Crazy to think how close the twins were to going up 2-0 in the series against the Yankees, also how close it came to going 5 games had it not been for ruben Sierra's homer in game 4. Really shows how mediocre the Yankees starting rotation was in 04. They really didn't crush the twins in 04 like they did in 03, despite winning in 4 games again. Great offense & a tremendous bullpen the Yankees had in 04. However it starts with your starting pitching. It shows how much trouble they were gonna be in, in the alcs.
On paper, I thought that the 2004 Yankees had a very nice starting rotation, with Jon Lieber, Kevin Brown, Javy Vazquez, Mike Mussina, and El Duque. However, their performance on the field in 2004 was something else, and not in a good way. Also, the Yankees didnt crush the Twins in 2004 like they did in 2003, mainly because of the rise of Johan Santana (best pitcher in baseball from 2004 to 2008)
@@Servant_of_Yeshua_ sure, but that happens. Well struck line drives down the line almost never bounce over 3 foot perpendicular walls in fair territory. That was a 1 in a 10000, help from God play, bc the Yanks wud have been up 5 - 4, and you know damn well MO isn't blowing 2 in a row. Just ain't happening. Yanks in 5.
@@tamerlanenj he made one bad pitch to Mueller. Arod could have ended it in games 4 and 5, and Torre didn't go to Rivera to start the 8th in game 5 with a two run lead.
@@Surfer041 oh like when A-Rod hit a 2 run bomb onto Landsdown Street in Game 4 that gave them the lead. If Mario gets the outs arod is one of the heroes. Walking Millar was killer. Tom Gordon also was wretched in Game 5. Then there was Torre starting Brown in Game 7.
@@tamerlanenj it was definitely more Torre than Arod blowing that series. When he struck out against an exhausted Timlin with Cairo on 3rd and one out in game 5 up by two in the 8th, I had a feeling the Yankees were in trouble trouble. The rest of the lineup also decided to stop hitting with the exception of Matsui.
@andrewculbertson1079 I watched over 150 games in 04. The Yankees starting pitching was horrible for a vast majority of it. The bats picked the worse time to go ice cold. October. On top of Torre butchering games 4 5 and 6.
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Sierra was clutch in the postseason. I miss watching him play. He had the sweetest swing ever.
Ruben Sierra always hit well against the Twins with the A’s/Rangers back when Minnesota was in the AL West
Yankees own the Twins!
1:37 You can feel the life getting sucked out of the crowd. What a shot!
Utter silence... it's a beautiful thing!
@@baseballcinema Best Baseball channel on RUclips. I live on these Yankee clips!
"HE MASTERS IT. THERE IT GOES DEEP RIGHT CENTER AND THIS GAME IS...TIED UP!!!"
We need a player like Sierra now!!
The Yankees during the 1995-2004 postseasons just had so many late clutch home runs.
Every Yankees fan is well aware that the Twins are the gift that keeps on giving in the post-season
Matsui was so good on the bases, underrated imo
Sierra was super clutch
Memories.
I know you're not listening, but MLB The Show developers please get this man in the game so I can replay all those pimp job homers.
0:45 That face lol Twins fans could feel that bullpen collapse coming despite still being up three runs
Crazy to think how close the twins were to going up 2-0 in the series against the Yankees, also how close it came to going 5 games had it not been for ruben Sierra's homer in game 4. Really shows how mediocre the Yankees starting rotation was in 04. They really didn't crush the twins in 04 like they did in 03, despite winning in 4 games again. Great offense & a tremendous bullpen the Yankees had in 04. However it starts with your starting pitching. It shows how much trouble they were gonna be in, in the alcs.
On paper, I thought that the 2004 Yankees had a very nice starting rotation, with Jon Lieber, Kevin Brown, Javy Vazquez, Mike Mussina, and El Duque. However, their performance on the field in 2004 was something else, and not in a good way.
Also, the Yankees didnt crush the Twins in 2004 like they did in 2003, mainly because of the rise of Johan Santana (best pitcher in baseball from 2004 to 2008)
@@hmhm856 That rotation was awful
Clark's ground rule double Game 5 was the unluckiest play in Yankee history.
@@dukedematteo1995 some say that & others say A rod striking out with runners in scoring position in game 4 of that series...
@@Servant_of_Yeshua_ sure, but that happens. Well struck line drives down the line almost never bounce over 3 foot perpendicular walls in fair territory. That was a 1 in a 10000, help from God play, bc the Yanks wud have been up 5 - 4, and you know damn well MO isn't blowing 2 in a row. Just ain't happening. Yanks in 5.
I kept checking my volume. A completely empty stadium would have been louder than this.
In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death, taxes, & the Yankees beating the Twins in the playoffs.
😂😂😂😂
Love Josh Lewin
His call on that home run is epic!
Yes hell yeah
In retrospect wish we'd lost
Torre and Arod lost that ALCS.
@@Surfer041 actually Mariano Rivera lost it. ARod was great.
@@tamerlanenj he made one bad pitch to Mueller. Arod could have ended it in games 4 and 5, and Torre didn't go to Rivera to start the 8th in game 5 with a two run lead.
@@Surfer041 oh like when A-Rod hit a 2 run bomb onto Landsdown Street in Game 4 that gave them the lead. If Mario gets the outs arod is one of the heroes. Walking Millar was killer. Tom Gordon also was wretched in Game 5. Then there was Torre starting Brown in Game 7.
@@tamerlanenj it was definitely more Torre than Arod blowing that series. When he struck out against an exhausted Timlin with Cairo on 3rd and one out in game 5 up by two in the 8th, I had a feeling the Yankees were in trouble trouble. The rest of the lineup also decided to stop hitting with the exception of Matsui.
The Yanks made the Twins’ bullpen their b*tch.
Twins could have easily swept the Yankees.
And as a Yankee fan, I wish they did. Would’ve been better than the Yankees blowing a 3-0 lead
@andrewculbertson1079 I watched over 150 games in 04. The Yankees starting pitching was horrible for a vast majority of it. The bats picked the worse time to go ice cold. October. On top of Torre butchering games 4 5 and 6.