1929 WS rare footage-A's at Cubs (LINK)

[NOLA]

I do not post often, but this is good stuff...

[David]

Pretty cool.. Thanks

[Burtonbell]

That's awesome! Thanks for posting it! Wrigley looks so different, yet you can see some things that are still there like the brick wall and the poles.

 

How about the bleachers? Wow!

[ToupeeOnFire]

The grandstand looks exactly the same, right down to the ramps to the upper deck. Got to love the crowd too, everybody in hats and overcoats. Great stuff.

[Yeti]

"hack wilson(probably)" rich...

didnt the country go into THE depression right after that?

remind me if the cubs look like they might go to the series, to sell all my stocks and buy gold?

[ConstableRabbit]

Shoot! It's not working for some reason!

[ToupeeOnFire]

The same guy who uploaded this, also uploaded Chicago Bear/Chicago Cardinal footage taken from Wrigley and Comiskey in 1929...

 

 

...as well as 1929 Chicago Blackhawk footage...

 

 

Get a whiff of the past.

[goonys evil twin]

the sound is weak

[Bruce Miles]

"hack wilson(probably)" rich...

didnt the country go into THE depression right after that?

remind me if the cubs look like they might go to the series, to sell all my stocks and buy gold?

 

Yeah, the Stock Market crashed a couple weeks later, triggering the start of the Great Depression. Like those pitching motions!

[wekse]

fantastic stuff right there.

[CoolHandLuke]

Wow. awesome

[Guest]

"hack wilson(probably)" rich...

didnt the country go into THE depression right after that?

remind me if the cubs look like they might go to the series, to sell all my stocks and buy gold?

 

as long as the deficit keeps climbing that's probably a good idea anyway.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Wow, that's pretty cool.

[NOLA]

...you are welcome. I found it and knew I had to share it here. If you search the Cubs on youtube, you can also find clips of Bill Murray calling games. A friend of mine who I stay with in Chicago sometimes posted video once of Deion Sanders with the Reds being heckled all day from the bleachers. Also good stuff.

[NOLA]

the sound is weak

Dude..it's from 1929! Dolby surround sound was not available.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

the sound is weak

Dude..it's from 1929! Dolby surround sound was not available.

 

Can you please re-size your avatar? It's way too big.

[Roast]

AHHHHH ATTACK OF THE KILLER AVATAR.

[OleMissCub]

1) Love the guy with the megaphone shouting things to the audience

 

2) Love how the fans are all roaming around the field following the game.

[soccer10k]

Wow. That was really cool. Thank you.

[NOLA]

the sound is weak

Dude..it's from 1929! Dolby surround sound was not available.

 

Can you please re-size your avatar? It's way too big.

I'll try. I am not the most computer literate.

[circlechange]

1. Too bad it cuts off before we clinch.

 

2. Games must have averaged 90 minutes. The time between pitches to the right-handed batter was 9 seconds!

 

3. Cool to see the bleachers, the grandstand without the backing walls, no tall buildings behind center.

 

4. What are they doing after the game, just walking home across the field? That's crazy.

 

5. I wish wearing hats was still customary.

[GhostRunner]

5. I wish wearing hats was still customary.

"You should have lived in the twenties and thirties, you know men wore hats all the time."

 

"What a bald paradise that must have been!"

 

 

Thanks to the OP for the link. Wonderful, one-of-a-kind treat. My whole family enjoyed watching it.

[Uber]

the sound is weak

Dude..it's from 1929! Dolby surround sound was not available.

 

Can you please re-size your avatar? It's way too big.

I'll try. I am not the most computer literate.

 

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/609/030962uo4.jpg

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/609/030962uo4.jpg

 

Happy Christmas.

[jjgman21]

1927 Yankees - 975 runs scored (155 games)

1929 Cubs - 982 runs scored (156 games)

 

edit - oh by the way, the Cubs HOF, career 126 OPS+ catcher who was at the pinnacle of his career had 27 plate appearances in 1929.

 

who's the real Murderer's Row?

[Balsa]

5. I wish wearing hats was still customary.

AMEN. Those hats are freeekin' awesome.