жыл бұрын

That's a nice memory. Did you ever ask him about that at-bat?

@josefino72

5 жыл бұрын

jscottrockford Yup. I too remember this.

@Bentom86

5 жыл бұрын

Even a Yankee fan like me has to admit that this was one of the greatest at-bats in the history of baseball. A stare-down of two gunfighters locked in a pure duel. Welch on the mound, cool and poised...Reggie pressing, feeling the heat, and his reaction after strike 3 said everything. As you said, we know who ultimately won this war and Reggie definitely got his revenge. But on that night, Bob Welch had his moment, and his knockout punch of Mr. October is one of the game's unforgettable memories.

@howardcosell2022

3 жыл бұрын

@@attaboi8110 Reggie Smith was no slouch for the Dodgers.

That first pitch fastball right down the pipe and Reggie missed it. What guts! RIP Bobby Welch!

Great memories watching that game as a 13 year old. I loved Reggie's reaction after he whiffed.

Hearing of Mr Welch's passing made me had to go back and watch this epic at bat. I was only 10 at the time but a huge yankee fan and bigger Reggie fan. I remember almost being in tears when Reggie struck out. May you rest in peace Mr Welch.

I was sitting a few rows up on the 3rd base side at this game. One of the most wonderful moments as a Dodger fan. RIP Mr. Welch and thank you

9 pitches -- 9 fastballs. My favorite moment from the Series.

Man, this battle NEVER gets old (haha) Young Bobby just slingin it - God bless him, and Yeager's reaction was beautiful :-)

one of the most underrated pitchers in baseball history

Great game! What a great pitcher Bob Welch was. Miss him.

RIP Bob, you left us too early.

I remember listening to this battle on the radio. It was indeed a memorable moment.

This is the moment that made me fall in love with baseball. It was when I learned the wait between pitches in an everything-on-the-line situation had this marvelous tension that very few other sports replicate.

My son and I were in right field totally convinced Reggie would square one up and drive it out. Didn't happen. Welch was magnificent. As good an ending to a sporting event as there has ever been! We salute you Bob Welch!

This was one of the more memorable AB's I've ever seen. I never thought Welch would get him. But Reg would strike the bigger blow 4 games later. 57 seems too young right now.

The rookie didn't know he was supposed to be scared.

@Mistachill

2 жыл бұрын

...until game six when Reggie hit one to the next county off of him: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qKZ5s7B-eZDZoM4.html

@marksilva7135

2 жыл бұрын

Who won the salami hiding contest that night

@raygordonteacheschess5501

Жыл бұрын

@@Mistachill Reggie's bat always had the last word.

RIP Mr Welch! Thank you for the thrills and chills!

Reggie was PISSED!! GREAT BATTLE!!

R.I.P. Bob Welch (from a Yankee fan).

I was only 9 when you battle Reggie but the memory of this clip still pumps me up! RIP Mr. Bob Welch

Wow, just read of the passing of Bob Welch. Had to come here to You Tube to witness this epic battle between the legendary flame thrower and slugger. RIP Bob Welch. You left us many memories, and you will be missed.

As a lifelong Dodger fan, I hated the Yankees from 1951 on. So this was a great moment at 27 yrs old. I will go to my grave we had the better team vs NY in both 77 and 78. When Reggie hit his 3 HR's to clinch the WS Championship in 77, my live-in girlfriend and I went to LAX at 3 am to welcome the Dodgers back home to LA. About 2,000 OF us there. That would be 6 am NY time. The cool knuckleballer Charlie Hough....a disaster in relief all season, but great starter for Texas Rangers later....walked by us.s He was the one who gave up the 3rd HR to Reggie in game 6. But he had been very effective as a reliever throughout the WS. One reason he was cool, he wore the same Elvis Presley T Shirt under his jersey every time at the ballpark. So, I said to him, Charlie, you pitched great in the playoffs! And he smiled...took a drag off his cigarette...much like Fonzie would do!!.... and replied..."All except that last pitch to Reggie." What a great memory in Dodger baseball history for me!

Hard to believe that Paul Blair and now Bob Welch are both gone.

I was sitting in my favorite watering hole. Made a friendly "bet" with the guy next to me (a round for the house) that "The Kid" would strike out "Mr October". Man, that beer tasted good! We need more like you Bob. Gone but definitely not forgotten.

I remember watching Bob Welch,pitching for then the Great Dodgers Team may he R.I.P. & will be missed by Baseball & his Fans.

I was a junior in high school when this epic at bat took place in the World Series. I am from San Francisco so my 2 favorite teams are the Giants and any team playing the Dodgers. So I was cheering hard for the Yankees. I don’t know if this video does the intensity of this at bat justice. I was at the edge of my seat, then out of my seat pacing. Rookie fast baller Bob Welch pitching to Mr October Reggie Jackson. Reggie’s used every veteran move to try and shake this rookie during that at bat. When he ended up striking out his reaction was priceless. I hope some of you saw this live and for you youngsters if you do not feel the intensity of this epic at bat baseball may not be for you. Toward the end of the 1970s, which I consider as one of the greatest if not the greatest decade in baseball history

Damn, Makes me tear. Great moments in our national past time.

RIP. Great, classy pitcher.

I always thought this showdown between Jackson and Welch was the inspiration for the final at bat of Roy Hobbs in The Natural. Rookie pitcher facing a great hitter at the end of an all or nothing game.

Bob Welch, last man to win 27 games in a season.

@motorcitymanman7711

5 жыл бұрын

@saint jack 27 wins.....maybe.....Verlander won 26 a few years ago so 27 is possible. NOBODY will ever beat or equal DENNY McCLAINS 31 WINS with the Tigers in 68 though......nobody!!

@jasonrfoss248

5 жыл бұрын

@@motorcitymanman7711 Verlander only won 24. That's been done quite a few times over the past 4 decades. 25 is more rarified air.

@3dbadboy1

4 жыл бұрын

@@motorcitymanman7711 Yea, and how many games did McClain lose? That part I thought was funny.

@kevinpayton2664

3 жыл бұрын

In 1990

@DavidTorres-zp1ef

3 жыл бұрын

Anybody know the velocity Welch had?

Reggie was my favorite back then . I was 13 & watched this happen on t.v. I was so disappointed he didn't hit one out. He usually won when things get dramatic like this.

This was a great moment in baseball history....For me at least

Simply one of the greatest at bats in World Series history. This moment was great for baseball.

Welch was brave to go inside on Reggie

Robert Lynn Welch (November 3, 1956 - June 9, 2014) R.I.P ,27 game winner 1990 (no one has won 27 games since)

Thanks for this and many other memories Bob. He lived nearby too....RIP

Awesome battle and a great moment in World Series history. I remember watching this at age 12 and as a diehard Yankee fan. I was worried after this game lol. I love Ron Cey's reaction @ 5:17 to a fan running into him lol.

@dsfddsgh

9 жыл бұрын

KING KRUSH I was 17 at the time and a Yankee fan and it didn't look good for the Yankees when they lost this game but that team seemed like they had to be down to get going and when they did they couldn't be stopped. Still my favorite year as a sports fan just for how that team did the impossible.

@dzanier

8 жыл бұрын

+dsfddsgh It sure seemed that way, and let's not forget that if it hadn't been for Graig Nettles making about 4 run-saving plays in Game 3, the Yanks might have lost that game, at which point the series would've been all but over. This was a team that ran when they got momentum. The game 3 win was followed by an extra-inning win in game 4, and after that the Yanks just blew them out the last 2 games. This team did not get nervous. They were professionals. How a team deals with winning, but even more importantly, losing, tells you a lot about the team. These guys never got too high or too low.

@7beachbum

5 жыл бұрын

Ron Cey's reaction was priceless.

Aahh; maan! Good ols days dor real! I was a huge Reggie Jackson and still a Yankees fan so glad we won the series but that was a nice reminiscent moment :-)

@MikerodRod

2 жыл бұрын

I am a huge Dodgers fan but I loved Reggie's game, heck, his 3 homeruns in 77 were epic!

Joe G., Seaver, Tony Kubek on the call makes this even epic face off better. Joe Buck would have ruined this call.

@spy1965

3 жыл бұрын

Eh, who cares about announcing...I mute the tv anyway. Let the action speak for itself.

@Turtle-Edits63

Ай бұрын

Joe buck is a good baseball announcer

What a battle. Epic moment for Dodger fans.

I have always wondered if that final pitch was off the plate inside. Anyway, Reggie was tied up, couldn’t extend those arms. Great pitch.

My birthday present. I was one of those fans shown after the strike out in the upper deck down the left field line. A happy day.

It’s funny that back then, they didn’t always display the inning, score, count

I was hooked after the first pitch, nothing but heat.

Reggie Jackson had more charisma in his pink nail than all of baseball combined. As a Red Sox fan, I can remember that it was glorious when he struck out, but it was terrible when he homered. It was like a dagger to the heart.

I was there. Someone poured beer over my 10 year old head. Greatest birthday ever!

Way only have been 6 mins at battle but one of the best battles EVER

Rest in Peace, Bob Welch.

Yankees lost the battle, but won the war!

In addition to Bob Welch..... RIP Paul Blair, the greatest defensive center fielder of his era {`66-`76}.

@billmoyer3254

5 жыл бұрын

Blair was incredible...just incredible

You knew it was big game when Joe and Tony were on.....we don't have that type of announcing anymore

Joe Garagiola: 4 times in 5 minutes---"Listen to the crowd."

Back in the day, when fans could storm the field and nothing would happen.

@Jiltedin2007

8 жыл бұрын

+TEM DOL Yeah, Yankee Stadium was very much famous for that!

Check out Tommy LaSorda keeping the kid in the green sweater from wiping out Cey. Classic!

I had almost forgotten about this WS...78 was my graduation year and I do remember these 2 awesome teams!

@trevmac8362

5 жыл бұрын

my JR High Grad 15 years old , i think i was the only kid in school who followed it

Bob Welch dated my mom for a year and passed away right before she was going to visit him. I had a wonderful year hanging out with him. He was the nicest, smoothest guy I have ever known. How they met is so cute but even better was their first date. He had a wheelbarrow full of food that he made and ran into the park to have a picnic with my mom. She was so surprised. He was obsessed with her and was so nice and loving. Fun little thing about Robert was that he loved dipping his pizza in milk. I know i know but hey, It’s kinda good! Rest in piece Bob. Gone too soon but still in our minds. Miss you.

This is epic!!!!

Burt Hooton started for the Dodgers, but was pulled after giving up a single to Roy White to start the seventh. (Hooton was charged with three earned runs in 6 innings, as White came around to score.) Terry Forster came in, and pitched the 7th and 8th, then allowed a single and a walk in the ninth, with a groundout in between. In came Welch with runners on first and second and one out, to face two extremely dangerous hitters: Thurman Munson and Reggie Jackson. Welch got Munson to fly out to right on an 0-1 pitch, and then what you just watched happened.

classic epic i so rememeber watching this as i was 7rs old. loved my dodgers

I was only 9 years old when that happened, but I was very upset because Reggie Jackson was my idol and I was a Yankee Fan then

How menacing Reggie was when he was at bat. Welch stayed cool and challenged him, ballsy for a rookie.

The homer Reggie hit off him in Game 6 is still orbiting the earth.....

Damn! What a. Duel!!!!

Reggie went to the Hall of Fame!!!

I remember the take on "Casey at The Bat", printed in my local newspaper the next day, which ended ... "Mighty Reggie has struck out."

2 of my favorite players of all time!GO A's !!

Nothing in modern day MLB comes even remotely close to this amount of excitement and interest

@lam533

Жыл бұрын

@Ruby Tuesday not even close, Ruby. Everybody in the country knew who RJ was, how many do you think knew who MT was?

RIP Bob ... forever young.

Welch's reaction, lol. He looks like he's in shock. The rest of team is so pumped and he's barely moving

Epic memories

I love that fans used to be on the field to congratulate the players quicker than the bench players could get out there

This AB made me a fan for life of baseball. I was a kid who liked the Yanks and didn't like Reggie. My last name is Welch. Remember it like it was yesterday.

Ahhh YAH..Just in Dodger STADIUM Last SATURDAY when My Wifes Cobs Were in Town..First Time Since "88..Went ro COLLEGE at UCLA..Live in SAN Diego...BEGINNING 8th Grad watched Every Inning of that Series the One Before Aslo..Same Two Teams...Both Teams Were Legendary to Say the LEAST...I Was a Catcher for 8 YEAR'S..Bench Was My HERO..Had His Catchers Mitt..Yeager was My Close 2nd Other Hero..When The #7 Was Available..I FOR Sure Always TOOK IT...Great Time In BASEBALL HISTORY⚾️😁👍

Bob Welch, the last pitcher to win over 25 games. Did it in 1990 with the A's

@danieljack2360

2 жыл бұрын

A Giant of a man on the mound. Bob had control.

Anyone else notice that little kid slipping and falling into Penguin. I’d love hear what Tommy told him. “Go home kid!”

No player ever swung and missed more than Jackson

The only thing missing from this clip is that we don't get to hear Vince Scully call the at bat.

thank you for posting this

Reggie always gave the fans their money's worth.

I am from Canada and I loved you and the A's better than the Blue Jays,you were a great one Bob,thanks for the memories (godspeed)

rest in peace Bob Welch... Michigan loved you first

Reggie Jackson would later say, while interviewed by NBC's Tony Kubek before the next game, that he was angry at himself because he failed to realize the two runners would be moving on the 3-2 pitch (the only such pitch of the at bat). In other words, Reggie might have lost his concentration on the swinging strike three. His emotion was on full display walking back to the dugout and added to this unforgettable World Series moment.

Amazing! Remember well! Was thinking about it for some reason and found it here. Love it!

Rip Bob

so true what Max says about fans being on the field to help celebrate. That was a regular thing in the 70's and pretty much nobody got hurt and it wasn't a problem. That all ended at a Who rock concert in 1979 when the crowd rushed the doors trying to get in and some people were killed. After that crowd control at large public gatherings like concerts and sporting events changed.

RIP Bob Welch

First WS I was alive for... I was less than a month old.