I live in Korea and definitely needed some way to feed my inevitable baseball hunger for the upcoming baseball season. The answer came down to a MLB radio feed, or MLB TV. I am quite used to only being able to follow my tigers on a radio feed, but seeing as I am finally earning some of my own money I thought it would be best to spoil myself and purchase the MLB TV package.

Feeling quite antsy and wanting to get some baseball fix sooner rather then later. I ordered the package and looked around to see what it had to offer and that brought me across the archives feature.

I wanted to experience something I had never had the chance to experience and I immediately thought about the 1968 world series featuring my tigers, the eventual victors over the St. Louis Cardinals.

Unfortunately I could not find a video feed, but I was able to listen to legendary broadcaster Ernie Harwell call the game. I grew up listening to Harwell, and to me he is the voice of baseball...the voice I heard in my head when I used to imagine stepping to the plate myself in the majors as a kid.

I never realized how huge the 1968 world series was. The odds seemed to be stacked against the Tigers as well. Bob Gibson was on the mound, trying for his 3rd win of the series. He was also trying to win his 3rd world series game 7. How many pitchers even get to start a game 7, let alone win 1 and Bob Gibson was going for his 3rd. It was also a chance to win 3 games in his 3rd world series. Bob Gibson was clearly the man you wanted in this situation. He was facing Mickey Lolich, also going for his 3rd victory of the series, but only on 2 days rest.

Gibson definitely lived up to the expectations, throwing 6 scoreless innings before allowing 3 runs in the 7th. Unfortunately for him Lolich was up to the task and pitched into the 9th before allowing a run and securing the world series MVP. Lolich faced some of baseballs greatest players in Lou Brock and Roger Maris.

I think the turning point in that game came in the 6th inning. Brock took a massive lead on the lefty Lolich and Lolich went to pick him off as he took off for second. He nearly secured 2nd base, just barely being thrown out. Had he made it, there wouldn't have been just a man on 2nd with no one out, that man would have been Lou Brock. Brock most certainly would have scored, and that may have changed how the 7th inning went.

This game 7 was a great end to a great world series and it also ended up being the last game Roger Maris ever played.