Jackson`s home run was awesome beyond words.

@martyyoung3611

11 ай бұрын

Have you seen the one Bench hit in the same game?

@billwill1337

11 ай бұрын

@@martyyoung3611 doesn`t stick out to me. Bench could launch them !

@martyyoung3611

11 ай бұрын

@@billwill1337 kzread.info/dash/bejne/aX6ZqKl-l861j6w.html

@martyyoung3611

11 ай бұрын

@@billwill1337, Roberto Clemente hit a bomb in the 8th. kzread.info/dash/bejne/aqF5usmqldHcfso.html

@SW-mc2zx

Күн бұрын

I was so mad that we couldn't get tickets to the '71 game. But watching it on TV you knew it was leaving the stadium. But the lights got in the way.

As a catcher myself from Little League thru High School and a longtime NY YANKEE fan , the only time I ever went to Shea Stadium is when the REDS were in town . Amazing catcher .

Priceless moment: “Did you call the pitch that Reggie almost hit out of Tiger Stadium?” “ya”…… 😂😂😂

I love you Johnny Bench - big time hero of mine !! Thanks

Krylon: No runs, no drips, no errors.

Reggie’s HR off the Tiger Stadium transformer was something to see.

@williamgullett5911

11 ай бұрын

I saw Al Oliver in 1980 hit a rising shot down the RF line hit the wood a foot foul on the 3rd deck. About 20 feet below Jacksons. The whole crowd gasped. We were feet away from where it hit. Sparky ran out of the dugout and intentionally walked Oliver. First and only time I saw a hitter intentionally walked after a pitch had been thrown. Oliver in that doubleheader hit 4 HRs., a double, and a triple. 21 total bases which is still the record for a doubleheader. That shot off the wood would have been the 5th HR.

@bartonpercival3216

8 күн бұрын

Doc Ellis was known to give up the long hr balls!!!!

@natureboy1313

5 сағат бұрын

​@@williamgullett5911Al Oliver was a very good hitter. I remember him fondly from his time with the Pirates. Thank you for the trivia. I was not aware of these stats.

Even when Reggie missed he was fun to watch. You look and say " he is going to screw himself straight into the ground. " Such powerful swings. No wonder they went far when he connected. ( PS he was a much better fielder than people give him credit for. Good strong arm. )

@fml5910

6 күн бұрын

Mr. October, a fitting nickname for Reg-gie!

I love Johnny Bench. My all time favorite ball player.

Class, power, defense, MVP That's Johnny Bench ⚾

Reggie Jackson said "Whenever I'm at the plate there's a man in scoring position.". So very true.

Bench was the greatest catcher of all time. He was the best ever!

26 future members of the Hall Of Fame were at Detroit for that 1971 All Star Game, 21 as players, both managers (Anderson & Weaver), another manager serving as coach (Alston), another player who was enshrined as a manager (Torre) and an umpire (Doug Harvey). 6 HR, 3 by each league were connected. Solo HR by Aaron and Clemente, both NL. Two runs blasts by Bench (Stargell on base, NL), Reggie (Aparicio. AL), Frank Robinson (Carew, AL) and Killebrew (Kaline, AL). All 10 runs were scored by 10 players enshrined in the HOF. The remaining 11 HOF players were: Mays, McCovey, Santo, Carlton, Seaver, Jenkins & Marichal, NL. Brooks, Oliva, Yaz & Palmer, AL. Final score: AL 6, NL 4.

Just wonderful guests sometimes Dan. These are iconic.

After that All-Star game in Detroit all those National League guys like Bench & Aaron were wishing they could play more games in Tigers Stadium. A great hitter's park. But still, we won (American League fan here). It was the only All-Star game my American League guys won in my childhood. They wouldn't win another until 1983 and by that time I was an adult, able to vote, could drive, smoke, past drinking age and everything.

@johnmastandrea137

2 күн бұрын

you must be my age. 59

@RRaquello

Күн бұрын

@@johnmastandrea137 Just a couple of years older.

Bench is one of my favorites

Johnny was an awesome player and the best catcher I have ever seen. He could hit for average and power and had a "gun" for an arm. All the best to Johnny!

@philb.1502

19 күн бұрын

True. He set the standard for all catchers.

@jivepatrol6833

19 күн бұрын

@@philb.1502 I agree!

Johnny bench 5 is the man

Johny Bench is such a great interview ... just luv him to death ....

Former host of The Baseball Bunch!

Reggies Rocket is the hardest hit ball I've ever seen. Curt Gowdy yelled when the ball hit the light transformer and the NBC cameraman never saw it...good pitch call JB!!

1971, it was actually 26 future hall of famers in that one, including managers sparky anderson, walter alston (coach) and earl weaver. 13 players on the nationals, 10 players on the americans. the lights stopped reggie's home run from getting into orbit.

Thank You

Bench was an amazing player (stating the obvious..) and also a great interview.., and by all accounts a good guy who appreciates his many, many fans...

Reggie Jackson and Michael Jordan are two athletes that still believe in their hearts they can still compete today at a high level.

as a kid, the kids on the block all sat on the steps and talked about who was the best player...it killed me when Reggie hit that HR in Detroit as I was a Reds fan, My friend was an A's fan and my other friend was a Yankees fan.....nothing like immortal bragging rights with that HR....of all the games to do it too!!!!....the whole world was watching...we tried to one-up every by something our hero did...worst feeling in my life was when Bench made the Wheaties commercial and he dropped pop ups and had a bad game...forget it was a cereal commercial, it brought me to an all time low for that summer... the A's beat the Reds.....Bench gets caught looking on a "pitch out" fake job......ugh.....ah, seems like yesterday...but I still love Johnny to this day and the beloved Reds

JB gave Reggie that fast ball that crushed the All Star game when NL lost

I was 14 years old that year.

@italianwaterice9594

11 ай бұрын

so was you twin

The most beloved person in Cincinnati, who's not a native...🙂

When reggie swung at a pitch his back knee would hit the dirt

Johnny would rather talk about being the greatest catcher of all time.

Reggie also had wheels in his younger days.

jackson could not hold a candle against mickey mantle when it comes to long home runs for that matter no one could.johnny bench great catcher for sure.

Reggie was a hotdog with all the fixins.

@bernardpaul7950

4 күн бұрын

Like the late great Jim Catfish Hunter said about Reggie Jackson and I quote “There isn’t enough mustard in the world to cover that hot dog” Hunter was also his best friend

Was Dock coked up?

@RRaquello

7 ай бұрын

He was so coked up even the ball got juiced through his skin while he was holding it. That's why it went so far when Reggie hit it.

Rose HOF

@AF-hi1tg

11 ай бұрын

Yes!

I hate interleague play!!

@PapaEli-pz8ff

9 ай бұрын

I'm not a fan of it either. Maybe mine could be a case of old guy bias 🤠

@zoom539

9 ай бұрын

@@PapaEli-pz8ff same here ...lol

Reggie helped to start the downfall trend in baseball . He was the first batter to show up the pitcher by stopping and looking at his home runs . If great hof pitchers like Bob Gibson , Don Drysdale , Juan Marichal , Jin Bunning , Ferguson Jenkins or Jim Maloney saw his attitude , they would be constantly knocking him down . Then came selfish players like Rickey Henderson , Dave Winfield , Barry Bonds and Roger Clemons . However , i believe Reggie is a legitimate hall of famer . not because het hit more than 500 homers , but because he was a clutch post season player . Not so with Rickey , Winfield , Barry Bonds or Clemons .

oh, you got to exploit it, huh?

Funny how Dem dan doesn't bring up politics with people like Johnny.