ESPN: This Week In Baseball (7-18-1978)

Source:MLB Productions– New York Yankees announcer Phil Rizzuto.

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“1978-07-18 This Week in Baseball”

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I think this is a photo from a Boston Red Sox game at Fenway Park in 1978. But I don’t know for sure. The video that this photo is from, is not currently available online right now.

Source:MLB Productions– I think this at Fenway Park.

There were a lot of interesting stories about the 1978 MLB season. The World Series was a great one with the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees. The two league championship series were good as well. With the Dodgers having to beat the Philadelphia Phillies and the Yankees having to beat the Kansas City Royals just to get to the MLB World Series.

In 1978, here were new divisional contenders, like the San Francisco Giants in the NL West, the Milwaukee Brewers in the AL East, the Anaheim Angels in the AL West. There was Pete Rose’s 44 game hitting streak, the longest streak of games with at least one hit since Joe DiMaggio in 1941. And of course the never-ending Yankees soap opera involving George Steinbrenner and whoever he saw as a rival to his absolute power in New York. In the late 1970s and 1980s that of course was manager Billy Martin.

There was a lot going on in 1978 making TWIB a very interesting show. Especially with Mell Allen as the host.

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