I'm a 71 year old white guy who despises racism with a passion. On that same day, I made my last visit EVER to Wrigley Field and watched future HOF'er Fergie Jenkins hit two home runs and beat the Montreal Expos 5-2. That '71 Pirates team was a helluva lot of fun to watch! Thanks for sharing this awesome video! Another great memory I have is from 1965 at Wrigley. Willie Stargell was NL home run king that year, and I swear I saw one of those homers, a line drive, still rising when it went over the right field wall. He deserved several Stargell Stars for that one! 🙂

Dave Cash normally played 2B, not 3rd. Al Oliver was normally in CF. As a lifetime fan and a kid growing up in the Pittsburgh area, I never thought about race. None of my friends did either. Clemente was a god to us. I can name more players on the ‘71 team than I can on today’s team.

@banjo2019

Жыл бұрын

So you’re white then? Only white guys “don’t think about race” (even while they’re being racist as shit of course)! 😂

@bluzzedude8111

7 ай бұрын

I'll never forget that summer. We listened to Bob Gibson throw a no-hitter on the radio at Three Rivers against the, eventual, World champs. The last 2 batters he struck out were Clemente and Stargell.

@SouthBaySteelers

7 ай бұрын

@@bluzzedude8111 3 Rivers didn’t open until 1970

@bluzzedude8111

7 ай бұрын

@@SouthBaySteelers EXACTLY..Gibson no-hit the Pirates in 1971! I don't understand what you're talking about?

@SouthBaySteelers

7 ай бұрын

@@bluzzedude8111 I thought it was at Forbes Field

They were so friggin good!

It's a shame that the pure hearts of children can be changed by what they see and hear as they grow up. I was 10 years old in 1971 and a huge sports (especially baseball) fan. I saw no color. Most of my very favorite players were black or hispanic. Many from this team. Thank you for posting this video. I love to see the old greats again; Clemente, Stargell, Oliver, Sanguillen. What fond memories.

@peterdefabio9470

5 ай бұрын

Well said. I grew up loving the Pirates and Roberto was my hero. I remember my older brother was a Dodgers fan, and I could pick up the Dodgers games up in the Bay Area on KFI, although you would get that familiar in and out fading sound during the whole game. I was such a passionate Bucs fan, that if his hated Dodgers happened to win, I would start a fight with him just because.

@SteveSmith-hh2ni

3 ай бұрын

I had to look up the year of the "We are Family!" Pirates. It was the year I graduated High School, 1979. Fun team. A few years earlier, Clemente was one of my all time favorites. Dude had a rocket for an arm, and was great in every facet of the game.

Roberto Clemente 🇵🇷. Willie Stargel. Dock Ellis. Rennie Stennett🇵🇦 Jackie Hernandez 🇨🇺 Gene Clines. ⚾🏴‍☠️71 RIP

I loved my Buccos! STILL DO.

How clever, that comment from the bat boy: "The Homestead Grays are playing tonight !!!" Can't believe that he was the first to notice, to anticipate history on the making, obviously a well educated person who knew the cultural importance of the Grays, I'm sure he could also have cited the Pittsburgh Crawfords. Compliments to Mr Murtaugh, who said he wrote a line up comprised of the best 9 players available that day, no other consideration taken on account. This was a 1-derful day for Baseball. The photo of Roberto at the end made me weep. Thank for the video. Blessings from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷.

You guys were my heroes! 😁

@victorrasicci7819

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the correction.

In 1971 I turned 15, and it seemed as though the Bucs were on the NBC Game of the Week almost every week. In my memory these guys are always frozen in time, in their mid 20's to their early 30's. To see these fairly old men, now in their 70's comment on something so long ago, makes me feel like I'm watching my young adulthood fade off into the mists. And with the nostalgic back round music, it all seems very sad and wistful. -mikenotpaula.

BBR2 is spot-on. Brought back a lot of great memories for me. I was kind of a late bloomer as a sports fan, but that was the year I became a baseball fan, and I've been a die-hard Pirate fan ever since. Remember the Gunner: "We had 'em alll the way!"

That was a really good ball club. Real good!

This is a great story. I am friends with the 1st baseman from that 71 team Bob Robertson. Bob has told me many stories about his teammates. Bob told me that Dock Ellis was one of the nicest people you would ever want to meet. Bob said they were a great team that loved each other.

I wish that I can turn back the clock of the 1970's. I grew up a Pirates fan and I remember watching Reberto Clemente back in 1972, I was 11 years old at the time before I found out he die in a plane crash but it just something about him and the way he played, including those great Pirates players like Oliver, Sanguillen, Stargell, those were true hero's.

Super Video. Baseball to me has always been a Little White Ball with Red Stitches, Hours of Fun, Baseball Cards and The Great Teams of the 1970 Decade. Especially The Gold & Black of the Pirates****

thanks for sharing

Saddens me that only three are still with us.

My Bucs forever 71

Shout out to the Homestead Grays

Well, sort of. With Doc Ellis as starting pitcher, that is certainly what the starting lineup looked like. But as I look at the box score, I see that Ellis only lasted an inning and a third. He was actually hit pretty hard. So this spell was broken in the second inning when Bob Moose relieved him. Moose didn't last that long either, and Bob Veale was needed to get the last out of the third inning, which I guess you could say reignited the spell. But the record book also shows that the Pirate pitcher who pitched the most effectively that night and who got the W was Luke Walker who entered the game in the top of the fourth inning and pretty much shut down the Phillies from that point on. Luke Walker was not one of the "Homestead Grays". So this game may be an answer to a trivia question, and certainly I respect the Pirates team of 1971. I'm not a Pirate fan but it was a fun team to watch and they were great enough to accomplish the ultimate feat in Major League Baseball . I respect that team enough to say that I'm glad these players received gratification from playing this particular game. But I'm not sure that the game entirely represents what they believe it represents. I mean, Luke Walker was just one player, but pitching is supposed to be anywhere from 50 to 70 percent of the game, isn't it?

Major league baseball has been destroyed by greed...but it's time is coming. A salary cap will be next. THAT is the ONLY thing that'll save the game.

Oh gosh, thankfully this only has a small viewership. All about PC with this video 🙄

@banjo2019

Жыл бұрын

Does talking about people other than your white ass bother you?

@writerconsidered

7 ай бұрын

This isn't PC. This is black history. 1971 the bigotry was always right around the corner. You have no idea what people had to endure in the 60s and 70s. You have to realize these adults were born and raised in the 30s 40s 50s. They carried that life experience with them into the 70s. This history and its context matters.

@romanboxing3959

7 ай бұрын

@@writerconsidered Bull crap! It is pc and pathetic. So are you. No idea what people had to endure in the stinking 60s and 70s? You mean the destruction of society era?! More like you have no idea about how bad and sad this society is now. And I suppose thanks to you and your PC. Like I said, thankfully only a small viewership. This game and context don’t mean crap. How about talk about white history? Like that?

@writerconsidered

4 ай бұрын

@paulgwyn7836 Yes that too.