The clip is grainy. It is short. It is 3 minutes and 22 seconds, to be precise, and it is amazing.
It is 40 years old, too, its anniversary coming earlier this month, and as the baseball playoffs continue in Chicago and New York, it is a window into another time, one hardly recognizable today.
On Saturday night in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series, Cubs manager Joe Maddon was left puzzled and upset after his catcher, Willson Contreras, stuck his leg in front of home plate, allowing the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Charlie Culberson to be ruled safe without ever touching home.