1972 World Series Gm 6 Cincinnati Reds Oakland As Ticket Stub Tenace Death Threa

Description: You are looking at a ticket stub for the 1972 World Series Game 6 between the Cincinnati Reds and the Oakland A's which took place on October 21 1972 at Riverfront Stadium. The Reds sought to stay alive and force a Game 7 after battling back from 3-1 down in the series. The serious side of fandom (and perhaps gambling) led to a man trying to get into Riverfront with a gun. The man carried a loaded revolver and was prepared to shoot Gene Tenace if Tenace hit a fifth home run in the series. He was arrested outside the stadium. Reggie Jackson, sidelined for the series with a hamstring strain suffered in the ALCS offered Tenace a vintage Reggie tidbit of advice: "If you got to go Geno, at least it will be on national television." Don't ever change Reggie...spoiler alert, he hasn't. Tenace took it comparatively in stride, stating it would not keep him out of the lineup for game 7. Johnny Bench was the majors' most feared power hitter in 1972, and was accorded respect after launching a two-run homer by being issued two intentional walks. Here is an excellent account of the game from AP: "For more than a week, Cincinnati Manager Sparky Anderson has been saying the World Series would go seven games and that his Reds would win. He said it before the Series ever started. He said it when the A's won the first two games in Cincinnati, putting his Reds in a hole from which no team in the 69-year history of the classic has ever escaped. He said it when the A's rallied in the last of the ninth inning to win game No. 4 and give Oakland a 3-1 edge in the best-of-seven showdown. Now, he finally has convinced Oakland Manager Dick Williams. Anderson's Reds routed the A's 8-1 yesterday to tie the Series at three victories apiece and set up a decisive seventh-game showdown today at 10 a.m. PDT with the A's John "Blue Moon" Odom opposing Jack Billingham. "Sparky was right," admitted Williams after watching the Reds' romp. "He said the Series would go seven but I don't think he picked the right winner." Anderson, whose club has been on the edge of the cliff and staring into the sea of elimination for the past two games, didn't sound like the manager of the underdogs. "Without Reggie Jackson, it's a tribute to them that this thing is going seven games," said Anderson. Jackson, the A's slugging center fielder, is sidelined with a leg injury, suffered in the American League playoffs. Before yesterday's game, he was swinging a bat aimlessly at the side of the batting cage. "Oh," he wailed, "if I could play, we wouldn't be here now." Without Jackson's big bat, the A's have been held to four or less runs in each of the first six games of the Series. Williams recognizes the problem. "It's a question of our hitters hitting," he said simply. The Reds' hitters finally found the combination and Riverfront Stadium crowd of 52,737 roared its approval at Cincinnati's offensive awakening. The first five games were all decided by one-run in tight, tense battles. But once the robust Reds' attack got untracked, game No. 6 was no contest. John Bench and Tony Perez, power men of the Cincinnati offense, drove in their first runs of the series to build a 3-1 lead. Then the Reds got to Oakland pitchers and wrapped the game up with the five-run seventh. Bench boomed a two-out home run into the second deck in left field against A's starter Vida Blue in the fourth inning and the A's tied it temporarily in the fifth on Dick Green's two-out double. Hal McRae opened the Reds fifth with a double to deep center a ball that missed being a homer by perhaps three feet. He came around on an infield out and Dave Conception's sacrifice fly. The Reds, hungry for runs throughout the series, greeted Conception like a hero in the dugout for his fly ball. But they had more runs than that in their bats this day. Cincinnati knocked out Blue in the sixth with two out when Tolan singled. After Blue threw two balls to Bench, Williams brought in Bob Locker to relieve. Locker came running in from the bullpen. He might have given Tolan an idea with that act. Anyway, the Cincinnati speedster stole second, prompting a fourth ball intentionally wide to Bench. Perez followed with a single to left scoring Tolan for a 3-1 Reds' edge. The A's made one last move at the Reds in their half of the seventh when Angel Mangual opened with a single. Two outs later, Anderson brought in lefty Tom Hall, his fourth pitcher of the game. Hall struck out pinch-hitter Dave Duncan to end the inning and the Reds then sent 10 men to the plate to wrap it up in their half of the seventh. Seldom-used Dave Hamilton came out of the bullpen to start the inning and with one out, Concepcion singled and stole second as Hail struck out. Pete Rose was walked intentionally and Joe Morgan, who had snapped an 0-for-16 series slump earlier, singled, scoring Concepcion. Rose raced to third and Morgan took second on the throw. Tolan followed with his second hit for two more runs. That brought in Joe Horlen, the last man available in the Oakland bullpen yesterday. He didn't run in the way Locker had but Tolan still was on the run. He swiped second, prompting another intentional walk to Bench. A wild pitch advanced the runners to second and third and Perez walked, loading the bases." Please take a look at the scans for condition. I have been a long time ticket collector and will be posting many additional tickets in the coming weeks. The item you see pictured is the actual item you will receive. Feel free to email me with any questions. 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