A big part of the Big Red Machine of the 1970's. Though the 8 players in the field garnered almost all the attention, Gullett was one tough lefty. Man I am old!
Yikes. How long before you start stealing batteries?
BRM is almost a painful memory for me now, mostly because of decades of incompetence in the Reds front office making it clear the Reds will never be a champion again. It was them signing or trading for (I forget) Deion Sanders that finally made me stop watching them altogether.A big part of the Big Red Machine of the 1970's. Though the 8 players in the field garnered almost all the attention, Gullett was one tough lefty. Man I am old!
The Reds lineup lives forever in my head.He was the Red Machine’s ace in the 75 world series vs Louie Tiant and the Red Soc. A series that featured Morgan, Rose, Bench, Griffey and Concepcion against Yaz, Fisk, Rice, Evans, and rookie Freddy Lynn. That was an epic series!
I was 9 years old and was allowed to stay up late each night to watch the series. As lifelong Red Sox fans, my dad and I shared a moment that will never be forgotten.Was in a bar on University watching the '75 World Series thriller with Fisk waving the home run fair. I remember it as a great Series.
He may have been their ace that season, but he did not have a great WS. As for Jim Rice, he was injured and missed the series. (He was a rookie that year too, btw.) It's hard to say what the impact of Rice's absence was as there was no DH allowed in that series and Rice split left field duties with Yaz that season when he wasn't the DH. Yaz had a pretty decent WS, hitting over .300 with no errors in the field.He was the Red Machine’s ace in the 75 world series vs Louie Tiant and the Red Soc. A series that featured Morgan, Rose, Bench, Griffey and Concepcion against Yaz, Fisk, Rice, Evans, and rookie Freddy Lynn. That was an epic series!
The "Armbrister incident" was in Game 3. You all be the judge: Interference or not?Bernie Carbo hit the most forgotten clutch home run of all time, a 3 run shot to tie it in the 8th and set up Fisk's immortal heroics. The saying around Boston after that series was the Red Sox won it 3 games to 4. Seems I recall game 7 was the one with the Ed Armbrister interference controversy.
Wasn’t he pinch hitting as well?Bernie Carbo hit the most forgotten clutch home run of all time, a 3 run shot to tie it in the 8th and set up Fisk's immortal heroics. The saying around Boston after that series was the Red Sox won it 3 games to 4. Seems I recall game 7 was the one with the Ed Armbrister interference controversy.
That was Denny Doyle.I believe in Game 6, George Foster, who was not a good defensive player, threw out a runner at home plate late in the game who tagged up on a short-ish fly ball to LF. In fact I somehow think that fly ball was in foul territory. That extended the game thus setting up the Fisk HR. But in the end the Good Guys took the series.