[doug from upland]

30 years ago I was on the couch almost half asleep. Mrs. DFU was in bed asleep because she had to get up very early for work. When Gibson hit it, I jumped off the couch and was scream. She work up, came running out, and thought something was terribly wrong. I just found the Drysdale radio call above, which I had never before heard.

[doug from upland]

CRAZY ENDINGS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj-C5BnwwDI

[CaliforniaCraftBeer]

[So Cal Rocket]

Here’s my favorite part about watching the video of Gibson’s Home Run:

Dodger fans are notoriously famous for leaving games early (getting out of that parking lot is brutal). If you look behind the right field pavilion, just as Vin Scully makes the call, you’ll see the brake lights of a car that is leaving the game. He must have left after the 8th inning assuming Eck was going to do what he had done all season and shut the Dodgers down.

I can imagine what is going on inside that car. “Holy ####, we missed it - one of the greatest moments in baseball history!”

[al baby]

Rick Mondays play to save the flag was the only one better

[BookmanTheJanitor]

Oh, those brake lights :o)

[nicollo]

What a moment that was!! And it crushed the As for the rest of the series.

Oral Hershiser, btw, won the Series MVP — and deserved it.