I am a lifelong Detroit Tigers fan, and this series broke my heart. We battled the Blue Jays all season and came up on top, should have beat the Twins, but they got hot at exactly the right time. I was 10 years old, and after this game, I couldn’t watch anymore, because I knew we were going to lose. I think we stole game 4, but I knew we were doomed….been mad at the Twins ever since 😅
I can't believe I get to watch this. I remember watching the away games on tv while "being sick" and staying home from school. Playing NES and watching this was heaven.
First title since 1954. Sure the northstars had played for a cup only 6 years earlier but there was no way in hell the stars were beating al arbour and the long island lighting co with 4 games at ft neverlose
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Goosebumps listening to that open. I remember hoping we didn’t have to play Detroit because I think they beat us in almost every game that year. Amazing time
I love that little moment at 1:05:42 here with Costas and Kubek with the homer hanky and Costas trying to put the hanky on Kubek's head. Their dynamic in the booth was almost like Kubek was the big brother and Costas was the little brother. Kubek was a mentor of sorts to Costas, I think, in his early days at NBC. Wasn't above gentle admonishes though--apparently there was one incident where Costas made the mistake of bringing up the play in the '60 World Series where Kubek was hit in the Adam's Apple by a bad hop grounder--which apparently he was quite sensitive about and didn't like to talk about. When Costas brought it up on the air, supposedly put a hand on Costas's thigh to stop him--didn't want to make it clear on the air but made an unseen gesture saying--"nope, don't go there!" But this was a great partnership, no question.
What do I remember about this game? The very end. I ended up cutting a date short that night so I could catch the rest of the game. Turned on the tube and Reardon just got the 3rd out to get the Twins out of a jam. And the rest was history.
The Tigers were coming in red hot after overtaking the Blue Jays for the AL East division title during the last weekend of the season, while the Twins lost their last 5 entering the postseason but had already clinched the West the week before. The Tigers were obviously heavily favored....and then the Twins' Gary Gaetti slammed a pair of Home Runs off of Detroit's Doyle Alexander in Game 1....and the rest is history.
I Like Bob Costas. But Bob Costas Says, "Gary Gaetti Sitting On A Lawn Chair 🪑 Relaxing!" 😎😌 And A Minute Later: " Gary Gaetti Hits His Second Home Run Of The Game! " Well Bob Costas, I Guess Relaxing 😎😌 On Lawn Furniture Must Be Working! 🙄🥴😁😅😂🤣 I Am Posting 📫 This 👇🏼 At 3:24 a.m. Tuesday Morning 🌛🌉🌃🌌 , March 5, 2024.🏟️⚾
Doyle Alexander at times was down right nasty. He ended his career with 194 wins to 174 losses, he definitely bounced from club to club even pitching for my Baltimore Orioles. Just to think one year later Kirk Gibson would be a Dodger and he would hobble off the bench in the bottom of ninth to hit that epic home run off HOF Dennis Eckersley to send the Dodgers to a game 1 victory in the '88 World Series, what a nice career he had as well.
Every Tiger fan curses the Doyle Alexander trade even to this day. Because of course, the player who went to Atlanta was a little known minor league pitcher named John Smoltz….
If only saw it for this playoff series but I love how the camera stats on the team walking off the field for an extended time compared to other baseball broadcasts. Idk it just looked really cool and I’d wish they’d go back to that instead of going strait to commercial instantly .
Love this sport, so much just wish they would leave it alone . All the rule changes are ruining the game, and talking about robot umpires may be the last straw. Instead of catering to those who currently do not watch, why not leave it alone for the one's who have always enjoyed. to many teams make the playoff's instant replay runner at second base without earning it, make it go away and back to game that it used to be
It's ironic in a sense that the Metrodome was primarily built for football, but it was the Twins who enjoyed their greatest successes in that building. Meanwhile the dome came and went, and the Vikings still haven't gotten to a Super Bowl.
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John Paulson it's VERY rare that giving up a prospect for a proven player comes back to haunt the team that gave up the prospect. Normally those kinds of trades are highway robbery because just by simple odds most of even the greatest prospects don't ultimately turn out as hoped. But Smoltz for Alexander is definitely a rare exception.
@@ADEAL918 alexander going 9-0 was a fluke. let's say the tigers got smoltz. it wouldn't make sense for detroit to keep an ace. the team was getting old slashing payroll and unable to compete against toronto new york cleveland in the 90's.
@@ADEAL918 In 1989 the Twins made a trade that got them a prospect who had a good career and helped them win the 1991 World Series. They traded Frank Viola to the Mets and got four pitchers, three of whom made the major leagues and two who had good careers. Rick Aguilera was the proven pitcher they got and they also got Kevin Tapani, David West and Jack Savage. Savage never made the big leagues and West was so so in his career but Tapani and Aguilera had good careers for the Twins.
Same reason why game 1 of the 91 ALCS was in Minnesota and why game 1 of the 1989 ALCS was in Oakland. rotation. back then during the odd years, the West division gets the Home field advantage while the East division gets Home field advantage during the even years.
@@andrewpestotnik5495 part of the reason was in those days there were a lt more NFL/MLB shared stadiums than there are today. This allowed for possible shifting of NFL games with more notice.
@@paulsonj72 The year before in '86 the Mets were originally slated to have homefield advantage for the NLCS but the Astrodome in Houston was unavailable for Games 3-4-5 in Houston because the NFL's Houston Oilers were playing at home that weekend so they switched it up so that the Astros wound up hosting the 1st two games instead of the Mets. Thus avoiding a scheduling conflict between the Astros and Houston Oilers. Not that it mattered to the Mets tho, they still won the series & clinched in Houston nonetheless.
Unfortunately Detroit was the far better team. Pun intended. Minnesota had a lousy season record where the Blue Jays and Tigers were storming the A.L. in 1987.
Those Detroit Tigers of the mid to late 80s were no joke , I tip my hat to them and much respect for Sparky Anderson .... R.I.P. Sparky 🌟 🙏
I am a lifelong Detroit Tigers fan, and this series broke my heart. We battled the Blue Jays all season and came up on top, should have beat the Twins, but they got hot at exactly the right time. I was 10 years old, and after this game, I couldn’t watch anymore, because I knew we were going to lose. I think we stole game 4, but I knew we were doomed….been mad at the Twins ever since 😅
It was game three on Saturday afternoon the Tigers won.
Yeah the metro dome was wild wasn't it l😂😂
Thanks for uploading! I was at the game. I was 9 years old. What a memory.
Don Baylor was clutch in '86 and '87 alcs!
I can't believe I get to watch this. I remember watching the away games on tv while "being sick" and staying home from school. Playing NES and watching this was heaven.
Great start to arguably the magical postseason run of the late 20th century. Not just the Twins but all of Minnesota was starved for a champion.
First title since 1954. Sure the northstars had played for a cup only 6 years earlier but there was no way in hell the stars were beating al arbour and the long island lighting co with 4 games at ft neverlose
I'd say a large part of the Upper Midwest was starved for a champion. It was a month the region will never forget
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This is just great!
Thanks for the show!
The entire month the entire Upper Midwest region will never forget.
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Let's do it again in October 2019. #bombasquad
TK. Kirby. Herbie. G-Man. Lombo. Bruno. and above all, Juan Berenguer. What an October it was.
Thanks for uploading
All of this were on KARE-TV Channel 11 in 1987 still a NBC Station
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Goosebumps listening to that open.
I remember hoping we didn’t have to play Detroit because I think they beat us in almost every game that year. Amazing time
I love that little moment at 1:05:42 here with Costas and Kubek with the homer hanky and Costas trying to put the hanky on Kubek's head. Their dynamic in the booth was almost like Kubek was the big brother and Costas was the little brother. Kubek was a mentor of sorts to Costas, I think, in his early days at NBC. Wasn't above gentle admonishes though--apparently there was one incident where Costas made the mistake of bringing up the play in the '60 World Series where Kubek was hit in the Adam's Apple by a bad hop grounder--which apparently he was quite sensitive about and didn't like to talk about. When Costas brought it up on the air, supposedly put a hand on Costas's thigh to stop him--didn't want to make it clear on the air but made an unseen gesture saying--"nope, don't go there!" But this was a great partnership, no question.
What do I remember about this game? The very end. I ended up cutting a date short that night so I could catch the rest of the game. Turned on the tube and Reardon just got the 3rd out to get the Twins out of a jam. And the rest was history.
The 84 Tigers and 86 Mets were two teams that should have dominated but only had the one year title success.
Sparky lost his pitching coach that made his rotation and the Mets fell in love with crack.
Sparky was too in love with veterans and the tigers failed to develop any minor leaguers.
There were several plays in left and left center where a faster fielder would have made plays that Gibby couldn't.
The Tigers were coming in red hot after overtaking the Blue Jays for the AL East division title during the last weekend of the season, while the Twins lost their last 5 entering the postseason but had already clinched the West the week before. The Tigers were obviously heavily favored....and then the Twins' Gary Gaetti slammed a pair of Home Runs off of Detroit's Doyle Alexander in Game 1....and the rest is history.
Bob Costas at 1:24:36: "[Kirk Gibson] is a very good player not a great player." 3 pitches later, Gibson smokes it out of the park. Hilarious.
I Like Bob Costas.
But Bob Costas Says, "Gary Gaetti Sitting On A Lawn Chair 🪑 Relaxing!" 😎😌
And A Minute Later:
" Gary Gaetti Hits His Second Home Run Of The Game! "
Well Bob Costas, I Guess Relaxing 😎😌 On Lawn Furniture Must Be Working! 🙄🥴😁😅😂🤣
I Am Posting 📫 This 👇🏼 At 3:24 a.m. Tuesday Morning 🌛🌉🌃🌌 , March 5, 2024.🏟️⚾
Doyle Alexander at times was down right nasty. He ended his career with 194 wins to 174 losses, he definitely bounced from club to club even pitching for my Baltimore Orioles. Just to think one year later Kirk Gibson would be a Dodger and he would hobble off the bench in the bottom of ninth to hit that epic home run off HOF Dennis Eckersley to send the Dodgers to a game 1 victory in the '88 World Series, what a nice career he had as well.
Every Tiger fan curses the Doyle Alexander trade even to this day. Because of course, the player who went to Atlanta was a little known minor league pitcher named John Smoltz….
Sparky also said that Chet Lemon was the greatest CF of all-time.
Luv ya chester and brookens
If only saw it for this playoff series but I love how the camera stats on the team walking off the field for an extended time compared to other baseball broadcasts. Idk it just looked really cool and I’d wish they’d go back to that instead of going strait to commercial instantly .
Tom Kelly was 37 here? Crazy how much older people looked even 35 years ago.
Damn can't believe it's been 30 years since the Twins ran the table, they accomplished what the Vikings couldn't, LOL.
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27 years. Twins last won it all in 1991.
Boy, the strike zone in the 9th 🙄
Love this sport, so much just wish they would leave it alone . All the rule changes are ruining the game, and talking about robot umpires may be the last straw. Instead of catering to those who currently do not watch, why not leave it alone for the one's who have always enjoyed. to many teams make the playoff's instant replay runner at second base without earning it, make it go away and back to game that it used to be
The crowd was too loud
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the metrodome which was a terrible faclitiy for baseball, but the twins were unbeatable there for years
It's ironic in a sense that the Metrodome was primarily built for football, but it was the Twins who enjoyed their greatest successes in that building. Meanwhile the dome came and went, and the Vikings still haven't gotten to a Super Bowl.
Oh man gladdin and gagne where severe trouble making pests Jim
How were the announcers on the intro the 72 alcs 76 alcs and 86 alcs?
This at 2:24:18 was a strike? I guess in 1987, half a foot outside was considered a strike
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a two hit complete game shout out ? what is a complete game do they still exist ?
To think the tigers gave up john smoltz for a playoff run.
To be fair Smoltz was only a prospect and the Tigers were trying to win now. Nobody expecting Smoltz to have the career he did.
John Paulson it's VERY rare that giving up a prospect for a proven player comes back to haunt the team that gave up the prospect. Normally those kinds of trades are highway robbery because just by simple odds most of even the greatest prospects don't ultimately turn out as hoped. But Smoltz for Alexander is definitely a rare exception.
@@ADEAL918 alexander going 9-0 was a fluke. let's say the tigers got smoltz. it wouldn't make sense for detroit to keep an ace. the team was getting old slashing payroll and unable to compete against toronto new york cleveland in the 90's.
@@ADEAL918 In 1989 the Twins made a trade that got them a prospect who had a good career and helped them win the 1991 World Series. They traded Frank Viola to the Mets and got four pitchers, three of whom made the major leagues and two who had good careers. Rick Aguilera was the proven pitcher they got and they also got Kevin Tapani, David West and Jack Savage. Savage never made the big leagues and West was so so in his career but Tapani and Aguilera had good careers for the Twins.
Wow, a discussion of sign stealing cheating in 1987.
Back when that was a private matter between players, rather than a Big Data enterprise run out of the front office!
1:24:58 Kirk Gibson look likes Robert Gay.
Hold on to your bubble gum chart 1:25:11.
Watch this.
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Why do Twins have home field advantage when DET has better record??
Home field alternated between divisions in that era and 1987 was the the AL West had home field
Why was Game 1 in Minnesota? I'm a pretty learned guy in baseball history but I've never found a real answer for it
Same reason why game 1 of the 91 ALCS was in Minnesota and why game 1 of the 1989 ALCS was in Oakland. rotation. back then during the odd years, the West division gets the Home field advantage while the East division gets Home field advantage during the even years.
@@jayNicks10 thank you. I just love that they thought that was logical
They did the same thing for the world series for years too.
@@andrewpestotnik5495 part of the reason was in those days there were a lt more NFL/MLB shared stadiums than there are today. This allowed for possible shifting of NFL games with more notice.
@@paulsonj72 The year before in '86 the Mets were originally slated to have homefield advantage for the NLCS but the Astrodome in Houston was unavailable for Games 3-4-5 in Houston because the NFL's Houston Oilers were playing at home that weekend so they switched it up so that the Astros wound up hosting the 1st two games instead of the Mets. Thus avoiding a scheduling conflict between the Astros and Houston Oilers. Not that it mattered to the Mets tho, they still won the series & clinched in Houston nonetheless.
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Unfortunately Detroit was the far better team. Pun intended. Minnesota had a lousy season record where the Blue Jays and Tigers were storming the A.L. in 1987.
3 players with 30 home runs not including Puckett and blyleven also HOF'er, Twins were great in 1987.
No Greatness just overachieving.
Haha,, the ' better teams don't always win'. Stop your whining. How many HOF players on that Detroit team?
The twins were stealing signs year and in the playoffs ..they should have never scored all those run against that tigers staff ...