MLB Radio opens The Vault to bring baseball's golden age into the digital realm with the best of these rarely-heard original radio broadcasts. Go back in time and explore the archives of baseball's best games, featuring legendary players and broadcasters.
14 Available Episodes (14 Total)Average duration: 00:59:10
Jan 04, 2018
1991 NLCS, Gm 7, ATL-PIT: Braves advance to Series - TEST
02:32:50
Listen to the original radio broadcast as the Braves, one game away from their first World Series since 1958, pin their hopes on a 24-year old pitcher named John Smoltz. Hear CBS announcers John Rooney and Jerry Coleman call a legendary start in a Hall of Fame career.
Jul 24, 2015
1991 NLCS, Gm 7, ATL-PIT: Braves advance to Series
02:33:35
Listen to the original radio broadcast as the Braves, one game away from their first World Series since 1958, pin their hopes on a 24-year old pitcher named John Smoltz. Hear CBS announcers John Rooney and Jerry Coleman call a legendary start in a Hall of Fame career.
Listen to the original radio broadcast as the underdog Reds take their first championship in 14 years with an unlikely World Series sweep of the powerhouse Oakland A's. Hear legendary Reds announcer Marty Brenneman call the play-by-play as Cincinnati once again becomes the Big Red Machine.
1962 WS, Gm 7, NYY-SF: A Dynasty's Last Championship
00:37:47
10/16/62: A classic pitchers' duel between the Giants' Jack Sanford and the Yankees' Ralph Terry, who was also trying to earn redemption for yielding Bill Mazeroski's World Series-winning walk-off two years earlier. Listen to highlights of this classic ballgame, as heard on NBC Radio's broadcast with Joe Garagiola and George Kell.
10/26/97: Not only did the Indians and Marlins need all seven games to determine a World Series champion, they also needed extra innings. Listen to highlights of the upstart Marlins' historic night and the latest chapter in the Indians' quest for their first title since 1948, as Vin Scully and Jeff Torborg call the action for CBS Sports.
1964 WS, Gm 7, NYY-STL: Bob Gibson Goes the Distance
00:39:13
10/15/64: Future Hall-of-Famer Bob Gibson took the hill for his third start of the Series on two days rest, to face the Mel Stottlemyre and a waning Yankee dynasty that still featured Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris. Hear highlights of NBC Radio's broadcast as called by Joe Garagiola and Phil Rizzuto.
10/1/67: On the final day of the regular season, the Red Sox, Twins and Tigers were all still vying for the AL Pennant. Hear highlights of NBC's broadcast that day from Curt Gowdy, Pee Wee Reese and Sandy Koufax from the game between the Red Sox and Twins, with updates from Tiger Stadium.
Nolan Ryan was already piloting the Ryan Express directly to the Hall of Fame, but on one Milwaukee night he reached the gold standard for starting pitchers: 300 wins. Listen to parts of Sean McDonough and Ray Knight's ESPN broadcast from that historic night, as the Rangers beat the Brewers 11-3, including a postgame interview with the evening's star.
10/14/65: Dodger manager Walter Alston called on Sandy Koufax to pitch Game 7 on just two days rest, and the lefty didn't disappoint in the decisive game against the Minnesota Twins. Hear highlights from Byram Saam and Joe Garagiola's broadcast that night as well Vin Scully's postgame interview with Sandy himself.
Lou Brock needed one more stolen base to tie Ty Cobb's all-time record of 892, as the St. Louis Cardinals visited Padres Stadium in San Diego. Hear Bob Starr and Jack Buck's original radio call of the record-tying and record-breaking steals, as heard that night on KMOX.