Damon’s two grand slams will always be my favorite memory. Watching my dad for the first time actually get excited since he watched them lose his whole life was really amazing. RIP dad
That series was insane. As a fan, it made me exhausted. I can only imagine how the players felt. Having to have a game moved into the only off day of the series because of weather, consecutive extra inning games and how long those games were just took every ounce of energy. I found it so funny that the makeup date meant an afternoon start so it wouldn't interfere with the NL game's ratings later that night. Didn't matter. The 14 inning marathon started about 3 hours before the NL game and ended after.
Only problem is ... Joe Buck stole that phrase from his father. When Jack Buck announced the World Series between the Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves, and Kirby Puckett hit a walk off home run, he simply said "and we'll see you ... tomorrow night!". Joe acted like his phrase was so original, but it wasn't.
That Ortiz grand slam vs Detroit is my favorite moment in Boston sports history. I literally looked at my TV yelling "Save us Saint Ortiz" over and over. And he did
The 2004 WS Game 1 Bellhorn HR is underrated, we were still deep in the curse, the game went back and forth, errors cost us all game, then 8th inning, bang, put us up for good
That Hendu HR was something special... I was 13 years old and thought it was going to be a pop fly. I went to turn off the TV because I hated seeing other teams celebrate after beating mine. Back in those days we didn't have a remote control so I had to walk up to the TV. By the time I got there it was a homerun.
Yeah this list is absolutely atrocious if you’ve been a Sox fan for more than three years. Is what it is, everyone is entitled to their own opinion - his is just wrong lmao.
@@brendanronan11 Except for Ted's last home run, this is all from the modern era. For a video that claims to be the best home runs in all of Red Sox history, there is no mention of Ruth, Foxx and many other Ted Williams home runs. I know that these home runs were not on video, but this RUclips video should be renamed to reflect its modern bias.
Victorino's Grand Slam should have been on this list and Johnny Damon's Grand Slam was the most important Home Run in Red Sox History because basically it helped break the curse to the Spankees in 2004 and helped them win it all for the first time in 86 years! The Sox winning 4 straight after being down 0-3 was one of the greatest things I've seen in sports!
Ortiz is something else, they're down 5-1 in the eighth inning, two outs, bases loaded, he hits a BOMB into the bullpen that takes Tory Hunter with it! Legend!!
I will tell you otherwise...the #1 on this list deserves to be where it is due to the importance of that HR. Papi doesnt hit that the curse is never broken and who knows if they're even there in 2013. Dont ever underestimate the power of the curse.
#1 is the GREATEST homer in the history of the post season. The feeling of experiencing it, in real time, was incredible. I hope there are other moments like this for other generations and other fan bases. We should all be so lucky!
I knew what #1 would be and still watched every second. Man, I'll NEVER get sick of that homer. "We'll see you later tonight!". Oh yes, we certainly DID see later that night 😎
I hope there's a 20th anniversary parade for the 2004 red sox team. Unforgettable experience. It transcended sports. I was a senior in high school and school was basically optional or acceptable to be used as recovery from staying up so late for the games- which were ending like 5 hours before we had to get up for work/ school. 2004 was so big that you can still get Yankees fans to be quiet today by bringing it up 😂
My favorite is Bernie Carbo's 8th inning shot against the Reds in the 75' Series.The Red Sox were 4 outs away from extinction. Carbo has two strikes on him with two out in the 8th and he BARELY got a piece of the previous pitch to keep the at-bat alive by a thread. Next pitch he goes deep--it was like Lazarus being raised from the dead! Fenway EXPLODED--WOW--the old park was SHAKING!! (And Joe Garagiola's call was EPIC--he captured the drama of that moment beautifully!!)
He was actually my coach at my old school here where I live and he's like my best friend I haven't seen him since I graduated but man it's cool to know him ^-^ he's so nice
Bernie Carbo coming off the bench to tie game six of the World Series while high on cocaine has got to be one of the greatest moments in sports history.
That's my favorite out of the homers mentioned in this list--and one of my favorite MLB moments of all time. (Listen to that Fenway crowd going BONKERS!! And a TREMENDOUS call by Joe Garagiola!!)
I was 8 years old at the JD Drew grand slam game. Won standing room tickets and could barely see once everyone stood up. Totally looked like the ball hit the top of the monster and bounced back in. Loudest environment I’ve ever been in absolute craziness I’ll never forget it
I was at that game sitting in right field with my brother. It looks like the Red Sox were going to squander the bases loaded Noah out situation and with not much expectation from JD Drew, but he came through and the Red Sox went on to defeat the Indians for games to three
I always always thought Johnny Damon’s grand slam was he most important and pivotal home run in Red Sox history. It’s the one that made the statement the they’re finally going to beat the Yankees and end the curse. None of these other home runs are possible without it!
Ortiz’s 2-run HR with 2 outs in the first started it all, right after Damon was thrown out at home by an incredible Matsui to Jeter relay at the plate. That homerun is always forgotten. But, make no mistake, if it didn’t happen who knows what would have transpired after. It was such a catastrophic homerun to the hearts of Yankees fans, most of who were still standing and cheering about the throw-out at home on the immediately prior pitch and play.
I would agree that Ortiz's home run was huge and should get more recognition. It also spared us endless debate on whether or not Damon was actually safe if the Sox had lost by a run. ( Personally I think he was)
Fisk hit the biggest home run in team history no question about it even though they lost game 7 it was viewed by 75 million people that night. Its still up there with Bill mazaroski and Joe Carter
It's THE most overrated highlight in the history of sports. The reason why it was held in such high esteem was because of the curse and the New England media, and fans had to grasp at straws for ANY playoff glory. If they won the series ok I get it. Once the Sox won it all in '04 it should have been swept into the dustbin of history. The '67 team was overhyped for the exact same reason. And you put on par with Mazeroski and Carter?!?!? Nigga' please!
I was in 6th grade screaming in my room in a Boston suburb at 12:40 am when Fisk hit that home run and it is an all time great moment. Fisk's body English on the 1st base line and the fans running out on the field, even though it was only game 6 was classic. But, if there was any doubt of this highlight living in history, Robin Williams and Matt Damon made sure it would.
@@rosario508 Couldn't disagree more. Papi's HR had more positive consequences, but Fisk is probably #2, at least. You mention Papi and the Red Sox, and there are tons of memories, breaking the curse etc. You mention Fisk, the Red Sox and Fenway, his HR comes to mind first.
After the Damon grandslam I could finally unclench my cheeks a bit, but not entirely. I will never forget the feeling of that homerun. The Manny hr was just gorgeous. JD Drew was criminally underrated in boston. The JBJ hr was gorgeous, the swing, the pose, it being JBJ. I'd add one Steve Pearce HRs against the Yankees in the ALDS. He took their soul that series and I think it being against the Yankees gives it an edge over the one vs LA.
Ortiz against the Tigers is the biggest, they weren't better than the Tigers that season and were about to be down 0-2 to one of the greatest pitching rotations ever assembled, Ortiz sucked the life out of them with one swing even though it was only game 2, it felt like there was no way they were losing the series after that.
Dude the Sox Rotation was stacked in 13. Lester lost game 1 1-0. Lachey won his start 1-0, in fact only game 5 was decided by more than 3 runs. If Boston loses game two the series likely goes 7 games. Which also makes Victorino's game six grand slam that much bigger. And guess who would have started game seven for the Sox, John Lachey. Oh and Boston had a better season record too.
red sox hadn’t won a world series in 86 years they are down 3 games to their biggest rival and at fenway they were down the entire game and Ortiz sent them home the only homerun that can even come close to this one is whoever hit one to win the world series in the 80s this is a top 5 hr of all time
@@petis1976 Not stacked like Detroit. And Detroit was MOWING DOWN the Sox in the first 2 games. That comeback in Game 2 was nothing short of phenomenal. If Boston loses Game 2, they have zero momentum going to Detroit. Game 2 massively changed that series.
Red Sox bats went to sleep against Detroit, though. They were nearly no-hit in Game 1 -- Daniel Nava got a hit with one out in ninth -- and went into the fifth or sixth of Game 2 hitless. I think Pedroia broke up Scherzer's no-hit bid in Game 2.
I agree with number 1. The other top nine other homers hit in the 2004 playoffs especially Damon's Grand Slam, which sucked the air out of Yankee Stadium. Glorious.
Imagine the feeling of utter despair and heartbreak that yankees fans must have felt at that moment. Glorious indeed. Torre goes to Javier Vazquez after Brown walks the bases loaded. Looking back at it I almost feel bad for Javier. He just got ate up by the moment.
Reliving Carbo's HR actually gave me chills, but how could you put Damon's granny at #10 when that literally sent them to the World Series that broke the curse?
I remember watching game 7 2004 with my dad in the living room and him freaking out when Damon hit the grand slam. I yelled “ITS NOT OVER SHUT UP” probably the only time he listened to me 😂
That 2 weeks in October were some of the best times of my life lol…the drinking..the late games…the getting up to go to work in the morning…what a blast..and a blur…except for WS game 2 which I went to but didn’t drink because I wanted to remember it for my lifetime…now that I think about it, I should have just drank lol…
@@WeBeatMedicare6969 I was thrilled the Sox swept. I swore I was going to be there wherever the Sox finally won the Series. Nosebleed bleachers were going for $2G, I can only imagine how much it cost you. I flew to Chicago, rented a car to drive to STL and only needed one night hotel. Was there for Game 4. That whole season was incredible.
My personal favorite on this list is: “The big right-hander, Benoit, delivers. Swing and a high deep drive into right field.....that one scalded to right.....Hunter on the move, racing back.....IT'S OVER HIS HEAD! IT'S GONE! IT'S INTO THE BULLPEN! THIS GAME IS TIED! THIS GAME IS TIED! DAVID ORTIZ! DAVID ORTIZ! DAVID ORTIZ!” - Dave O'brien I remember watching this game at work. We had a TV in the kitchen at the banquet hall I worked at. My boss at the time was an Orioles fan and could not stand any other AL East team. He shook his head and said why in the #$%$ would you pitch to him? Why indeed.
Henderson's is No. 2 or No. 1. Saved a pennant up on the board at Fenway. These perhaps are the top 10, but all out of order. Carbo's is in the top three.
Man, the Red Sox have a wealth of HUGE home runs in their history! A lot of them not on this list, which only has ten. Yaz had some big ones in '67 I believe.
I'd put Bellhorn's 3 run homer in game 6 of the 2004 ALCS up there at #1 with Ortiz's. That helped the Sox tie the series. I'd then put Damon's Grand Slam AND 2 run homer the next day, up there at #1 as well. Any thoughts that the Yankees had about winning that game/series, went away after that! So yes, I'd have a 3 way tie at #1 😂
Pedroia's HR in Gm 7 of the 2007 ALCS was huge. They piled on late but the game was really tight until his HR. Troy O'Leary's 2 HR's including a grand slam in 1999 in a win or go home game was pretty impressive as well.
Jackie Bradley Jr., .225 career hitter, single-handedly wiping out an Astros team so good it's still a contender 6 years later was a great choice. Drew's homer could merit debate, but any serious Red Sox fan who followed the '07 season will remember just how completely shocking it was that he came through makes it a worthy choice. Maybe the moment the Sox became the team that got "The Guy That Steps Up."
I think that the problem with this list is that the outcome of the series must be in doubt, or it must have some other kind of significance for it to be "big". If you are in command of the series or game, the homerun is far less important. I would include, in no particular order: 1. Troy O'Leary's two blasts in 1999 ALDS game 5, which completed and improbable comeback from 0-2 series deficit and broke the streak of 5 straight playoff series losses since '86. The game was a rollercoaster - O'Leary's grand slam brought them back in the game, and his last 3-run homerun was the decider. 2. Trot Nixon's extra-inning walk off in 2003 ALDS game 3 to stave off elimination and spark an 0-2 series comeback against Mulder and Zito. They were perilously close to going home for the winter at several points throughout game - the homerun rescued their season. 3. Ortiz' HR in 2004 ALDS game 5 - eighth inning, down by 2 and it looked like the series was going to close after the game 4 miracle. Ortiz' blast off Gordon was an instant morale booster and again put them within striking distance of the Yankees. 4. Ortiz' HR in the 2004 ALCS, game 7, first inning. Damon gets thrown out at the plate, and the Yankees crowd goes nuts...Sox fans start to think that the curse is alive again. Ortiz instantly homers, immediately shifting the momentum and restoring fan's confidence. 5. Dave Henderson's 10th inning homerun in 1986 WS game 5 - it would've been the game winner if the Sox had closed the door in the bottom of the inning.
Fisk's homer in the '75 WS should have been #1. It's one of, if not singularly, the most Iconic moments in Baseball history if not all of sports history.
They still lost the Series, though. It's like Bird's steal off Isiah -- Celts won the series, but lost in the Finals, so it ultimately pales next to Havlicek's steal.
Johnny Damon's leadoff HR in the first inning of Game 4 of the 2004 World Series was huge too. It showed the Cardinals that there was absolutely no way they were winning that game.
Bill Mueller’s walk off home run against the Yankees on July 24, 2004 should be on this list. That game was the most emotionally charged regular season game I have ever watched and if the Red Sox don’t win that game, I don’t think it lights the fire that it ultimately did.
I think David Ortiz's home run in the first inning of Game 7 was as important as Damon's Grand Slam. Losing a runner at the plate... Fans going crazy...then BOOM!
@@jgfunk I get that, but the realization that we were most likely going to finish off the comeback did not occur until the moment damon hit that grandslam. Winning game 4 was legendary, but not compared to the feeling of winning game 7. The sense of relief felt after the damon homerun is unmatched. IMO. It's all subjective so you're not wrong.
'86 was my year. Hendu's 2 run go-ahead home run amazingly came 3 at bats after Don Baylor hit a 2 run home run to give them a chance. Sox were down to their last 2 outs losing by 3 runs in the top of the 9th and hit TWO 2 run home runs. RED SOX 9TH: Buckner singled to center; STAPLETON RAN FOR BUCKNER; Rice was called out on strikes; Baylor homered [Stapleton scored]; Evans popped to third; LUCAS REPLACED WITT (PITCHING); Gedman was hit by a pitch; MOORE REPLACED LUCAS (PITCHING); Henderson homered [Gedman scored]; Romero flied out to right; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 6, Angels 5. Then Sox relief (Stanley, Sambito) gives up the tying run in the bottom of the 9th and bases loaded with 1 out but manage to get out of the inning. A squeeze bunt would've sent Angels to the WS. Then the Sox win the game in the 11th on a Hendu sac fly. Sox still had to win game 6 and 7 in Fenway to go to world series. It was an amazing post season in both leagues. I went to ALCS game #1 at Fenway. Had the Sox won Game 6 of the World Series, Hendu's go ahead home run in the 10th inning would've been tops on this list. Fate had other plans so that home run doesn't even get on the list.
Probably wouldn’t even crack the top 20, but I’ve seen Shea Hillenbrand hit a go-ahead grand slam off Rivera in ‘02. I thought Fenway was gonna collapse people were losing their shit.
Ortiz's game winner is the only one on this list that is placed exactly where it should be, number 1! All the other are interchangeable. All of them are great hits, and there are others out there, but but Game 4 of the 2004 ALCS is forever seared into the memory of every fan watching that night.
I guess the ranking depends on your age. I agree with Big Papi's HR in 2004 being #1, Fisk's 75 shot should be #2 and I will never forget how huge the HR by Carbo in Game 6 against the Reds in 75 felt all those years ago!
Your age does not matter: Ortiz 04 and Fisk 75 are tied for first IF you know the history of the team. The only one I missed due to age was Williams '60.
Bernie Carbo's 3 run, game tying home run was his SECOND PINCH HIT HOME RUN in this 1975 World Series. Many people do not know that the Reds selected Bernie as their #1 draft pick AHEAD of Johnny Bench.
Been a Red Sox fan since '95 ....but for me, the biggest moment or home run was the 2013 Oritz grandslam....same night we beat the saints in the 4th quarter with less than a minute play #Friday #13
Not even as a close to as big as 04’. Hell the Ortiz grannie vs Detroit was way bigger than those as well. The list as a whole is pretty bad, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion - just seems like recency bias.
Steve Pearce, one of the unlikeliest WS MVPs ever. Wild to think he didn’t even reach another 100 PA in the rest of his career, but he made the impact when it mattered
It's so tough to come up with an order for this, or even a #1. They've hit so many big HRs that one doesn't really stand out in front of the others. You could tie Ortiz's HR from the same game with Damon's for #10. To hit the HR immediately after Damon got Sveum'd in the 1st and bring the momentum back was huge. And I agree that Victorino's GS should be on the list. If I had to knock one off the list to do it, it would be JBJ's. I'd also say JBJ's GS in game 3 was bigger than the one picked for this list.
Damon's grannie for me. I knew the Sox were actually going to win the series when it went out. Shane Victorino's grand slam against the Tigers on 10/19/13 should also be on here. Never understood all the love for the Fisk walk-off. I'm sure it was thrilling in real time, but they got their hearts broken that year after blowing a lead in Game 7.
The Fisk homer has to be higher, but I'm glad you placed Papi at #1... it's the moment when everything changed for the Sox and that series was undoubtedly the greatest series I will ever witness.
Big papi's father went to New York Cooperstown hall of fame to touch Babe Ruth bat to say, the curse will be broken. I don't remember if Ortiz said the same year or the next the won the world series. True story, saw the video of Big Papi tour of the hall of fame. It took humble oneself to break the course. It's like giving respect to Babe Ruth finally broke the curse.
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Can't watch this without getting goosebumps. Born a Sox fan and will die a Sox fan!
Damon’s two grand slams will always be my favorite memory. Watching my dad for the first time actually get excited since he watched them lose his whole life was really amazing. RIP dad
"We'll see you later tonight.." Will always be my favorite..
"And he can keep on running to New York"....was pretty good also.
I hate Buck with a passion, but even I will admit that those were some good calls.
That series was insane. As a fan, it made me exhausted. I can only imagine how the players felt. Having to have a game moved into the only off day of the series because of weather, consecutive extra inning games and how long those games were just took every ounce of energy. I found it so funny that the makeup date meant an afternoon start so it wouldn't interfere with the NL game's ratings later that night. Didn't matter. The 14 inning marathon started about 3 hours before the NL game and ended after.
The other 99% of the time :”baaaack at the waaaaaalll”. Joe buck is garbage
Only problem is ... Joe Buck stole that phrase from his father. When Jack Buck announced the World Series between the Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves, and Kirby Puckett hit a walk off home run, he simply said "and we'll see you ... tomorrow night!". Joe acted like his phrase was so original, but it wasn't.
That Ortiz grand slam vs Detroit is my favorite moment in Boston sports history. I literally looked at my TV yelling "Save us Saint Ortiz" over and over.
And he did
Series was over after that homerun
If he doesn't get that hit, we go down 0-2 going back to Detroit to face Verlander. Series over
The 2004 WS Game 1 Bellhorn HR is underrated, we were still deep in the curse, the game went back and forth, errors cost us all game, then 8th inning, bang, put us up for good
That deserves to be on the list. Also Bellhorn's 3rhr in game 6.
My $.02...Victorino’s grannie in the 2013 ALCS should have cracked that list.
I lost my shit for that one
@@Letstalkabouthorrormovies As did I my friend.
My first thought! "Back into the corner.... It is GONE! A grand slam!"
Nice call
Agreed. I was actually waiting for that one
That Hendu HR was something special... I was 13 years old and thought it was going to be a pop fly. I went to turn off the TV because I hated seeing other teams celebrate after beating mine. Back in those days we didn't have a remote control so I had to walk up to the TV. By the time I got there it was a homerun.
This list is just all over the map, but, for people of a certain generation, you got #1 right.
I can’t understand how Steve Pearce and Mitch Moreland rank higher than Johnny Damon and Manny. This list is awful. They got #1 right.
I agree. #1 was the best. That sparked them to break "the curse".
Absolutely agree with #1. That changed everything
Yeah this list is absolutely atrocious if you’ve been a Sox fan for more than three years. Is what it is, everyone is entitled to their own opinion - his is just wrong lmao.
@@brendanronan11 Except for Ted's last home run, this is all from the modern era. For a video that claims to be the best home runs in all of Red Sox history, there is no mention of Ruth, Foxx and many other Ted Williams home runs. I know that these home runs were not on video, but this RUclips video should be renamed to reflect its modern bias.
Man, Victorino’s slam against the Tigersin 2013 game 6 ALCS. Flew from Texas with my son to watch the game. Greatest night in sports in my life.
Victorino's Grand Slam should have been on this list and Johnny Damon's Grand Slam was the most important Home Run in Red Sox History because basically it helped break the curse to the Spankees in 2004 and helped them win it all for the first time in 86 years! The Sox winning 4 straight after being down 0-3 was one of the greatest things I've seen in sports!
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Ortiz is something else, they're down 5-1 in the eighth inning, two outs, bases loaded, he hits a BOMB into the bullpen that takes Tory Hunter with it! Legend!!
I was born in Providence in 1968, I saw everyone of these homers. Great memories!
. . . except for Ted’s HR in 1960.
I’ll never forget the 2004 Sox! And Papi hitting that homer where Torii Hunter flipped over the wall!! Fckn LOVE my Red Sox!!
Papis grand slam is #1 and i wont be told otherwise. The situation, the year, the theatrics, the tv and radio call.
I will tell you otherwise...the #1 on this list deserves to be where it is due to the importance of that HR. Papi doesnt hit that the curse is never broken and who knows if they're even there in 2013. Dont ever underestimate the power of the curse.
@@bigperm2276 Bingo
No way, if they lose game two and everything else remains the same, John Lachey the lights out pitcher starts game 7 and the Sox still win the series.
Absolutely
Absolutely! Even Manny in ‘07.
#1 is the GREATEST homer in the history of the post season. The feeling of experiencing it, in real time, was incredible. I hope there are other moments like this for other generations and other fan bases. We should all be so lucky!
I knew what #1 would be and still watched every second. Man, I'll NEVER get sick of that homer. "We'll see you later tonight!". Oh yes, we certainly DID see later that night 😎
Sox fans are blessed to have so many HR options that boot Fisk's '75 extra-innings HR against the Reds from the top spot. Think about that.
Fisk's home run, a winner in that game but obviously they would lose the series, is still a top 2 or 3 iconic Sox HR.
I hope there's a 20th anniversary parade for the 2004 red sox team. Unforgettable experience. It transcended sports. I was a senior in high school and school was basically optional or acceptable to be used as recovery from staying up so late for the games- which were ending like 5 hours before we had to get up for work/ school. 2004 was so big that you can still get Yankees fans to be quiet today by bringing it up 😂
My favorite is Bernie Carbo's 8th inning shot against the Reds in the 75' Series.The Red Sox were 4 outs away from extinction. Carbo has two strikes on him with two out in the 8th and he BARELY got a piece of the previous pitch to keep the at-bat alive by a thread. Next pitch he goes deep--it was like Lazarus being raised from the dead! Fenway EXPLODED--WOW--the old park was SHAKING!! (And Joe Garagiola's call was EPIC--he captured the drama of that moment beautifully!!)
He was actually my coach at my old school here where I live and he's like my best friend I haven't seen him since I graduated but man it's cool to know him ^-^ he's so nice
Yeah this.
But Hendu's Anaheim bomb is #1 for me. In every respect.
I cant believe Victorino’s grand slam in 2013 and Bellhorns go ahead homer off the pole in 04 WS Game 1 didn’t get on here
Bernie Carbo coming off the bench to tie game six of the World Series while high on cocaine has got to be one of the greatest moments in sports history.
That's my favorite out of the homers mentioned in this list--and one of my favorite MLB moments of all time. (Listen to that Fenway crowd going BONKERS!! And a TREMENDOUS call by Joe Garagiola!!)
Dock Ellis pitching a no hitter high on acid is pretty untouchable...8 walks, 6Ks and couldnt see catcher or feel ball...classic.
I have that world series on DVD and watch it from time to time . It was a incredible run that year.
Dave Henderson is too low, but awesome compilation!
I was looking for a video exactly like this and you made it two days ago. Freaky
The Tigers Ortiz homer is probably my favorite live sports moment ever
Loudest moment of my life.
I was 8 years old at the JD Drew grand slam game. Won standing room tickets and could barely see once everyone stood up. Totally looked like the ball hit the top of the monster and bounced back in. Loudest environment I’ve ever been in absolute craziness I’ll never forget it
Might have been the loudest roar ever at Fenway.
@@richarddargan I was at the grand slam game against detroit...couldnt go to school the next day cuz I still couldn't hear
@@bigperm2276 That's awesome, wish I could have been there.
I was at that game sitting in right field with my brother. It looks like the Red Sox were going to squander the bases loaded Noah out situation and with not much expectation from JD Drew, but he came through and the Red Sox went on to defeat the Indians for games to three
Die hard red sox fan all the way
I always always thought Johnny Damon’s grand slam was he most important and pivotal home run in Red Sox history. It’s the one that made the statement the they’re finally going to beat the Yankees and end the curse. None of these other home runs are possible without it!
Ortiz’s 2-run HR with 2 outs in the first started it all, right after Damon was thrown out at home by an incredible Matsui to Jeter relay at the plate. That homerun is always forgotten. But, make no mistake, if it didn’t happen who knows what would have transpired after. It was such a catastrophic homerun to the hearts of Yankees fans, most of who were still standing and cheering about the throw-out at home on the immediately prior pitch and play.
I would agree that Ortiz's home run was huge and should get more recognition. It also spared us endless debate on whether or not Damon was actually safe if the Sox had lost by a run. ( Personally I think he was)
I have seen a lot more than 10 absolutely great Red Sox home run moments. I would have to say, Papi's grand slam against Detroit takes #1.
Fisk hit the biggest home run in team history no question about it even though they lost game 7 it was viewed by 75 million people that night. Its still up there with Bill mazaroski and Joe Carter
It's THE most overrated highlight in the history of sports. The reason why it was held in such high esteem was because of the curse and the New England media, and fans had to grasp at straws for ANY playoff glory. If they won the series ok I get it. Once the Sox won it all in '04 it should have been swept into the dustbin of history. The '67 team was overhyped for the exact same reason. And you put on par with Mazeroski and Carter?!?!? Nigga' please!
I was in 6th grade screaming in my room in a Boston suburb at 12:40 am when Fisk hit that home run and it is an all time great moment. Fisk's body English on the 1st base line and the fans running out on the field, even though it was only game 6 was classic. But, if there was any doubt of this highlight living in history, Robin Williams and Matt Damon made sure it would.
@@rosario508 two minus points for being wrong and using the N word... be better
@@rosario508 Couldn't disagree more. Papi's HR had more positive consequences, but Fisk is probably #2, at least. You mention Papi and the Red Sox, and there are tons of memories, breaking the curse etc. You mention Fisk, the Red Sox and Fenway, his HR comes to mind first.
Ortiz was such a monster of a player. Legend.
After the Damon grandslam I could finally unclench my cheeks a bit, but not entirely. I will never forget the feeling of that homerun. The Manny hr was just gorgeous. JD Drew was criminally underrated in boston. The JBJ hr was gorgeous, the swing, the pose, it being JBJ. I'd add one Steve Pearce HRs against the Yankees in the ALDS. He took their soul that series and I think it being against the Yankees gives it an edge over the one vs LA.
I'll never forget Brock Holt of all people going for the cycle against the Yankees in that DS.
I will never forget my feeling too. I fell off the couch on to my knees. I knew at that point that they were going to win. Unbelievable
Ortiz against the Tigers is the biggest, they weren't better than the Tigers that season and were about to be down 0-2 to one of the greatest pitching rotations ever assembled, Ortiz sucked the life out of them with one swing even though it was only game 2, it felt like there was no way they were losing the series after that.
Dude the Sox Rotation was stacked in 13. Lester lost game 1 1-0. Lachey won his start 1-0, in fact only game 5 was decided by more than 3 runs. If Boston loses game two the series likely goes 7 games. Which also makes Victorino's game six grand slam that much bigger. And guess who would have started game seven for the Sox, John Lachey. Oh and Boston had a better season record too.
red sox hadn’t won a world series in 86 years they are down 3 games to their biggest rival and at fenway they were down the entire game and Ortiz sent them home the only homerun that can even come close to this one is whoever hit one to win the world series in the 80s this is a top 5 hr of all time
I agree
@@petis1976 Not stacked like Detroit. And Detroit was MOWING DOWN the Sox in the first 2 games. That comeback in Game 2 was nothing short of phenomenal. If Boston loses Game 2, they have zero momentum going to Detroit. Game 2 massively changed that series.
Red Sox bats went to sleep against Detroit, though. They were nearly no-hit in Game 1 -- Daniel Nava got a hit with one out in ninth -- and went into the fifth or sixth of Game 2 hitless. I think Pedroia broke up Scherzer's no-hit bid in Game 2.
I said as I started to watch this. My #1 would 2004 David Ortiz. Game 4 of the playoffs against the Yanks. Dang! That was awesome.
I agree with number 1. The other top nine other homers hit in the 2004 playoffs especially Damon's Grand Slam, which sucked the air out of Yankee Stadium. Glorious.
Damon's Dagger.! My fav too. Could hear a pin drop.
Did it ever. The stadium went very silent when he hit that homer
Imagine the feeling of utter despair and heartbreak that yankees fans must have felt at that moment. Glorious indeed.
Torre goes to Javier Vazquez after Brown walks the bases loaded. Looking back at it I almost feel bad for Javier. He just got ate up by the moment.
I too saw everyone of these as a RS fan, but still I get sad about Donnie Moore.
Understand it’s tough to fit in but Mark Bellhorn had huge home runs in 2004. The bloody sock game in particular.
@Marshwoodhoop banged it off the top of pesky pole!
@@bigperm2276 Banged it off the pole in Yankee Stadium, too...
@@derbagger22 banged it off a fans gut too in yankee stadium
I would have had Bernie Carbo’s 3 run shot as my number 1. It was more important than Fisk’s 12th inning home run because it kept them in the game.
Reliving Carbo's HR actually gave me chills, but how could you put Damon's granny at #10 when that literally sent them to the World Series that broke the curse?
those of us that remember the curse will only understand how frustrating life was each summer for the better part of our lives.....
Because they were already ahead thanks to an earlier HR. Damon's HR was cathartic but it wasn't a game winning or game tying hit.
I remember watching game 7 2004 with my dad in the living room and him freaking out when Damon hit the grand slam. I yelled “ITS NOT OVER SHUT UP” probably the only time he listened to me 😂
04 had to be the sweetest season!!!
That 2 weeks in October were some of the best times of my life lol…the drinking..the late games…the getting up to go to work in the morning…what a blast..and a blur…except for WS game 2 which I went to but didn’t drink because I wanted to remember it for my lifetime…now that I think about it, I should have just drank lol…
@@WeBeatMedicare6969 I was thrilled the Sox swept. I swore I was going to be there wherever the Sox finally won the Series. Nosebleed bleachers were going for $2G, I can only imagine how much it cost you. I flew to Chicago, rented a car to drive to STL and only needed one night hotel. Was there for Game 4. That whole season was incredible.
There is nothing like the sound of a home run, you can just hear it in the wood!
My personal favorite on this list is:
“The big right-hander, Benoit, delivers. Swing and a high deep drive into right field.....that one scalded to right.....Hunter on the move, racing back.....IT'S OVER HIS HEAD! IT'S GONE! IT'S INTO THE BULLPEN! THIS GAME IS TIED! THIS GAME IS TIED! DAVID ORTIZ! DAVID ORTIZ! DAVID ORTIZ!” - Dave O'brien
I remember watching this game at work. We had a TV in the kitchen at the banquet hall I worked at. My boss at the time was an Orioles fan and could not stand any other AL East team. He shook his head and said why in the #$%$ would you pitch to him? Why indeed.
Sounds like Joe Castiglione's call, Joe Buck would never get that excited!
The Red Sox are really really good at hitting grand slams in the ALCS lol
Henderson's is No. 2 or No. 1. Saved a pennant up on the board at Fenway. These perhaps are the top 10, but all out of order. Carbo's is in the top three.
Adam I agree ! Dave Hendersons homer will always be number #1 , Papis Grand Slam #2, Carbos homer #3.
Your number 10 is number 1. Damon's grandslam was the moment of belief. Great walk down memory lane (especially in this pandemic-land
100% agree. That moment made me think “wow we can actually pull this off”.
I agree 1000%. That's MY #1
Fenway park is magical
On gawd
I saw every one of these live!
Even Ted Williams?! Wow!
Man, the Red Sox have a wealth of HUGE home runs in their history! A lot of them not on this list, which only has ten. Yaz had some big ones in '67 I believe.
I'd put Bellhorn's 3 run homer in game 6 of the 2004 ALCS up there at #1 with Ortiz's. That helped the Sox tie the series.
I'd then put Damon's Grand Slam AND 2 run homer the next day, up there at #1 as well. Any thoughts that the Yankees had about winning that game/series, went away after that!
So yes, I'd have a 3 way tie at #1 😂
Numbers 1, no doubt! That HR set the pace to the WS
2018, what a sweet year.
Pedroia's HR in Gm 7 of the 2007 ALCS was huge. They piled on late but the game was really tight until his HR. Troy O'Leary's 2 HR's including a grand slam in 1999 in a win or go home game was pretty impressive as well.
Jackie Bradley Jr., .225 career hitter, single-handedly wiping out an Astros team so good it's still a contender 6 years later was a great choice. Drew's homer could merit debate, but any serious Red Sox fan who followed the '07 season will remember just how completely shocking it was that he came through makes it a worthy choice. Maybe the moment the Sox became the team that got "The Guy That Steps Up."
I think that the problem with this list is that the outcome of the series must be in doubt, or it must have some other kind of significance for it to be "big". If you are in command of the series or game, the homerun is far less important.
I would include, in no particular order:
1. Troy O'Leary's two blasts in 1999 ALDS game 5, which completed and improbable comeback from 0-2 series deficit and broke the streak of 5 straight playoff series losses since '86. The game was a rollercoaster - O'Leary's grand slam brought them back in the game, and his last 3-run homerun was the decider.
2. Trot Nixon's extra-inning walk off in 2003 ALDS game 3 to stave off elimination and spark an 0-2 series comeback against Mulder and Zito. They were perilously close to going home for the winter at several points throughout game - the homerun rescued their season.
3. Ortiz' HR in 2004 ALDS game 5 - eighth inning, down by 2 and it looked like the series was going to close after the game 4 miracle. Ortiz' blast off Gordon was an instant morale booster and again put them within striking distance of the Yankees.
4. Ortiz' HR in the 2004 ALCS, game 7, first inning. Damon gets thrown out at the plate, and the Yankees crowd goes nuts...Sox fans start to think that the curse is alive again. Ortiz instantly homers, immediately shifting the momentum and restoring fan's confidence.
5. Dave Henderson's 10th inning homerun in 1986 WS game 5 - it would've been the game winner if the Sox had closed the door in the bottom of the inning.
What made O'Leary's two home runs in 1999 even more special is that both times, the batter before him was intentionally walked!
Fisk, Henderson & Carbo have to be in the top 5. fun video
Fisk's homer in the '75 WS should have been #1. It's one of, if not singularly, the most Iconic moments in Baseball history if not all of sports history.
Agree
They still lost the Series, though. It's like Bird's steal off Isiah -- Celts won the series, but lost in the Finals, so it ultimately pales next to Havlicek's steal.
Johnny Damon's leadoff HR in the first inning of Game 4 of the 2004 World Series was huge too. It showed the Cardinals that there was absolutely no way they were winning that game.
Bill Mueller’s walk off home run against the Yankees on July 24, 2004 should be on this list. That game was the most emotionally charged regular season game I have ever watched and if the Red Sox don’t win that game, I don’t think it lights the fire that it ultimately did.
Damon's grand slam is #1, the importance of it cannot be understated
Agreed
Sorry but if Ortiz doesn't homer in Game 4, Damon doesn't get the chance for the grand slam in Game 7.
I think David Ortiz's home run in the first inning of Game 7 was as important as Damon's Grand Slam. Losing a runner at the plate... Fans going crazy...then BOOM!
I think so too. If I concentrate I can still feel that feeling 18 years later.
@@jgfunk I get that, but the realization that we were most likely going to finish off the comeback did not occur until the moment damon hit that grandslam. Winning game 4 was legendary, but not compared to the feeling of winning game 7. The sense of relief felt after the damon homerun is unmatched. IMO. It's all subjective so you're not wrong.
We'll have to add Vázquez's walk-off to the list!
That’ll wake you up faster than a pot of espresso!! Lets Go Red Sox!!🤘
'86 was my year. Hendu's 2 run go-ahead home run amazingly came 3 at bats after Don Baylor hit a 2 run home run to give them a chance. Sox were down to their last 2 outs losing by 3 runs in the top of the 9th and hit TWO 2 run home runs.
RED SOX 9TH: Buckner singled to center; STAPLETON RAN FOR
BUCKNER; Rice was called out on strikes; Baylor homered
[Stapleton scored]; Evans popped to third; LUCAS REPLACED WITT
(PITCHING); Gedman was hit by a pitch; MOORE REPLACED LUCAS
(PITCHING); Henderson homered [Gedman scored]; Romero flied out
to right; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 6, Angels 5.
Then Sox relief (Stanley, Sambito) gives up the tying run in the bottom of the 9th and bases loaded with 1 out but manage to get out of the inning. A squeeze bunt would've sent Angels to the WS. Then the Sox win the game in the 11th on a Hendu sac fly. Sox still had to win game 6 and 7 in Fenway to go to world series. It was an amazing post season in both leagues. I went to ALCS game #1 at Fenway.
Had the Sox won Game 6 of the World Series, Hendu's go ahead home run in the 10th inning would've been tops on this list. Fate had other plans so that home run doesn't even get on the list.
Probably wouldn’t even crack the top 20, but I’ve seen Shea Hillenbrand hit a go-ahead grand slam off Rivera in ‘02. I thought Fenway was gonna collapse people were losing their shit.
3:16 Perfection. You can't make better contact than that. The sound was so clean. The second contact is made with the bat everyone knows that's gone.
“Good wood”
God papi was so clutch
Ortiz's game winner is the only one on this list that is placed exactly where it should be, number 1! All the other are interchangeable. All of them are great hits, and there are others out there, but but Game 4 of the 2004 ALCS is forever seared into the memory of every fan watching that night.
That Moreland bomb was destroyed
I guess the ranking depends on your age. I agree with Big Papi's HR in 2004 being #1, Fisk's 75 shot should be #2 and I will never forget how huge the HR by Carbo in Game 6 against the Reds in 75 felt all those years ago!
I had Ortiz 04 number 1 and Gisk number 2, I was born in 87 and knew that
Your age does not matter: Ortiz 04 and Fisk 75 are tied for first IF you know the history of the team. The only one I missed due to age was Williams '60.
Bill Mueller was up there, that really changed the whole trajectory of the 2004 season, especially after that Tek A-Rod scrum
Fucking witnessed Mitch Moreland do that in person. What a game.
I was at that Game 4 in LA too. Had never experienced an emotional rollercoaster in a game like that, ever.
@@pnwguy00 I come back to this video often to re live it lol
Bernie Carbo's 3 run, game tying home run was his SECOND PINCH HIT HOME RUN in this 1975 World Series. Many people do not know that the Reds selected Bernie as their #1 draft pick AHEAD of Johnny Bench.
J.D Drew’s slam in 07’ was on October 20th as opposed to the 21st. Three years to the day after The Sox closed out the Yanks in 04’.
Been a Red Sox fan since '95 ....but for me, the biggest moment or home run was the 2013 Oritz grandslam....same night we beat the saints in the 4th quarter with less than a minute play #Friday #13
Damon grand slam should definitely be number 1. It's what finally put away the Yankee curse and completed the 0-3 comeback
Fisk would be my number 1 by a mile
Carlton Fisks 1975 homer one of the greatest of all time should be 1 on the list.
The home runs from the 18 postseason were big. Not has big as anything from 04 tho. Good video
Not even as a close to as big as 04’. Hell the Ortiz grannie vs Detroit was way bigger than those as well. The list as a whole is pretty bad, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion - just seems like recency bias.
Carlton Fisk hmm..could be #3. But THANX 4 adding Moreland and Gomes,their heroics were after tough defeats, Sox never give up.
I disagree with the order. Damon should be number one. Followed by Fisk and Carbo, as numbers 2 and 3, respectively.
Steve Pearce, one of the unlikeliest WS MVPs ever. Wild to think he didn’t even reach another 100 PA in the rest of his career, but he made the impact when it mattered
Good list, but just make it the top 15 or top 20 lol
It's so tough to come up with an order for this, or even a #1. They've hit so many big HRs that one doesn't really stand out in front of the others.
You could tie Ortiz's HR from the same game with Damon's for #10. To hit the HR immediately after Damon got Sveum'd in the 1st and bring the momentum back was huge.
And I agree that Victorino's GS should be on the list. If I had to knock one off the list to do it, it would be JBJ's. I'd also say JBJ's GS in game 3 was bigger than the one picked for this list.
Damon's grannie for me. I knew the Sox were actually going to win the series when it went out. Shane Victorino's grand slam against the Tigers on 10/19/13 should also be on here. Never understood all the love for the Fisk walk-off. I'm sure it was thrilling in real time, but they got their hearts broken that year after blowing a lead in Game 7.
Troy O’Leary’s grand slam in 1999 should be on this list! Either that or the 3 run homer he had later that day!
I miss that Sox logo cut into the infield grass..can we bring that back?!
The Fisk homer has to be higher, but I'm glad you placed Papi at #1... it's the moment when everything changed for the Sox and that series was undoubtedly the greatest series I will ever witness.
No that grand slam should have been number 3 and Fisk's wave fair should have been number 2.
7:07 Joe Buck really said "BACK AT THE WALL" when the outfielder didn't even budge.
Jim Rice, ‘86 ALCS Game 7. Champagne was officially on ice: Angels were demoralised, and so was that ball.
What about Shane Victorino's granny vs Tigers?? I put that one in the top 5.
You put the Henderson homer only at #7??
Just a note, Red Sox baseball actually did exist prior to 2004.
Manny absolutely destroyed that ball
He fucked that ball up
I will remember that homerun for the rest of my life
I would put the grand slam versus tigers as number 2.. Most unexpected championship for the sox
Big papi's father went to New York Cooperstown hall of fame to touch Babe Ruth bat to say, the curse will be broken.
I don't remember if Ortiz said the same year or the next the won the world series.
True story, saw the video of Big Papi tour of the hall of fame.
It took humble oneself to break the course. It's like giving respect to Babe Ruth finally broke the curse.
2004 was something special...
They acted like they new they were going to win the next 3-games.
Victorinos game 6 grand slam should’ve made this list and pedroia leading off the World Series with a homerun in 07 was huge
Shoutout mike napoli hr off Verlander game 3 2013....