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00:00Well you're going to start
00:01celebrating again in Pittsburgh
00:03very shortly for all kinds of
00:07stuff is going to break loose
00:08here in Cincinnati in this
00:09ballpark and around town a one
00:13two pitch.
00:26They had him there with one out
00:28now they're two down.
00:30Here's the 1-1 pitch.
00:31Into the dead.
00:32In touch to put it when he won.
00:34He won't win the tennis.
00:36Cincinnati has.
00:37The action was equally heated
00:38in the American League playoff
00:40between Oakland and Detroit.
00:42Campanaris has had quite a day.
00:43Three hits, three times up.
00:45Stolen two bases, scored two runs.
00:49They're short enough of the
00:49corners on him and he is hit by a
00:52pitch ball.
00:53He's going to be in trouble.
00:55That was game two and Campanaris
00:57was suspended for the remaining
00:59three contests as the playoff was
01:01extended to the five game limit.
01:02In game five, Oakland A's manager
01:05Dick Williams chose a daring piece of
01:07strategy for a key situation.
01:09love to get green here so they can start off with
01:12Odom and the next.
01:14The runners are going and free and throws through.
01:16Here comes Jackson on the way home and he is
01:18third for 10 to 1.
01:21And Jackson is hurt.
01:23Reggie Jackson's steal of home tied the score and
01:26paved the way for an Oakland victory.
01:28But Jackson suffered a severe hamstring injury.
01:31Without their star slugger in the lineup, the A's winning run was
01:35knocked in by a 225 hitter, Gene Tennis, a name that would be
01:40heard again and again as the Oakland A's meet the Cincinnati Reds in
01:45the 1972 World Series.
02:15The 1972 World Series is brought to you by your local bottler of Coca-Cola in association with
02:37Major League Baseball a record crowd of almost 53,000 jams into Cincinnati's
02:50Riverfront Stadium for the World Series opener.
02:54World Series host Commissioner Bowie Kuhn welcomes Cincinnati
02:58Executive Vice President and General Manager Bob Housen, Reds President Frank
03:02Dale and National League President Chubb Feeney.
03:05The most disappointed man in the stadium, no question about it.
03:10Reggie Jackson, sidelined for the entire World Series.
03:15Gary Nolan, 15 and 5 on the year, gets the opening game assignment on the mound for
03:20the National League champions.
03:22A's catcher Gene Tennis faces Nolan with two out and one on in the second inning.
03:28Gene Tennis, only one for 17 in the playoffs against Detroit.
03:38Homers in his first World Series at bat to propel Oakland to a two to nothing lead.
03:45The last time Oakland starter Ken Holzman pitched in Riverfront Stadium, he hurled a
03:49no hitter for the Chicago Cubs.
03:51But singles by Bench and Perez, plus a walk to Menke, place him in a bases loaded jam in
03:56the bottom of the second.
04:00Dave Concepcion beats the attempt at an ending-ending double play, and Johnny Bench scores to cut
04:05the A's lead in half.
04:06Oakland has speed, personified by American League base-stealing king, Campy Campanaris.
04:15But the Reds have the human shotgun in the National League's most valuable player, Johnny Bench.
04:20Oakland relies on his pitchers to minimize the Cincinnati running game.
04:32Here, Holzman's slick pickoff move traps Bobby Toland.
04:38The Reds not the game at two all in the bottom of the fourth, and Gene Tennis comes up for his
04:43second series of bat in the top of the fifth.
04:45Tennis, with but five home runs all season, sets a series record with roundtrippers his
04:54first two times up, and the A's regained the lead.
04:58He couldn't get ahead of me, then he threw me a breaking ball, which he made a mistake,
05:01and I did it again.
05:03I was fortunate enough to hit a home run.
05:04The first home run was probably the biggest thrill.
05:07Of course, being here is probably my biggest thrill, I have to say that.
05:11Holzman nurses a three to two lead, with Johnny Bench leading off the bottom of the
05:15sixth.
05:32Manager Dick Williams wastes no time going to ace reliever Raleigh Fingers, and Fingers
05:36proves to be the right man at the right time.
05:45In the bottom of the seventh, Gene Tennis called for a pitch out, with Dave Concepcion running.
05:52Tennis' throw right on the money, and he explains the timely strategy.
05:56I felt that we had one strike on you, Ender, at the time, and I just felt that, you know,
06:03they may be running, and I saw Concepcion get a little bigger lead than normal, so I took
06:08a gamble, and consequently, I called the pitch out, and I was able to throw the man out.
06:13That's his story.
06:15Dave Concepcion claims that Caponaris never touched him.
06:18Umpire Malesteiner signals that Concepcion was tagged on the helmet, but Concepcion disagrees.
06:25Don Palmer make a mistake, you know, he say, take me in the helmet.
06:30I never feel nothing in my head, you know, and he say he take me in the head.
06:35Let's take another look at this controversial play from ground level as Caponaris attempts
06:42to apply the tag.
06:44Okay, now, you call it.
06:54Pete Rose draws a walk, and the A's call on by the blue for relief.
06:59The 1971 Cy Young Award winner successfully smokes the Reds out to gain a save,
07:05and Oakland nails down game one of the 1972 World Series.
07:14Another record-breaking crowd for game two welcomes Jackie Robinson in pregame ceremonies.
07:23Thank you very much, Commissioner.
07:26I would just like to say that I was really just a spoke in the wheel of the success that we had some 25 years ago.
07:34I would like to also say that it would be a real, real pleasure if Mr. Rickey could have been here with us today,
07:41but to the members of the family, my entire love and gratitude for the things that he's done over the years.
07:47And I also want to say how pleased I am that my family can be here this afternoon,
07:52and to thank baseball for the tremendous opportunities that it has presented to me,
07:58and also for this thrilling afternoon.
08:00I'm extremely proud and pleased to be here this afternoon,
08:04but must admit I'm going to be tremendously more pleased and more proud
08:09when I look at that third base coaching line one day and see a black face managing in baseball.
08:14Thank you very much.
08:15Thank you very much.
08:22Red starter Ross Grimley faces his counterpart, Catfish Hunter, in the second inning.
08:29Pete Rose unleashes a strong throw, but the speed of George Hendrick accounts for the first run of the day.
08:34Captain Harris follows with a carbon copy, and Rose's arm has put the test again.
08:46Same play, different result.
08:48Dick Green loses the race, and Johnny Bench applies the tag.
08:53On the replay, Rose cuts it loose on the fly to home plate.
09:04Dick Green is out by ten feet, and Oakland has only one run to show for five singles in the first two innings.
09:15Johnny Bench singles, Tony Perez walks to open the bottom of the second against Hunter.
09:20But the A's twenty-one game winner is tough in the clutch, as he fans Dennis Menke,
09:41Cesar Geronimo,
09:43and Ross Grimsley to escape the perils of the big red machine.
09:52Oakland's leading hitter, Joe Rudy, faces Grimsley in the third.
10:00And there it goes.
10:02And Joe Rudy's blast stretches the A's lead to two to nothing.
10:05He's been pitching me away, mostly fastballs the whole time, and I had a feeling he might try to come in and jam me with a fastball.
10:12A lot of left-handers try to jam me with two strikes on you, and he got the ball up and a little bit more over the plate, and I think he wanted it.
10:18And it was one of those pitches where he's got the meat part of the bat on it.
10:21In Rudy's next at bat, the second series controversy erupts as he fouls off a bun attempt against reliever Pedro Borbon.
10:30The Reds claim the ball struck him outside of the batter's box.
10:33I want you to ask him.
10:36You ask him?
10:37I want you to ask him.
10:39The ball never hit him.
10:40No, no ball ball.
10:41He was hit two feet, he had one foot in the batter's box hit, Sparky.
10:44How many he had?
10:45One.
10:46He had one, he started to go out, and one was still in the batter's box when the ball came up and hit him.
10:51You know Jim?
10:52Yes, huh?
10:53You might be right.
10:54Oh no, I'm just telling him.
10:57Catfish Hunter carries his shutout into the ninth inning.
10:59And the A's defensive platoon, including Mike Hegan at first, is on the field.
11:05Tony Perez's leadoff single pumps life in the Cincinnati hearts, with Dennis Menke coming up next.
11:14He tags that one.
11:17And Joe Rudy makes an unbelievable catch, and Perez has to hustle back the first.
11:24And now a second look at the catch that ranks among the most spectacular in World Series history.
11:34Rudy leaps, and makes the grab backhanded, while bracing himself against the wall.
11:40On the way down, his glove turns, you can see the ball showing through the back of the Webby.
11:44An absolutely fantastic play that they'll be talking about for years to come.
11:50Now here's another look at that play, where Joe Rudy himself explained.
11:54When I first went to the outfield, Joe DiMaggio was a coach with us, and working every day during spring training on learning how to turn your back to the ball when it's hit, going to the wall, and turning back into the ball.
12:04It's a little tough because you have to take a step to your left and come back into the ball, and it just takes a lot of practice, and I think he was one of the greats at this, and he taught me most of it.
12:15A thankful Dick Williams turns his thoughts to Cesar Geronimo.
12:20Mike Hegan stabs Geronimo's sizzler and records the second out with a second defensive gem of the inning.
12:26Now the Reds trail by a single run.
12:46Wally Fingers takes over the control.
12:51And the A's hold on and head for Oakland with a two-game lead, while the Reds realize that no team has ever dropped the first two at home and recovered to win.
13:08Heavy rain drenched the Bay Area for a solid week, and all the hopes and wishes of American League President Joe Cronin and Commissioner Bowie Kuhn could not deter the weatherman from reaching up his trick sleeve.
13:20For one more storm at game time.
13:24In marked contrast to the previous night, blue skies were present on Wednesday.
13:29Helicopters helped to dry out the field, and the ground rules were reviewed in depth.
13:34If the ball is on the field, it's in play. If it goes in, it's dead.
13:37I said it must go in the dugout. It's in there, it's dead.
13:41Outfield, the fences beyond, must go out of the ballpark.
13:44If it hits the front of this, it's in play, but if it's in here, it's dead.
13:47If you didn't have a ground rule here before.
13:48Well, who's out to find that dugout up there then?
13:50The ball's in play, if you see it. If it goes inside, it's dead.
13:53When the two boys in the back of that little field, the ball goes in there, it's out of play.
13:57The ball must go in the stand for it to be dead.
13:59The bullpen's the same, the tarp is the same, the dugout is the same.
14:03Easy. No, no problem at all.
14:05Do you find it that confusing?
14:07The ground rules were no more confusing than Jack Billingham.
14:09A 500 pitcher during the season, Billingham had the A's baffled in the early going.
14:18In the third, Pete Rose works Blue Moon Odom for a walk with two down.
14:25Rose pressures Gene Tennis into a throwing error and gallops on the third.
14:29Rose on the third.
14:38But Dick Green comes to the rescue on Joe Morgan's bid for a base hit.
14:41In the fifth, the Reds continue to run on tennis as Geronimo takes off.
14:59But Odom strikes out the side to maintain the scoreless tie.
15:04Odom has a one hitter after six, but Tony Perez opens the seventh with a single.
15:14Minky sacrifices Perez to second, setting the scene for the most unusual play of the series.
15:24Cesar Geronimo singles to center.
15:29And Tony Perez heads for home.
15:38Perez scores in spite of that king-sized flop between third and home.
15:42And the replay shows what happened.
15:45Geronimo's hit is slowed down by the wet outfield racks.
15:49Center fielder George Hendrick picks it up, makes that casual underhand throw into Campy Caponeras
15:54just as Perez hit the deck.
15:57Caponeras, back to the plate, misses the opportunity to cash in on Perez's misfortune.
16:03I don't see Perez fall down, so I don't hear anybody to say anything, so I don't know what I throw.
16:10The Perez caper gives the Reds their first lead of the series one to nothing in game three.
16:14Vida Blue relieves Blue Moon Odom and faces Pete Rose in the eighth.
16:22And Dick Green chalks up his second brilliant fielding play of the night.
16:26Bobby Toland singles following a walk to Joe Morgan.
16:30And Raleigh Fingers makes his third series appearance.
16:34Toland steals second without drawing a throw.
16:37And that brings Dick Williams out of the dugout for one of his frequent strategy sessions.
16:45Raleigh Fingers reveals the substance of the discussion.
16:48He pointed to the contact circle.
16:50He pointed to first base as if we were going to walk him.
16:53And he told me we were going to have Geno stand up.
16:56And it looked like there was going to be an intentional walk.
16:58And Geno would jump back down to the catcher's box and we pitched to him.
17:02Williams, he wanted me to throw a break and pitch.
17:03He specifically said throw a slider and not a fastball.
17:07We threw a slider on the outside part of the play for a call strike three.
17:10Johnny Bench talks about the ploy from his point of view.
17:13Just as fingers went into the windup or into his stretch, I heard Joe hollered be alert.
17:19So I got halfway ready and he just made a great pitch on me.
17:22An Academy Award performance strikes out Bench.
17:25But the A's are still scoreless in the bottom of the ninth.
17:28And Clay Carroll methodically wraps up Billingham shutout package
17:31and the Cincinnati Reds win game three in Oakland.
17:41The fourth consecutive sellout crowd en route to the second biggest series attendance in history.
17:48Fills the Oakland Coliseum for game four.
17:51The visiting team has won the first three contests.
17:54And the Bay Area fans are hopeful that trend can be reversed tonight
17:56with first game winner Ken Holtzman on the mound.
18:03Bench is single since Tolan the third as the Reds mount a threat on the first inning.
18:11Bench is running.
18:13But tennis holds onto the ball to preclude the possibility of a double steal.
18:17Holtzman fans Perez to end the inning.
18:22Cincinnati starter Don Gullitt keeps the A's at bay with help from third baseman Dennis Menke and shortstop Dave Concepcion.
18:37Gene Tenis faces Gullitt in the fifth.
18:57Gene Tenis faces Gullitt in the fifth.
19:02With the Oakland defense holding on against the reckless running of the Reds, Holtzman
19:12claims to a 1-0 lead.
19:24Dave Concepcion opens the Reds 8 with an infield hit.
19:33With two down, Vida Blue makes his third relief appearance and issues a walk to Joe Morgan.
19:43Morgan is running, and Bobby Toland lines it into the right field corner.
19:53Concepcion and Morgan score on the double, and the Reds take the lead 2-1.
20:01Oakland manager Dick Williams calls on his bench in the bottom of the ninth, with Pedro Borbon
20:06pitching for Cincinnati.
20:08Gonzalo Marquez has a pinch hit through the middle.
20:14He's replaced at first by speedster Alan Lewis, and Sparky Anderson comes to the mound.
20:23Nobody hurt.
20:24Nobody hurt.
20:25The only one thing you've got to do is you've got to make this guy stop over there.
20:28All right.
20:29You don't have to throw over.
20:30I don't want you throwing over.
20:31Just make him stop.
20:32Just hold him.
20:33Let's go to work.
20:34With Gene Tennis at the plate, Borbon becomes flustered.
20:37He forgets his manager's instructions, tries a pick-off move, and then falls behind Tennis
20:422-1.
20:43And this time Sparky's out with the hook.
20:46All right, Petey.
20:48It's a hell of a job.
20:49I'm going to bring in the hook.
20:50Hell of a job.
20:51Good morning.
20:52He's up to Russ, and he wants to get rid of the ball quick.
20:53Well, I'll tell you.
20:54After I just came out and told him not to throw over the first, he throws over.
20:55He's losing his concentration.
20:56The hook will be fine.
20:57Hawk.
20:58We've got two balls, one strike, and we've got plenty of room.
21:01All I want you to do is hold him.
21:02I don't want you to throw over anything.
21:03I don't want you to throw over anything.
21:04Just hold it.
21:05He ain't going to run it.
21:06Just give him a part.
21:07Two balls, one strike.
21:08Clay Carroll tries to lock it up for the big red machine.
21:13The ball is the ball.
21:14He's losing his concentration.
21:15He's losing his concentration.
21:16Hawk will be fine.
21:17Hawk.
21:18We've got two balls, one strike.
21:19We've got plenty of room.
21:20All I want you to do is hold him.
21:21I don't want you to throw over anything.
21:22Just hold him.
21:23He ain't going to run it.
21:24Just give him a par.
21:25Two balls, one strike.
21:26Clay Carroll tries to lock it up for the big red machine.
21:28Reds have softball Tom Hall ready, but Anderson decides to stick with Clay Carroll as left-handed
21:46pinch hitter Don Mincher comes up.
21:51With the game tied and a potential winning run on third, the mustachioed marvel Dick Williams
22:10selects his third pinch hitter of the inning.
22:12A new World Series record.
22:14And who can knock it?
22:16Angel Manguel faces Clay Carroll.
22:19Three pinch hitters, three base hits.
22:40And Dick Williams' Oakland A's pulling out to go two up.
22:44And wouldn't they just love to win the championship tomorrow in front of their home fans?
22:48No Bay Area team has ever captured a championship in any sport.
22:57And the Oakland fans are in a mood to celebrate.
23:00Their colorfully attired heroes are just one game away from baseball's world championship.
23:06And the whole world is beautiful today.
23:09Even the umpires would have to agree that things are looking good.
23:13Pete Rose leads off game five against Catfish Hunter.
23:17The A's owe their success to their efforts in stifling the top of the Reds batting order.
23:22Rose, Morgan and Tolan are four for forty-four so far in the series.
23:25The Rose belts the first pitch of the game over the wall.
23:32Only his second hit.
23:34And the Reds jump off to a mighty quick one run advantage.
23:37Cincinnati starter Jim McLaughlin's in trouble in the second.
23:42With two on.
23:43And Gene Tennis up.
23:49It's his fourth home run of the series.
24:04And it puts his name in the record book next to Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Hank Bauer and Duke Snyder.
24:11Dennis Menke faces Hunter in the Reds fourth.
24:14Dennis Menke.
24:15And like Pete Rose, Menke's home run is only his second hit of the series.
24:23But it brings the Reds back to within one run at three to two Oakland.
24:29Gonzalo Marquez gets the nod from Dick Williams to do his instant pinch hit act against Pedro Borbon in the fourth.
24:40Salvando scores and it's now Oakland four and Cincinnati two.
24:44But the A's blow a chance for the beginning as Bench hangs tennis up on a missed squeeze play.
24:56Bobby Toland comes up with two out.
24:58Joe Morgan on first in the top of the fifth inning.
25:09Morgan scores all the way from first on Toland's single and the A's lead is sliced four to three.
25:13The next time Morgan reaches base in the eighth inning,
25:16Raleigh Fingers devotes some effort to keeping him in check.
25:22But Joe Morgan is not easily discouraged.
25:24And he steals second with ease.
25:33Fingers relieving for the fifth time turns his attention to Bobby Toland.
25:43And here comes Joe Morgan to score and tie the game at four to four.
25:52In the night, Cesar Geronimo leads off for the Reds with a bouncing single through the hole.
25:58Ross Grimsley gets set to sacrifice.
26:05Sal Bando yells, let it drop to Raleigh Fingers with a double play in mind.
26:10But the plan backfires and it takes an acrobatic play by Ted Kubiak to retire Grimsley as Geronimo moves to scoring position.
26:17Or as Dick Williams put it.
26:19We didn't plan it that way.
26:21Now Pete Rose.
26:24And he singles Geronimo home.
26:26And the Reds take a one run lead.
26:28Going to the bottom of the ninth inning.
26:30Oakland skipper Dick Williams looks to duplicate the last ditch magic of the previous day.
26:36With Blue Moon Odom running for Gene Tennis and Dave Duncan pitch hitting.
27:01Campanera steps in with only one out.
27:03Runners on first and third.
27:25Odom attempting to score on a short pop fly foul is out.
27:29Morgan the bench.
27:30And the game is over.
27:32On the replay, Blue Moon Odom comments.
27:35I think it was a good gamble because Morgan was going back and he was playing the ball off banners.
27:40Plus the turf was wet and I gave it a try and I thought I was in.
27:44But actually I was out the umpire.
27:46It was a close play.
27:47It was a good gamble.
27:48But Johnny Bench had the play blocked.
27:50Odom loses his gamble and it's back to Cincinnati for game six.
27:54Never mindful that they lost seven straight home games in World Series play.
28:02The Reds are still very happy indeed to make that long trip back home.
28:06And speaking of traveling.
28:07Hope the manager Dick Williams gets around pretty well himself.
28:10By the blue gets a start after three relief outings and the game remains scoreless into the fourth inning.
28:28And the game remains scoreless into the fourth inning.
28:38Gary Nolan calls on Pete Rose and Bobby Toland.
28:56To protect his one run margin in the fifth.
29:09But this shot by Dick Green is off the wall and Sal Bando streaks home with a tying run.
29:15Al McRae faces blue in the reds fifth.
29:28Al McRae takes third in an infield out and Dave Concepcion delivers the tiebreaker.
29:44With two down in the Cincinnati sixth.
30:00Bobby Toland sends Vita Blue to the showers.
30:02Bob Locker comes on to try and keep it close.
30:12Toland pays he to the scoreboard's appeal.
30:14And now let's follow the bouncing ball.
30:18Following a walk to bench the series leading hitter Tony Perez comes through again.
30:32Pedro Borbon works on Angel Manguel on the top of the seventh.
30:55Hell of a job Peter.
30:57But he's going to have to bring his other catcher Duncan in here.
31:00Sparkey Anderson has specific instructions for bench and new relief man Tom Hall.
31:06The only reason Mitch has got him over there is a good low ball hitter.
31:09And I'm going to make him bring up that other catcher Duncan.
31:12Duncan is a fastball hitter.
31:15Low fastball.
31:16Low fastball.
31:18Tommy you know Duncan.
31:19Low fastball hitter.
31:21Right?
31:22Hall follows Sparkey's advice and fans Duncan with a high fastball.
31:30The Reds return to the running game in the home seventh.
31:34This time it's Dave Concepcion with a fan.
31:37Pete Rose receives an intentional walk.
31:42And with two out.
31:43It's up to Joe Morgan.
31:51Dave Hamlin is finding that third out is tough to come by with Bobby Tolan up now.
32:10Here's Joe Horland looking for that elusive inning ending out.
32:17Cesar Geronimo knocks in two more runs and a big red machine finally explodes with a resounding eight to one victory.
32:26It's the first time a 1972 World Series game has not been decided by a one run margin.
32:41victory it's the first time a 1972 World Series game has not been decided by a
32:48one-run margin and the scene is set now for a seventh game showdown heavy skies
32:56and a light rain threaten the final game but it doesn't dampen the enthusiasm
33:00for baseball Riverfront Stadium is bulging at the seams with a capacity
33:04crowd that includes 5,000 standees and the weather picture brightens by game
33:09time the Reds third game stopper Jack Billingham gets the starting
33:14assignment with one down on the A's first Angel Manduel lines to center Bobby
33:19Toland misjudges the ball and it rolls all the way to the fence
33:31the slow-motion replay shows Toland still had a chance to make the catch but the
33:37ball glances off the top of his glove for a three-base error
33:44Manguel remains on third as Billingham faces that man again Gene Tennis with two
33:50out
33:54the ball takes a high hop bounces off Menke's glove and the A's grab an early one to
34:00nothing lead the replay shows the second bounce lands squarely on a scene in the
34:07after turf causing an erratic hop and Tennis has a run producing single
34:19blue moon Odom silences the Cincinnati bats for the first three innings with a new battery mate Dave
34:24Duncan Tennis is playing first in the revamped Oakland lineup in the fourth Joe Morgan walks and Odom pays special attention to keeping him honest
34:34the ever-daring Morgan takes off anyway but this time Dave Duncan guns him down
34:41the ever-daring Morgan takes off anyway but this time Dave Duncan guns him down
34:49in the home fifth Tony Perez collects his tenth hit of the series
34:56Odom exits after walking Geronimo and going two and one on Concepcion
35:00catfish hunter completes the free walk and the bases are now loaded for hell mccrae
35:19and the bases are now loaded for Hal McRae.
35:34Pedro Bourbon takes over with a score tied at one-to-one,
35:37but Campaneras greets him with a single to open the Oakland sixth.
35:42Two outs later, Camp is on third with Gene Tennis up.
35:48Campaneras scores a tie-breaking run as Tennis pulls in a second with a double.
35:55Gene Tennis departs for pinch runner Alan Lewis,
35:58but not before he sets a new seven-game slugging mark
36:01and puts the most valuable player award under Lock and Key.
36:05Mando's blast bounces off the fence as Toland goes down,
36:20and the A's now have a three-to-one advantage.
36:26Bobby Toland might have had a chance for the catch if he didn't fall.
36:30The replay clarifies the picture.
36:34As Toland moves back in the ball,
36:36it appears he has a 50-50 chance of catching up with it.
36:40Now watch his left leg.
36:43Just as he reaches the edge of the warning track,
36:46he suddenly clutches for the back of his left leg,
36:49and it gives out on him.
36:51An untimely hamstring pull.
36:53Any chance to retire, Bando goes with it.
36:58Catfish Hunter keeps the scoreboard status quo into the eighth inning.
37:02Pete Rose leads off.
37:04Enter southpaw Ken Holtzman to pitch to Joe Morgan.
37:13And again, Raleigh fingers for his sixth appearance in seven games.
37:36And when Johnny Bench is intentionally walked,
37:39it puts the potential winning run on the base pass.
37:43A risk Dick Williams will have to live with all his life
37:47if Tony Perez comes through for Cincinnati.
37:51With Dennis Menke up, bench breaks for second,
38:11and the A's concede the base to stop the double steal attempt
38:14that could tie it all up.
38:16Minkie's short fly ends the rally.
38:21It all comes down to the bottom of the ninth in game seven,
38:26and as the final out of the 1972 World Series settles
38:29in Joe Rudy's glove,
38:31the Oakland A's are the world champions of baseball.
38:35You do so,
38:40you do so,
38:44you do so.
38:45It's my heart,
38:50you do.
38:51You do so,
38:53you do so.
38:55It's a big one,
38:56right?
38:58You do so.
39:03Come to me, sweet Marie, sweet Marie, come to me, not because your face is fell out to see, but your soul so pure and sweet makes my happiness complete.
39:27Makes me falter at your feet, sweet Marie.
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