How the 2004 Red Sox did the (seemingly) impossible

Down 3-0 to the Yankees in the ALCS, the 2004 Boston Red Sox were faced with the most difficult path possible to making it to the World Series. If they lost, they'd face the unenviable reality of getting beat by their rivals two years in a row. But if they won, they'd make baseball history.
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[@akshay_bapte]

I'm amazed on how similar the Red Sox 2004 story is to Liverpool FC's 2019 Premier League win:
*A long drought of titles
*Depth in the squad
*Money ball players with some big money signings
*Heartbreak season in the previous year
*And a knack for winning the clutch games.

[@felipemedero5065]

This dude should have millions of subs dude wtf

[@paultstarr]

He’s gonna get there.

[@kieranm1315]

How is this channel still so underrated man 😭 actually a crime

[@DH-ij9pe]

Losing Nomar hurt that year but I still don’t think people realize how valuable acquiring Cabrera was in that deal

[@austinstitzel]

I was 8 years old. And I started to jump on the Red Sox bandwagon after they won the pennant.

[@lukesmialkowski7870]

You didn't jump on the Bandwagon,that day you became a fan.I moved to US from Poland in 1996,I was 13 yrs old, and never seen a MLB game.In 1997 I became a Sox fan.You actually have a 5 year head start When I was 8 I was playing soccer,then became a huge SuperSonics fan,when I fell in love with Basketball.✌️

[@felipemedero5065]

Like, how does this only have 100 views in 4 hrs. Will is amazing and so is his channel. Keep em coming man, I think you’ll make it big

[@studentofthegame]

wow thank you Felipe

[@TheLocalLt]

This is well done but wish you mentioned the July 1 game (13 inning loss where Nomar sat on the bench while all 49 other players got in and Jeter dive into the stands), as well as the A-Rod-Varitek fight in the July 24th thriller which gave added meaning to Mueller’s walk-off against Rivera. Also no mention of the A-Rod slap play in game 6 of the ALCS.
This story is far more than a between the lines story. There’s a reason the Yankees booked out an entire hotel in Mexico to prevent the Red Sox from meeting with Jose Contreras, and the Red Sox repaid the favor by having Theo Epstein go to thanksgiving dinner with free agent Curt Schilling’s family. The organizations and players genuinely detested each other, and went to extreme lengths (spending seemingly unlimited sums of cash in the process) to get the slightest edge.

[@sondraboschert7144]

I love how you threw in Brad Pitt in there with a movie reference, because I remember watching the playoffs and especially the World Series in 2004 and my "favorite part" of the entire world series was the ending with Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon and the Hollywood film crew on Busch Stadium field after the conclusion of the world series filming a scene For an upcoming movie. And it was really quite obvious with the umpiring calls and I've never seen a professional baseball team especially the St Louis Cardinals play the way they played in that World Series. It was like they were bought off by Hollywood to make a movie.

[@BirdGang6]

My grandma was a huge Yankee’s fan, and I hated the Yankees growing up (still do) and I remember calling her when the Red Sox won this game, still an all time classic moment in my mind

[@austinstitzel]

I'm going to guess that you are a Scorpio.

[@steveberkson3873]

Best ever play-offs

[@mhughleyShaolin]

Red Sox’s sucks

[@paulkelly7784]

Great video

[@tigercap100]

Stephen King is a horrible person.

[@nufcedkidyup8627]

Grow up, please.