Episode 1002 RVG Spotlight featuring The Sports Time Traveler Len Ferman & 3x World Champion Ted Kubiak

Ted's winning run in game 3. I contend if Ted didn't score that run in the 11^th inning, the Mets would have won the World Series 4 games to 1.
The Andrews affair and how that affected the A's in the 3 games in NY
The Mets lock down pitching in NY

Gene Tenace told me last year that the A's were sitting in the dugout in games 6 and 7 saying why aren't they pitching Stone. We can't hit him. Stone had appeared in just a couple of innings in the series.

In the book I have a chapter about game 2 titled, “The last heroics and hiccup of Willie Mays.”
Mays made some great plays, including the hit that won the game in the 12^th inning for the Mets, but also had some poor plays in the field and stumbled 3 times
Mays also dropped to his knees and pleaded when the umpire ruled Bud Harrelson out in the 10^th inning with what would've been the go ahead run. That photo of Willie on his knees is in my opinion one of the greatest photos in baseball history

The decision by Berra to not have Willie Mays pinch hit for Wayne Garrett on what turned out to be the final out of the series. In a similar situation on July 17, Berra had brought Mays in to pinch hit for Garrett and Mays slammed the winning hit.
Bud Harrelson's legacy – Bud passed away last year and he doesn't get enough credit. In 1973, Harrelson was injured in the middle of the year. In games he started the Mets were 59 – 43. In games he didn't start they were 23 – 36. I would love to hear Ted's insights after watching him in the field during the 1973 World Series.