tomorrow is the anniversary of bob welch's world series debut. he relieved terry forster in the 9th inning of game 2 of the 1978 world series with the dodgers leading the yankees 4-3. there was one out and two on when welch entered the game. he got thurman munson to fly out to reggie smith and then struck out reggie jackson to end the game.
here's his 1984 topps tiffany card
there was so much joy in my neighborhood following that strikeout of jackson, and welch's save gave the dodgers a 2-0 lead in the series. unfortunately for me and my friends, the dodgers wound up losing the next four. that was when i really began to understand the "wait 'til next year" mentality.
Not sure if I watched that World Series on tv or not. I would have been six years old... so there is a chance. Anyways... pretty cool that a 21 year old rookie came in and struck out Mr. October.
ReplyDeleteMy knowledge of late 70's/early 80's baseball is pretty limited, so this was new to me.
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