Everyone talks about how the Yankees lost the World Series, but everyone seems to ignore the truth, THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS won the World Series because from start to finish, they where the better team in baseball. Go DODGERS.
The Dodgers were the better team going into the series. And battle tested after hard fought wins over the Padres and Mets. Unlike the Yankees, the Dodgers did not have all of their top level pitchers available. But what is the glaring difference of the 2 clubs is the sound fundamentals, aggression, and eye on the prize approach of the Dodgers.
Everyone blames the errors & misplay on the loss but if you’re Cole you have to get either Freeman or TeOscar out & keep the lead at 5-1 or either 5-3.A real ace shuts down the Dodgers at that point.Also they lead 6-5 with 3 outs to go & still couldn’t hold it.SMH one inning didn’t beat the Yankees.And the Yankees sloppy play caught up to them in a bad spot.🤮
@ :As a Yankee fan,to me he’s paid like one to get people out.He went two more innings which is commendable but he could’ve minimized the damage.IJS…..✌🏽
@@SuperCatacata then you weren't paying attention to this fool. There was an inning that Max Muncy struck out for the third out and this idiot said " that was it for the dodgers, now the good guys are coming to hit". That was just too much. Just read the other comments on this thread and you will see it's not just me who feels this way. John smolts bias was pathetic
Why does 2020 always get an asterisk? Did all the other teams in MLB suffer from the pandemic more than the Dodgers? Did they play longer seasons than the shorter season that the Dodgers played? Please, someone explain to me how the 2020 WS wasn’t a real World Series. Then explain how it counts less than the 2017 WS.
@@MarcosElMalo2 As a Yankee fan, I don't really get the whole "bubble ring" either. I think a lot of people assumed the season would just be cancelled, but it wasn't. I think people forget that the season wasn't always 162 games, and there also wasn't even a wild card back then, so with that logic then a lot of World Series teams shouldn't "count" either.
2020 WS shouldn't get an asterisk. If any team, announcer or sports journalist felt that sentiment then MLB and the crybaby teams should have not agreed to play 2020. Remember when the Houston Astros cheated in 2017 I think against dodgers in WS and that entire season... A,J. Hinch was the manager for Astros that year...
It reminds me of the Cowgirls when they lose. The media always talk about how they lost a game, instead of talking on how the other team won because they where just a better team period.
The Cowgirls are on a different level of cringe man. If they don't make mistakes, they have the wrong plan, if they don't have the wrong plan, they lack effort, if they don't lack effort, the opposing team will perform...and they can do this all day long. Yet, it is the team we watch the most.
You have to do both. When you go shopping for beer you put on the AM radio in the car. During the nlcs i just stayed in the car after i got home listening for a full inning. Stereo on full blast. I also watch the spanish tv broadcast too sometimes Sienta-te!! [SIT DOWN!] Aaron judge got a lotta "sienta te" calls from the dodgers espanol broadcaster. Broadcaster was good. Even though i couldn't understand 70 percent. I watched half the playoffs in Spanish 😂 I was at home yelling Sienta-Te after every yankee strikeout
The radio broadcast is superior to the Joe Davis Hershiser tv one. I wish for announcers that dont talk like little middle school girls at a sleep over. I want down to earth men that are watching baseball...not grab ass masonic lodge towel sauna room geek dorm room.
@@mg9009 that was very specific and vivid. Like Stefan from SNL. Club owner Robert Blake has thought of everything..... human fire hydrants It's that thing when high wasted midgets have red pants, and like, the big ass
You're right about the first one but he absolutely does not love the Yankees. Maybe he dislikes the Dodgers more, but he is no Yankee fan. He is frequently critical of the Yankees and is mad about losing to them in the 90's and it shows
In the interest of full disclosure, when I watched the post season games by myself (about half of them) my comments on Smoltz are limited to the first three or four innings; ab After that, the sound is muted. For the games I watched with others I mentally tune him out too
John forgot about jack morris pitching 10 innings against him in game 7 giving up no runs. That was the best pitching duel I’ve ever seen in a World Series.
When Smoltz was blaming Yankees' mistakes for not doing well, Joe Davis countered him once, "You gotta give credits to the other team." Dodgers had to play against the Yankees, the umpires, and the announcers (A Rod, Jeter, and Smoltz ... hahaha!), and they still won ... in 5! How about that?!
John smoltz was a douche bag for saying this in the bottom part of an inning after the yankees made the third out on the dodgers.." that was it for the dodgers, now the good guys are coming bat".....Which neutral announcer says that??? It was nauseating. The guy that normally I heard saying that was the whitesox broadcaster ken paciorek who is paid to root for the whitesox.. john smoltz was pathetic
The whole world was rooting for the Yankees to win. Biased sports networks, analysts, friends of families of dogs and cats and mice and roaches. I'm so F***** HAPPY that the Dodgers said, WDGAF!!!! and won it all 🏆!!!
Smoltz explains what pitchers go through in detail because he was an MLB pitcher for many years. His insights and analysis are priceless to me. His respect for Cole makes sense now.
Yeah, I know he gets a lot of shit but I think that insight is awesome. That’s what we (Dodgers fans) get all year with Joe Davis and Orel Hershiser. Novice baseball fans like seeing their team hit, true baseball fans love seeing both batting and pitching.
@@micnak3574 His insights and analysis on pitches are great; his second-guessing managers and taking a general know-it-all approach to everything because of his “experience” aren’t
@@micnak3574 But his smug disregard for, well, every other fucking thing that happened is plainly bias & disappointing from a professional & ethical standpoint.
Been a Dodger fan for a long time. I've always liked Smoltz. He's a critical thinker. I love how he'll say what a team's flaws are. His knowledge of pitch sequencing is epic as well. I really enjoyed listening to him this postseason.
I'm not sure what broadcast Dodger fans were listening to. All Smoltz ever does is say the same shit over and over again. I have never heard him say anything positive about the Yankees. These guys were salivating over LA the entire series.
The dodgers Pitching was better for 4 games. 4-1. They got 6-6-5 from the starters in the first three games. Then the pen shut it down. Edman taking third in the 8th on a sac fly to center…excellent base running. Mookie, sac fly. Sac flies win games. Productive outs. Game winner
MLB reported record viewership for this WS, up 67% from last year. So tens of millions of viewers across the globe saw the Yankees get outclassed. As a Yankees fan, that sucks.
That always happens bro. I'm from LA. All viewers remember the dback series after sep 11 in 2001. Angels in 2002. Marlins in 2003. Red Sox in 2004. You can't have a good movie without a good bad guy. There's no story without the Yankees. There's no batman without the joker. And bane. This is nowhere near as bad for NYY as the 2004 alcs. Are u old enough to remember that? Every postseason team is measured by how they perform against the Yankees. Yankees are actually my 2nd favorite team after my own team, by the way. Because I like and respect organizations thst are about winning and have history, like the Lakers. And I love Jeter
@BqgWyy same here bro! 2004 hurt, a lot. And I still feel the Yankees never got over that, despite winning in 2009. I waited all my life, 40 years for this, and I can't help but feel the Yankees disappointed. Theyre weren't even competitive.
If the Yankees were playing the giants for the world series, I would absolutely root for the Yankees. The Jeter era team was one of my favorite teams ever
@@Deyy00Exactly. Smoltz is so fucking obnoxious. He's still bitter that his Braves got smacked around by the Yankees in the 90's. Butthurt boomer energy through and through
Not sure if Smoltz hates LA but I do appreciate his player pitcher insight. And yeah you don't play the game on paper. And credit for recognizing Dodgers grit and hustle. And 5th inning doesn't happen if the Dodgers are not putting the ball in play. Starting with Kiki getting a lead off hit
As a Dodgers fan, I'd say the main thing i learned about the Yankees was that Cole is a rare 🐦. A dude who signed an outrageously rich contract and has actually been worth the money! The other thing is that Aaron Boone eats up a sh1t load of sunflower seeds
the dodger scouting report on the yankees was leaked they knew exactly hot to expose their weaknesses and smoltz wouldve covered first.....one of the best defensive pitchers in the history of the game
In the two thousand world series comma the mets were winning game 1 Buy a run, but then they brought their closer Benitez in and he blew that save and the game. And the momentum shift was so great that it pretty much was the series right there
Smoltzy is still sour about dosgers! 😂. They had Greg Maddox, John Smoltz, Tom Glavine, and Danny Nagle. Dodgers were the only team that could match them then, Ramon Martinez, Hideo Nono, Pedro Estacio, and Ismael Valdez.
I was a braves fan in the 90s, smoltz, maddux, glavine and avery…wow! Shocked and i couldnt forget when they lost to yankees in WS after leading, so i was holding my breath until the dodgers got the last out and wasnt assuming cause they were up 3-0 they were sure to win.
Cole was nails for his 2 starts but Smoltz is overlooking the fact that Flahtery pitched great in game 1 (outside of the Stanton HR) and Buehler and Yamamoto vastly out pitched the Schmidt and Rodon. Yankees bullpen was more impressive than their starting rotation (Outside of Cole)
The one variable everyone's forgetting is not technicalities. It's called irony, Karma, God, the intangible forces that is not in the hands of man, but goes beyond human beings. In the end we think we are in control, but we're not. There are other greater forces at work beyond us, and it's always humbling. That's what was at work here, I think. Think about it, what was the chances fir Shohei to not get injured all his entire great season, until game 2 of the WS, and the for Freddie to step up to compensate, after being silent most of his regular season, to have his MVP mind blowing moments at the WS when it was absolutely needed for his team.
Honestly the ultimate litmus test for the character of the guys with those errors is how they handle those exact situations again next season. Will Judge keep his eye on the ball until he has it in the pocket? Will Cole cover 1st?
Agree with Smoltz. You can't assume in the playoffs. Mookie sprinted full bore to first base on that botched play with Cole and Rizzo even though it looked like he would be out. Stanton trots instead of running, and Gleyber is totally lax when playing defense.
???? You must not know baseball, he probably hates the Yankees, they beat him in the WS twice including 96’ when his team was up 2 games (2-0) and then they blew 4 games in a row. It’s okay tho, dodger fans are uneducated so I guess I can’t blame you for your horrible take.
I remember 1996 as a Yankees hater. Seeing on that T.V. screen George Steinbrenner celebrating after the clincher in game 6. How grumpy I was the way it happened. ( Yanks won every road game in that post season) . Their bullpen was clutch including a few times the Braves failed to bring home a guy on third with none out. Boxscores do not show that but failing to get a long fly ball or even a base hit just added up over the long haul. New York was the better team in the end.
November 2🎉. Smoltz was THE BEST commentator ❤the way he broadcast on the throw of the pitches and how the change upVS the fastball VS another pitch. He made the games more enjoyable ❤❤❤
Yes. If the Yankees had hung on to their 5-0 lead, and won 5-2 etc...as a Dodgers fan, I was already conceding game 6. The momentum was going to completely switch; just as it did on Freeman's GS in game 1. I was left with 'hope' in game 7. The Yankees had us reeling, and they had awoken their big bats, and now Ohtani HAS TO come through etc...all my buddies etc...that was the narrative. Then, inning 5...as a Dodger, I can't believe it, and I do feel for our Yankee counterparts. It hurts when you lose, and when you lose like that, it almost kills you.
I have a problem as a Dodgers fan to choose to go all in on game 5 vs game 4. Why not do it after the Freddie home run in game 4 when the Dodgers were up 2-0? Why do it when you are down 5-0? That’s not a winnable game if they were to replay that a 100X
The hubris and assumptions made by everyone in this video is hilarious to me. They are acting as if the Yankees were the team with a 3-0 series lead (a lead that’s never been surrendered in a World Series btw) and that they blew it all in this 5th inning of GM5. The Yankees were the team down 3-0 and with no margin for error. They were down 3-0 because the Dodgers were the superior team. The only reason the Yankees won game 4 and got some life in the first place was because the Dodgers had to go to a “bullpen” game due to their starting pitching injury situation. The Yankees weren’t going to get a 2nd bullpen game gift in this series. Furthermore, assuming the Yankees don’t implode in the 5th - who is to say the Dodgers don’t break through against Cole or their relievers in the 6th? 7th? 8th? Or 9th? The Dodgers are an extremely explosive ball club capable of big inning at ANY time. They were among the leader in MLB in comeback wins, and let’s not forget that much of their lineup was around when they scored a RECORD 11-runs first inning against the Braves in the playoffs several years ago. To assume that the game was over after 5 or 6 innings is ridiculous (as we found out in reality). But even if you believe the series was going to back to LA 3-2 - in what way would NY be favored to win both those games? They wouldn’t have won them both, and we saw why in GM1 and GM5. They were a super flawed team and inferior to the Dodgers, despite the Dodgers injury handicap. Walker Buehler or Yamamoto and their leverage relievers (along with superior fundamentals) would have won them the game they needed. These people need to stop positioning this as if the Yankees has the series right where the wanted it then blew it. It’s so delusional and far from the truth.
Smoltz is easily the best drinking game broadcaster going. He's reasonably decent in analysis. But real entertainment value comes when he starts a sentence and it's abundantly clear, he has *_NO_* idea how it's going to end, and ends up with some garbled syntactic mess. And you can have a World Series party plastered just by taking a shot anytime he mentions "narrative".
Lol Smoltz had it right, Game 5 had the Falcons/Patriots Super Bowl vibes. But reality is, Yankees were sloppy defensively all year and it came back to haunt them throughout the World Series! Yankees made way too many errors throughout the series!
Dodgers really didn't need to win a World Series to show that they have been the best team in baseball for the last 12 years. No other team comes close to their winning percentage during that time. Twelve years is a huge sample size that overshadows winning up to 13 games in a particular postseason tournament.
as a former stating pitcher …I cannot blame Cole for not covering first in that moment …he was pitching a gem in both game 1 & 5 until all those unearned runs …he poured his heart & sweat for the Yankees …& as a pitcher, I expect my defense to back me up
Heard on the radio that the dodger scouting report was if you run the bases aggressively the Yankees will be forced to execute and they often can't. Betts maybe beat him out of the box.
The Yankees made baserunning mistakes and all kinds of defensive errors against the two previous teams. What they didn’t realize those teams were not the Dodgers.
Here we go again. A lot of what if what if what ifs scenarios. What happened was natural. Dodgers has like hundreds of innings experience more than the Yanks in the playoffs. Do u really think the yankees team can just win over the more experienced dodgers and not have to go to counless dissapoinments? What happened was suppose to happen. Gotta acccept that. The dodgers was gonna win in many possible ways.
Isn’t it peculiar when Freddie rolled his ankle and couldn’t buy a hit throughout the NLCS, guess what we heard? Absolute silence. No cries of "Oh, Freddie is a complete flop for not showing up!" Nope, instead he was serenaded with soothing whispers of empathy and understanding. Yet here comes Ohtani, the unsung hero of game 1 of the World Series, who snagged a clutch double in the 8th inning, setting the stage for Freddie’s memorable walk-off that basically won the Dodgers the WS. And then, oh no-a shoulder dislocation in game 2, leaving Ohtani one-handed. Suddenly, a guy playing with what amounts to a mechanical arm is supposed to knock it out of the park? Well, color me amazed. Apparently, "shoulder dislocation" actually means "you must perform superhuman feats without complaint" in whatever parallel universe these causals reside. So now, despite heroically saving the Dodgers from getting swept by the Padres with his clutch 3-run homer, having an outstanding NLCS performance with a 1.184 OPS, .364 average, .818 with RISP, leading with 9 runs, reaching the bases 17 times, and massively contributing to game 1 of the WS with his series-changing clutch double, Ohtani is now put on trial by the armchair critics, branded as a "postseason choker". Fascinating! Who knew injuries qualify as failures when you’re not Freddie? Our dear Freddie, however, gets a lovely exemption from expectations when injured but Ohtani? Oh, spare us the details about swinging with one arm, he just needs to put on a show, right? Their logic is baffling.
The Dodgers told Max Muncy that he had to get better at third because Freddie will play first and Ohtani DH or they would have to move on! Yankees need to hold their players accountable.
Smoltz was a great player & who in my mind is an astute analyst; I simply do not understand his critiques. He conveys his truth (observations) in a dignified & respectful fashion. I guess that is just not enough for some people.
It’s interesting how game 5 & that inning seems to be the biggest topic😂The Yankees had a 6-5 lead & their bullpen failed.And don’t lose sight of the fact that it’s a 9 inning game & the Yankees would still need 2 more wins had they won game 5🤷♂️…..
You all are definitely east coasters who have never seen the Dodgers🎉 play. For game 6 and 7, our 2 best starters were up against the remaining NY pitching staff. Dodgers were going to be in a good place. You are all in denial.
Everyone I know wanted to mute John Smoltz the entire World Series. Multiple group chats all saying the same thing, “Will John please shut up!” I’d walk downtown to my local coffee shop and people are saying, “Why won’t John stop talking over the game all the time.” Joe Davis would have done a much better job by himself. I don’t understand why we need a pretentious ex player providing the most useless details constantly, no one cares about the information John provides.
Smoltz, love your play as a Pitcher, but not as a baseball commentator, you talk about how the Yankees losed one inning and not how the Dodgers where the better team. Even if the Yankees wouldn't of made the errors, the Los Angeles Dodgers still would of played Dodgers baseball in L.A. and won the World Series. Don't talk about how the Yankees lost the World Series over one inning, let's talk about how the Dodgers was the best team of the 2024 season and beyond.
Smoltz and Davis actually make me miss Buck and McCarver. These guys were insufferable. I don't know what "insights" people get from Smoltz. He's a broken record, still mad about 96 and 99
Wait so the World Series champion Dodgers are going to have an off-season where they remove Jack Flaherty, Walker Buehler, Blake treinen, Teocar Hernandez, and just add one random scrub of a pitcher? 😅
Everyone talks about how the Yankees lost the World Series, but everyone seems to ignore the truth, THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS won the World Series because from start to finish, they where the better team in baseball. Go DODGERS.
The Dodgers were the better team going into the series. And battle tested after hard fought wins over the Padres and Mets. Unlike the Yankees, the Dodgers did not have all of their top level pitchers available. But what is the glaring difference of the 2 clubs is the sound fundamentals, aggression, and eye on the prize approach of the Dodgers.
Ok, boomer. About time since they had not won one since 1988
Everyone blames the errors & misplay on the loss but if you’re Cole you have to get either Freeman or TeOscar out & keep the lead at 5-1 or either 5-3.A real ace shuts down the Dodgers at that point.Also they lead 6-5 with 3 outs to go & still couldn’t hold it.SMH one inning didn’t beat the Yankees.And the Yankees sloppy play caught up to them in a bad spot.🤮
@@JuanAlmonte-rf7xk Cole is a real ace. How many other pitchers have won a recent Cy Young award? Stop being so critical. It is over!
@ :As a Yankee fan,to me he’s paid like one to get people out.He went two more innings which is commendable but he could’ve minimized the damage.IJS…..✌🏽
The dodger bullpen was superb from Diego to NYC.
Absolutely. The bullpen made it look easy. Quick outs
He’s hated the Dodgers since they came back from a 3-1 game deficit against the Braves in 2020
Smoltz is a stooge.
Smoltz hated on the dodgers throughout the braodcast because they messed up his parlay 😂😂😂😂
Bro I'm sorry but Smoltz hates the Yankees more than all of us combined 😂😂
ehhh I'm a dodgers fan and I didn't get any feeling like Smoltz was hating on the dodgers during the playoffs
@@SuperCatacata then you weren't paying attention to this fool. There was an inning that Max Muncy struck out for the third out and this idiot said " that was it for the dodgers, now the good guys are coming to hit". That was just too much. Just read the other comments on this thread and you will see it's not just me who feels this way. John smolts bias was pathetic
@@jackmoon7885 he gave favorable commentary to every dodger opponent and he was on record picking the yankees in 6. Just look it up
@@islander5858 I'm telling you, I watched every game and didn't get that impression. Guess we saw different things which is fair
Everyone knows he hates the Dodgers…
He wants them to go through what he did, sorry John 😅
Praising Cole in game 5 and not Treinen and Walker Buehler?!
Cry more
Neither of those guys pitched close to as many innings as Cole or had bad defense behind them.
cry harder
Why does 2020 always get an asterisk? Did all the other teams in MLB suffer from the pandemic more than the Dodgers? Did they play longer seasons than the shorter season that the Dodgers played? Please, someone explain to me how the 2020 WS wasn’t a real World Series. Then explain how it counts less than the 2017 WS.
2017 and alex cora's catcher vision camera. Bangin trasch cans. Wtf
@@MarcosElMalo2 As a Yankee fan, I don't really get the whole "bubble ring" either. I think a lot of people assumed the season would just be cancelled, but it wasn't. I think people forget that the season wasn't always 162 games, and there also wasn't even a wild card back then, so with that logic then a lot of World Series teams shouldn't "count" either.
2017 gets the asterisk. Dodgers won that. 🏆
World Series are won in the post season. Nothing shortened about that.
2020 WS shouldn't get an asterisk. If any team, announcer or sports journalist felt that sentiment then MLB and the crybaby teams should have not agreed to play 2020. Remember when the Houston Astros cheated in 2017 I think against dodgers in WS and that entire season... A,J. Hinch was the manager for Astros that year...
It reminds me of the Cowgirls when they lose. The media always talk about how they lost a game, instead of talking on how the other team won because they where just a better team period.
The Cowgirls are on a different level of cringe man. If they don't make mistakes, they have the wrong plan, if they don't have the wrong plan, they lack effort, if they don't lack effort, the opposing team will perform...and they can do this all day long. Yet, it is the team we watch the most.
The only way to watch the game was on TV, but the best way to hear the game was on the Dodgers radio with Rick Monday
Hell Yeah
You have to do both. When you go shopping for beer you put on the AM radio in the car. During the nlcs i just stayed in the car after i got home listening for a full inning. Stereo on full blast.
I also watch the spanish tv broadcast too sometimes
Sienta-te!! [SIT DOWN!]
Aaron judge got a lotta "sienta te" calls from the dodgers espanol broadcaster. Broadcaster was good. Even though i couldn't understand 70 percent. I watched half the playoffs in Spanish 😂
I was at home yelling Sienta-Te after every yankee strikeout
The radio broadcast is superior to the Joe Davis Hershiser tv one. I wish for announcers that dont talk like little middle school girls at a sleep over. I want down to earth men that are watching baseball...not grab ass masonic lodge towel sauna room geek dorm room.
True
@@mg9009 that was very specific and vivid. Like Stefan from SNL.
Club owner Robert Blake has thought of everything..... human fire hydrants
It's that thing when high wasted midgets have red pants, and like, the big ass
Smoltz loves: (1) the sound of his own voice; (2) the Yankees; (3) hindsight analysis
You're right about the first one but he absolutely does not love the Yankees. Maybe he dislikes the Dodgers more, but he is no Yankee fan. He is frequently critical of the Yankees and is mad about losing to them in the 90's and it shows
@ He “loved” the Yankees in this WS because it fit his preconceived story line. One never wants reality to get in the way of prepreared pontification
He’s so annoying
In the interest of full disclosure, when I watched the post season games by myself (about half of them) my comments on Smoltz are limited to the first three or four innings; ab
After that, the sound is muted. For the games I watched with others I mentally tune him out too
John could have said, “I was wrong. Dodgers definitely the better team. With only 3 starting pitchers Dave Roberts managed a masterpiece”
,aaron judge should be at times square on new year’s eve … so he can drop the ball
😅😅😅😅 Nice
Ouch..love it
That really hurts. Good one though.
Did you get that from one of the Dodgers fans at the parade today? He said the same thing! 😂
Drop the ball again*
John forgot about jack morris pitching 10 innings against him in game 7 giving up no runs. That was the best pitching duel I’ve ever seen in a World Series.
@@johnmedina5399 Don Larsen’s perfect game vs Sal Maglie in 1956 is the one for me.
Smoltz, from his broadcast, was clearly rooting for the yankees...
When Smoltz was blaming Yankees' mistakes for not doing well, Joe Davis countered him once, "You gotta give credits to the other team."
Dodgers had to play against the Yankees, the umpires, and the announcers (A Rod, Jeter, and Smoltz ... hahaha!), and they still won ... in 5! How about that?!
I'll add to that... every team that played the dodgers he wanted to win. This guy was so bias it was nauseating. FOX should fire him ASAP!
That’s why they play the game, nobody cares what would’ve happened another time. Jesus. Your team lost, too bad.
John smoltz was a douche bag for saying this in the bottom part of an inning after the yankees made the third out on the dodgers.." that was it for the dodgers, now the good guys are coming bat".....Which neutral announcer says that??? It was nauseating. The guy that normally I heard saying that was the whitesox broadcaster ken paciorek who is paid to root for the whitesox.. john smoltz was pathetic
John smoltz was such a dodger hater I'm sooooo happy we destroyed his freaking team
Dodgers was the better team. Congratulations, LA Dodgers 2024 World Series Champions! 👏👏👏
The whole world was rooting for the Yankees to win. Biased sports networks, analysts, friends of families of dogs and cats and mice and roaches. I'm so F***** HAPPY that the Dodgers said, WDGAF!!!! and won it all 🏆!!!
Smoltz explains what pitchers go through in detail because he was an MLB pitcher for many years. His insights and analysis are priceless to me. His respect for Cole makes sense now.
Yeah, I know he gets a lot of shit but I think that insight is awesome. That’s what we (Dodgers fans) get all year with Joe Davis and Orel Hershiser. Novice baseball fans like seeing their team hit, true baseball fans love seeing both batting and pitching.
@@micnak3574 His insights and analysis on pitches are great; his second-guessing managers and taking a general know-it-all approach to everything because of his “experience” aren’t
@@micnak3574 But his smug disregard for, well, every other fucking thing that happened is plainly bias & disappointing from a professional & ethical standpoint.
Been a Dodger fan for a long time. I've always liked Smoltz. He's a critical thinker. I love how he'll say what a team's flaws are. His knowledge of pitch sequencing is epic as well. I really enjoyed listening to him this postseason.
Smoltz is just a Dodgers hater. Always has been
@@Rxlarryd57I'm glad Joe Davis got to celebrate the win in his face.
So Divine Intervention for the more deserving team, that worked together to pick each other up all season.
Both Dodger and Yankee fans think Smoltz hates their team. He can do no right 😂
I'm not sure what broadcast Dodger fans were listening to. All Smoltz ever does is say the same shit over and over again. I have never heard him say anything positive about the Yankees. These guys were salivating over LA the entire series.
Smoltz is just a bland announcer. MLB needs to get someone better doing color
@@alexking2827 After Inside The NBA is done, get Ernie Johnson in there and throw in Snoop Dogg for comedy relief 😅
He doesn’t belong on national broadcasts
The dodgers Pitching was better for 4 games. 4-1. They got 6-6-5 from the starters in the first three games. Then the pen shut it down.
Edman taking third in the 8th on a sac fly to center…excellent base running. Mookie, sac fly. Sac flies win games. Productive outs. Game winner
MLB reported record viewership for this WS, up 67% from last year.
So tens of millions of viewers across the globe saw the Yankees get outclassed.
As a Yankees fan, that sucks.
That always happens bro. I'm from LA. All viewers remember the dback series after sep 11 in 2001. Angels in 2002. Marlins in 2003. Red Sox in 2004. You can't have a good movie without a good bad guy. There's no story without the Yankees. There's no batman without the joker. And bane.
This is nowhere near as bad for NYY as the 2004 alcs. Are u old enough to remember that?
Every postseason team is measured by how they perform against the Yankees.
Yankees are actually my 2nd favorite team after my own team, by the way. Because I like and respect organizations thst are about winning and have history, like the Lakers. And I love Jeter
Every postseason team is measured by how they perform against the Yankees. Don't forget this. This how teams get remembered
I'm born in LA and I've been waiting my whole my life to see the dodgers play the NYY in the world series
@BqgWyy same here bro!
2004 hurt, a lot. And I still feel the Yankees never got over that, despite winning in 2009.
I waited all my life, 40 years for this, and I can't help but feel the Yankees disappointed.
Theyre weren't even competitive.
If the Yankees were playing the giants for the world series, I would absolutely root for the Yankees. The Jeter era team was one of my favorite teams ever
Smoltz was right when comparing this loss to the falcons/patriots superbowl. It will be remembered for a long time. Go Dodgers!
lol dodgers were already up 3-1 really not comparable
@@Deyy00Exactly. Smoltz is so fucking obnoxious. He's still bitter that his Braves got smacked around by the Yankees in the 90's. Butthurt boomer energy through and through
The team that couldn't win 2 sure wasn't gonna win 4 in a row.
Great interview, John Smoltz is such a pleasure to listen to on the broadcast he gives great Insight especially to pitching which I really appreciate
Not sure if Smoltz hates LA but I do appreciate his player pitcher insight. And yeah you don't play the game on paper. And credit for recognizing Dodgers grit and hustle. And 5th inning doesn't happen if the Dodgers are not putting the ball in play. Starting with Kiki getting a lead off hit
As a Dodgers fan, I'd say the main thing i learned about the Yankees was that Cole is a rare 🐦. A dude who signed an outrageously rich contract and has actually been worth the money! The other thing is that Aaron Boone eats up a sh1t load of sunflower seeds
great pitchers cover first....it's muscle memory
cole needs to have a chat with his bro-inlaw
crawford was a wizard at ss thanks to muscle memory
No offense yamamoto and buehler should be credited by him for big time starts. These saved the bullpen.
Smoltz talks like the bad play from the Yankees was an anomaly but it wasn’t ! They have been playing like that all year.
the dodger scouting report on the yankees was leaked
they knew exactly hot to expose their weaknesses
and smoltz wouldve covered first.....one of the best defensive pitchers in the history of the game
The Dodgers vs Padres was a mini world series right there. What a great year for baseball fans.
All this talk about the 5th, but the Yankees were up 6 to 5 in the 8th. They still lost.
In the two thousand world series comma the mets were winning game 1 Buy a run, but then they brought their closer Benitez in and he blew that save and the game. And the momentum shift was so great that it pretty much was the series right there
Smoltzy is still sour about dosgers! 😂. They had Greg Maddox, John Smoltz, Tom Glavine, and Danny Nagle. Dodgers were the only team that could match them then, Ramon Martinez, Hideo Nono, Pedro Estacio, and Ismael Valdez.
Read the Dodger's SCOUTING REPORT.
The series was over game 1. Cole pitched perfectly. Yankees still lost
Dodger fans weren't stunned, we knew it.
I give all credit to the Dodgers who are a better TEAM👍💙
The Yankees got EXPOSED for their lack of fundamental baseball… The Dodgers have known this about the Yankees from day 1…
@@ROYALP100AKA the Dodgers are a better team
I was a braves fan in the 90s, smoltz, maddux, glavine and avery…wow! Shocked and i couldnt forget when they lost to yankees in WS after leading, so i was holding my breath until the dodgers got the last out and wasnt assuming cause they were up 3-0 they were sure to win.
Dodgers totally knew if they just kept the ball in play and forced NY to execute that all 4 wheels of the Yankees defense would fall off.
Put the ball in play and the Yankees will self inflect harm- Dodgers scouting Report
Smoltz: we will never see an inning that bad ever again
2030 Yankees: hold my beer
😂😂😂😂
Cole was nails for his 2 starts but Smoltz is overlooking the fact that Flahtery pitched great in game 1 (outside of the Stanton HR) and Buehler and Yamamoto vastly out pitched the Schmidt and Rodon.
Yankees bullpen was more impressive than their starting rotation (Outside of Cole)
Thank you Smoltz
Hey Smoltz, Yamamoto would have one game 6 , Buehler would have won game 7 if needed
John Smoltz and Joe Davis sound alike on air. I can't tell them apart unless John is describing the play's details. 😀
pay attention to the nonsensical word salad being spoken and you’ll know it’s John
@@JC-life-is-good They both sound better when you mute the sound
Gerrit cole was done dirty by the yankees twice. Dude was pitching out of his mind both starts. Best player on the yankees
He can't put all the blame on the rest of the team, after all, his failing to cover first base was as egregious as any of the other errors!
Smootz is really smart. I like weigh-ins.
The one variable everyone's forgetting is not technicalities. It's called irony, Karma, God, the intangible forces that is not in the hands of man, but goes beyond human beings. In the end we think we are in control, but we're not. There are other greater forces at work beyond us, and it's always humbling. That's what was at work here, I think. Think about it, what was the chances fir Shohei to not get injured all his entire great season, until game 2 of the WS, and the for Freddie to step up to compensate, after being silent most of his regular season, to have his MVP mind blowing moments at the WS when it was absolutely needed for his team.
First time viewer. That was good!
Excellent analysis.
Very good analysis
Smolz is very good! I appreciated his insight and knowledge.
Honestly the ultimate litmus test for the character of the guys with those errors is how they handle those exact situations again next season. Will Judge keep his eye on the ball until he has it in the pocket? Will Cole cover 1st?
The grand slam definitely put Freeman into orbit for the rest of the series. That was enough.
Agree with Smoltz. You can't assume in the playoffs. Mookie sprinted full bore to first base on that botched play with Cole and Rizzo even though it looked like he would be out. Stanton trots instead of running, and Gleyber is totally lax when playing defense.
Stanton seems to be sleepwalking through everything except hitting no-doubter homers
@@RealJeffTidwellit’s the effect of roids on the body dude has zero mobility.
Yeah everybody is over thinking it. Betts got the jump on Cole and Rizzo. So how is he not out at first? He's Mookie Betts that's how.
He wanted the Yankees it was plain. Up yours
???? You must not know baseball, he probably hates the Yankees, they beat him in the WS twice including 96’ when his team was up 2 games (2-0) and then they blew 4 games in a row.
It’s okay tho, dodger fans are uneducated so I guess I can’t blame you for your horrible take.
I remember 1996 as a Yankees hater. Seeing on that T.V. screen George Steinbrenner celebrating after the clincher in game 6. How grumpy I was the way it happened. ( Yanks won every road game in that post season) .
Their bullpen was clutch including a few times the Braves failed to bring home a guy on third with none out. Boxscores do not show that but failing to get a long fly ball or even a base hit just added up over the long haul. New York was the better team in the end.
Don’t assume. You don’t say. Great insight
Smoltz Just another that Dodgers prove wrong he had the pinstripes in 6 from Fielding ,running bases resilient players with a lot confidence.
November 2🎉. Smoltz was THE BEST commentator ❤the way he broadcast on the throw of the pitches and how the change upVS the fastball VS another pitch. He made the games more enjoyable ❤❤❤
Yes. If the Yankees had hung on to their 5-0 lead, and won 5-2 etc...as a Dodgers fan, I was already conceding game 6. The momentum was going to completely switch; just as it did on Freeman's GS in game 1. I was left with 'hope' in game 7. The Yankees had us reeling, and they had awoken their big bats, and now Ohtani HAS TO come through etc...all my buddies etc...that was the narrative. Then, inning 5...as a Dodger, I can't believe it, and I do feel for our Yankee counterparts. It hurts when you lose, and when you lose like that, it almost kills you.
Not sure why you’d concede game 6, the pitching matchup and location totally favored LA
I have a problem as a Dodgers fan to choose to go all in on game 5 vs game 4. Why not do it after the Freddie home run in game 4 when the Dodgers were up 2-0? Why do it when you are down 5-0? That’s not a winnable game if they were to replay that a 100X
The hubris and assumptions made by everyone in this video is hilarious to me. They are acting as if the Yankees were the team with a 3-0 series lead (a lead that’s never been surrendered in a World Series btw) and that they blew it all in this 5th inning of GM5.
The Yankees were the team down 3-0 and with no margin for error. They were down 3-0 because the Dodgers were the superior team. The only reason the Yankees won game 4 and got some life in the first place was because the Dodgers had to go to a “bullpen” game due to their starting pitching injury situation. The Yankees weren’t going to get a 2nd bullpen game gift in this series.
Furthermore, assuming the Yankees don’t implode in the 5th - who is to say the Dodgers don’t break through against Cole or their relievers in the 6th? 7th? 8th? Or 9th? The Dodgers are an extremely explosive ball club capable of big inning at ANY time. They were among the leader in MLB in comeback wins, and let’s not forget that much of their lineup was around when they scored a RECORD 11-runs first inning against the Braves in the playoffs several years ago.
To assume that the game was over after 5 or 6 innings is ridiculous (as we found out in reality). But even if you believe the series was going to back to LA 3-2 - in what way would NY be favored to win both those games?
They wouldn’t have won them both, and we saw why in GM1 and GM5. They were a super flawed team and inferior to the Dodgers, despite the Dodgers injury handicap. Walker Buehler or Yamamoto and their leverage relievers (along with superior fundamentals) would have won them the game they needed.
These people need to stop positioning this as if the Yankees has the series right where the wanted it then blew it. It’s so delusional and far from the truth.
As a Yankee fan I agree. I felt we were the underdogs going into the series. I just thought we would at least force a game six but oh well
Smoltz is easily the best drinking game broadcaster going. He's reasonably decent in analysis. But real entertainment value comes when he starts a sentence and it's abundantly clear, he has *_NO_* idea how it's going to end, and ends up with some garbled syntactic mess. And you can have a World Series party plastered just by taking a shot anytime he mentions "narrative".
Yankees: “We’re not athletes, we’re professional baseball players!”
Lol Smoltz had it right, Game 5 had the Falcons/Patriots Super Bowl vibes. But reality is, Yankees were sloppy defensively all year and it came back to haunt them throughout the World Series! Yankees made way too many errors throughout the series!
Dodgers really didn't need to win a World Series to show that they have been the best team in baseball for the last 12 years. No other team comes close to their winning percentage during that time. Twelve years is a huge sample size that overshadows winning up to 13 games in a particular postseason tournament.
great seg!
Listen to Gerrit Cole talking about how relentless the Dodgers were.
as a former stating pitcher …I cannot blame Cole for not covering first in that moment …he was pitching a gem in both game 1 & 5 until all those unearned runs …he poured his heart & sweat for the Yankees …& as a pitcher, I expect my defense to back me up
Heard on the radio that the dodger scouting report was if you run the bases aggressively the Yankees will be forced to execute and they often can't. Betts maybe beat him out of the box.
muscle memory
you have been running the same drills since you played little league
doesnt matter how tired you are....instincts should take over
@@serfdogg yup....the scouting report was dead on about the yanks weaknesses
@ doesn’t take much to beat out Yankees defense …there’s no sense of urgency with them
The Yankees made baserunning mistakes and all kinds of defensive errors against the two previous teams.
What they didn’t realize those teams were not the Dodgers.
Exactly, that won’t work against great teams and that’s basically what happened.
1st round shoulf be 2-1-2. There should be an advantage, especially since waiting hurts more than it helps.
The Dodgers scouting was spot on with these yankees they knew their weaknesses. Also pitching to Freeman was their downfall. Credit Dodgers.
Rizzo wants to know Why is Smoltz Covering for Cole🤷🏻♂️😂
Smoltz boo
Here we go again. A lot of what if what if what ifs scenarios. What happened was natural. Dodgers has like hundreds of innings experience more than the Yanks in the playoffs. Do u really think the yankees team can just win over the more experienced dodgers and not have to go to counless dissapoinments? What happened was suppose to happen. Gotta acccept that. The dodgers was gonna win in many possible ways.
Every fanbase complained that Smoltz hated their team 😂 I didn’t think he was biased either way
Isn’t it peculiar when Freddie rolled his ankle and couldn’t buy a hit throughout the NLCS, guess what we heard? Absolute silence. No cries of "Oh, Freddie is a complete flop for not showing up!" Nope, instead he was serenaded with soothing whispers of empathy and understanding.
Yet here comes Ohtani, the unsung hero of game 1 of the World Series, who snagged a clutch double in the 8th inning, setting the stage for Freddie’s memorable walk-off that basically won the Dodgers the WS. And then, oh no-a shoulder dislocation in game 2, leaving Ohtani one-handed. Suddenly, a guy playing with what amounts to a mechanical arm is supposed to knock it out of the park? Well, color me amazed. Apparently, "shoulder dislocation" actually means "you must perform superhuman feats without complaint" in whatever parallel universe these causals reside.
So now, despite heroically saving the Dodgers from getting swept by the Padres with his clutch 3-run homer, having an outstanding NLCS performance with a 1.184 OPS, .364 average, .818 with RISP, leading with 9 runs, reaching the bases 17 times, and massively contributing to game 1 of the WS with his series-changing clutch double, Ohtani is now put on trial by the armchair critics, branded as a "postseason choker".
Fascinating! Who knew injuries qualify as failures when you’re not Freddie? Our dear Freddie, however, gets a lovely exemption from expectations when injured but Ohtani? Oh, spare us the details about swinging with one arm, he just needs to put on a show, right? Their logic is baffling.
Don't assume yeah sounds right 1996 baby!! You found out the hard way😂
Smoltz was routing for the Yankees like a fan! It was so obvious
The Dodgers told Max Muncy that he had to get better at third because Freddie will play first and Ohtani DH or they would have to move on! Yankees need to hold their players accountable.
Smoltz was a great player & who in my mind is an astute analyst; I simply do not understand his critiques. He conveys his truth (observations) in a dignified & respectful fashion. I guess that is just not enough for some people.
It’s interesting how game 5 & that inning seems to be the biggest topic😂The Yankees had a 6-5 lead & their bullpen failed.And don’t lose sight of the fact that it’s a 9 inning game & the Yankees would still need 2 more wins had they won game 5🤷♂️…..
he's a much better interviewee than commentator. enjoyed the interview... the announcing?? not so much
John smoltz was hating on the dodgers the entire broadcast. Such a douche
Yeah, he doesn’t shut up during the games.
Great as a starter, AND a reliever, and now as a broadcaster. Thank You John.
You all are definitely east coasters who have never seen the Dodgers🎉 play. For game 6 and 7, our 2 best starters were up against the remaining NY pitching staff. Dodgers were going to be in a good place. You are all in denial.
It sounded like he was interviewing for a coaching job and not calling the world’s series.
Don't remember John Smoltz playing for Yankees in his career. Wtf the better team won the series period.
Now that the WS is over, can we go back to talking about how the jerseys suck and need to change
Everyone I know wanted to mute John Smoltz the entire World Series. Multiple group chats all saying the same thing, “Will John please shut up!” I’d walk downtown to my local coffee shop and people are saying, “Why won’t John stop talking over the game all the time.” Joe Davis would have done a much better job by himself. I don’t understand why we need a pretentious ex player providing the most useless details constantly, no one cares about the information John provides.
Get rid of Smoltz. He can’t hold down his bias for teams he hates.
Smoktz was imon the Yankees jock 😢l😂
This dude was hating hard on the dodgers. Soo happy we won
Me? I’m barking in Yankees fans’ tears
Smoltz, love your play as a Pitcher, but not as a baseball commentator, you talk about how the Yankees losed one inning and not how the Dodgers where the better team. Even if the Yankees wouldn't of made the errors, the Los Angeles Dodgers still would of played Dodgers baseball in L.A. and won the World Series. Don't talk about how the Yankees lost the World Series over one inning, let's talk about how the Dodgers was the best team of the 2024 season and beyond.
Smoltz and Davis actually make me miss Buck and McCarver. These guys were insufferable. I don't know what "insights" people get from Smoltz. He's a broken record, still mad about 96 and 99
Should have said "A world series champion" NOT a one time world series champion .
That was a perfect zing for a douche dodger hater like John smoltz. I enjoyed the wince in smoltz face 😂😂😂😂😂
Wait so the World Series champion Dodgers are going to have an off-season where they remove Jack Flaherty, Walker Buehler, Blake treinen, Teocar Hernandez, and just add one random scrub of a pitcher? 😅
Don't wanna hear another grunt out of that big mouth..he never shut his trap during the entire series.
John Smoltz got on my nerves during the entire World Series. His bias is so obvious.
But Johnny Boy didn't realize what a bad team this was for fundamentals did he
lol 0:27