J Alexander hes never tested positive. He came up on a report 12 years ago because of a supplement the MLB declared as illegal, but was so common it was in your standard over the counter drugs.
martin bs he was watching the ball get their like the rest of the ppl in that area😂 I sat in that area b4 it's easy to see the ball coming when its hit high like that haha
Saw the news about Papi... hope he’s good. Prayers up. One of the greatest and most clutch baseball players of all time... and this is coming from a Yankee fan. Godspeed Papi 🙏🏾
@@Blackout.1644 of course. he hates them too. they're not his precious Cardinals. or any of the "dynasty teams" we're all supposed to hold higher than the rest. pffft
I've been going to Sox games since I was too young to understand the game. I've been to well over 100 games and this was easily the greatest game I've ever gone to. You have to remember the context of this to understand how amazing it was. Tigers pitching had been DOMINATING. In game 1 we had lost with Lester, our best starter on the mound and had gotten only 1 hit while striking out 17 times. Then in this game we didn't manage a hit until the 6th inning and Scherzer had struck out another 13. It was like they were toying with us. The idea of going to Detroit down 0-2 while looking so lifeless against these super-pitchers made game 2 feel like game 6. The mood in Fenway before this inning started was very dark. So when Ortiz came up with the bases loaded there was certainly hope, but the realist in me felt like it was too much to ask Papi for a slam. It felt greedy. I think I literally just said "Well if he hits it out we are tied but that's wishful thinking. Just have a good at bat. Just get on and chip away." Then the first pitch came in and went out and was actually hit so hard and so low I didn't think it was going out at first. "Oh my god. Oh my god! Oh my god!!!! OH MY GOD!!!!!!!" I had just enough time to say it and then scream it. Perfect and improbable. When hunters legs went up the place just exploded. If you think it's loud in the video, trust me, it doesn't do the noise justice. It was the only time i have ever witnessed actual hysteria. As in literally what the word means. People went momentarily insane. I jumped up and down and hugged my dad and we both hi five strangers. I remember a woman who spoke no english and a man with one eye. After that winning the game was certain. There was no way they would lose and that win woke them up. best moment in a ball park of my life and I doubt it will ever be topped.
Reverse literally everything you said in terms of emotion, and that's how I felt as a Tigers fan. Winning game 1 in Boston, being up 5-1 in the 8th inning with Justin Verlander on the mound for game 3 at Comerica Park? I didn't think it was over per se, but I thought the Tigers had clear control. Then David Ortiz hit it, and any confidence I had was gone. Even if it was game 2, I was worried that the team would feel incredibly defeated afterwards. And they were, Verlander loses to John Lackey by the score of 1-0, because the Detroit offense evaporated into thin air. The bullpen also cost them game 6, as they had a chance to turn a double play in the 7th inning to escape unscathed, leading 2-1. Instead, Jose Iglesias (a player we got from Boston, go figure), botches the play, and the bases are loaded without a single out on that play. Then Shane Victorino, who was I think 1 for 23 going into that at bat, hits a grand slam over the green monster. And the Tigers were unable to come back from that. Not just that game and year, but afterwards. The team was never the same after 2013, with age and the loss of free agents that offseason. Now they're basically in their last year or two of possible contention, and even then they aren't impressive. 2011-2013 was the their window, and they blew all three years, with this one being the closest they got (I know they won the pennant in 2012 but the Giants swept us, and I felt that if we could beat Boston we'd take care of the Cardinals easily). I had cautious confidence until the eighth inning. Heck, even when he hit it, I was nervously saying "it's okay, Torii can still make the catch". But it went over. And in that moment, that feeling of hope was all but gone. I threw my cap onto the floor, I put my hands on my head, and I was repeating "You've got to be kidding me". And the Tigers are still searching for their first World Series win since 84. I was only a 1996 baby, my parents were only in high school the last time the Tigers won. Now I'm a college student, and they won't win any time soon. It's not a huge drought, but this was our chance. Unless they pull a miracle this year, they'll be starting the rebuilding any week now, and that means that the drought might reach 40 years and counting. Which is a real heartbreaker. I guess some things just aren't meant to be.
I'm a Yankees fan, and I can say with certainty that Papi is the best clutch hitter I've ever seen. I remember looking over at my brother right before the pitch telling him he was going to do exactly this.
I hope they are making room besides Ted Williams statue outside Fenway to put one up for David Ortiz some day. The best clutch hitter in Red Sox history and the MLB !!
@@hagamapama don’t forget Teddy Ballgame played in a time where there was only one playoff series per league before the World Series. Most teams back then knew, by the end of June., that they had no shot at the pennant. Plus he lost three years in his prime due to the military service in World War II. He came back, had an MVP season, and did appear in his only World Series. As a Red Sox fan, I know I exhibit some bias, but I have to say that he’s one of the greatest players to never win a World Series.
***** I have to disagree. I assume the "best 3 things that ever happened" is Boston-centric: ...As such, here we go....Number 1: 2004 Sox WS Championship. Number 2: 2011 Bruins Stanley Cup. Number 3: ANY Pats Title or the Celts NBA Championships. Why give a shit that the Broncos lost a Super Bowl? How about the other Super Bowls they lost? Do you care about them? This is a Peyton Manning thing. DUMB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For the above reasons.
brokenhoghead actually based on single moments, and from a Sox fan since I was 5 in 96 and have watched religiously since, among ALL the amazing moments I've been lucky enough to see such as Ortiz in games 5&6 in the 04 ALCS along with the full comeback and first title in 86 years, or the grand slam in the 07 ALCS from jd drew that helped the Sox come back AGAIN down 3-1 against the Indians, this Grand Slam from Ortiz is the single greatest moment I've ever experienced and may very well ever experience in my life. like someone else said in the comments, I had never gone from feeling so defeated and knowing the Tigers were going to win the series, to Ortiz hitting the slam and thinking there's no way the Sox lose after that, literally felt like destiny and it was... momentum is the greatest asset in sport's and this hit proves that.
Day of game 4 of the 2004 ALCS was the same thing. Pats with a huge win over the Seahawks with Fox NFL Sunday on location at Gillette and then the NFL guys all attended game 4 where Roberts stole second and Ortiz won it with the homer. 2013 was also both on Fox, although Fox NFL Sunday didn’t come to Foxboro that time.
Imagine making that catch. That would of been the greatest clutch catch of all time. What a try that was and to get up shake it off like a pro major props n David is just Ortiz bein David 💯
+Obie Martinez It still would have been a home run if he'd fallen over the fence after the catch. Mookie Betts did the same thing, in almost exactly the same place, in a Red Sox game this season. He held onto the ball, but fell over the fence. Brad Komminsk did it in a game about 25 years ago. You can reach over and pull a home run back for an out, but you have to stay in the field of play. If you don't, it's still a home run.
+Pedro Luis Rodgriguez They'd have to finish about 17-3 in their remaining games and hope that no one ahead of them gets hot. The computer models online give them odds between 1:250 (Fangraphs) and 1:1000 (Baseball Prospectus). So you'd be talking about a miracle.
Yankees fan my entire life But Big Papi one of my 3 all time favourite players Most clutch hitter I've ever seen in my life I watched this moment live even I was screaming for him Legend Glad he recovered recently too Always have massive love for Big Papi
@@steve11263 thats old news brothah! Just accept the fact that he was the greatest clutch hitter and history and it wont bother you so much. Everyone was using steroids lol
I would never ever forget this moment for the rest of my life. My dad & best friends nail biting this moment. Mr. Clutch at it's finest. Memories.........
As a tigers fan. David Ripped my heart out that night. I watched this live in the Den😢😭😖😣I will never forget that heartbreak. I still come back to watch this a couple times a year. I have so much respect for David had he not of gotten that hit I believe my tigers would’ve went on to win the world series that year. That’s one of the clutchest hits ever!
As a Sox fan, Miggy was so scary in this series. I think I aged six years in six games. Really wish the Tigers had gotten a championship for all those cool players -- Prince, Scherzer, Verlander, Jackson, Hunter, and obviously Cabrera. Just...you know, in 2012 or 2014.
I still get chills from watching this video. I got standing room tickets with my buddy from high school on a spur of the moment things since it was a holiday weekend. 110 bucks a piece and we met up in Boston, myself traveling from Maine, and my buddy from Connecticut, got to the park, and watched the Pats pull one out in the 4th quarter to win. Then we found standing room on a packed green monster next to a couple of Sox fans and their Tigers fan buddy. The Tigers fan was loving life all game, with Scherzer perfect for most of it. Meanwhile, we were talking to all of the Sox fans around us, knowing with the ballclub we had this year, we were still in it, because all it would take is one. One hit, to start one rally, to lay the groundwork for one incredible act. Fans with more money and less faith left the front row of the green monster, and we swooped in for seats worth five times what we paid. Then came the 8th inning. We got our wish, we got the rally started. And on Pedroia's hit, the crowd groaned as the runner was held at third base, and I knew: don't take the baserunners away form Ortiz. The Tigers fan was sweating bullets, but as Benoit ran in from the bullpen he had the nerve to say, "Here comes the best closer in the game." I told him we will see about that, but reminded him that also coming was the best clutch hitter to ever live. The crowd hadn't even started the typical chant of "PAPI", probably waiting for a nice 3-1 count or something. And bang. The first pitch goes soaring out on a line, absolutely drilled, with Hunter giving chase like he was still a young man. The ball neared the fence and so did the outfielder, until in a moment of absolute Boston Strong glory, both went sailing over. Initially, we though the ball was caught from our angle, not seeing it bounce thanks to the bullpen catcher, but then saw everyone in and around the bullpen explode so we did the same. I hugged my buddy, the other guys we had been standing with all game, reached up to high five everyone in the row behind us, jumping and screaming the whole time while the Tigers fan buried his head in his hands and probably contemplated jumping off the green monster. Napoli struck out but the momentum kept right on going as Uehara made quick work of the Tigers in the 9th. The Tigers were so defeated. I think it was Gomes who got all the way to third with no outs thanks to defensive mishaps and mental errors. With the infield in, Saltalamacchia drilled a top spin grounder just off the tip of the shortstop's glove for the win. We didn't leave the green monster for probably 30 minutes until a Fenway Park staff member asked us to make our way out because the next person coming behind him wouldn't be so polite. I believe it was this moment that won the World Series for us. This momentum carried us. I'll never forget it. Thanks for reading.
Awesome and jealous. Me? In another city cooking dinner pissed off--in underwear looking like the prototypical loser. Have the Joe and Dave on the internet radio because they were quite a few seconds before the television feed. I cannot listen to Joe Buck and the rest. As the bases load I am thinking "get in runs!" But there be no runs! No! It will be a squander! Down two games! Justin Cy Young Verlander for Game 3! "Game over, man! Game over!" Okay, bases now loaded, but two outs. "Don't pop out." I think as Papi comes in. I stir a pot and I hear "And the big right-lander delivers. There's a long fly ball headed deep into right!" I think: it will be caught. Inning over! Series over!" "Hunter's racing back!" It will be caught. "It's over his head!" In that second I look up. That should plate a few! Okay, probably still lose 5-3 but, hey, all New England pessimism aside, I like coming back from 5-3 or dare I dream 5-4 in the bottom of the ninth? Maybe the ball roles a bit and Papi makes it to third? Gets singled in or something? A man can dream? "IT'S GONE! IT'S INTO THE BULLPEN!" No . . . way . . . no . . . way. I run to the television. "THIS GAME IS TIED! THIS GAME IS TIED! DAVID ORTIZ! DAVID ORTIZ! DAVID ORTIZ!" I stumble before the television to watch Benoir wind up. And I watch what I just heard . . . Stunned. "And Tori Hunter's hurt." mutters Joe. It still brings a smile to my face. Jealous you were there in person.
Jiltedin2007 Honestly, like I said, I feel that the World Series was won in this moment. The mood in Red Sox Nation about going down 2-0 to this Tigers pitching staff was not good, but this changed everything.
Even after all the 04 hits, this is by far the clutchest hit of Ortiz's career, hell, maybe even in the history of baseball. The Red Sox needed a grand slam here, not a single, not even a double, anything less than this they probably don't win the game and consequently the series. 2 outs, no 2nd chances, and Ortiz comes through on the first freakin pitch. Can't make this up
In 2004, David Ortiz became a legend in Boston sports mythology forever, I respect this moment but still... Game 4 will forever be in the minds of Red Sox fans
I’m from Detroit and as a tigers fan I must give Ortiz his credit. Unbelievable moment. Watched it live & it broke my heart. Sometimes I just come back and rewatch this. So humbling
I literally watch this video every day. This was the turning point. After this, there was no stopping them. This team amazes me, I am so happy to be a Bostonian.
Part of why Ortiz's numbers aren't better career wise has to do with his time in Minnesota. The Twins had him playing part time 1B, when they should have had him as their everyday DH. Just a thought.
Ortiz has been brutal to my Yankees over the years but he's still one of the greatest hitters to ever play the game. He deserves to be in the Hall of Fame, and those who are still trying to grasp at straws and pin steroid allegations on him need to give up and walk away.
Die-hard Tigers fan here. Can't even watch the video because it's too painful but I had to give Papi my respect. He literally broke my heart and yet I still root for him. I can't stand the Red Sox, but Papi is in a class all his own. If Miggy was able to rise to the occasion in the postseason like this guy does we'd have won that elusive World Series title by now. I just knew as soon as he came up with the bases loaded we were in trouble. Instead of a 2-0 lead coming home it's 1-1. I went to games 3 and 5 back at Comerica Park and both were tough losses...Game 6 was even more heartbreaking. But if we'd won this game I'm almost certain we take the series and win it all against STL. Still have to tip my cap to Papi. Dude literally defines clutch.
I understand, Mike Napoli was the man that carried the Red Sox out of Detroit. I thought personally that John Lackey was not going to have it in Game 3, plus with that long rain delay in the middle of that game. Boy did he prove me wrong. How he out pitched Justin Verlander in that game is still beyond me. What baffles me is that before Shane Victorino's Grand Slam in Game 6, the Tigers were up 2-1, and with Max Scherzer on the Mound. Why did Jim Leyland go out to get Scherzer just because he was in a little bit of trouble? Was he losing faith in His Ace? I am quite sure that Scherzer could have got out of whatever jam the Red Sox did put him in. Also coming from a Red Sox Fan.
Jiltedin2007 Leyland was terrible, man. He always mismanaged his bullpen during his time in Detroit. Don't get me wrong though, I'll always have a special place in my heart for Jim because his magical run in '06 with the Tigers put us back on the map and made baseball relevant in Detroit again. Problem was, that after that year, expectations came. And Jim never lived up to the expectations set for the Tigers each year following 2006.
.....And that was why he stepped down after the 2013 Season and gave way for Brad Ausmus to be The New Manager for the Detroit Tigers. He should have left Scherzer in a little longer in Game 6, granted the Tigers were holding a slim lead at the time.
As a Yankees fan I got into sports pretty late in my life, so this was unfortunately my first season watching baseball despite the Yankees fandom running in my family for at least 80 years. After the Yankees were eliminated from contention I constantly watched this Red Sox team in this postseason hoping they would go home and they just never did. I quickly learned what kind of player David Ortiz was and how influential he was for his World Series teams. Unbelievably clutch and an absolute monster. It was gut wrenching to see them win in my very first season watching but regardless he's such a important figure for the game of baseball, which I grew to respect.
Yankees fan here. David Ortiz has my vote for the best clutch hitter of all time. Also definitely one of the best pure hitters in baseball history. This guy terrorized my Yankees for nearly fifteen years.
This is one of the best slams of all time everything about it was epic... the situation late in the game and torii hunters effort just made this an amazing baseball moment.
Prior to that inning the tigers if I remember right hadn't given up a run. Completely dominated them in the first game and were doing the same up until that inning. One of my worst sports memories as a South East Michigander
David Ortiz steroid allegations are even less credible than Peyton Manning's but everyone lets Manning slide and believes there is no way, yet always calling out Ortiz for taking steroids when no proof he did and he never fails the enormous amount of tests..
I still don't care and will never care if a football player takes steroids. My beef about baseball players taking steroids is that it leads to shitty players (Maguire, Conseco) having crazy absurd career hr numbers when they had no skill in any other department in baseball. And the fact that it ruined the home run. Papi only got caught once so whatever, but when it happens multiple times I have a problem.
Even though I am one of the most diehard young Red Sox fans you would ever meet, you gotta have mad respect for the effort that Hunter made on that play. I mean he risked getting very very seriously injured to catch that baseball, like his life depended on it. All in all, still a incredible moment, just tough to think about how Tory Hunter felt psychically, and mentally
One of the more emotional calls from Joe Buck. Almost every home run call sounds a bit boring, especially from a few years ago and before. But this one doesn’t sound boring. This call fits the magnitude of this grand slam
We were about 20 rows up behind home plate. The place was an absolute MADHOUSE. I was jumping into the arms of complete strangers. Nothing like Fenway in October.
+Sam Henderson Even as a Red Sox fan, I hated it for Tigers fans. Such a great team, ruined by the bullpen from Hell. All us Red Sox fans were just rooting for our hitters to run up the pitch counts on the starters, knowing Leyland was playing Russian Roulette every time he went to the pen. That series WAS the World Series. If your guys had beaten us, you'd have beaten the Cardinals too. They had trouble hitting our pitchers, yours would have destroyed them and been able to survive the bullpen.
Because he realizes that he's been getting flak everywhere over the past 5 years. He's trying to amp it up to keep people quiet, but Buck still fucking sucks.
So clutch. The Sox were looking at an 0-2 hole heading back to Detroit to face Justin Verlander in Game 3. Ortiz changed the entire series with one swing of the bat. I was lucky enough to be in Fenway with my two sons to see it. Thanks for the memories Papi.
Soy fanático de los Yankees desde el 1996 y reconozco que Big Papi a parte de ser uno de los grandes de las grande ligas,fue un rival potente junto Manny Ramirez y Pedro Martínez en Boston. Grande el Big Papi de todo corazón.
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David Ortiz has to be one of the greatest under pressure hitter in the history of baseball.
With the help of roids
J Alexander hes never tested positive. He came up on a report 12 years ago because of a supplement the MLB declared as illegal, but was so common it was in your standard over the counter drugs.
@@Baseballbat95 he was caught taking drugs but he ran behind the players' union for protection. At least ARod took it like a man
@@Blackout.1644 wrong
The mount Rushmore of clutch hitting:
Papi
Jeter
Reggie Jackson
Manny Ramirez
Ortiz basically brought 3 World Series to Boston... I know Ted Williams was great but in my opinion Ortiz has been the best Red Sox player ever
Ortiz is not the best red sox player ever. Take it easy.
Carl Yastrzemski is the greatest Red Sox player of all time
Darren Salerno
uuuummmmmm what? How is this?
Look him up bro, he was incredible.
Darren Salerno
I know exactly who he is. I've met him, have about 3 auto's from him.
How is he the best red sox player though?
The bullpen catcher with the sickest catch I've ever seen. Just looks up and has it
Watch the catchers glove sneak up at 1:14. Absolutely historical
Tori Hunter overshot the ball. If he had run a little slower, he would have caught it.
Hows that the sickest catch ever? 😂
Omar Barrios because he literally had a second to see the ball
martin bs he was watching the ball get their like the rest of the ppl in that area😂 I sat in that area b4 it's easy to see the ball coming when its hit high like that haha
I’m crying rewatching this today. That crowd ripping it up after, chills. Fenway is the most magical ballpark and Ortiz was the wizard
Shutup
10 years ago today 😢
Saw the news about Papi... hope he’s good. Prayers up. One of the greatest and most clutch baseball players of all time... and this is coming from a Yankee fan. Godspeed Papi 🙏🏾
Tori Hunter was the gunman lol
@@UberKrispy 😂😂😂
Go yanks
He could be the greatest
Ill never forget watching this on TV... What an incredible moment
Gentlemen Bandit should've walked em
Unfortunately, neither will I. All I kept saying was "throw him anything but a cookie!" Detroit was the best team that year.
The end of a 3 championships in 10 years run.
Same day brady and pats had a crazy comeback vs the saints
Josh Plouffe yeah Kenbrell Thonpkins scored the game winning touchdown
So good we got emotion out of Joe Buck.
I liked the others guy's call on this "THIS GAME IS TIED THIS GAME IS TIED DAVID ORTIZ DAVID ORTIZ"
TheSinisterKirby From WEEI-FM BOSTON!!!!
yeah, cuz he has a vendetta against all Detroit teams for some reason
@@pillarsofserpents he wasn't excited about Cruz's walk off grand slam in 2011
@@Blackout.1644 of course. he hates them too. they're not his precious Cardinals. or any of the "dynasty teams" we're all supposed to hold higher than the rest. pffft
That cop celebrating was the moment you knew that Boston was destined to win it all.
It sucks knowing people who where born after the bombings might never fully understand how much this meant
this comment made me tear up.
That was just pure emotion by the Boston cop
And they werent even expected to be there at the beginning of the season
@@EssexAggiegrad2011 or the Boston globe tweeting about controlled explosions
I've been going to Sox games since I was too young to understand the game. I've been to well over 100 games and this was easily the greatest game I've ever gone to.
You have to remember the context of this to understand how amazing it was. Tigers pitching had been DOMINATING. In game 1 we had lost with Lester, our best starter on the mound and had gotten only 1 hit while striking out 17 times. Then in this game we didn't manage a hit until the 6th inning and Scherzer had struck out another 13. It was like they were toying with us. The idea of going to Detroit down 0-2 while looking so lifeless against these super-pitchers made game 2 feel like game 6. The mood in Fenway before this inning started was very dark.
So when Ortiz came up with the bases loaded there was certainly hope, but the realist in me felt like it was too much to ask Papi for a slam. It felt greedy. I think I literally just said "Well if he hits it out we are tied but that's wishful thinking. Just have a good at bat. Just get on and chip away." Then the first pitch came in and went out and was actually hit so hard and so low I didn't think it was going out at first.
"Oh my god. Oh my god! Oh my god!!!! OH MY GOD!!!!!!!" I had just enough time to say it and then scream it. Perfect and improbable. When hunters legs went up the place just exploded. If you think it's loud in the video, trust me, it doesn't do the noise justice. It was the only time i have ever witnessed actual hysteria. As in literally what the word means. People went momentarily insane. I jumped up and down and hugged my dad and we both hi five strangers. I remember a woman who spoke no english and a man with one eye. After that winning the game was certain. There was no way they would lose and that win woke them up. best moment in a ball park of my life and I doubt it will ever be topped.
Simply an amazing moment.
This was very well put.
oh man thats so incredible
No doubt. You guys were dead before this and would have probably gotten swept in Detroit if you didn't win this game
Reverse literally everything you said in terms of emotion, and that's how I felt as a Tigers fan. Winning game 1 in Boston, being up 5-1 in the 8th inning with Justin Verlander on the mound for game 3 at Comerica Park? I didn't think it was over per se, but I thought the Tigers had clear control. Then David Ortiz hit it, and any confidence I had was gone. Even if it was game 2, I was worried that the team would feel incredibly defeated afterwards. And they were, Verlander loses to John Lackey by the score of 1-0, because the Detroit offense evaporated into thin air.
The bullpen also cost them game 6, as they had a chance to turn a double play in the 7th inning to escape unscathed, leading 2-1. Instead, Jose Iglesias (a player we got from Boston, go figure), botches the play, and the bases are loaded without a single out on that play. Then Shane Victorino, who was I think 1 for 23 going into that at bat, hits a grand slam over the green monster. And the Tigers were unable to come back from that. Not just that game and year, but afterwards. The team was never the same after 2013, with age and the loss of free agents that offseason. Now they're basically in their last year or two of possible contention, and even then they aren't impressive. 2011-2013 was the their window, and they blew all three years, with this one being the closest they got (I know they won the pennant in 2012 but the Giants swept us, and I felt that if we could beat Boston we'd take care of the Cardinals easily).
I had cautious confidence until the eighth inning. Heck, even when he hit it, I was nervously saying "it's okay, Torii can still make the catch". But it went over. And in that moment, that feeling of hope was all but gone. I threw my cap onto the floor, I put my hands on my head, and I was repeating "You've got to be kidding me".
And the Tigers are still searching for their first World Series win since 84. I was only a 1996 baby, my parents were only in high school the last time the Tigers won. Now I'm a college student, and they won't win any time soon. It's not a huge drought, but this was our chance. Unless they pull a miracle this year, they'll be starting the rebuilding any week now, and that means that the drought might reach 40 years and counting. Which is a real heartbreaker. I guess some things just aren't meant to be.
I'm a Yankees fan, and I can say with certainty that Papi is the best clutch hitter I've ever seen. I remember looking over at my brother right before the pitch telling him he was going to do exactly this.
Not a Red Sox fan but could you BE any more clutch? He must be the greatest situational hitter in modern history.
Wasn't there back in the day, but most likely most clutch of all time, perhaps in any sport!!!
If I remember correctly, until just before this clip starts, Boston’s World Series bid was slipping away. You can’t get much more clutch than that.
@@ericm.3791 And that isn't even his FIFTH clutchest hit. What he did in 04 and to a lesser extent in 07 was nothing short of legendary.
@@hagamapamathis was numero uno cowboy
I hope they are making room besides Ted Williams statue outside Fenway to put one up for David Ortiz some day. The best clutch hitter in Red Sox history and the MLB !!
That, and unlike the Splendid Splinter, Big Papi won championships. Three of them even
@@hagamapama don’t forget Teddy Ballgame played in a time where there was only one playoff series per league before the World Series. Most teams back then knew, by the end of June., that they had no shot at the pennant. Plus he lost three years in his prime due to the military service in World War II. He came back, had an MVP season, and did appear in his only World Series. As a Red Sox fan, I know I exhibit some bias, but I have to say that he’s one of the greatest players to never win a World Series.
This was the day of epicness in Boston. First the Patriots had their comeback against the Saints, then this happened a few hours later.
***** I have to disagree. I assume the "best 3 things that ever happened" is Boston-centric: ...As such, here we go....Number 1: 2004 Sox WS Championship. Number 2: 2011 Bruins Stanley Cup. Number 3: ANY Pats Title or the Celts NBA Championships. Why give a shit that the Broncos lost a Super Bowl? How about the other Super Bowls they lost? Do you care about them?
This is a Peyton Manning thing. DUMB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For the above reasons.
yup
brokenhoghead actually based on single moments, and from a Sox fan since I was 5 in 96 and have watched religiously since, among ALL the amazing moments I've been lucky enough to see such as Ortiz in games 5&6 in the 04 ALCS along with the full comeback and first title in 86 years, or the grand slam in the 07 ALCS from jd drew that helped the Sox come back AGAIN down 3-1 against the Indians, this Grand Slam from Ortiz is the single greatest moment I've ever experienced and may very well ever experience in my life. like someone else said in the comments, I had never gone from feeling so defeated and knowing the Tigers were going to win the series, to Ortiz hitting the slam and thinking there's no way the Sox lose after that, literally felt like destiny and it was... momentum is the greatest asset in sport's and this hit proves that.
monotonesarcasm Understatement my friend!☝😎💪💪💪
Day of game 4 of the 2004 ALCS was the same thing. Pats with a huge win over the Seahawks with Fox NFL Sunday on location at Gillette and then the NFL guys all attended game 4 where Roberts stole second and Ortiz won it with the homer. 2013 was also both on Fox, although Fox NFL Sunday didn’t come to Foxboro that time.
Imagine making that catch. That would of been the greatest clutch catch of all time. What a try that was and to get up shake it off like a pro major props n David is just Ortiz bein David 💯
That would've been one of the greatest catches of all time had it been caught..
pero fue el palo mas memorable de una serie de campeonato de todo los tiempos y quien mas el big papi
Obie Martinez but intead, it was one of the greatest home rum of all time.
+Obie Martinez It still would have been a home run if he'd fallen over the fence after the catch. Mookie Betts did the same thing, in almost exactly the same place, in a Red Sox game this season. He held onto the ball, but fell over the fence. Brad Komminsk did it in a game about 25 years ago. You can reach over and pull a home run back for an out, but you have to stay in the field of play. If you don't, it's still a home run.
+John Cate does BOSTON has any chance to get to the playoffs ?
+Pedro Luis Rodgriguez They'd have to finish about 17-3 in their remaining games and hope that no one ahead of them gets hot. The computer models online give them odds between 1:250 (Fangraphs) and 1:1000 (Baseball Prospectus). So you'd be talking about a miracle.
Ortiz was just elected to the HOF today, and he damn well deserved it. CLUTCHEST hitter of ALL TIME
I can watch this video 1.000.000 times, and I never get tired..
Yankees fan my entire life
But Big Papi one of my 3 all time favourite players
Most clutch hitter I've ever seen in my life
I watched this moment live even I was screaming for him
Legend
Glad he recovered recently too
Always have massive love for Big Papi
We Red Sox fans feel the same about Mo Rivera. He was so good for so long and it always felt good to beat him.
Respect for all the great Red Sox and Yankees! They are why we watch!
I can still cry when I see this.. My God I love this game
Big Papi is a G..he will come back 🙌🏼
I am a die-hard Yankee Fan, but I have never seen a player more clutch than Ortiz.
💯💯💯
NyzPantherfan92 lou gurieg and Ricky mantle clutchest and Mario rivera . U a Sox fan
Steroids tho
@@steve11263 thats old news brothah! Just accept the fact that he was the greatest clutch hitter and history and it wont bother you so much. Everyone was using steroids lol
@@TheGillenium roids tho
I would never ever forget this moment for the rest of my life. My dad & best friends nail biting this moment. Mr. Clutch at it's finest. Memories.........
i always have to come back to watch this again, amazing moment. i still get chills
I know right
i remember this whole day, first brady with the throw to thompkins then this. what a sunday in new england that was...
Must’ve have watched this 500 times at least..
As a tigers fan. David Ripped my heart out that night. I watched this live in the Den😢😭😖😣I will never forget that heartbreak. I still come back to watch this a couple times a year. I have so much respect for David had he not of gotten that hit I believe my tigers would’ve went on to win the world series that year. That’s one of the clutchest hits ever!
As a Sox fan, Miggy was so scary in this series. I think I aged six years in six games. Really wish the Tigers had gotten a championship for all those cool players -- Prince, Scherzer, Verlander, Jackson, Hunter, and obviously Cabrera. Just...you know, in 2012 or 2014.
I still get chills from watching this video.
I got standing room tickets with my buddy from high school on a spur of the moment things since it was a holiday weekend. 110 bucks a piece and we met up in Boston, myself traveling from Maine, and my buddy from Connecticut, got to the park, and watched the Pats pull one out in the 4th quarter to win. Then we found standing room on a packed green monster next to a couple of Sox fans and their Tigers fan buddy. The Tigers fan was loving life all game, with Scherzer perfect for most of it. Meanwhile, we were talking to all of the Sox fans around us, knowing with the ballclub we had this year, we were still in it, because all it would take is one. One hit, to start one rally, to lay the groundwork for one incredible act. Fans with more money and less faith left the front row of the green monster, and we swooped in for seats worth five times what we paid.
Then came the 8th inning. We got our wish, we got the rally started. And on Pedroia's hit, the crowd groaned as the runner was held at third base, and I knew: don't take the baserunners away form Ortiz. The Tigers fan was sweating bullets, but as Benoit ran in from the bullpen he had the nerve to say, "Here comes the best closer in the game." I told him we will see about that, but reminded him that also coming was the best clutch hitter to ever live.
The crowd hadn't even started the typical chant of "PAPI", probably waiting for a nice 3-1 count or something. And bang. The first pitch goes soaring out on a line, absolutely drilled, with Hunter giving chase like he was still a young man. The ball neared the fence and so did the outfielder, until in a moment of absolute Boston Strong glory, both went sailing over. Initially, we though the ball was caught from our angle, not seeing it bounce thanks to the bullpen catcher, but then saw everyone in and around the bullpen explode so we did the same.
I hugged my buddy, the other guys we had been standing with all game, reached up to high five everyone in the row behind us, jumping and screaming the whole time while the Tigers fan buried his head in his hands and probably contemplated jumping off the green monster.
Napoli struck out but the momentum kept right on going as Uehara made quick work of the Tigers in the 9th. The Tigers were so defeated. I think it was Gomes who got all the way to third with no outs thanks to defensive mishaps and mental errors. With the infield in, Saltalamacchia drilled a top spin grounder just off the tip of the shortstop's glove for the win.
We didn't leave the green monster for probably 30 minutes until a Fenway Park staff member asked us to make our way out because the next person coming behind him wouldn't be so polite. I believe it was this moment that won the World Series for us. This momentum carried us. I'll never forget it. Thanks for reading.
Awesome and jealous.
Me? In another city cooking dinner pissed off--in underwear looking like the prototypical loser. Have the Joe and Dave on the internet radio because they were quite a few seconds before the television feed. I cannot listen to Joe Buck and the rest.
As the bases load I am thinking "get in runs!" But there be no runs! No! It will be a squander! Down two games! Justin Cy Young Verlander for Game 3! "Game over, man! Game over!"
Okay, bases now loaded, but two outs. "Don't pop out." I think as Papi comes in. I stir a pot and I hear "And the big right-lander delivers. There's a long fly ball headed deep into right!"
I think: it will be caught. Inning over! Series over!"
"Hunter's racing back!"
It will be caught.
"It's over his head!"
In that second I look up. That should plate a few! Okay, probably still lose 5-3 but, hey, all New England pessimism aside, I like coming back from 5-3 or dare I dream 5-4 in the bottom of the ninth? Maybe the ball roles a bit and Papi makes it to third? Gets singled in or something? A man can dream?
"IT'S GONE! IT'S INTO THE BULLPEN!"
No . . . way . . . no . . . way.
I run to the television.
"THIS GAME IS TIED! THIS GAME IS TIED! DAVID ORTIZ! DAVID ORTIZ! DAVID ORTIZ!"
I stumble before the television to watch Benoir wind up. And I watch what I just heard . . .
Stunned.
"And Tori Hunter's hurt." mutters Joe.
It still brings a smile to my face.
Jealous you were there in person.
I was just taking a shit when this happened
24fox17 Tell me. How did you feel when Mike Napoli won Games 3 and 5 at Detroit and sent the Red Sox back home with a 3-2 Series Lead?
crazy! I'm from maine too and went to this game! Was the greatest time
Jiltedin2007 Honestly, like I said, I feel that the World Series was won in this moment. The mood in Red Sox Nation about going down 2-0 to this Tigers pitching staff was not good, but this changed everything.
speedy recovery for Big Papi🙏🏼🙏🏼
Even after all the 04 hits, this is by far the clutchest hit of Ortiz's career, hell, maybe even in the history of baseball. The Red Sox needed a grand slam here, not a single, not even a double, anything less than this they probably don't win the game and consequently the series. 2 outs, no 2nd chances, and Ortiz comes through on the first freakin pitch. Can't make this up
2004 - Game 4 & 5, always.
most clutch player in the playoffs possibly ever..
In 2004, David Ortiz became a legend in Boston sports mythology forever, I respect this moment but still... Game 4 will forever be in the minds of Red Sox fans
@@bbarrettgriffith facts
steroids
I’m from Detroit and as a tigers fan I must give Ortiz his credit. Unbelievable moment. Watched it live & it broke my heart. Sometimes I just come back and rewatch this. So humbling
I literally watch this video every day. This was the turning point. After this, there was no stopping them. This team amazes me, I am so happy to be a Bostonian.
I think we've been happy BOSTONIANS/NEW ENGLANDERS for over the last decade plus!
World Series Champs again! Hopefully you're still alive to see this.
One of the greatest grand slams of all time.
Might be the greatest
David Ortiz 1st Ballot Hall of Famer!!!
Part of why Ortiz's numbers aren't better career wise has to do with his time in Minnesota. The Twins had him playing part time 1B, when they should have had him as their everyday DH. Just a thought.
I doubt it, if Edgar Martinez took as long as he did just because he was a DH
This aged well
Ortiz has been brutal to my Yankees over the years but he's still one of the greatest hitters to ever play the game. He deserves to be in the Hall of Fame, and those who are still trying to grasp at straws and pin steroid allegations on him need to give up and walk away.
Thanks Yank, respect.
Still gives me chills..
I know dude I went to all the games at Fenway, good memories
Me too. I was there. I watch and I can still feel the energy.
oh, I feel the same, man. Every time I watch it.
Today is a year from this.
I’m tearing up rn
still sends chills through my body no matter how many times i watch it
Die-hard Tigers fan here. Can't even watch the video because it's too painful but I had to give Papi my respect. He literally broke my heart and yet I still root for him. I can't stand the Red Sox, but Papi is in a class all his own. If Miggy was able to rise to the occasion in the postseason like this guy does we'd have won that elusive World Series title by now. I just knew as soon as he came up with the bases loaded we were in trouble. Instead of a 2-0 lead coming home it's 1-1. I went to games 3 and 5 back at Comerica Park and both were tough losses...Game 6 was even more heartbreaking. But if we'd won this game I'm almost certain we take the series and win it all against STL. Still have to tip my cap to Papi. Dude literally defines clutch.
Im a Sox fan and I agree. I dont think Lackey beats Verlander in Game 7
I understand, Mike Napoli was the man that carried the Red Sox out of Detroit. I thought personally that John Lackey was not going to have it in Game 3, plus with that long rain delay in the middle of that game. Boy did he prove me wrong. How he out pitched Justin Verlander in that game is still beyond me.
What baffles me is that before Shane Victorino's Grand Slam in Game 6, the Tigers were up 2-1, and with Max Scherzer on the Mound. Why did Jim Leyland go out to get Scherzer just because he was in a little bit of trouble? Was he losing faith in His Ace? I am quite sure that Scherzer could have got out of whatever jam the Red Sox did put him in.
Also coming from a Red Sox Fan.
Jiltedin2007 Leyland was terrible, man. He always mismanaged his bullpen during his time in Detroit. Don't get me wrong though, I'll always have a special place in my heart for Jim because his magical run in '06 with the Tigers put us back on the map and made baseball relevant in Detroit again. Problem was, that after that year, expectations came. And Jim never lived up to the expectations set for the Tigers each year following 2006.
.....And that was why he stepped down after the 2013 Season and gave way for Brad Ausmus to be The New Manager for the Detroit Tigers. He should have left Scherzer in a little longer in Game 6, granted the Tigers were holding a slim lead at the time.
I'm a Yankee fan and I love big pappi
This remains to this day the greatest play I’ve seen live, I was lucky enough to get tickets to that game, time of a lifetime
whenever I hear that "TIE GAME!" I get chills.
As a Yankees fan I got into sports pretty late in my life, so this was unfortunately my first season watching baseball despite the Yankees fandom running in my family for at least 80 years. After the Yankees were eliminated from contention I constantly watched this Red Sox team in this postseason hoping they would go home and they just never did. I quickly learned what kind of player David Ortiz was and how influential he was for his World Series teams. Unbelievably clutch and an absolute monster. It was gut wrenching to see them win in my very first season watching but regardless he's such a important figure for the game of baseball, which I grew to respect.
Probably my fav moment and call for me. I still tear up now.
That dude gave it his all trying to catch it though. Pretty remarkable how close he got
And to think.. Papi almost did this again in the World Series if it wasn't for Beltran
Hunter didn't miss that by much! Outstanding effort putting his body on the line
Is it just me or is anyone else impressed by that catchers just casually non chalant catch
Hahah yeah it's pretty funny how hard it is to catch for one guys position and so easy for another's!
I remember.
Watching this when I was a kid and my living room. This has to be my favorite red sock play of all time.
Prayers up to Ortiz from a rangers fan..
Not a Sox fan mariners. But every time we play Ortiz I close my eyes when he comes up to the plate. Lol he might be my 2nd favorite mlb player.
Yankees fan here. David Ortiz has my vote for the best clutch hitter of all time. Also definitely one of the best pure hitters in baseball history. This guy terrorized my Yankees for nearly fifteen years.
Hunter always playing hard. Much respect to the way tori and big Papi play the game
So clutch in the postseason. I would loved to have seen a prime Ortiz go up against a big game prime pitcher like Smoltz.
he is the definition of clutch! GO SOX!!
I was watching this game with my 14 year old brother...and we boston fan so you imagined 🔥🇩🇴🔥🇩🇴
I don't care if David Ortiz never makes the HoF, he will always be a Red Sox legend! What a season boys, I'm still celebrating!!!! Thank You!!!!!
He did it
@@Mikeyfresh5252 Yes he did! #34 All the way!
Here eleven years later. This is still great to watch. Live long, David Ortiz
Never get tired of watching this!
This is one of the best slams of all time everything about it was epic... the situation late in the game and torii hunters effort just made this an amazing baseball moment.
Moments like this, and there are quite a few others, are why this man was voted into the Hall of Fame!
Even as an O's fan I couldn't help but jump and cheer for this moment, it was so clutch and freaking cool. Gonna miss you Big Papi
Gives me goosebumps every time
David Ortiz makes baseball very exciting.
One of the most savage grand slams in history
Prior to that inning the tigers if I remember right hadn't given up a run. Completely dominated them in the first game and were doing the same up until that inning. One of my worst sports memories as a South East Michigander
I never get tired of watching this play!!
David Ortiz steroid allegations are even less credible than Peyton Manning's but everyone lets Manning slide and believes there is no way, yet always calling out Ortiz for taking steroids when no proof he did and he never fails the enormous amount of tests..
Just focus on the moment and the play.
All ridiculous allegations just like Deflatgate
+Tom Sharp Good luck if you think pro athletes don't dope in one way or another. Anyway, who cares,. GO SOX!!!
I still don't care and will never care if a football player takes steroids. My beef about baseball players taking steroids is that it leads to shitty players (Maguire, Conseco) having crazy absurd career hr numbers when they had no skill in any other department in baseball. And the fact that it ruined the home run. Papi only got caught once so whatever, but when it happens multiple times I have a problem.
+TheDieHardWWEAddict. You sir won the argument on here. Simple but on point for the whole thing. 👍
This gives me chills every time I watch it.
Even though I am one of the most diehard young Red Sox fans you would ever meet, you gotta have mad respect for the effort that Hunter made on that play. I mean he risked getting very very seriously injured to catch that baseball, like his life depended on it.
All in all, still a incredible moment, just tough to think about how Tory Hunter felt psychically, and mentally
Not even a Red Sox fan, I’m a giants fan. But I will never forget this moment in baseball it was so iconic. It was awesome
One of the more emotional calls from Joe Buck. Almost every home run call sounds a bit boring, especially from a few years ago and before. But this one doesn’t sound boring. This call fits the magnitude of this grand slam
Chills.. Every time I watch this
We were about 20 rows up behind home plate. The place was an absolute MADHOUSE. I was jumping into the arms of complete strangers. Nothing like Fenway in October.
John Dillinger Nothing like Fenway ever
Nothing like Gillette stadium on a snowy day in the playoffs
+Con Artist Cracks us all up how badly red sox fans want to be the yankees.
What an incredible 20 years in Boston Sports History.
It was one helluva ride I can tell you that..
This is from a yankee fan, one of the best postseason moments ever!
One of the greatest home runs ever! Such a classic!
The worst day of my life as a Tigers fan... Remember it like it was yesterday :'(
Sam Henderson Ugh, tell me about it.
Though losing to the Giants in 2012 was also pretty pathetic.
+Sam Henderson Even as a Red Sox fan, I hated it for Tigers fans. Such a great team, ruined by the bullpen from Hell. All us Red Sox fans were just rooting for our hitters to run up the pitch counts on the starters, knowing Leyland was playing Russian Roulette every time he went to the pen.
That series WAS the World Series. If your guys had beaten us, you'd have beaten the Cardinals too. They had trouble hitting our pitchers, yours would have destroyed them and been able to survive the bullpen.
I love how calm he was.. ICE COLD! He’s done this so many times.. Absolute LEGEND.
Hard hit into right
Back at the wall
TIE GAME!!!
One of the greatest nights of my life. Brings tears to my eyes
Times were better during this series
I went absolutely mental watching that game in real-life. :)
Robert Siemen , me too. Was almost asleep on my couch and went bananas after the ball cleared the wall
Watching this live with my family, god damn man nothing beats it, this is second to only his 04 clutch plays
I am going. To talk. Like Joe Buck.
At least he is one-foot-in-the-grave monotone Vin Scully
please don't
David Ortiz made Joe Buck step up his game in announcing.
Unfortunately Joe Buck was WORSE a decade ago. He is barely intolerable today; he was 1000% intolerable in the past.
*To type.
10 years. One of the single greatest hits in MLB history. Especially with how they went on to win it all. Poetic.
This was also the same Sunday where earlier in the day the Pats made a comeback win against the undefeated Saints.
It's rare that you ever hear Joe Buck show any kind of enthusiasm.
He showed a bit when Travis Ishikawa hit the winning 3 run home run last night too.
Because he realizes that he's been getting flak everywhere over the past 5 years. He's trying to amp it up to keep people quiet, but Buck still fucking sucks.
skankuser
I agree.
It would be awesome if the teams ordinary casters could call the games for them like always, but I understand why they cant.
I fucking love joe buck
Junior Segovia
You are one in a million.
So clutch. The Sox were looking at an 0-2 hole heading back to Detroit to face Justin Verlander in Game 3. Ortiz changed the entire series with one swing of the bat. I was lucky enough to be in Fenway with my two sons to see it. Thanks for the memories Papi.
the best clutch player who had played in boston in the history!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG
All Ortiz did was come up with clutch hit and HR non stop. Truly a legend. He wore #34 in Boston in honor of Kirby Puckett, his mentor on the Twins.
Congrats to Big Papi for making the Hall of Fame!!
The fact I was lucky to just catch this moment live, while traveling, made this even more magical a moment to me.
The game will not be the same with out big papi 😢 #Legend
Doesn’t matter what team you root for. Every baseball fan should watch a game at Fenway.
The cop kills me😂
Joe Buck is so good dude. Never heard a call that he didn’t absolutely murder. He just knows the situations so well.
Gotta love Boston.
Nobody does it like Boston🔴⚪️
One of the Greatest Moments in Baseball History.
God Bless David Ortiz! Hoping for a full recovery after a coward attempted to assassinate him yesterday!!!
Papi Strong!!!
Soy fanático de los Yankees desde el 1996 y reconozco que Big Papi a parte de ser uno de los grandes de las grande ligas,fue un rival potente junto Manny Ramirez y Pedro Martínez en Boston.
Grande el Big Papi de todo corazón.
Gonna be sad to see Big Papi go.
Ortiz was a MONSTER
I get chills every time I watch this!! The call by Joe Buck!
I think EVERYONE lost their mind after this legendary moment, it brings tears to my eyes ❤
If it wasn't for this, the series would have been over. Going to Detroit down 2-0... Probably his most clutch hit.
A tear rolls down my face. What a 14 year run. Baseball was excellent in the late 90's to 2000's.
probably the best moment of the postseason.
Without a doubt. There were some good ones, though.