1995 ALDS Gm2: Sierra, Mattingly go back-to-back
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- Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
- 10/4/95: Ruben Sierra and Don Mattingly hit back-to-back home runs in Game 2 to give the Yankees a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the sixth
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"Ohh hang on to the roof!" Gives me chills. Great call!
man Mattingly had a sweet swing, Sierra on the other hand, XD dude just whips his arms around as hard and as fast as he can...
Sierra's homer was about as high as I've ever seen a ball hit.
Miss the old stadium, so raw. At atmosphere was the best.
Gary Thorne’s the best
My favorite call of all time.
I was there with my friends in the bleachers. Mattingly's home run landed two rows directly in front of us. I paused the video and all four of us are visible. Wow I never thought to look before. Tears in my eyes. The single greatest, loudest moment I have ever witnessed in person. The stadium itself was moving. A moment I will always cherish and never forget.
I was also there that night. And you’re 100% right about how loud it was. The upper deck was shaking. It also was crazy when Bernie got thrown out in the bottom of the 10th when Sierra hit a shot that went off the wall
I was a few rows behind where the ball landed. Still the greatest game I've ever been at and greatest moment as a fan.
I was there too. After Mattingly homered someone wondered why he wasn't coming out for a curtain call and someone answered, "because he knows the Stadium would fall apart."
Was there too - loge between first base and foul pole. You could actually get tickets day before because they Yanks barely made playoffs and it was one year after the strike. Place went nuts after Mattingly stadium was shaking for sure. Then same thing in bottom of 15th with Leyritz to win the game. Got home like 4:00am, took off work the next day. Best memory I have of the old stadium. Too bad they went to Seattle to lose the series. Donny Baseball's last game in Yankee Stadium.
Seems like everyone on RUclips was there. Amazing!
I went psycho when Donnie hit that homerun. All the years of watching him toil on bad Yankee teams came to a head. He was my hero.
I almost became minutes away in 1992 I almost named my son after him
He's my all time favorite.
Had the pleasure of buying my Dad a signed ball from Donnie Baseball, who indoctrinated me as a Yankee fan for life, with Donnie still my favorite player today.
I miss the old teams. Mattingly, Jeter, Pettitte, Bernie, Rivera, Cone, Boggs, Girardi, Martinez, O'Neill, Posada, and so many many more from that era.
Not mine. I didn't like #23. Tino was my guy, and #24 before him, Kevin Maas ;)
@@TimMosleycar3hur I have no problem with Tino. Extremely underrated defensively. The year Rafael Palmeiro stole the Gold Glove from Tino pissed me off. I believe Palmeiro only played 27 games at 1st that year and Tino was great on the field. Total BS MLB politics.
As for Maas, he was fun at first when he came to fill in for Donnie. He was just a flash in the pan.
This is my single favorite moment in professional sports history. I grew up as a kid in the 80s and the Yankees were not good as at that time it was Mets town, but the Yanks always had one thing I would have never traded for anything.....Don Mattingly. This may not have been a walkoff, a series winner, or even lead to a series win..but it was SUCH. A huge moment for the TRUE Yankee/Mattingly fans..I was never so excited and happy for a pro ball player as I was watching the captain finally get his shot. We all knew his back was shot and he was at the end, but he gave that his ALL in that series and for those 5 games, we were able to one last time see the Mattingly of old..the guy who was the best player in the world for about 5-6 years. He let it all hang out that series and he even retired with the best batting average off of Randy Johnson. Mattingly could hit anyone..and that home run was such a special moment because it truly encapsulated what he was about..passion, clutch, and class. And as he rounded the bases, you could see two things..you could see the crowd going nuts and his teammates being so excited and proud for him. He was their leader. He was our captain. He was Donnie Baseball. What a special player!
#DonnieForTheHall
That was George Costanza's first year in the organization.
He would be an intrical part in the organization during their Wod Series win the next year.... in six games.
Sports Master He also booked them in that Ramada in Milwaukee..
@@LeoWhalen1933 You brilliantly combined intricate and integral!
🤣🤣facts
The switch to the cotton uniforms really helped.
21 years later and I still get goose bumps.
+F Cruz same here..
gdbalck Don't forget the Martinez grand slam, game 1of the 97 world series to go up 9-5.
Mr Cruz That was the 98' World Series
Joseph Bell yea you are right... forgot it was the indians who made it to the series that yr (97) My bad.
Mr Cruz No worries, I wish they were there in 97'. Dam Indians messed it up
OH HANGGGGG ON TO THE ROOOF GOOOOOOOOOD BYE HOMERUN! Gary Thorne is awesome
Absolutely,he was one highly underrated sportscaster!
M.Alexander Zagorski it’s a shame he’s being wasted on the Orioles
Legendary. Just like his off the floor on the board Paul Kariya call. I wish he was still doing national work. I don't understand why he's not.
You know you are a good announcer when you can call football baseball hockey even bowling and kill it
Damn it, if only Don Mattingly had played one more year with the Yankees, that 1996 Championship would have been so much sweeter.....thanks for the great memories Donnie Baseball!!!
True but we got Tino as a result of Donnie's retirement.
I remember years ago Mattingly was doing a book signing in Manhattan and I asked him about this homerun. First, I told him it was the greatest moment in baseball history then I said 'It had to feel good' the hitman leaned back in his chair and replied 'Yes it did'. He was very cool and not intimidating at all. I wanted to buy him a beer.
You think that this HR is the greatest moment in baseball history? That's just embarrassing, dude.
What’s embarrassing is not realizing that was the greatest moment in baseball history, dude.
Uh huh. Right. Sure.
Henry Aaron--among many, MANY others--might have something to say about that.
@@edmundlee4087 it wasn't tho. Im a yankee fan, a lot more moments that were better than this
@@conpop6924 still was definitely a cool moment
Old Yankee Stadium was a zoo. The new stadium doesn’t come close!
Different feel, different fans, different generation and stadium. BUT you are right I wouldnt trade my memories of that park for anything.
@@VeN0m88 Most new stadiums are that way, the average fan is priced out.
Old Chicago Bulls Stadium, old Boston Garden, the list goes on...
The ghosts didn’t move over either.
VicInNocal add the Orange Bowl. Hurricanes and Dolphins have yet to recover.
gary thorne one of the most underrated sports broadcasters. love his home run calls and his dramatics
I was at that game with my pops. One of my greatest memories I was 15 year old. Donnie baseball is favorite yankee of all time.
The old stadium, nothing like it! Cant even hear the homerun music, those 90s crowds were amazing
I was at this game--upper deck right by 3rd base!! When I watch this clip part of me is overjoyed at being able to relive the memory. But an even bigger part of me gets very depressed because I know I'll never again have the thrill of being in an atmosphere like this. I can't adequately describe how much I miss the old Stadium--for a big game it was the greatest place to be in the entire sports world--no other venue anywhere on Earth was more electrifying!!
I was there for Game 1. Still trying to get the beer stains out of my jacket & hat. Beers were flying everywhere. Never seen Yankees fans in such a frenzy. It was awesome.
Amen guys. That stadium was ELECTRIC like I've never seen it for that series.
Loved that place..New one just doesn't cut it.
I was in the same area, hope I didn't hit you with the bag if peanuts I threw after Donnie's HR ;). Best game I've ever seen.
pcmcguire18504 I agree 100%--even though I was at those epic 2001 World Series contests with the Tino, Jeter, Brosius homers etc---as incredible as those games were I think this one tops them all!! The dramatic ebb and flow of the game combined with the most hyper-charged crowd I've ever been a part of make this the best one for me as well!!
I was at Game 6 of the 96 WS when they won it and this game tops it. The whole stadium was SHAKING and I've never seen a manager pull his whole team off the field before or since.
Im a Red Sox fan and I love this shit. Gary Thorne could call my wife grocery shopping...
“Oh hold onto the roof! She’s got Frosted Flakes! Goodbye Cheerios!”
The 1995 playoff crowd: 90% male. 75% over 15. 50% drunk.
ROTFLMAO---and the 50% drunk percentage was before the game even STARTED!!
0.19 BAC
You’re completely wrong we were way more drunk than that!!!
I’m sorry, but there a helluva lot more women there than you give credit for.
yea probably because those were the real Yankee fans back than, a few years and a few World Series later all the bandwagon fans in NY jumped on the Yankees bandwagon
Donny’s a class act and with a .307 lifetime batting avg among other things should be in the hall of fame. He’s definitely part of that 1%...
Every once in a while I like to come on here and have a flashback to growing up in NYC and this very moment sitting in my room watching my favorite ball player finally get his chance. Everyday he gave his all and carry the organization throw it’s dark years. Love this moment, but more so appreciate this man! To my first hero, thank you Donnie!
Same here. Washington Heights -- I'm a huge Mattingly fan!
As a mets fan I get goosebumps hearing that old Yankee stadium roar. You don't hear that with the new ballparks
Because everybody's on their phone, lol
Right... that's because they're serving martinis and have a sushi bar... smh 🤦♂️🤦♂️ everybody knows ur supposed to have a hot dog n a beer
@@jesserodriguez8197 I agree that regular season games are too corporate but I've been to several playoff games the last few years and they have all been very loud and exciting. Went to this game too, was 16 years old and I'll never forget it!
@@stellarremnant actually yea ur right I never went to a playoff game in the new yankee stadium but ur right on TV there r times during playoff games that for a moment reminds me of the old one that is true
You don't hear that with modern stadiums because half the people are there on business meetings and not actually even a fan.
The emotion that Mattingly homerun brings me 26 years later is crazy!
Ruben is the person that got that era beginning with post season magic through the 1990's through the early 2000's.
Was 13 when this happened...I remember flipping out and running all around the house cheering when Mattingly hit that homerun. Such a shame he never got a series ring...
He'll get one as a manager soon I'm sure!
That’s what makes him that more special he was the shining star in the Yankees darkest era!!!
I was 12, I had the don mattingly baseball card folder in school. He was my first sports hero!!
@@albanymike hows that working out for ya???
If you are Yankee fan from the 80's this was the most exciting moment we saw and that includes all the titles from the 90's. It was awesome!
I’m not an old fashioned baseball fan when it comes to most things, but watching Donny sprint out an absolute tank-job brings a tear to my eye
Old Yankees Stadium crowd>New Yankees Stadium crowd
This might be the greatest series rarely brought up in greatest series conversations.
I still get chills watching this. Mattingly was my favorite player. He deserved that moment.
This was right before it was popular to be a yankee fan in new york. Right before we all got spoiled by their 17 subsequent years of near dominance. I was in high school and would pay 6 DOLLARS to go sit in the bleachers back then. This old barn used to flat out ROCK!
Geez, you guys are sooooo freakin' young. To some, it was uncool to be Yankees fans when they went through their various droughts. But the real fans stuck with them and were rewarded during the period of this video. But it was never uncool to be a Yankee fan to the real fans!!!! I've been a fan since '61!!!
Two amazing calls by Gary Thorne, with Mattingly's home run call being one of the best baseball ones I have EVER heard.
The build up, the stage in the game, the long shot watching it fly into the night as Thorne starts yelling, and the fans going crazy. Absolutely perfect broadcasting, it literally cannot get better.
I still get chills when I watch this. Mattingly meant so much to me growing up. His first year in the MLB was my first year in Little League. He was my idol. I mimicked his batting stance. My father bought me the same 1st base glove as Mattingly. I couldn't have had a better role model. When Edgar Martinez drove in the winning run....I didnt cry for my beloved Yankees....I cried for Donald Arthur Mattingly.
0:56 - 0:59 I miss the old Yankee Stadium. Im a Red Sox fan btw...
There was nothing like that ballpark. Truly electrifying to watch a big game there
I can still hear the chants: Donnie-Baseball, Donnie Baseball, Donnie Baseball!!! Get chills and tears in my eyes over this 25 years later!!!
I cried when Don hit that homer
bigchee72 I'm glad I wasn't the only one. I still get choked up watching this.
Nik S me too
Wuss
Tino was better. the Homer was great don't get me wrong, but it was the last Dance for Donnie baseball. We needed Tino to beat Atlanta in '96
@@TimMosleycar3hur Of course Tino was better in 1996, but didn't hold a candle to prime Donnie.
Donnie had one of the sweetest swings in MLB history. By this point, he added the high leg kick Paul O'Neill taught him.
Terrific bat speed. Turns on the ball so fast.
Donnie's back injury was one of the biggest tragedies in sports. What might have been. Shame he didn't discover the leg kick trick a few years earlier.
@:53, Jeter is clapping from the top step and you know he wanted to get in on these Yankee moments. #2 Derek Jeter
Mattingly hit a no doubt about it HR into the bleachers, over the 385 sign. Still gives me chills
Wow 24 years later and still gives me chills. I was there for those home games. Nothing beats that Stadium. Real fans! Gary Thorne's call was icing on the cake
I remember watching this when I was 17. Mattingly, as he was with others, was my idol growing up. I remember the elation of that moment, watching in my living room…brings back great memories. Even though they lost to Seattle, that was an incredibly exciting series.
The stadium looks like it smelled like beer. Better than today's disneyland environment.
that was part of yankee stadiums greatness. all the concourses smelled like stale beer and piss.
Bingo, Joe! Nothing like the "real" Yankee Stadium . The new place is a baseball field inside a shopping mall.
jposadalcs - That is a great description of the old stadium. So, so true.
nailed it absolutely nailed it. New YS sucks.
jposadalcs you couldn’t be anymore right
What a classic series, and what classic calls from Gary Thorne.
"Put on the mustard on her, baby - goodbye, home run!"
"OhHohHOh, HANG ON TO THE ROOF! GOOOOOODBYYYYYYYYEEE Home Run!"
That had to be unbelievable! I could feel the atmosphere through my television, I can only imagine how awesome it was being there.
As a Mets fan, I always admired Don Mattingly. Great baseball moment. 96 was the last time the stadium sounded as loud as this clip. Yankee fans were hungry back then, now everyone is spoiled.
put mattingly in the hall of fame.....please.
BROOO IKR he’s my grandpas cousin so we talk about that ALOT!!
@@averlymattingly5961 Do you talk to Don Mattingly?
Gary Thorne is just a great broadcaster, get chills with this call even not being a Yankees fan
These homers are total opposites. New school Sierra hits his, does a little swagger dance, and immediately goes into a home run trot. Old school Mattingly hits his and sprints until he knows it's over the fence, lol.
Raymond Sierra wasn't new school. He had been playing since the 80s. He was just a showboat, that's all.
I loved that Sierra home run. It was like watching Ricky Baseball with a little more dance in it lol
The Mattingly of 1982-1987 hit the ball consistently harder, at-bat to at-bat, as any Yankee I ever saw. Had there been a wildcard in 1985 the Yankees would have demolished anyone in their path, the Royals most of all.
That '85 team was very good. Rickey Henderson was something to watch, as was Winfield. Donnie Baseball's MVP year. You're so right about Mattingly's '82-'87 years...he was the best all-around player in the game.
My favorite player ALL TIME!!!! Donnie baseball!!!!!
I was 17 when this happened. After an entire childhood of losing and empty seats I was finally feeling real post season baseball. Thanks don.
NY doesn't know anything about losing lol
sadly, that would be mattingly's last game ever in yankee stadium. back injuries and his unhappiness w/the firing of buck showalter led to his retirement shortly thereafter. its always been a bitter pill to swallow that he wasn't around for the dynasty years.
I remember watching a pre game show during that series and seeing Griffey Jr doing his best "Ruben Sierra" homerun impression in the Mariners dugout. Even as a lifelong Yankee fan Griffey had some much fun playing the game you couldn't help but love the guy
I cut classes and drove four hours to attend this game and it was the best sporting event I’ve ever experienced. Amazing game.
The night the Bronx shook.
and now 25 yrs later there talking baseball with no fans
to me noo way its a wrap its all done ---DONNIE AND RUBEN THANK YOU FOR THIS BACK TO BACK HRFEST QUARTER OF CENTURY AGO I CANT BELIEVE IT ALREADY
mattingly new this was his last shot. he knew he was gonna retire after that season. with his back in agonizing pain he said "fuck it i'm gonna let it rip no matter how bad the back is" you can see just how stiff he was when he ran but he battled like a warrior to the end
Look how Donnie runs hard out of the box until it's definitely gone. That's a ball player.
If Don Mattingly didn’t have such a bad back, he’d be in the Hall of Fame with ease!
Yup, he would've been on at least 2 of the 4 World Series teams.
I was at this game with my brother. Place was nuts! Donnie Baseball aka The Hit Man my fav big leaguer!
The camera angle of Sierra’s homer was awesome! It basically looks like that when live in person.
after 15 years and maybe 200+ home games that was my first playoff game at yankee stadium. Jim Leyritz would later hit a game winning walk-off HR in extra innings to turn that place into a madhouse. It was like 15 years of frustration being exorcised w/1 swing of the bat. It had just started raining and no one gave a shit. The building was shaking like i never felt it before. Definitely a lifetime memory right there.
I'll never forget the mist in the air...
Awesome night. I was so happy for the Captain playing on the big stage he so rightfully deserved and coming through!
Never gets old.
Growing up I was a Don Mattingly fan. I wished that he had stuck around to get at least one ring as a player.
Donnie baseball flat out raked in that series. He made the best of his 1 playoff series....that's for sure.
I became a Yanks fan in the late 80s. I've been lucky to have seen my team win 5 titles and so many amazing moments. This Mattingly HR remains my most favorite moment as a Yanks fan.
dabomb2045 agreed.
Hard to believe this was Mattingly's only post season.
leafyutube To add insult to injury the Yankees won the World Series after He retired.
More insult to injury, in 1994 the Yankees had the best record in the A.L when their strike ended the season, 70-43
@@ITALIAN926 the yankees definately would have made the world series in 1994
Prior to 1995, he played on some really good Yankee teams that you would've thought could make a playoff run, particularly the 1985 and 1994 teams. It is hard to believe Don made just that one appearance in postseason.
i would gladly give up this Yankees loss vs Seattle in return for the 4 WS wins in the next 5 years. Am I right?
This is my most memorable memory of sports. Donny is my all time favorite player. I still get goosebumps watching this
Chills everytime i watch this....I knew he was gonna hit it in real time....One of my Fav Yankee Teams....
I was at this game. I was 8 years old & I’ll never forget this night. I remember almost missing the game because the Pope was coming into Manhattan & they were closing highways. I already loved the Yankees, but this made me obsessed. The crowd was deafening, Stadium shaking. I can still picture Ruben Sierra hitting the double off of the Left Field wall to tie the game in the 9th & Bernie getting thrown out at home plate as the game winning run. I was in the upper deck between home plate & first base so the play was right in front of me. Leyrtiz walk off in extras in the rain.. This is why no crowds make me sick.. Nothing like the Old Yankee Stadium..
2022 and I still love this video and the commentator haha
Sitting in the Yankees bullpen watching this was absolutely incredible!!
were you a teammate of donnies?
@@joegti10 yessir #54
Joe Ausanio!!!
I was in the bleacher section of that game. One of the best memories of my life. The stadium went absolutely crazy when Donnie baseball hit that ball. Beer flying all over the place, lol, I remember some beer landing on me. Didn’t care one bit.
I still listen to this Gary Thorne call a few times a year! Still gives me chills to this day from the live moment it happened. The perfect voice on a national broadcast in this moment!! Met him with a friend way back in the early 90s in Toronto when he called ESPN games with Ray Knight. One of the BEST play-by-play voices (see: Hockey, Baseball, Football, etc.) EVER!
"And that's a home run trot" "He runs around the bases like they used to". Not only that, the most times he struck out in a season was 43 times.....can you imagine that these days ?
Great memories of a 10yr old Yankee fan, when my 2 favorite Yankees go back to back, in Donnie Baseball's 1st playoffs. Those were the days, i miss them dearly. (Ruuuuuuuu-ben!, Donnie Base-ball!)
Gary Thorne’s calls are amazing!
I'm so glad I made the trip down 95 from Boston to the Stadium before it was demolished.. Went to a weekend series in July 2003 Red Sox vs Yankees.. Place was incredible.. Enemy territory but incredible.
Sierra pimped the hell out of that cannon shot... LOL Then the Captain... in his final moment of glory... did it with class...
Good seeing young Jeter & Posada here.
Sierras homer was just epic. What a moon shot!
He'll get one as a manager soon I'm sure!
Elliott Shemtov People forget how well Sierra played for the Yanks in the 2nd half of the 95 season---he still had it back then!! (Ultimately, he was one of those guys who had Hall of Fame talent but for some reason didn't have the burning desire to be great---he had a tendency to just go through the motions a lot of times and never reached his full potential.)
Agreed
+Elliott Shemtov If Sierra's was epic, what was Mattingly's? Mattingly fans who grew up in the 80s lived for that moment.
I agree. When he hit that I can't describe the feeling. And the call by the announcer (not sure who it was) was epic!
Mattingly one of the most underrated ball players . Batting title , gold gloves , hit for avg .. both sides of the plate .. on of the best first basemen of all time and never make the hall .. I have every card printed .. uncuts, college, and even one from high school.. and tokes and un opened bubble gun card with his card on top , all 3 rookies tops fleer donrus .. plus a signed bat ball and game used Jersey..
Holy shit. As a kid i watched ruben play for the yanks In the mid 2000s. I had no idea he was on the team in fuckin 95
This scene alone is proof of how incredible Yankee Stadium was before they tore it down. Yes, it was the hallowed grounds of Babe, Lou, Joe, and Mickey. But even in the 90's and 2000's it was like no other sports venue - big, famous and loud like the city itself. It would eat you up if you let it. I took a tour when I was a kid and got to walk the warning track, see the clubhouse and Jeter's second locker solely for fan mail, and ultimately sit in Joe Torre's seat in the dugout and play with the phone. Although it pains me that this icon of Americana is gone, I will always cherish the memories of going there to watch some of the greatest who ever played
Damn that Mattingly homerun ball must be worth a fortune.
I was thrilled after watching Donny's entire career that he finally made it to the playoffs! And man! What a series he had! He hit .417 with 10 hits, a home run, 6 RBIs and 3 runs scored in those 5 games against Seattle. If only his body held up for another season to have won the world series in '96... But maybe without Tino things would have been different? Who knows.. Don-ny Base-ball! clap, clap, clap-clap-clap.
I came back once again to relive this moment
My favorite moment in sports.
I was lucky enough to be at this game. It had been almost 15 years since the Yanks had done anything in the post season. When Donnie hit that dinger it was the loudest I'd ever heard it in the Stadium; and that includes being fortunate enough to be in the upperdecks for the 1996 Game 6 clincher over the Braves.
Man, the size of that leg kick by Sierra. Nobody has that huge of a leg kick any more. Also, at 0:53, there was a quick shot of the last man to wear no. 6 before Joe Torre, Tony Fernandez. He hit for the cycle for the Yankees in '95.
Long live don mattingly
I was 13 years old. Donnie was my hero, like so many of us who loved all those BAD Yanks teams in the 80's and early 90's and saw Mattingly leave everything he had on the field, always. This is an all-time moment, STILL so much emotion wrapped up in it all these years later. He deserves the Hall Of Fame, and absolutely a ring. They've gotta bring him back to the Yanks. Hurts to see him wearing other uniforms, even as a coach.
I was at this game. Great memories. I miss the old stadium.
This call stil gives me goosebumps.
I grew up a few blocks away from Shea stadium. I became a Yankee fan because I watched Donnie Baseball play...
Sierra’s blast was an absolute BOMB.
I love Donnie baseball my favorite Yankee all time
The loudest I've ever heard at Yankee Stadium was this moment. The place was absolutely bedlam.
I wish Mattingly had been able to win a ring. He was my idol growing up. Even named my son Mattingly.
My Yankee ´´fandom´´ didn´t start until 5 or 6 years later (I was only 5 in ´95.). However, I do know that Mattingly was a great Yankee, a great captain, & would´ve made it to the Hall of Fame were it not for his back injuries. The best part: Joe Buck wasn´t there to fuck up the call for his only postseason homer (& the fans going apeshit was cool, too)
I grew up following Mattingly. I used to daydream I was hitting like him. I used to even mimic his stance when I was in 7th and 8th grade back in 1986. Yes, it is too bad his career got shortened by injuries to his back.
*****: It's as if he tries to be a buzzkill. I understand being impartial, but there are big moments when 1 would think an announcer would sound at least somewhat excited. However, Joe Buck had the same, monotone voice at all times (no matter what happened), until the Red Sox' big moments in 2013
Young Jeter in back ... crazy how good that team really was.
One of the great calls of all time
I was a beer vendor working out of Field 4. What a night that ended with Big Jack Jim HR in the 13th inning at 115 am. Little did we know that would be the last home game of the season. The dynasty started the following season. What a night!!!
The one and only post season HR he ever hit!