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17 Full Episodes from 1978 MLB Season Television broadcast of This Week in Baseball featuring Mel Allen
Episodes are presented as chapters on two DVDs that will play on home DVD players or computer.
Running Time 7 hours 25 minutes
The 1978 MLB season is almost tailor-made for *This Week in Baseball* because it unfolds like a long, serialized drama, with weekly swings that were easy to track and easy to sell visually. The American League race between the Yankees and Red Sox became the defining storyline of the year, especially after Boston’s midsummer collapse erased what once looked like an insurmountable lead. Every week brought a new angle for TWIB: clubhouse tension in New York, Fenway Park frustration, late-inning heroics, and the growing sense that the division would come down to something unforgettable. That payoff arrived with the one-game playoff at Fenway, capped by Bucky Dent’s shock home run — a moment that instantly became permanent highlight-reel material.
The National League supplied a different, but equally compelling, rhythm. The Dodgers won the West again, while the Phillies finally broke through with their first-ever NL East title, giving TWIB a fresh success story after years of close calls. Players like Dave Winfield, Pete Rose, and Mike Schmidt gave the show its steady diet of star-driven clips, while dominant pitching performances kept the weekly balance intact. The World Series — Yankees over Dodgers for the second straight year — closed the loop on the season’s central theme: resilience and momentum. For a *This Week in Baseball* collection, 1978 stands out as a year where the weekly format didn’t just recap history, it actively mirrored the rising tension and release that defined the season itself.
