About this episode

This episode features a recreated radio broadcast of a pivotal baseball game between the California Angels and Boston Red Sox from July 27, 1967.

What a difference a year makes. From finishing second-last in the American League, the Boston Red Sox are sitting just one-and-a-half games behind the White Sox after the All-Star break. Their midweek series against the third-placed California Angels is another “must-win” series in the chase for their first pennant since 1946. The Angels are chasing just as hard, looking to show that the expansion team has just as much right to the top spot as legacy franchises like the Red Sox. A look down the rosters for both teams brings up players who are going to write themselves into the history books; you have rookie relief pitcher Sparky Lyle, who’ll take a Cy Young in 1977, two Gold Gloves with the Angels, Jim Fregosi and Bobby Knoop, and a certain Carl Yastrzemski. Yaz is on course to grab the Triple Crown in 1967, which would remain a feat unmatched in the league until Miguel Cabrera in 2012, and post 3,308 appearances while joining the 3,000-hit club over a 23-year career with the Red Sox. For this afternoon, it’s not only the third deciding game in the series, it’s two contenders chasing for the pennant, and no quarter will be offered. Ewan Spence and the Classic Baseball Radio team…

People in this episode

Host: Ewan Spence

Topics covered

• 1967 baseball season
• Boston Red Sox
• California Angels
• pennant race
• historical baseball broadcast

Keywords

• Boston Red Sox
• California Angels
• Sparky Lyle
• Carl Yastrzemski
• Triple Crown
• 1967 baseball

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: California Angels, Boston Red Sox

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