TRANSCRIPT 🔗
WEBVTT
00:00:10.960 --> 00:00:12.640
This is keep buggering on.
00:00:12.800 --> 00:00:15.439
Fair warning, everything you're about to hear is true.
00:00:15.599 --> 00:00:19.440
And this time, some of it might actually make you feel better.
00:00:19.760 --> 00:00:21.920
Senior year, 1985.
00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:23.440
No baseball coach.
00:00:23.679 --> 00:00:24.480
No coach.
00:00:24.719 --> 00:00:25.519
No coach.
00:00:25.679 --> 00:00:27.359
Didn't know if we'd have a season.
00:00:27.600 --> 00:00:28.719
So what happened?
00:00:28.960 --> 00:00:30.800
A football coach raised his hand.
00:00:31.039 --> 00:00:33.039
A football coach for baseball.
00:00:33.280 --> 00:00:34.079
Yes, ma'am.
00:00:34.320 --> 00:00:38.000
That's either a miracle or a very confusing spring.
00:00:38.479 --> 00:00:39.840
A little of both.
00:00:40.479 --> 00:00:43.200
Ralph Terry, Yankees pitcher.
00:00:43.439 --> 00:00:44.880
1960, right?
00:00:45.280 --> 00:00:46.159
World Series.
00:00:46.320 --> 00:00:48.320
Game seven, Pittsburgh.
00:00:48.640 --> 00:00:50.320
Bottom of the ninth, tied.
00:00:50.719 --> 00:00:53.039
Oh, I have an idea where this is going.
00:00:53.359 --> 00:00:56.479
Bill Mazarowski hit a walk-off home run.
00:00:56.719 --> 00:00:59.439
First World Series ever to end on a homer.
00:00:59.840 --> 00:01:01.520
And Terry threw the pitch?
00:01:01.840 --> 00:01:05.760
Terry threw the pitch and gave up the dinger to end the World Series.
00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:07.519
Oh, that's a long winter.
00:01:07.760 --> 00:01:09.599
That's a long two years.
00:01:09.840 --> 00:01:12.400
We're gonna hear about Ralph Terry again.
00:01:12.719 --> 00:01:17.920
He'd warmed up the bullpen five times before they brought him in.
00:01:18.159 --> 00:01:19.200
Five times.
00:01:19.439 --> 00:01:22.799
That's a whole workout before the first pitch.
00:01:23.120 --> 00:01:25.599
And then there's the MVP.
00:01:26.000 --> 00:01:27.359
Bobby Richardson.
00:01:27.599 --> 00:01:30.159
Who played for the Yankees.
00:01:30.400 --> 00:01:32.159
The team that lost.
00:01:32.400 --> 00:01:34.799
The first and last time that's ever happened.
00:01:35.120 --> 00:01:37.680
So he got a trophy for losing?
00:01:37.920 --> 00:01:39.280
He got a Corvette.
00:01:39.840 --> 00:01:40.480
Oh, what?
00:01:41.120 --> 00:01:43.599
A brand new 1960 Corvette.
00:01:43.760 --> 00:01:47.920
Oh, I've lost plenty, but nobody has ever handed me a Corvette.
00:01:48.159 --> 00:01:51.519
Writers had to vote for MVP by the eighth inning.
00:01:51.760 --> 00:01:53.680
Before the game was even over.
00:01:54.079 --> 00:01:56.239
The Yankees were winning at the time.
00:01:56.480 --> 00:01:59.280
And then I'm probably gonna say this wrong.
00:01:59.599 --> 00:02:00.719
Mazarowski.
00:02:02.799 --> 00:02:09.599
The Yankees outscored Pittsburgh 55 to 27 and lost.
00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:11.120
That's baseball.
00:02:11.360 --> 00:02:15.759
The Yankees had three lopsided wins, and the Pirates had four close ones.
00:02:16.080 --> 00:02:20.639
Only MVP ever from the losing side, still.
00:02:20.879 --> 00:02:23.439
Well, Ribby's still the record.
00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:27.439
Second baseman, 5'9, not who you'd pick.
00:02:27.599 --> 00:02:29.120
Not the guy on the poster.
00:02:29.439 --> 00:02:30.960
Mannel was on the poster.
00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:33.360
Bobby was on the field.
00:02:33.680 --> 00:02:38.719
Two years later, 1962, Yankees Giants, game seven again.
00:02:38.960 --> 00:02:42.159
Please tell me they gave the ball to somebody else.
00:02:42.400 --> 00:02:42.960
Nope.
00:02:43.199 --> 00:02:45.120
Ralph Terry got the ball again.
00:02:45.439 --> 00:02:46.479
Of course.
00:02:46.719 --> 00:02:47.599
One and nothing.
00:02:47.840 --> 00:02:48.879
Bottom of the ninth.
00:02:49.039 --> 00:02:49.759
Two outs.
00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:51.759
Runners on second and third.
00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:55.520
I'm sweating, and it's 64 years later.
00:02:55.759 --> 00:02:58.159
The great Willie McCovey at the plate.
00:02:58.400 --> 00:02:59.439
Hall of Famer.
00:02:59.680 --> 00:03:01.120
Smokes a line drive.
00:03:01.280 --> 00:03:03.439
And right at Bobby Richardson.
00:03:03.599 --> 00:03:04.560
The Corvette guy.
00:03:04.719 --> 00:03:05.759
The Corvette guy.
00:03:05.840 --> 00:03:07.520
Right where he was supposed to be.
00:03:07.840 --> 00:03:08.719
Game over.
00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:11.360
Terry wins two of the last three games.
00:03:11.599 --> 00:03:12.960
Series MVP.
00:03:13.439 --> 00:03:15.439
Goat to MVP?
00:03:15.599 --> 00:03:17.360
That's perseverance.
00:03:17.840 --> 00:03:22.639
He said if he'd lost that one, he'd have had to change his identity.
00:03:22.879 --> 00:03:24.080
Ain't that the truth?
00:03:24.319 --> 00:03:28.879
And after baseball, Ralph Terry became a pro golfer?
00:03:29.120 --> 00:03:29.599
Don't.
00:03:29.759 --> 00:03:32.240
I'm just saying he's one of us.
00:03:32.479 --> 00:03:33.439
Not quite.
00:03:33.680 --> 00:03:35.840
Everybody remembers the line dry.
00:03:36.240 --> 00:03:39.520
Nobody remembers where Richardson was standing.
00:03:39.759 --> 00:03:41.680
Exactly where he was supposed to be.
00:03:41.919 --> 00:03:43.360
Unsung heroes.
00:03:43.680 --> 00:03:45.120
Lasting lessons.
00:03:45.759 --> 00:03:47.280
Back to 1985.
00:03:47.439 --> 00:03:48.400
The football coach.
00:03:48.560 --> 00:03:49.759
Coach Oddicki.
00:03:50.319 --> 00:03:51.919
He wasn't a baseball guy.
00:03:52.159 --> 00:03:53.599
So what did he teach you?
00:03:53.919 --> 00:03:54.879
Fundamentals.
00:03:55.120 --> 00:03:57.520
Such as Keep the ball in front of you.
00:03:57.680 --> 00:03:58.560
Eye on the ball.
00:03:58.719 --> 00:04:00.000
Square yourself up.
00:04:00.159 --> 00:04:01.520
All day, every day.
00:04:01.840 --> 00:04:03.919
Did he make you tackle anybody?
00:04:04.159 --> 00:04:05.520
Not on purpose.
00:04:06.400 --> 00:04:07.680
1985.
00:04:07.840 --> 00:04:09.919
I need to know about the uniforms.
00:04:10.159 -->
Load full transcript
00:04:11.520
Not bad for the era.
00:04:11.759 --> 00:04:12.960
Are there pictures?
00:04:13.199 --> 00:04:13.919
Look it up.
00:04:14.080 --> 00:04:15.360
There are pitchers.
00:04:15.599 --> 00:04:18.639
We won the Section 10 title for New York State.
00:04:19.839 --> 00:04:21.360
The team with no coats.
00:04:21.680 --> 00:04:22.879
Onto the state tournament.
00:04:23.199 --> 00:04:24.560
On fundamentals.
00:04:25.439 --> 00:04:27.360
He didn't have to do that.
00:04:27.600 --> 00:04:28.480
No, he didn't.
00:04:28.639 --> 00:04:29.759
Nobody asked him.
00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:31.040
He just showed up.
00:04:31.279 --> 00:04:33.279
Took that to every job I ever had.
00:04:33.680 --> 00:04:34.879
From the Navy on?
00:04:35.199 --> 00:04:37.839
The people who keep the place running aren't the loud ones.
00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:39.600
They're the ones in position.
00:04:39.839 --> 00:04:41.759
Every shop has a Richardson.
00:04:42.079 --> 00:04:45.439
And they almost never get the Corvette.
00:04:45.680 --> 00:04:47.600
You don't need to be the MVP.
00:04:47.759 --> 00:04:50.639
You need to know your role on the team.
00:04:51.040 --> 00:04:53.360
We live in a highlight reel.
00:04:53.600 --> 00:04:55.279
Everybody wants the home run.
00:04:55.439 --> 00:04:58.319
Nobody posed the guy who was in position.
00:04:58.639 --> 00:05:01.360
Now, speaking as a Yankees fan, careful.
00:05:01.600 --> 00:05:05.519
This year's Yankees could have used Coach A teaching fundamentals.
00:05:06.319 --> 00:05:07.199
That's all we're saying.
00:05:08.959 --> 00:05:11.759
Fundamentals don't trend.
00:05:12.160 --> 00:05:13.199
They win.
00:05:13.439 --> 00:05:15.199
The coach who volunteers.
00:05:15.439 --> 00:05:17.360
The teacher who stays late.
00:05:17.600 --> 00:05:19.040
The father that shows up.
00:05:19.360 --> 00:05:20.160
Unsung.
00:05:20.639 --> 00:05:21.680
Everyone.
00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:24.959
My father taught me the same things the coach did.
00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:26.079
And what were they?
00:05:26.319 --> 00:05:27.040
Work hard.
00:05:27.199 --> 00:05:28.160
Keep your head down.
00:05:28.319 --> 00:05:29.519
Keep your mouth shut.
00:05:29.680 --> 00:05:30.720
Pay attention.
00:05:31.040 --> 00:05:34.160
Says the man who hosts a podcast.
00:05:34.480 --> 00:05:35.439
Two out of four.
00:05:35.680 --> 00:05:36.399
Which two?
00:05:36.639 --> 00:05:37.920
Work hard and pay attention.
00:05:38.079 --> 00:05:39.360
I'll take that.
00:05:40.560 --> 00:05:43.920
KBO saw something wearing in that.
00:05:44.480 --> 00:05:47.279
Unsung Heroes Lasting Lessons.
00:05:47.600 --> 00:05:49.040
Wear the Mindset.
00:05:49.439 --> 00:05:52.560
KBO Standard Supply.com.
00:05:53.519 --> 00:05:56.720
And you don't have to look too far for a hero.
00:05:56.959 --> 00:05:58.879
Sometimes he's at second base.
00:05:59.120 --> 00:06:02.560
Sometimes he's a football coach in a baseball cap.
00:06:02.800 --> 00:06:04.720
Sometimes he's at the kitchen table.
00:06:05.040 --> 00:06:06.480
Unsung Heroes.
00:06:06.720 --> 00:06:08.000
Lasting lessons.
00:06:08.319 --> 00:06:09.360
Fundamentals.
00:06:09.600 --> 00:06:13.279
So I want to say something real quick before we leave here.
00:06:13.759 --> 00:06:19.680
So I am a Yankees fan, but this World Series is really good.
00:06:19.920 --> 00:06:25.600
Two small market teams, which is refreshing to see.
00:06:26.800 --> 00:06:28.720
I hope it turns out to be a good one.
00:06:28.879 --> 00:06:33.920
So far, Milwaukee's up to nothing, but let's have a seven-game series.
00:06:34.160 --> 00:06:36.639
Huzzah! We checked.
00:06:36.879 --> 00:06:37.839
It's real.
00:06:38.319 --> 00:06:41.680
You're not going to believe it.
00:06:43.040 --> 00:06:46.399
And until next time, take care of yourself, my friends.
00:06:46.639 --> 00:06:47.680
And one last thing.
00:06:47.839 --> 00:06:51.680
I wish the great Bob Eucher was still here to see this World Series.
00:06:52.399 --> 00:06:53.279
That's it.