1960 World Series game 7

[Don Quixote]

This game was aired last night on ther MLB channel and I know they will replay it over and over again. The game was a classic going back and forth and capped by Bill Mazeroski's walk off home run in the bottom of the ninth to break a 9-9 tie. Bob Costas MCed the show and had many of the surviving players on hand. The story as to how they found this game is amazing. Bing Crosby was a big baseball fan, and had to miss the broadcast because he was in Paris on business. He had an employee set up a movie camera and point it at his TV to film the broadcast. Mel Ott did the play by play with no color man in the booth. They recently found the film in Crosby's archive, and now we have it. The quality is great, you wouldn't know it isn't a video tape. Another funny thing, the broadcast was in color, but Bing's TV was a B&W set! :thumbup:

[dando]

This game was aired last night on ther MLB channel and I know they will replay it over and over again. The game was a classic going back and forth and capped by Bill Mazeroski's walk off home run in the bottom of the ninth to break a 9-9 tie. Bob Costas MCed the show and had many of the surviving players on hand. The story as to how they found this game is amazing. Bing Crosby was a big baseball fan, and had to miss the broadcast because he was in Paris on business. He had an employee set up a movie camera and point it at his TV to film the broadcast. Mel Ott did the play by play with no color man in the booth. They recently found the film in Crosby's archive, and now we have it. The quality is great, you wouldn't know it isn't a video tape. Another funny thing, the broadcast was in color, but Bing's TV was a B&W set! :thumbup:

Actually he was a part owner of the Pirates @ the time, and was too nervous to attend or watch the game live.


About a year ago, a man working on a DVD compilation of Bing Crosby material came across old film canisters marked "1960 World Series" in the wine cellar of the late singer's California home.

He had discovered a gem thought to have been lost forever: the entire NBC telecast of Game 7, preserved in the cool, dry climate.

It turned out that Crosby, a part-owner of the Pirates, was too nervous to attend the game, so he listened on the radio in Paris and had the telecast filmed for later viewing.

And it was actually Mel Allen and Bob Prince doing the pbp.

http://www.newsday.com/sports/columnists/neil-best/costas-recalls-game-7-of-1960-world-series-1.2540023

This is definitely must see TV for any baseball fan. :thumbup: :thumbup:

-Kevin

[Napoleon]

The good old days, when Pittsburgh had a professional baseball team.

[emjaya]

Actually he was a part owner of the Pirates @ the time, and was too nervous to attend or watch the game live.

-Kevin

Paris is a long way to go to avoid watching a game of baseball, bad nerves or not. :\


Any reason there is no other film of this game?