Yeah, the 93 WS is by far the best. The "Touch 'em all Joe, you'll never hit a bigger homerun in your life!" was easily the best moment of the decade. If it was hit by a Yankee or a Brave, it would be #1 for sure.
At least three World Series in the 1990s ended with a walk off hit: 1991, 1993, and 1997. There hasn't as far as I can remember, been a World Series since 2001 that ended with a walk off hit.
The 2001 WS is hella underrated and needs to be talked about way more than it is. So much back and forth and so much dynamics in that series. All everyone talks about is 91 and 2011 but 2001 is right up there with those 2.
If there's ever a video on the 1970s, then 1975 (Reds vs. Red Sox) has to be on top of the list. Before 1991, 1975 was probably people's most immediately go to point if you were going to ask them what the greatest World Series ever played was. Game 6 alone, is quite possibly, the greatest game in baseball history. It also literally changed the way that television produced and shot baseball as Carlton Fisk and a rat inside of the Green Monster at Fenway Park inadvertently helped create the reaction shot.
Can we all just acknowledge that if Joe Carter's home run is hit by any member of the Yankee's or Dodgers, or any all star player on any American team, that home run and Joe Carter would be 5 million times more famous in America. He did what literally every baseball that has ever lived wishes they could do, and it just seems like he does not get the credit from lots of baseball and sports media/fans.
I went to a Jays game at Rogers and they had a little video feature of the 1992 "triple play" in between an inning. Despite winning the damn series, there's still salt in the wound from that 😂😂😂
Lonnie Smith Braves in 91 WS, the Twins middle infielders tricked him think that the ball was being played as a grounder & not the double deep in the Left Center gap, as why he stopped at 2nd base. Perfectly played by the Twins SS & 2B.
It appears so, but Lonnie Smith still denies that he got deked. Maybe just doesn't want to admit it, but it actually makes it worse if he didn't get deked.
I’m skeptical of that. It was a deep fly ball to the outfield, so the notion of him getting tricked into thinking it was a ground ball is stretching credulity. He more likely lost track of the ball because the Metrodome roof was notorious for players losing track of fly balls.
I just remembered that the 1997 World Series was also the final World Series to be broadcast by Vin Scully, who was doing the nationwide radio play-by-play for CBS Radio Sports. So the epic seventh game of the 1997 World Series turned out to be the final World Series game that Vin Scully would call in his legendary career.
Yeah, and they come back to the civil war metaphor in several of them from '96. I might do a video at some point just about the fox intros from the 90's and 2000's. They clearly had the same person behind them for a decade who never heard a sound effect he didn't like.
I often forget that the 1995 World Series despite not going the full seven games, was actually very tight and close. I wonder if it's overlooked because it was the first World Series after the strike. Plus, this was the only World Series (at least in "modern times") that aired on two different networks, ABC (with Games 1, 4-5, and a potential 7) and NBC (Games 2-3, and 6). It was also right after the end of the Blue Jays' mini-dynasty but just prior to the official stat of the new Yankees dynasty.
I think the only reason people generally remembers 1995 WS was because it was the one year where that era Braves actually won. It kept them from being like the Buffalo Bills.
@@Iamhungey what was the reason they traded him? The incident happened in 2013. And the 1998 world series video jeter talks about him being the most deserving because he’s a good guy
The 1999 World Series is to date, the final World Series to be televised on NBC. And all that I can really remember about that World Series is Jim Gray's contentious interview with Pete Rose prior to Game 2 in Atlanta (following the All-Century Team celebration), and "convicted sex criminal" Chad Curtis blowing Gray off on the air after hitting a walk off home run in Game 3. It's funny that on this list, two bottom World Series of the '90s that actually took place (of course, discounting 1994), feature the Yankees. The Yankees in that era I suppose, kind of had a "boring, invisible hero"-vibe to them. I mean in 1998, it was really a foregone conclusion that they were going to beat the Padres, who just like in their previous World Series appearance in 1984 against the Tigers, were seriously outmatched.
Other than 1990, which ended in a four game sweep, all of the World Series that CBS broadcast in this time frame (1990-93), were exciting and competitive. 1991 is a given, since it's probably the single greatest World Series ever played, but 1992 and 1993, despite not going the full seven like 1991 had their own highlights. 1993 alone, gave us Joe Carter's World Series clinching home run off of Mitch Williams (in what would be the final MLB game that CBS would televise no less) and the epic 15-14 slugfest at Veterans Stadium in Game 4.
The 1997 World Series kind of feels to me, like a sequel to the 1993 World Series. Besides the fact that they both concluded on the final at-bat, many players participated in both series: Tony Fernández, Al Leiter, Devon White, Darren Daulton, Jim Eisenreich, and Pat Borders.
Probably the worst was in 1993, where they won 104 games in the regular season and yet, still lost to an overachieving Phillies team in the NLCS in six games.
I've found it weird that baseball went from 1961-1990 without a WS clinching walk off. Then there were four in eleven years. Then we haven't had one since.
The first one I remember is 1995, where I was 6 years old and I continuously asked my baseball loving father "why are the Braves 'America's Team'?" Because the announcers wouldn't shut up about how they were AMERICA'S TEAM. Eventually Dad said "because they have the most games on TV." I asked "why?" He said "because the owner of the Braves owns TBS. But watch out because Disney is making moves on the Angels now." Six years later, the Angels won their first World Series and my father tried to claim he predicted it, but I said he actually didn't at all. The prediction was they would replace the Braves as "America's Team."
@@ajk Honestly I'm not sure if it was 1995 or 1996 (almost certain it wasn't 1999), but it doesn't matter because the announcers NEVER USED TO SHUT UP about how the Braves were the Cowboys of baseball. America's Team. It was so annoying.
Imagining a list that ranked the greatest League Championship Series of the 1990s from worst to best: National League: 10. 1994 - This is by default, the worst since it and all of the postseason in 1994 never took place due to the strike. 9. 1997 (Florida vs. Atlanta) 8. 1998 (San Diego vs. Atlanta) 7. 1995 (Atlanta vs. Cincinnati) - This was the only NLCS of the '90s to be a sweep. Ironically, the first two games were extra inning games. 6. 1996 (Atlanta vs. St. Louis) - The Braves came back from a three games to one deficit to beat the Cardinals in seven games. 5. 1990 (Cincinnati vs. Pittsburgh) - Four out of the sixth games in this series were decided on only one run. 4. 1993 (Philadelphia vs. Atlanta) 3. 1999 (Atlanta vs. New York) 2. 1991 (Atlanta vs. Pittsburgh) 1. 1992 (Atlanta vs. Pittsburgh) - I was torn between choosing either this or 1991 as the best NLCS of the '90s, but I just think that Francisco Cabrera's hit and Sid Bream's side in Game 7, is so iconic (especially considering that the Braves were basically on their last rites going into the bottom of the 9th) that it has to put it over the top. American League: 10. 1994 9. 1990 (Oakland vs. Boston) - This was almost like a rerun of the 1988 ALCS in that it was pretty much a foregone conclusion that the A's were going to soundly beat the Red Sox. 8. 1991 (Minnesota vs. Toronto) 7. 1999 (New York vs. Boston) 6. 1996 (New York vs. Baltimore) 5. 1993 (Toronto vs. Chicago) 4. 1998 (New York vs. Cleveland) 3. 1992 (Toronto vs. Oakland) 2. 1995 (Cleveland vs. Seattle) - I think that 1995 gets an advantage for producing at least two one-run games (Games 1 and 5) as well as an extra inning game (Game 5). Plus, there was the added intrigue of the Cinderella Mariners making it to their first ever LCS against the 100 win Indians, who were trying to make it to the World Series for the first time since 1954. 1. 1997 (Cleveland vs. Baltimore) - This was kind of a hard list to do, because there weren't any ALCS in the '90s to go the full seven games. But 1997 to me regardless, is the best. It had four one run games and two extra inning games, including the decisive Game 6.
4:03: The 1996 World Series was the very first World Series to be televised by Fox. And it's funny going back in time and looking at the openings that they produced because they have not (at least in my opinion) aged particularly well. It seems like Fox Sports in their early years, was so caught up with trying to be irreverent and laying thick that "Fox attitude" (where everything had to be "EXTREME" and rock and roll) to their presentation. Compare that to the more serious, dramatic, and straight forward approach that NBC did with Bob Costas when they did baseball in this same time frame.
The "extreme" craze is one of the things from the 1990s I do not miss, that's for certain. That is despite Surge and Super Soaker series being part of that.
@@Iamhungey And Fox Sports always had that deep voice over announcer (Dick Ervasti) do their intros during their early years. I kept expecting him to say "EA SPORTS - It's in the game!" I know that Ervasti didn't really do that, but it sounds like something up his alley.
@@Iamhungey Somebody else said that Fox's baseball openings especially from this era, were overproduced, and I think they're onto something. Like I said before, it appears that Fox in some respects, wanted to take more of an irreverent, almost MTV-style approach to a perceived stogy sport like baseball. It was a stark contrast to the NBC approach, which applied more to the "Gee Wiz" model of sports journalism and broadcasting.
13:14: "The hungry Twins caught a break...and sent out for chili!" - Pat O'Brien was a big reason why I think CBS' brief stint with baseball at the start of the '90s was considered a flop. O'Brien always came across as smarmy and disingenuous as a host. It's like if you're a baseball fan, you wish that the announcers showed more reverence and gravitas to the sport that they're covering.
I was just a kid but I swear 93 literally broke Philadelphia Sports teams and the fans. It was destiny, then we lost. Yeah we have two championships since then. But the amount of Philly teams that choked in one way or another since then is just too many to count. Heck we even had a stinking Horse choke it's way out of a Triple Crown lol
It’s funny…the narrative around the 1997 Series at the time was that it was one of the most dull and boring Series in history. Sports Illustrated said as much on the cover, with the Series only saved by a terrific Game 7.
NBC was televising the 1997 World Series. It was going to be the first time that they would air a World Series in full since 1988. They only aired three out of the six games of the 1995 World Series as ABC aired Games 1, 4-5 and a potential seventh game. NBC's West Coast president at the time was a man named Don Ohlmeyer. And before the start of the World Series he went public with his grievances over NBC's contract with Major League Baseball. He said that he wished that the World Series ended in a four game sweep so that it wouldn't cut too far into NBC's prime time schedule. Ohlmeyer in particular, was worried that the World Series would interfere with "Must See TV" on Thursday nights, which at the time, included NBC's biggest shows like Friends, Seinfeld, and ER.
(edit: I forgot to say Great Vid!) 1991 is the no brainer #1! The 1998 Padres were LOADED!!! The fact that the Yankees swept them is incredible I am a Tigers fan - but it's easy to say the 1998 Yankees are the best team since I have been alive (1978)
Back in 2005, ESPN Classic had a show called "Who's Number One: Greatest World Series", and they listed the 1991 World Series as #4 behind 1975 (Reds/Red Sox), 2001 (Diamondbacks/Yankees), and 1986 (Mets/Red Sox). I was completely dumbfounded by ESPN's reasoning for not ranking 1991 on the very top of the list. Like you said, it just seems like a no brainer. The storyline going into the 1991 World Series was in itself, special as the two participants finished in dead last place the year prior. But then, three of the games, including Game 7 went into extra innings. Five out of the seven games including Game 7 were decided by a single run. And four out of the seven games again including Game 7, were decided on the final at-bat. Game 7 in particular, was highlighted by Jack Morris pitching 10 shoutout innings to win the World Series MVP Award.
@@TMC1982Part2 Yeah, it's really a no brainer. 1991 was just so good. Surprised they placed it as low as 4. Sounds like the old East Coast media bias.
@@gamewinningrbi Definitely some coastal bias going on - to say nothing of the 9/11 backdrop of 2001 Also - the 1975 Fall Classic is the "sacred cow" of World Series - many people will (almost reflexively) say '75 is the best ever (if only for Game 6 alone) Really love these decade vids you're doing Great to see other baseball fans out there
@@bruce4303 I kind of chalked the high ranking to 2001 to being in part, due to recency bias as well as old East Coast media bias since the Yankees were involved. I also wonder if there wasn't the 9/11 backdrop and the 2001 World Series played out the same way, would ESPN be so sentimental towards giving it such a high ranking (at least, higher than 1975 and 2001).
i'm still NOT 100% certain about the future i still SOMEWHAT like college and pro baseball and i'd play major league baseball ONLY if/when the millions billions trillions zillions AND/OR squillons of $ came in HANDY
Yeah, the 93 WS is by far the best. The "Touch 'em all Joe, you'll never hit a bigger homerun in your life!" was easily the best moment of the decade. If it was hit by a Yankee or a Brave, it would be #1 for sure.
At least three World Series in the 1990s ended with a walk off hit: 1991, 1993, and 1997. There hasn't as far as I can remember, been a World Series since 2001 that ended with a walk off hit.
Your correct and even crazier, before 1991 there hadn't been a walk off World Series since 1960!
The 2001 WS is hella underrated and needs to be talked about way more than it is. So much back and forth and so much dynamics in that series. All everyone talks about is 91 and 2011 but 2001 is right up there with those 2.
If there's ever a video on the 1970s, then 1975 (Reds vs. Red Sox) has to be on top of the list. Before 1991, 1975 was probably people's most immediately go to point if you were going to ask them what the greatest World Series ever played was. Game 6 alone, is quite possibly, the greatest game in baseball history. It also literally changed the way that television produced and shot baseball as Carlton Fisk and a rat inside of the Green Monster at Fenway Park inadvertently helped create the reaction shot.
Can we all just acknowledge that if Joe Carter's home run is hit by any member of the Yankee's or Dodgers, or any all star player on any American team, that home run and Joe Carter would be 5 million times more famous in America. He did what literally every baseball that has ever lived wishes they could do, and it just seems like he does not get the credit from lots of baseball and sports media/fans.
He was playing for Canada, eh.
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Cry about it syrup boy what don't u eh
Eh, I don't know..I see that clip all the time. He gets a lot of credit. I see that more often than Reggie Jackson's 3 HR game in 1977.
It’s the top ws series of the 90’s. A walk off? In the ws? That’s the one
I went to a Jays game at Rogers and they had a little video feature of the 1992 "triple play" in between an inning. Despite winning the damn series, there's still salt in the wound from that 😂😂😂
Paul O'Neill was on the winning end of all three sweeps in the 90's.
Lonnie Smith Braves in 91 WS, the Twins middle infielders tricked him think that the ball was being played as a grounder & not the double deep in the Left Center gap, as why he stopped at 2nd base. Perfectly played by the Twins SS & 2B.
It appears so, but Lonnie Smith still denies that he got deked. Maybe just doesn't want to admit it, but it actually makes it worse if he didn't get deked.
I’m skeptical of that. It was a deep fly ball to the outfield, so the notion of him getting tricked into thinking it was a ground ball is stretching credulity. He more likely lost track of the ball because the Metrodome roof was notorious for players losing track of fly balls.
That was something that Tim McCarver pretty much claimed happened to Lonnie Smith when he was calling Game 7 with Jack Buck on CBS.
If he thought it was a ground ball why didn't he slide into second?
He lost the ball. Thought it may have been caught.
Not good either way.
Very well done my friend! Keep more coming please. You’ve earned a fan.
Ah that 97 series.
Made me fall in love with baseball❤
I just remembered that the 1997 World Series was also the final World Series to be broadcast by Vin Scully, who was doing the nationwide radio play-by-play for CBS Radio Sports. So the epic seventh game of the 1997 World Series turned out to be the final World Series game that Vin Scully would call in his legendary career.
I loved the back to back World Series for the Jays (biased) and the Expos could of one in 94. I remember that great pitching duel in game 7 in 91.
I forgot how over produced these Intros were. There's a lot to unpack here, lol
Yeah, and they come back to the civil war metaphor in several of them from '96. I might do a video at some point just about the fox intros from the 90's and 2000's. They clearly had the same person behind them for a decade who never heard a sound effect he didn't like.
I often forget that the 1995 World Series despite not going the full seven games, was actually very tight and close. I wonder if it's overlooked because it was the first World Series after the strike. Plus, this was the only World Series (at least in "modern times") that aired on two different networks, ABC (with Games 1, 4-5, and a potential 7) and NBC (Games 2-3, and 6). It was also right after the end of the Blue Jays' mini-dynasty but just prior to the official stat of the new Yankees dynasty.
I think the only reason people generally remembers 1995 WS was because it was the one year where that era Braves actually won. It kept them from being like the Buffalo Bills.
Can't wait for the 2000s.
The 1993 World Series is the all time best of the '90's.
Chad Curtis: I'm a nice guy.
Derek Jeter: Yeah sure.
Jeter talks about Curtis being a great guy in the World Series video 😂
@@TheSands83 Until 1999.
I wouldn't be surprised if that was the reason the Yankees traded him to the Rangers after that.
@@Iamhungey what was the reason they traded him? The incident happened in 2013. And the 1998 world series video jeter talks about him being the most deserving because he’s a good guy
@@TheSands83 I was referring to 1999, how did you misread that?
@@Iamhungey i didn’t miss it. I understood what you are saying. Not sure why the hostility I’m just commenting like you.
The 1999 World Series is to date, the final World Series to be televised on NBC. And all that I can really remember about that World Series is Jim Gray's contentious interview with Pete Rose prior to Game 2 in Atlanta (following the All-Century Team celebration), and "convicted sex criminal" Chad Curtis blowing Gray off on the air after hitting a walk off home run in Game 3.
It's funny that on this list, two bottom World Series of the '90s that actually took place (of course, discounting 1994), feature the Yankees. The Yankees in that era I suppose, kind of had a "boring, invisible hero"-vibe to them. I mean in 1998, it was really a foregone conclusion that they were going to beat the Padres, who just like in their previous World Series appearance in 1984 against the Tigers, were seriously outmatched.
Other than 1990, which ended in a four game sweep, all of the World Series that CBS broadcast in this time frame (1990-93), were exciting and competitive. 1991 is a given, since it's probably the single greatest World Series ever played, but 1992 and 1993, despite not going the full seven like 1991 had their own highlights. 1993 alone, gave us Joe Carter's World Series clinching home run off of Mitch Williams (in what would be the final MLB game that CBS would televise no less) and the epic 15-14 slugfest at Veterans Stadium in Game 4.
Came here and knew 98 was going to be last…also, it’s sad to hear Costas with some fire in his voice compared to now
The 1997 World Series kind of feels to me, like a sequel to the 1993 World Series. Besides the fact that they both concluded on the final at-bat, many players participated in both series: Tony Fernández, Al Leiter, Devon White, Darren Daulton, Jim Eisenreich, and Pat Borders.
I would say 1991 was the best World Series of the 90s. 1997 was the 2nd best.
It's still so sad that Atlanta didn't win more. 1996 was a total choke job
Probably the worst was in 1993, where they won 104 games in the regular season and yet, still lost to an overachieving Phillies team in the NLCS in six games.
I've found it weird that baseball went from 1961-1990 without a WS clinching walk off. Then there were four in eleven years. Then we haven't had one since.
1. 1991
2- everyone else
Fill in the blank:
“Ok (ok). Let’s play ball!”
The first one I remember is 1995, where I was 6 years old and I continuously asked my baseball loving father "why are the Braves 'America's Team'?" Because the announcers wouldn't shut up about how they were AMERICA'S TEAM. Eventually Dad said "because they have the most games on TV." I asked "why?" He said "because the owner of the Braves owns TBS. But watch out because Disney is making moves on the Angels now." Six years later, the Angels won their first World Series and my father tried to claim he predicted it, but I said he actually didn't at all. The prediction was they would replace the Braves as "America's Team."
Woulda been 7 years actually. Was 2002 they won it. Funny enough around another strike or near strike anyway mid-season.
@@ajk Honestly I'm not sure if it was 1995 or 1996 (almost certain it wasn't 1999), but it doesn't matter because the announcers NEVER USED TO SHUT UP about how the Braves were the Cowboys of baseball. America's Team. It was so annoying.
Imagining a list that ranked the greatest League Championship Series of the 1990s from worst to best:
National League:
10. 1994 - This is by default, the worst since it and all of the postseason in 1994 never took place due to the strike.
9. 1997 (Florida vs. Atlanta)
8. 1998 (San Diego vs. Atlanta)
7. 1995 (Atlanta vs. Cincinnati) - This was the only NLCS of the '90s to be a sweep. Ironically, the first two games were extra inning games.
6. 1996 (Atlanta vs. St. Louis) - The Braves came back from a three games to one deficit to beat the Cardinals in seven games.
5. 1990 (Cincinnati vs. Pittsburgh) - Four out of the sixth games in this series were decided on only one run.
4. 1993 (Philadelphia vs. Atlanta)
3. 1999 (Atlanta vs. New York)
2. 1991 (Atlanta vs. Pittsburgh)
1. 1992 (Atlanta vs. Pittsburgh) - I was torn between choosing either this or 1991 as the best NLCS of the '90s, but I just think that Francisco Cabrera's hit and Sid Bream's side in Game 7, is so iconic (especially considering that the Braves were basically on their last rites going into the bottom of the 9th) that it has to put it over the top.
American League:
10. 1994
9. 1990 (Oakland vs. Boston) - This was almost like a rerun of the 1988 ALCS in that it was pretty much a foregone conclusion that the A's were going to soundly beat the Red Sox.
8. 1991 (Minnesota vs. Toronto)
7. 1999 (New York vs. Boston)
6. 1996 (New York vs. Baltimore)
5. 1993 (Toronto vs. Chicago)
4. 1998 (New York vs. Cleveland)
3. 1992 (Toronto vs. Oakland)
2. 1995 (Cleveland vs. Seattle) - I think that 1995 gets an advantage for producing at least two one-run games (Games 1 and 5) as well as an extra inning game (Game 5). Plus, there was the added intrigue of the Cinderella Mariners making it to their first ever LCS against the 100 win Indians, who were trying to make it to the World Series for the first time since 1954.
1. 1997 (Cleveland vs. Baltimore) - This was kind of a hard list to do, because there weren't any ALCS in the '90s to go the full seven games. But 1997 to me regardless, is the best. It had four one run games and two extra inning games, including the decisive Game 6.
4:03: The 1996 World Series was the very first World Series to be televised by Fox. And it's funny going back in time and looking at the openings that they produced because they have not (at least in my opinion) aged particularly well. It seems like Fox Sports in their early years, was so caught up with trying to be irreverent and laying thick that "Fox attitude" (where everything had to be "EXTREME" and rock and roll) to their presentation. Compare that to the more serious, dramatic, and straight forward approach that NBC did with Bob Costas when they did baseball in this same time frame.
The "extreme" craze is one of the things from the 1990s I do not miss, that's for certain. That is despite Surge and Super Soaker series being part of that.
@@Iamhungey And Fox Sports always had that deep voice over announcer (Dick Ervasti) do their intros during their early years. I kept expecting him to say "EA SPORTS - It's in the game!" I know that Ervasti didn't really do that, but it sounds like something up his alley.
@@TMC1982Part2 It does rings a bell.
@@Iamhungey Somebody else said that Fox's baseball openings especially from this era, were overproduced, and I think they're onto something. Like I said before, it appears that Fox in some respects, wanted to take more of an irreverent, almost MTV-style approach to a perceived stogy sport like baseball. It was a stark contrast to the NBC approach, which applied more to the "Gee Wiz" model of sports journalism and broadcasting.
5:35 ump got in way of dye
13:14: "The hungry Twins caught a break...and sent out for chili!" - Pat O'Brien was a big reason why I think CBS' brief stint with baseball at the start of the '90s was considered a flop. O'Brien always came across as smarmy and disingenuous as a host. It's like if you're a baseball fan, you wish that the announcers showed more reverence and gravitas to the sport that they're covering.
Can we just acknowledge that the creator of this video is going by his opinion
Duh. There is no definitive ranking for this kind of thing just opinion.
Aren't we all?
Im also ready for the 2000s World Series.
Working on it for next week!
Goated with the sauce !!! @14:15
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When will the 00's be out?
Finishing it up now. Will be out later today!
@@gamewinningrbi Cool thanks
4:19, they were never a dynasty.
Shh!
Please do the 1970s!
Lol it’s 93. Only walk off HR to win a ship. Idk am I crazy?
In 96 Bobby’s big mistake was game 3: Mike bielecki was rolling out of the pen n pitching great but Bobby pulled him n put in Wohlers in the 8th.
Game 4.
@@Iamhungey yeah game 4. Not 3
I was just a kid but I swear 93 literally broke Philadelphia Sports teams and the fans. It was destiny, then we lost.
Yeah we have two championships since then. But the amount of Philly teams that choked in one way or another since then is just too many to count. Heck we even had a stinking Horse choke it's way out of a Triple Crown lol
It’s funny…the narrative around the 1997 Series at the time was that it was one of the most dull and boring Series in history. Sports Illustrated said as much on the cover, with the Series only saved by a terrific Game 7.
NBC was televising the 1997 World Series. It was going to be the first time that they would air a World Series in full since 1988. They only aired three out of the six games of the 1995 World Series as ABC aired Games 1, 4-5 and a potential seventh game. NBC's West Coast president at the time was a man named Don Ohlmeyer. And before the start of the World Series he went public with his grievances over NBC's contract with Major League Baseball. He said that he wished that the World Series ended in a four game sweep so that it wouldn't cut too far into NBC's prime time schedule. Ohlmeyer in particular, was worried that the World Series would interfere with "Must See TV" on Thursday nights, which at the time, included NBC's biggest shows like Friends, Seinfeld, and ER.
Boom goes the dynamite 😂
Do the 2000s
(edit: I forgot to say Great Vid!)
1991 is the no brainer #1!
The 1998 Padres were LOADED!!! The fact that the Yankees swept them is incredible
I am a Tigers fan - but it's easy to say the 1998 Yankees are the best team since I have been alive (1978)
Back in 2005, ESPN Classic had a show called "Who's Number One: Greatest World Series", and they listed the 1991 World Series as #4 behind 1975 (Reds/Red Sox), 2001 (Diamondbacks/Yankees), and 1986 (Mets/Red Sox). I was completely dumbfounded by ESPN's reasoning for not ranking 1991 on the very top of the list.
Like you said, it just seems like a no brainer. The storyline going into the 1991 World Series was in itself, special as the two participants finished in dead last place the year prior. But then, three of the games, including Game 7 went into extra innings. Five out of the seven games including Game 7 were decided by a single run. And four out of the seven games again including Game 7, were decided on the final at-bat. Game 7 in particular, was highlighted by Jack Morris pitching 10 shoutout innings to win the World Series MVP Award.
@@TMC1982Part2 Yeah, it's really a no brainer. 1991 was just so good. Surprised they placed it as low as 4. Sounds like the old East Coast media bias.
@@gamewinningrbi Definitely some coastal bias going on - to say nothing of the 9/11 backdrop of 2001
Also - the 1975 Fall Classic is the "sacred cow" of World Series - many people will (almost reflexively) say '75 is the best ever (if only for Game 6 alone)
Really love these decade vids you're doing
Great to see other baseball fans out there
@@bruce4303 I kind of chalked the high ranking to 2001 to being in part, due to recency bias as well as old East Coast media bias since the Yankees were involved. I also wonder if there wasn't the 9/11 backdrop and the 2001 World Series played out the same way, would ESPN be so sentimental towards giving it such a high ranking (at least, higher than 1975 and 2001).
Can we stop using dynasty incorrectly?
i'm still NOT 100% certain about the future i still SOMEWHAT like college and pro baseball and i'd play major league baseball ONLY if/when the millions billions trillions zillions AND/OR squillons of $ came in HANDY
I rank 1995 and 1997 as the worst ever of the 90s. The 2016 WS was the worst of all time
Safe to say that you're a Cleveland Indians fan.
Turn the music down it’s borderline unwatchable
The 1990s were a bad decade since the dodgers didn’t make it to the World Series. Im a dodgers fan.