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[chris s]

Originally posted by greymule
I recently watched a video of the complete 7th game of the 1965 World Series.
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The year i was born





Unlike the films of the 1950s, it has plenty of shots from the center field camera. Very instructive to see that in 1965 the umpires called strikes on pitches across the chest, several inches higher than the top of even today's "higher" zone.



TVLD has the beaver, Happy days also!!!


Interesting also that checked swings that today would be obvious strikes were routinely called balls and not even appealed to the base umpires. In those days, you really had to take a cut.

....You mean, actually "strike at the ball", love it when kid has bat hanging over the dish for a bunt, pitch is well over his head, I sez..."No, he didn't", crowd erupts...I look dumb and we play on....LOL