Ticketstub to the Impossible Dream

[jingram058]

I have (I think) the color telecast of this game. I will have to get out my external hard drive and check, but I think it is this game, when the Red Sox won the 1967 AL pennant vs the Twins. I was told it is the oldest full-color complete telecast of a MLB baseball game in existence.

[Kutcher55]

Originally Posted by jingram058

I have (I think) the color telecast of this game. I will have to get out my external hard drive and check, but I think it is this game, when the Red Sox won the 1967 AL pennant vs the Twins. I was told it is the oldest full-color complete telecast of a MLB baseball game in existence.

I would love to see that. You can find the penultimate game of the season (sep 30, 1967) on YouTube almost in its entirety. I was watching some of it. Quite a contrast to today’s game in the sense that the entire focus was on baseball with much fewer distractions in the ballpark and by the announcing team.

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by Kutcher55

I would love to see that. You can find the penultimate game of the season (sep 30, 1967) on YouTube almost in its entirety. I was watching some of it. Quite a contrast to today’s game in the sense that the entire focus was on baseball with much fewer distractions in the ballpark and by the announcing team.

Shucks! I pulled out my hard drive, and the game I have is the day before, the 9/30 game!

I have the NBC audio of all 7 games of the 1967 World Series. Sadly, there is no NBC telecast video of the Series, other than what is on the official World Series video highlights. The NBC broadcast audio and highlights are up on YouTube.

But the 9/30 game is still a treasure!

[mortimer brewster]

The 10 1 67 tv audio is available on youtube also.

[Dewey]

That program tells the tale. I love it.

[MRSPORTSCARDCOLLECTOR]

That 1967 Red Sox team was loaded with young talent. Yaz, Lonborg, George "The Boomer" Scott, Rico Petrocelli, Reggie Smith and of course Tony C.
They probably would have been a WS winner in the future years after 1967, But Jim Lonborg got injured in a skiing accident in the 67 off-season, plus sadly what happened to Tony C getting beaned.
That 1967 Red Sox team did put the Red Sox back on the map here in New England.

[bmattioli]

That's a great story and read.. I can relate since I had to endure the 1986 Redsox season Overseas while station in Spain in the USAF. I remember all I had was the Stars and Stripes for the box scores and Armed Forces Radio for a sporadic game. I watched The World Series at a buddies dorm room with the games starting at 1:00 AM.. I cried after game 6..