Willie Stargell day Sept 6, 1982 Retired jersey #8

coolstanley

The day the Pittsburgh Pirates retired his #8. Wanted to share this video. There is some pretty cool footage of the player who hit the last home run in the 1970's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWaHQUqAwCY

coolstanley

The live call to Willie from Ronald Reagan was something.

thisistheshow

@coolstanley said:
The live call to Willie from Ronald Reagan was something.

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I had trouble understanding the audio there. Do you have a summary of what he said?

I enjoyed the video. Thank you!

When things like this pop up on here, I try to take it as an opportunity to learn a little more.

I know Stargell, of course, but I was very young when he retired, so I did some reading on him.

I did some reading about the focus of much of the video, which is the fact that that particular day was, at the request of Stargell, a food drive for unemployed steel workers.

I found the interviews with the fans to be interesting.

coolstanley

@thisistheshow said:

@coolstanley said:
The live call to Willie from Ronald Reagan was something.

...
I had trouble understanding the audio there. Do you have a summary of what he said?

I enjoyed the video. Thank you!

When things like this pop up on here, I try to take it as an opportunity to learn a little more.

I know Stargell, of course, but I was very young when he retired, so I did some reading on him.

I did some reading about the focus of much of the video, which is the fact that that particular day was, at the request of Stargell, a food drive for unemployed steel workers.

I found the interviews with the fans to be interesting.

I dont know very much of what Reagan said but he talked for several minutes. I noticed Franco Harris on the stage with the Pirates players.

craig44

I did not realize Stargell hit the last home run of the 70's. that is interesting.

would be neat to see a list from every decade.

coolstanley

@craig44 said:
I did not realize Stargell hit the last home run of the 70's. that is interesting.

would be neat to see a list from every decade.

He also hit the most home runs in the 70's.