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Frayed Knot Oct 29 2015 06:07 AM

Do you wanna see a montage of the final pitch in each of the last 62 World Series? What a silly question, of course you do! (we just don’t want to see the final pitch of THIS one anytime soon) Some of the links here overlap. And not surprisingly the quality varies and gets better as you get more recent. That final one contains clips that are a bit longer for each year than the previous. 1952 - 1961 [youtube]w66ktYvhKko[/youtube] 1962 - 2013 [youtube]qLiVPpOYlOU[/youtube] 1990 - 2014 [youtube]fLubBwQAuNw[/youtube] A breakdown of the WS-ending plays from the covered era: 18 Fly Outs - oddly only 1 to a RFer while 8 went to LF & 9 to CF 13 Ks - not surprisingly, six of those came in the last nine years. Only one was looking and that was Miguel Cabrera 3 years ago (wonder if he gets Beltranian 'bat on the shoulder' abuse?) 12 Ground outs 8 unassisted IF outs - pop ups, line-outs, force play 5 foul outs to a catcher or IF twice the Series ended on a bunt - and, yes, both times it was a losing rather than a winning play (BIFL) Six times in this span a Series ended on a ‘walk-off’ hit - 4 singles and 2 HRs. Four of the Six came in a Game 7, the other two in Game 6’s Only the Joe Carter HR was a come-from-behind win. The game was tied in the other five. Famously Carter and Bill Mazeroski were the HRs. The four Series-winning singles were by Billy Martin (1953), Gene Larkin (’91), Edgar Renteria (’97) and Luis Gonzalez (2001). Only Martin’s (1st & 2nd) did NOT come with the bases loaded. The Renteria & Gonzalez hits came with 2/outs.

cooby Oct 29 2015 01:38 PM Re: Last Call

I going to watch this when I get home!

Mets – Willets Point Oct 29 2015 01:52 PM Re: Last Call

The only thing I don't like about this is the excessive amount of Yankee celebration going on.

Zvon Oct 29 2015 01:57 PM Re: Last Call

Thanks for sharing this. I love last outs. It's a joy to watch these.

Ceetar Oct 29 2015 02:27 PM Re: Last Call

"Uribe charges, throws. Out! And the White Sox are world champions"

Edgy MD Oct 29 2015 02:36 PM Re: Last Call

Yeah, maybe it's not enough that Uribe is on the roster. Maybe the Mets have to actually deploy him.

Diamond Dad Oct 29 2015 02:48 PM Re: Last Call

This is absolutely great!

cooby Oct 29 2015 06:55 PM Re: Last Call

wow, just hearing Curt Gowdy, etc, takes you back

Frayed Knot Oct 30 2015 09:08 AM Re: Last Call

Part of the fun with the way this is set up is seeing the same guy, sometimes in back to back years, being on each end of the celebrations. - That's Tim McCarver catching the final strike and racing out to Bob Gibson in the 1967 WS, but then that's also him again popping out to end the '68 series. - and Ralph Terry is seen serving up the HR to Mazeroski in '60, then two years later he's finishing up a 4-hit shutout by retiring Willie McCovey on a liner to 2nd (in between he started, though didn't finish, the '61 clincher). - and of course Mariano Rivera is on the good side of several in a row but then on the wrong side of the 2001 final pitch.

Ceetar Oct 30 2015 09:23 AM Re: Last Call

did you catch where compared (I think it was) the 81 Dodgers to the 69 mets?

Frayed Knot Oct 30 2015 09:27 AM Re: Last Call

Ceetar wrote: did you catch where [Scully] compared (I think it was) the 81 Dodgers to the 69 mets? Yeah. He called it 'The Impossible Dream' team, a phrase which was more associated with the '67 Red Sox (who of course ultimately did NOT win) than it was the '69 'Miracle' Mets.

Frayed Knot Oct 31 2015 07:30 AM Re: Last Call

Also appearing on both sides of the coin, Edgar Renetria gets the WS-winning hit in 1997, then seven years later makes the final out to break the Red Sox long drought. The full cast of characters from those videos below. There was a stretch from 1965 - 1971 where seven straight series ended with the winning starter still on the mound. In the 44 years since it's only happened five times and only one of those in the last 27. YEAR TEAM PITCHER S/R TEAM BATTER 1952 YANKEES BOB KUVAZA R DODGERS PEE WEE REESE 1953 DODGERS CLEM LABINE R YANKEES BILLY MARTIN 1954 GIANTS JOHNNY ANTONELLI R INDIANS DALE MITCHELL 1955 DODGERS JOHNNY PODRES S YANKEES ELSTON HOWARD 1956 YANKEES JOHNNY KUCKS R DODGERS JACKIE ROBINSON 1957 BRAVES LEW BURDETTE S YANKEES MOOSE SKOWRON 1958 YANKEES BOB TURLY R BRAVES RED SCHOENDIENST 1959 DODGERS LARRY SHERRY R WHITE SOX LUIS APARICIO 1960 YANKEES RALPH TERRY R PIRATES BILL MAZEROSKI 1961 YANKEES BUD DALEY R REDS VADA PINSON 1962 YANKEES RALPH TERRY S GIANTS WILLIE McCOVEY 1963 DODGERS SANDY KOUFAX S YANKEES HECTOR LOPEZ 1964 CARDINALS BOB GIBSON R YANKEES ROBBY RICHARDSON 1965 DODGERS SANDY KOUFAX S TWINS BOB ALLISON 1966 ORIOLES DAVE McNALLY S DODGERS LOU JOHNSON 1967 CARDINALS BOB GIBSON S RED SOX GEORGE SCOTT 1968 TIGERS MICKY LOLICH S CARDINALS TIM McCARVER 1969 METS JERRY KOOSMAN S ORIOLES DAVEY JOHNSON 1970 ORIOLES MIKE CUELLAR S REDS PAT CORRALES 1971 PIRATES STEVE BLASS S ORIOLES MERV RETTENMUND 1972 A’s ROLLIE FINGERS R REDS PETE ROSE 1973 A’s DAROLD KNOWLES R METS WAYNE GARRETT 1974 A’s ROLLIE FINGERS R DODGERS VON JOSHUA 1975 REDS WILL McENANEY R RED SOX CARL YASTRZEMSKI 1976 REDS WILL McENANEY R YANKEES ROY WHITE 1977 YANKEES MIKE TORREZ S REDS LEE LACY 1978 YANKEES RICH GOSSAGE R DODGERS RON CEY 1979 PIRATES KENT TEKULVE R ORIOLES PAT KELLY 1980 PHILLIES TUG McGRAW R ROYALS WILLIE WILSON 1981 DODGERS STEVE HOWE R YANKEES BOB WATSON 1982 CARDINALS BRUCE SUTTER R CARDINALS GORMAN THOMAS 1983 ORIOLES SCOTT McGREGOR S PHILLIES GARRY MADDOX 1984 TIGERS WILLIE HERNANDEZ R PADRES TONY GWYNN 1985 ROYALS BRET SABERHAGEN S CARDINALS ANDY VAN SLYKE 1986 METS JESSE OROSCO R RED SOX MARTY BARRETT 1987 TWINS JEFF REARDON R CARDINALS WILLIE McGEE 1988 DODGERS OREL HERSHISER S A’s TONY PHILLIPS 1989 A’s DENNIS ECKERSLEY R GIANTS BRETT BUTLER 1990 REDS RANDY MYERS R A’s CARNEY LANSFORD 1991 BRAVES ALEJANDRO PENA R TWINS GENE LARKIN 1992 BLUE JAYS MIKE TIMLIN R BRAVES OTIS NIXON 1993 PHILLIES MITCH WILLIAMS R BLUE JAYS JOE CARTER 1995 BRAVES MARK WOHLERS R INDIANS CARLOS BAERGA 1996 YANKEES JOHN WETTELAND R BRAVES MARK LEMKE 1997 INDIANS CHARLES NAGY R MARLINS EDGAR RENTERIA 1998 YANKEES MARIANO RIVERA R PADRES MARK SWEENEY 1999 YANKEES MARIANO RIVERA R BRAVES KEITH LOCKHART 2000 YANKEES MARIANO RIVERA R METS MIKE PIAZZA 2001 YANKEES MARIANO RIVERA R DIAMONDBACKS LUIS GONZALEZ 2002 ANGELS TROY PERCIVAL R GIANTS KENNY LOFTON 2003 MARLINS JOSH BECKETT S YANKEES JORGE POSADA 2004 RED SOX KEITH FOULKE R MARLINS EDGAR RENTERIA 2005 WHITE SOX BOBBY JENKS R ASTROS ORLANDO PALMIERO 2006 CARDINALS ADAM WAISRIGHT R TIGERS BRANDON INGE 2007 RED SOX JONATHAN PAPELBON R ROCKIES SETH SMITH 2008 PHILLIES BRAD LIDGE R RAYS ERIC HINSKE 2009 YANKEES MARIANO RIVERA R PHILLIES SHANE VICTORINO 2010 GIANTS BRIAN WILSON R RANGERS NELSON CRUZ 2011 CARDINALS JASON MOTTE R RANGERS DAVID MURPHY 2012 GIANTS SERGIO ROMO R TIGERS MIGUEL CABRERA 2013 RED SOX KOJI UEHARA R CARDINALS MATT CARPENTER 2014 GIANTS MADISON BUMGARNER R ROYALS SALVATORE PEREZ