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YOUR LOCAL NEWS.
FOR THE FIRST TIME HERE AT
FENWAY PARK, THE FANS HERE IN
BOSTON GET TO WITNESS HERE AT
HOME A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
CLINCHING VICTORY.
UEHARA GETTING THE FINAL OUT ON
A STRIKEOUT AT THE END OF A 6-1
RED SOX WIN.
AND NOW THE CELEBRATION HAS
MOVED INSIDE FOR BOSTON INTO
THEIR CLUBHOUSE.
AND FOR MY PARTNER FOR 18 YEARS,
HE WAS PREPARING FOR THIS HIS
FINAL GAME.
AS IT TURNED OUT IN THIS 2013
WORLD SERIES.
TIM McCARVER, THE HALL OF FAMER,
HIS THOUGHTS AS HE LOOKS BACK
OVER A GREAT CAREER BOTH ON THE
FIELD AND IN THE BOOTH FROM
FENWAY.
♪♪
>> WHEN DO MOMENTS IN LIFE
BECOME MEMORIES?
I'M NOT SURE BUT MAYBE IT STARTS
WITH A FLUTTER IN YOUR HEART OR
A GASP IN YOUR THROAT AND ENDS
WITH JUST THE HINT OF A TEAR IN
YOUR MIND'S EYE.
MAYBE IT'S THE MAGIC OF OCTOBER.
BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO
BASEBALL, I HAVE NEVER FELT MORE
MOMS TO REMEMBER THAN IN THE
WORLD SERIES.
MY FIRST BEHIND THE PLATE WAS IN
1964.
I FELT THE RADIATING POWER OF
MICKEY MANTLE EVERY TIME I CAME
TO BAT.
EVEN WITH HIS ADVANCED STAGE.
I COULD HEAR HIM GROAN WHEN HE
SWUNG AND MISSED.
BUT OH, WHEN HE CONNECTED, IT
WAS SOMETHING.
>> HIGH BALL.
DEEP RIGHT.
FORGET ABOUT IT.
IT IS GONE.
>> IN 1967, I SAW TRIPLE CROWN
WINNER AFTER GOING 0 FOR 4 IN
GAME ONE, ROLLED THE BATTING
CAGE OUT OF THE BOULZ OF FENWAY
PARK TO TAKE EXTRA BATTING
PRACTICE.
AFTER 163 GAMES.
IT WORKED.
HE HOMERED TWICE IN GAME TWO AND
THE RED SOX EVENED THE SERIES
EVENTUALLY FALLING TO THE
CARDINALS IN SEVEN GAMES.
1968, THE DETROIT TIGERS WON
DESPITE THE HEROIC EFFORTS OF MY
BATTERY MATE THE ICONIC IRON
WILLED BOB GIBSON.
HE STRUCK OUT 17 TIGERS IN GAME
ONE AND WON SEVEN STRAIGHT WORLD
SERIES GAMES, BOTH WORLD SERIES
RECORDS.
>> I ALWAYS LIKED TO WORK FAST.
TIM WALKED OUT IN FRONT OF THE
MOUND AND HE WAS POINTING AT THE
SCOREBOARD.
I TURNED AROUND AND I LOOKED AT
THE SCOREBOARD AND I TIED THE
RECORD OF 15 STRIKEOUTS.
AND SO I SAID YEAH, OKAY, FINE,
GIVE ME THE BALL AND LET'S GO.
TIM CALLED A TREMENDOUS BALL
GAME.
WHAT MAKES TIM SPECIAL WAS THAT
AFTER MAYBE AN INNING HE AND I
WERE PRETTY MUCH ON THE SAME
PATH AFTER I GUESS IT'S 50-SOME
YEARS, WE ARE THE BEST FRIENDS
IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW.
AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO STAY
THAT WAY.
>> 1985 WAS MY FIRST YEAR IN THE
BOOTH JOINING THE INCOMPARABLE
AL MICHAELS.
I WAS A ROOKIE ALL OVER AGAIN.
>> I WAS VERY EXCITED WHEN TIM
McCARVER WAS SIGNED TO THE WORLD
SERIES.
WE'RE GOING TO GO ON THE AIR AND
I LOOK AT TIM AND HE LOOKED VERY
NERVOUS.
IT SURPRISED ME.
HE SAID LET ME ASK YOU THIS, ARE
YOU MORE NERVOUS BEFORE GAME ONE
AS A PLIR OR AS A BROADCASTER?
AND HE LOOKED AT ME WIDE EYED
AND SAID, ARE YOU KIDDING?
IT'S A BROADCASTER!
>> FOUR YEARS LATER AT
CANDLESTICK PARK, THE EARTH
MOVED VIOLENTLY BEFORE GAME
THREE.
TESTING SAN FRANCISCO'S
COURAGEOUS POPULOUS.
>> YOU'RE IN AN EARTHQUAKE 15
SECONDS SEEMS CLOSER TO 15
MINUTES.
I REMEMBER FOR A PET FIING
MOMENT THERE WAS A FEELING THAT
WE WERE GOING TO GET PITCHED OUT
OF THE BOOTH AND DROPPED MAYBE
AUTO FEET TO THE GROUND AND THAT
WOULD HAVE BEEN THE END OF THAT
AND OUR NATIONAL TELEVISION AS
WELL.
>> AND IN 2001, THE CATACLYSMIC
EVENTS OF 9/11 SHOOK OUR NATION.
YOU COULD FEEL THE GOOSEBUMP
ELECTRICITY OF GAMES FOUR AND
FIVE AT YANKEE STADIUM.
♪♪♪♪
WHAT A PRIVILEGE.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE WITNESSED 27
FALL CLASSICS IN THE LAST 50
YEARS IN PERSON.
EITHER SQUATTING, SITTING, OR
STANDING.
>> A REMARKABLE PLAY.
>> AND THAT'S MORE THAN I COULD
HAVE EVER ASKED FROM THIS
FASCINATING GAME.
♪♪
>> AND NOW WE WELCOME YOU INSIDE
OUR BROADCAST BOOTH.
I'M JOE.
AND THAT'S THE GUY YOU JUST
HEARD FROM, MY PARTNER, MY
FRIEND.
HERE WE ARE AFTER 18 WONDERFUL
YEARS TOGETHER.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO
REPLACE ME NEXT YEAR.
BUT I WILL GUARANTEE YOU ONE
THING.
THIS GUY WILL MAKE YOU BETTER.
AND I MEAN MUCH BETTER.
AND IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE AND AN
HONOR TO BE WITH YOU, JOE.
AND ALL THE TALENTED MEN AND
WOMEN BEHIND THE SCENES
THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
34 YEARS AGO MY OBLIGATION
SHIFTED FROM THE FIELD AND THE
PLAYERS TO THE BOOTH AND TO YOU,
THE VIEWERS.
FAIRNESS AND ACCURACY AND
HONESTY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MY
GOALS ALONG WITH TEACHING YOU
SOMETHING YOU MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN
ABOUT THIS GREAT GAME.
I HOPE I'VE ACHIEVED THOSE
THINGS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> YOU KNOW, I'LL SAY THIS, AS
WE SAY GOOD-BYE, YOU KNOW, I
SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MAJOR LEAGUE
BASEBALL.
I KNOW EVERYBODY AT FOX WHEN I
SAY THANK YOU FOR THE
CREDIBILITY YOU BRING US NIGHT
AFTER NIGHT IN OCTOBER.
PERSONALLY I WILL TELL YOU THAT
AS A KID AND OUR FIRST WORLD
SERIES BACK IN 1996 SCARED TO
DEATH, SCARED OUT OF MY WITS,
FEARFUL OF BEING FOUND OUT AT
SOME FRAUD AS SOME BROADCASTER'S
KID GETTING A CHANCE TO DO IT, I
LOOK TO MY RIGHT AND I KNEW I
WAS COVERED BECAUSE OF YOU.
JUST AS MY DAD KNEW I WAS
COVERED BECAUSE OF YOU.
ALL THE GOALS YOU HAD THAT YOU
JUST TALKED ABOUT, YOU ACHIEVED
THEM.
YOU'RE THE BEST TO EVER DO THIS
IN THIS SPORT AND IT HAS BEEN AN
ABSOLUTE HONOR AND A PLEASURE
OVER THESE 18 YEARS, 16 WORLD
SERIES, YOU ARE THE BEST.
I LOVE YOU.
I LOVE YOU LIKE A BROTHER.
I LOVE YOU LIKE A BEST FRIEND.
AND THANKS FOR ALL THAT YOU
BROUGHT INTO MY LIFE BOTH IN THE
BOOTH AND OUTSIDE THE BOOTH.
>> DITTO.
>> WELL, HERE IT IS.
WE CELEBRATE THE BOSTON RED SOX
IN 2013.
AND FOR THE FINAL TIME, IT HAS
BEEN A PRIVILEGE ON BEHALF OF
TIM McCARVER, I'M JOE BUCK.
SO LONG FROM FENWAY.
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>> SOME NEW
>> A NEW WORD, CHEMISTRY.
A TEAM AND A CITY WAY TOO TOUGH
TO STAY DOWN.
THEY ARE BOSTON STRONG.