Friday, May 18, 2012

Four Hall Of Famers in the Lineup!

Or so says the label on the front of the upcoming MLB Productions release Essential Games of the Chicago Cubs .  The game referenced is the July 12, 1969 game between the Cubs and the Phillies at Wrigley Field.  This was a NBC Game of the Week with Gowdy doing the PBP.  While originally broadcast in color, the kinescope is black and white.  This game has been in the hobby for a considerable amount of time and in fact, was aired on MLB Network in 2009.  It also marks the oldest known complete NBC Game of the Week Broadcast.

image courtesy: amazon.com


Commercially, the game has been for sale by Doak Ewing at RareSportFilms, more than likely the source of this broadcast.  Like the Larsen Perfect Game, this game was known to be in his library.  At the time of the Larsen Perfect Game release, news articles said that Doak and MLB were unable to reach an agreement on the print.  However, not only do we have that game released by MLB but we have this game aired and soon to be released on DVD.  Some sort of agreement has been met. What the agreement is and how much of his library he has made available to them is unclear, however if these are any indication, hopefully it means that some of the other World Series games he has are going to find their way into the MLB Productions pipeline.


This marks the second 'Games' set for the Cubs.  Unlike the previous one, which featured the 'Sandberg game',1984 NLCS Game 1, Aug. 1, 1987, 1989 NLCS Game 2, Kerry Wood 20 strikeouts, Sammy Sosa 61st and 62nd home runs, Greg Maddux 300th Win and June 1, 2005, this set actually includes something outside the VHS era.  The Sandberg Game finds it's way into the new set, as well as the 1998 One Game Playoff and the 2008 Division Clincher.


This set will be released on August 14, 2012.
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10 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 19, 2012 at 11:18 AM

    re: http://kinescopestealshome.blogspot.com/2009/12/june-7-1969-reds-vs-cubs-in-living.html

    When decipherable, Ump's can offer a clue.

    As we all know, sites like baseball-reference.com contain info on who umped games.

    http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN196906070.shtml

    Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - Augie Donatelli, 3B - Mel Steiner.
    Time of Game: 2:27
    Attendance: 25,514
    Field Condition: Wet
    Start Time Weather: 60° F, Overcast, Rain


    Santo Lover

    p.s. Ronnie's in the Hall!
    Hey! Hey!

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  2. AnonymousAugust 10, 2012 at 10:02 PM

    Dear Sir,
    I would draw your attention to these screen grabs on the web address below. They do look genuine and crisp from am game I never see referenced as being around.
    thanks

    http://www.jwparrott11.com/Classic%20Games%20-%20Baseball/1965%20RS%20Reds%20at%20Cubs.htm

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  3. GLAugust 11, 2012 at 4:30 PM

    Those clips are from a WGN recording of the 8th, 9th and 10th inning of Maloney's no-hitter. It is available in the trading community.

    Thanks for the heads up.

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    1. Robert PedleyAugust 11, 2012 at 8:52 PM

      Thanks GL. I couldn't find any other online evidence however this makes sense as I recall somewhere reading [perhaps in Çentre Field Shot] that WGN were in the habit of videotaping potential no-hitters. indeed i was able to find 3+ minutes of Don cardwell's from 1960 on the Chicago Tribune website plus clips of many other 1960's matches. The most interesting of which to me was a clearly color video [although washed out]clip from a 1962 match -so dated as they announced to the crowd that they were being watched on Telstar-and everybody waved!

      thanks
      Robert

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2012 at 4:25 PM

    Speaking of pre-1975 games, MLB released Game 3 of the 1969 World Series on the Mets 50th Anniversary DVD Set.

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    1. GLSeptember 24, 2012 at 2:45 PM

      Thanks for pointing that out. I had actually thought it was just a re-release of Game 3 that was released in the last Mets DVD set. This now gives us 2 of the 5 games in that WS.

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 4, 2013 at 3:33 PM

    So I guess the list of Pre-1976 games that have been released should be updated?

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    1. GLJanuary 4, 2013 at 11:06 PM

      Are you saying this because of the 1969 Regular Season game or the World Series game?

      Yes, it should be updated. The blogger interface makes it a pain to try to edit that section. I like keeping it on the sidebar but it probably needs an overhaul anyways.

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 22, 2013 at 12:14 AM

    You should do a piece on "An Amazin Era" included in the Mets 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition DVD. Made in the late 80s the documentary has rare original broadcast clips, including Lindsey Nelson calling Duke Snider's walk-off homer at the Polo Grounds (6/7/63) and Buddy Harrelson being thrown out at home in the '73 World Series w/ the original NBC broadcast shot.

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    1. AnonymousJanuary 23, 2013 at 1:31 PM

      A link to a guy who collects a little of everything.

      http://people.umass.edu/~ahmintz/index.htm

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