What was the first World Series you remember watching?
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Live? Pirates-Orioles in 1971. However, rain delays during Cubs games were good for watching highlights of the previous WS.
I remember Kirk Gibson and I remember the earthquake. I'm not a baseball fan so I am not sure which was first.
1968 cardinals vs tigers,.. 6th grade teacher allowed us to listen to the games with earphones during non-class time...
Was that the As and Dodgers? Or Giants and As?
But that was the first one I remember. The earthquake series.
Same here. Not a baseball fan.
The first Super Bowl I remember is the second Cincy v San Francisco matchup. NBA was the Lakers beating the Pistons—1988, horrible drought that summer.
I remember the Bears Pats. Happened right before the Challenger blew up.
I do vaguely remember the Challenger disaster.
How old are you? I think we've talked about it before but I don't remember. I just turned 47 a month ago.
1969 Mets v Orioles
It was the first season I really paid attention. The year I became a Cubs fan.
It was the first season I really paid attention. The year I became a Cubs fan.
1977 Yankees v Dodgers.
Oh...F Steve Garvey. (cubs fan)
Oh...F Steve Garvey. (cubs fan)
I’m 43.
Yeah, if we did, I don’t remember. I would have been turning 5 in 1986.
I do remember pretty well watching the fall of the Berlin Wall in November of 1989. Probably the first significant world event I recall.
We are family! (referring to the Pirates theme song that year)
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‘60 Yankees/Pirates. The school had a black and white Zenith TV and we talked the nun into turning it on after afternoon recess- just in time to see Mazeroski's’ walk off HR and a 10-9 Pirate win. Most the kids were Yankee fans, while I hated them-still do…
I think this was my first memory of the WS too. I specifically remember the Orioles, as my uncle was a fan of theirs and we watched a couple of those games together.
I remember watching some great Oakland A's teams from early 70's play in the series. I'm thinking 72 or 73.
1964 St Louis vs Yankees
Dad was a big Cardinals fan. Of course, we couldn't actually watch much of it in those days, but we watched what we could, listened to the radio, etc.
Okay, now I feel old. I was on a business trip when that happened. I landed in Dallas, got in my rental car, and when I turned on the radio it had just happened and they were breathlessly reporting it and trying to get an explanation about what happened. I had a 90-minute drive and that was what I listened to the whole time.
Based on this thread, young people don’t like baseball. Which sucks, because baseball is great.
I do watch a lot of the old games when the MLB Network shows them. Graig Nettles was as a vacuum. Mantle would have been my favorite. Bob Gibson was the man.
I do watch a lot of the old games when the MLB Network shows them. Graig Nettles was as a vacuum. Mantle would have been my favorite. Bob Gibson was the man.
That's okay. So was Mrs Radley...
I have very vague memories of the 1970 Series (I was 7), but mostly just remember Baltimore winning it because they had a dominant pitching staff. Mostly I can remember watching games when I got home from school - that was the last WS played all in the afternoon. I remember a bit more about the 1971 series, as I'd become a huge Clemente fan.
Loved baseball as a kid, big time card collector.
First I recall is 1989, mainly because of the earthquake. I also remember the Cubs winning the East.
Don’t recall 1990 at all for some reason.
Do recall the 2nd Twins title in 1991 and the two Blue Jays titles in 92 and 93. Those three were the first ones I remember because of the games.
Was devastated by the strike in 1994 and stopped caring about baseball as much after that until the home run chase and Cubs playoff push of 1998.
First I recall is 1989, mainly because of the earthquake. I also remember the Cubs winning the East.
Don’t recall 1990 at all for some reason.
Do recall the 2nd Twins title in 1991 and the two Blue Jays titles in 92 and 93. Those three were the first ones I remember because of the games.
Was devastated by the strike in 1994 and stopped caring about baseball as much after that until the home run chase and Cubs playoff push of 1998.
Cuellar, Palmer, McDowell (?) off the top of my head.
Edit. Dave McNally, not McDowell.
Cuellar and McNally each won 24 games, while Palmer won 20.
Dang, what a staff. This was of course, prior to the rise of the relief specialist. Those guys notched a lot of innings.
There was a 4th 20 game winner for the O's that year too. I don't remember his name without Google's help.
