That’s all the fans want to do is — they want to feel a part. Valenzuela was pitching against St. Louis Cardinals' John Tudor. Post-Dispatch photo by J.B. Forbes. Kids born even after Ozzie was inducted into Cooperstown took selfies with the flashy man himself, known for Gold Gloves and a championship ring. (AP Photo), Actor Robert Wagner had a hotdog with all the trimmings as he watches the Los Angeles Dodgers-St. Louis Cardinals playoff game, Oct 10, 1985 in Los Angeles. The parties could not agree on a contract; Smith wanted a $10,000 ($44,930 today) signing bonus, while the Tigers offered $8,500 ($38,190 today). var pfHeaderImgUrl = '';var pfHeaderTagline = '';var pfdisableClickToDel = 0;var pfHideImages = 0;var pfImageDisplayStyle = 'right';var pfDisablePDF = 0;var pfDisableEmail = 0;var pfDisablePrint = 0;var pfCustomCSS = 'https://www.baseball-almanac.com/css/print.css';var pfBtVersion='2';(function(){var js,pf;pf=document.createElement('script');pf.type='text/javascript';pf.src='//cdn.printfriendly.com/printfriendly.js';document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(pf)})(); Do you know how The Wizard started his trademark backflip tradition? His last flip was in 2002 at Cooperstown: “Scraped my knee, messed up a pair of pants,” he recalled. ''I wanted (Dayley) to get to the seventh inning. All rights reserved. ''He's gotten a lot of key hits for us during the year, '' said Lasorda, ''and I thought he was capable of getting another one in that situation.''. “We were actually coming tonight to try to find my son an Ozzie jersey at the game,” Russ Farris of Springfield, Ill., said. (AP Photo), St. Louis Cardinals Ozzie Smith flips in the air, Oct. 12, 1985 in St. Louis as he goes to the field Saturday at the start of the third game in the National League Championship Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. But for that one magic moment 35 years ago in 1985, Ozzie was a wizard with the bat, and made Cardinals nation "go crazy". Smith had his best offensive season this year with a .276 average, 6 homers and 53 runs batted in. The Cardinals maintained the prevailing mood of the home team winning every game of this series. But this is what makes baseball so great. On Oct. 13, 1985, the Cardinals suffered one of the most bizarre injuries in sports history when an automated tarp ran over speedster Vince Coleman. The Reds went down in order in the ninth. Post-Dispatch photo by Gabriel B. Tait Hall of Fame row It worked like we hoped it would, not like I knew it would.''. Post-Dispatch photo by J.B. Forbes, Fourth in the sequence of "Go crazy, folks!" Join our linker program. Ozzie Smith makes a play against the Cubs in 1987. Worrell ultimately retired Mariano Duncan and pitched a perfect eighth inning, too, before yielding to Jeff Lahti, who pitched a perfect ninth and gained the victory. Unleash the power of our game logs database by becoming a Stathead. ... My name is Ryan "Ozzie" Smith and I am a 3rd year CM major. Mizzou's Bledsoe saved the day in win over LSU, Hochman: LeBron James' greatness flirts with GOAT-ness, but his work in hometown makes him heroic, Hochman: Bob Gibson was blessed by the friendship of a preacher and fantasy camp catcher — and vice versa, Full access to STLtoday.com and the award-winning journalism, Faster-loading pages with no more surveys. Where what happened yesterday is being preserved today. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. You hear about living legends — but we don’t always think about them living as legends, forever on. Some defensive statistics Copyright © Baseball Info Solutions, 2010-2020. Go crazy!" Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. (AP Photo), Tom Herr, second baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals, watches the flight of the ball as he slams a single run home run, Oct. 12, 1985, in the second inning of the third game of the National League championship series in St. Louis. The younger Smith was standing in for his father, who was barred by management from performing flips to avoid complicating a shoulder injury. Log in or Activate your account. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Post-Dispatch photo by J.B. Forbes, Ozzie Smith encourages his son O.J., almost 4, as he performs the traditional home-opener flip at Busch Stadium. In the second, they had runners at second and third with one out but McGee struck out and Smith popped up. Here is a collect…, Ozzie Smith of the St. Louis Cardinals reacts to his ninth inning game winning home run Oct.15, 1985. (Post-Dispatch photo by David Carson), Ozzie Smith walks out on to the stage wearing a wig to greet the fans at his National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cooperstown, N.Y. Post-Dispatch photo by Chris Lee.
He gave me a hard time about being in the back of the pack, being one of the young guys. 1 is one of us, except for the fact that, come on, he’s totally not. Do you have a sports website? Oct. 14, 1985---Ozzie Smith's home run in the bottom of the ninth inning beats the LA Dodgers 3-2 and gives the Cardinals a 3-2 lead in the NL Championship series. If you're a Cardinals fan who was alive on that date, there's no doubt you remember exactly where you were. ''It was a great moment for us, '' said Smith. We came out of spring training and nobody gave us a chance of doing anything.''. Copyright 1999- - Broadcaster Jerry Coleman, Ozzie "The Wizard of Oz" Smith Autograph on a 1984 Topps Baseball Card (#130), Ozzie Smith Miscellaneous Items of Interest. I would take a plank and put it between the stacks of wood before they started making the pallets, and that would be my springboard. We present them here for purely educational purposes. But it’s one of those great trademarks to have that will be remembered forever. PHOTO BY J.B. FORBES, Oct. 14, 1985---Ozzie Smith's home run in the bottom of the ninth inning beats the LA Dodgers 3-2 and gives the Cardinals a 3-2 lead in the NL Championship series. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Notifications can be turned off anytime in the browser settings. He then did it on Fan Appreciation Day in ’78, running out to his shortstop position, and again on opening day of ’79. Focus on Sport/Getty Images. Do you have a blog? Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. I have to remind them that I did play baseball, too. I’m one of those guys who has always been busy, and I’ll be busy until the day I die.”. It was a pivotal Game 5 of the 1985 NLCS between the Cardinals and Dodgers at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. Smith is the Gateway PGA Reach President. The Wizard. The visit was prior to the fifth game of the National League playoffs between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Dodgers. "When I turned pro in 1978, my rookie year, we had to run two miles after practice. Smith was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 7, 1978, with the San Diego Padres. Keep up with the latest Cardinals coverage from our award-winning team of reporters and columnists. Dayley induced pinch-hitter Enos Cabell to hit into a double play and, when Dayley got into a two-on, none-out jam in the seventh, hard-throwing rookie Todd Worrell got out of that one. Smith's teammate Tommy Herr pats his chest. Post-Dispatch photo by Odell Mitchell Jr. Ozzie Smith and manager Tony La Russa (in background) endured a contentious 1996 season after La Russa installed Royce Clayton as his regular shortstop and relegated Smith, the future Hall of Famer, to a bench role. We’ve got to go!’ So we got to meet Ozzie — for me, it’s a dream come true.”, Ozzie is 63 now. Ozzie Smith connects for career hit No. Wizardry: Ozzie Smith's top 10 career moments 5/18/2020 at 10:12 PM 5/18/2020 at 10:12 PM After do-over, this legend gets MVP that eluded him All Rights Reserved by Baseball Almanac, Inc.Hosted by Hosting 4 Less. Explaining why he went 3-0 to Sax, Worrell said, ''I was a little bit nervous.'' AP file photo, Ozzie Smith's famous home run during the playoffs in 1985 against the LA Dodgers that was announced by Jack Buck who made the Call: "Go Crazy, folks, go crazy". Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. Many thanks to him. You can cancel at any time. I think StarCraft is the greatest game ever made. It was 25 years ago this week that the Cardinals wrapped up the most exciting series in Cardinals postseason history, beat the Dodgers 4 games…, Editors note: On Oct. 16, 1985, Jack Clark lifted the Cardinals to the World Series with playoff home run over the Dodgers. I’ve been here since 1982 and I sometimes think that everybody in this town has met me at one point or another, but you’d be amazed at the number of people who never had the opportunity to see me in person. No. Hardly a cool day, it was a cool day — it was 6/6, so Phillips 66 honored the greatest ever at position No. Asked what his perspective on a 63-year-old would’ve been while as a player, Ozzie laughed and shared: “That dude is ancient!” He doesn’t flip anymore. (AP Photo/Doug Pizac), Jack Clark of the St. Louis Cardinals watches the flight of his ball after hitting a three-run home run against the Los Angeles Dodgers to win the National League Pennant in Los Angeles, Calif., Oct. 16, 1985.
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