Description: American League East one-game playoff: Red Sox vs Yankees at Fenway Park. Announcers Keith Jackson and Don Drysdale. Starting pitchers Mike Torrez and Ron Guidry. New York lineup: Mickey Rivers, Thurman Munson, Lou Piniella, Reggie Jackson, Graig Nettles, Chris Chambliss, Roy White, Brian Doyle, Bucky Dent. Boston lineup: Carl Yastrzemski, Fred Lynn, Jim Rice, Jack Brohamer, Rick Burleson, Jerry Remy, George Scott, Carlton Fisk, Butch Hobson. Game through top of fourth inning, Boston leads 1-0. (Yankees won championship 5-4…not on this tape.)
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/02/1978
Description: Red Sox at Spring training in Florida. Opens with a reporter voice over with a black image about the different drills that are done in spring training. Interview with a man about pitcher Rick Wise who wants to be traded. Voice over with black image about different players, followed by an interview with Carl Yastrzemski about how he stays in shape and his age. B-roll of Red Sox players, including Yastrzemski, running around the field. Zoom into a man in outfield. Footage of different drills, pitching, and throwing the ball. Reporter voiceover with black image followed by interview with Jim Willoughby. Footage of players hitting and pitching, followed by Yastrzemski hitting. Reporter voiceover with black image. Mix of sound and wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/02/1978