This month In 1977: New York Yankees star Reggie Jackson becomes “Mr. October” when he blasts 3 HRs on 3 consecutive pitches vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 6 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium!
posted by u/MrUpVoteDownvote · 2026-10-23 00:08 UTC
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2. u/flyingboujanero · 2026-10-23 00:10 UTC
Why did they let him bat three times in a row??
3. u/GaJayhawker0513 · 2026-10-23 00:38 UTC
Shohei was batting behind him
4. u/nohurrie32 · 2026-10-23 00:14 UTC
The straw that stirs the drink, total legend!
5. u/panderson1988 · 2026-10-23 00:30 UTC
I really enjoy the old ABC crew of Keith Jackson, Howard Cosell, and Tom Seaver. I find it cool and unique by today's standards how you have a play by play announcer, a sports journalist/broadcaster, then a color analyst in the booth. That has mostly been phased out since the early 2000s.
Also Keith Jackson when I see these old broadcast was a good play by play baseball announcers. College Football is truly his number 1 sport, but he did a good job calling baseball as well.
6. u/GutterRider · 2026-10-23 00:57 UTC
Yeah, I haven’t really listened to much Cosell as an adult. It’s interesting, him bringing up Jackson’s response to pressure.
7. u/Deinocheirus4 · 2026-10-23 01:00 UTC
Except when Cosell kept talking over his calls
8. u/panderson1988 · 2026-10-23 01:38 UTC
I don't mind. It felt like a natural reaction over some of the robotic calls we seem to have now.
9. u/Confident_Range3376 · 2026-10-23 00:15 UTC
That third homer is absolutely ridiculous. Did that ball go over the black seats?
10. u/munistadium · 2026-10-23 00:26 UTC
No it hit like 55-60% of the way up, I think a bit over a tunnel - then bounced up.
11. u/Confident_Range3376 · 2026-10-23 00:33 UTC
Ah. Still, though, what a bomb.
12. u/ArrivesLate · 2026-10-23 01:19 UTC
475’ is nuts.
13. u/Murky-Tomatillo91 · 2026-10-23 00:13 UTC
“Mattress” pitch. (He laid into it)
14. u/DrHarryWolper · 2026-10-23 01:07 UTC
That's a new one for me!
15. u/Murky-Tomatillo91 · 2026-10-23 01:38 UTC
Mr. October described it as such himself.
16. u/c_c_c__combobreaker · 2026-10-23 00:15 UTC
I always wonder why a team pitches to a player that hot 🔥 in a World Series game. I don't think there was anybody on base. Just walk them or throw them all balls.
17. u/Herlihy-Boy · 2026-10-23 00:23 UTC
That’s what the Angels learned against Barry Bonds. It worked too!
18. u/Confident_Range3376 · 2026-10-23 00:34 UTC
The only time Bonds hit with people on base (Game 3), the game was pretty much out of reach for the Giants.
19. u/Confident_Range3376 · 2026-10-23 00:27 UTC
Nah, the second homer was hit with Willie Randolph on base. It's funny because all of the homers that Reggie hit were on the first pitch of the AB.
20. u/snakeskindubai · 2026-10-23 00:39 UTC
The last one has always been one of my favorite home runs ever. With the camera you can’t quite tell, the announcer originally can’t quite tell, and then you realize it’s one of the longest homers you’ve ever seen