The Year in Baseball: 1969.

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The Year in Baseball: 1969

1969 – Sesame Street debuted

The Beatles’ last performance together:

1969 -- Off the Field: Popular Music An Aquarian Exposition ?

1969 -- Off the Field: Popular Music An Aquarian Exposition ? Held in White Lake, New York ?

1969 -- Off the Field: Popular Music An Aquarian Exposition ? Held in White Lake, New York ? On Max Yasgur’s dairy farm ?

Woodstock

This song was a hit (again) in ‘69 1969 – Popular Music: This song was written in 1954 and performed by many artists, but Frank Sinatra’s rendition from 1964 is the best known. It had another big upswing in popularity in 1969… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hxibHJOE5E This song was a hit (again) in ‘69

1969 – Way Off the Field: July 20 Apollo 11 lands on the Moon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTBIr65cL_E

1969 – Technology What does this represent ?

1969 – Technology ARPANET – the grand-daddy of the Internet ARPAnet – this is what the “Internet” looked like in 1969 – the first transmissions were made among computers at these universities on October 29, 1969 ARPANET – the grand-daddy of the Internet

1969 – Technology The “jump-jet” (Hawker Harrier) went into service with the RAF in April

1969 -- On the Field: NFL-AFL Championship Game III – the Super Bowl This was the first NFL-AFL championship game to be called the “Super Bowl”, and first won by an AFL team – played at the Orange Bowl on January 12th. “Broadway Joe” Namath and the AFL champ New York Jets upset the NFL’s Baltimore Colts 16-7

1969 -- On the Field: Height of Pitcher’s Mound reduced 1968 – 15 inches max. 1969 - 10 inches max.

Major League baseball added 1969 -- On the Field: Major League baseball added four new teams and began the era of “Division Play”

1969 – On and off the Field “Ball Four” is based on Jim Bouton’s 1969 season with the Seattle Pilots and Houston Astros. Some quotes: “Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?” “It never hurts to apologize, especially when you don’t mean it.” “I can still remember Pete Rose on the dugout steps screaming at me, ‘F*** you, Shakespeare’ ” “Never forget Doubleday’s First Law of Baseball – if you throw a fastball with insufficient speed, someone will smack it out of the park with a stick.” “A ballplayer spends a good piece of his life gripping a baseball, and in the end it turns out it was the other way around all the time.”

1969 -- On the Field: Appeared in first Major League game Micky Mantle, Carlton Fisk, Ron Blomberg, Jerry Reuss Announced his retirement at age 37 “ If it stays fair … home run!! ” Designated Hebrew Bob Gibson said of this pitcher and Steve Carlton, “With their 500 wins we might have won a few more pennants …”

League Most Valuable Players: 1969 -- On the Field: League Most Valuable Players: Willie McCovey 45 HR, 126 RBI Harmon Killebrew 49 HR, 140 RBI

Cy Young Award Winners: 1969 -- On the Field: Cy Young Award Winners: Had a tie in Cy Young voting in the AL. First and only time there were three Cy Young winners! Made a change to voting procedures in 1970 to prevent in future. Tom Seaver 25 – 7 2.21 ERA Mike Cuellar 23 – 11 2.38 ERA Denny McLain 24 – 9 2.80 ERA

1969 -- On the Field: Final Regular Season Standings 1969 National League Team Standings East Wins Losses GB ** Mets ** 100 62 - Cubs 92 70 8 Pirates 88 74 12 Cardinals 87 75 13 Phillies 63 99 37 Expos 52 110 48 West ** Braves ** 93 69 Giants 90 72 3 Reds 89 73 4 Dodgers 85 77 Astros 81 41 1969 American League Team Standings East Wins Losses GB ** Orioles ** 109 53 - Tigers 90 72 19 Red Sox 87 75 22 Senators 86 76 23 Yankees 80 81 28 1/2 Indians 62 99 46 1/2 West ** Twins ** 97 65 Athletics 88 74 9 Angels 71 91 26 Royals 69 93 28 White Sox 68 94 29 Pilots 64 98 33

1969 World Series “The Miracle Mets” vs. “The Lumber Company” The Mets and the Orioles both swept their LCS series and advanced to the World Series. “The Miracle Mets” vs. “The Lumber Company”

1969 World Series – key Orioles Maury Wills Ron Fairly Wes Parker Mickey Mantle hit 37 homers to lead the AL. He also led the league in triples, walks, and SLG. Mgr. Earl Weaver Don Drysdale Sandy Koufax Claude Osteen

1969 World Series – key Mets Tony Oliva Camilo Pasqual Mickey Mantle hit 37 homers to lead the AL. He also led the league in triples, walks, and SLG. Camilo Pasqual

1969 World Series Games 3,4,5 – Shea Stadium https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2DRdoM7tmU