Matsui was just a gamer. And one of many on this team. This team just grinded until they didn’t which happened to be in the World Series. I remember scratching my head at the fact that their bats just totally went to sleep at the worst time possible. But I still come back to these Yankee videos to relive the days of Jeter, Bernie, Hideki, Posada etc......my favorite Yankees of all time. As good as this current team is, it seems they’re missing something that the late 90s early 2000’s teams had. Can’t really explain it, but I’m sure some of the older Yankee fans know what I mean.
2003 is the first year I can remember watching every game with my dad. This game fell on my 6th birthday. What an incredible gift. The best I ever got. Little did I know, baseball and its greatest rivalry would never get better than this. What a time.
The ultimate revenge. People don't understand how much more intense 2003 was than 2004. the fighting the back and forth. Clemens being on the team. This ending in Game 7 was like magic.
Watching Aaron Boone hit the game winning home run in this game to send the Yankees to the World Series as a seven year old boy is something that will live with me until the day I die. I'll never forget me and my father celebrating in front of everyone in the Excalibur Hotel Lobby in Vegas, what a moment!
I wish we had high end smart phones back then just to have the proof and be able to show how that place would literally vibrate and bounce in moments like this. You could feel the sound and the mayhem around u. Wont ever be able to recreate that sound or feeling ever again
David Tran nah it gave the Red Sox an excuse to fire him, he was going to be forced to resign unless they won the WS. He was a temporary piece brought in by the new ownership to be a good clubhouse guy while Epstein rebuilt the team. The intention was always to get a new manager in 2004 or 2005
xpto41 Yes, the Yankees won the 2009 WS, but also 2000. So technically, the 2000 title does count as part of the 21st century. Still, the Yankees are one WS title behind both the San Francisco Giants and Boston Red Sox where both of them currently have the lead with three each.
This was my first year getting into baseball because I heard a guy nicknamed Godzilla was on the Yankees. (Big Godzilla fan 😂 .) I never got so invested and emotional in my life over this series. Such a crazy come back! Been a Yankee fan ever since! Can’t wait for opening day tomorrow!!
"With 115 pitches on the night, Grady Little is gonna stick with his starter" Now how did we go from THAT to Zack Greinke and Blake Snell not being trusted enough to throw more than 80 pitches when their team is facing elimination?
@@itzduffy4840 Pedro still had enough stuff to get everyone out tho. Had 2 strikes on every hitter this inning. The irony to me is that if David Ortiz doesn't homer against David Wells? There is zero chance Pedro comes out for the 8th with only a 4-2 lead
Hell yeah!!!!! Old stadium gives me fucking goosebumps man I was born in 89 born and raised in Manhattan a yankee fan I’ve seeen it all been to so many playoff games as a kid nothing will ever compare to that home run siren and the whoop there it is song come on!!!
Now with this core i would say people are a lot more excited to watch them, and the atmosphere at the new Yankee Stadium as improved a lot over the last 2 years. But obviously it will never be the same as the old stadium
Sadly, the BBWAA did Posada a big injustice by putting giving him 3.8% of the votes and making him ineligible for future ballots. He will have to wait for the veteran's committee. He has a handful of WS championships which to me is much more valuable.
I remember watching this when I was living in Mexico a couple of years away from the States. I didn't have a tv package that aired the games but I followed the series closely through the internet. I was following game 7 through live updates on the internet and a Mexican Sports channel on tv was periodically giving score changes and highlights as the game progressed. Every now and then they would live feed the action of a batter vs the pitcher for a couple of minutes. When the score was 5-2 with 1 out in the 8th I thought we were almost doomed to lose this series. Then, after seeing highlights and updates on the epic 8th inning I was so ecstatic I couldn't believe it was tied at 5. The 9th, 10th and top of 11th innings go, the Sports news channel I was watching live fed Boone's at bat against Wakefield, Boone sends the first pitch into the stands, I remember it like it was yesterday. What an amazing memory, I ran in out of the house celebrating like crazy, my neighbor probably thought I was crazy. 😂
This was THE best moment in Yankees history. I was the only in my house watching the game because nobody else could bear to watch. When this happened you could hears screams echoing throughout the neighborhood. Everybody in my house came running to see what had happened. This is why I always watch even when it's clutch. Most times you'll be disappointed, but you never know when you'll witness history. Like last night's Cubs win. Amazing!
Despite losing the 2003 World Series, this game always reminds me of the last time we really saw any true Yankee mystique (0:13). The following year the Yankees began what would be an onslaught of moves that were much different than the previous 10 years. By mystique, I meant the whole Yankee stadium "ghosts" thing, the curse, the stuff that legends talked about would happen in the old Yankee Stadium. I've seen odd things occur over the last 18 years obviously, but 1996-2003 really felt like there was a higher power that drove the Yankees to win. Whether it was the tying HRs on back to back nights in 2001, the Leyritz HR in Atlanta in 96, this game here in 03. Also I'm not going to pretend that the Yankees didn't hand out big contracts or trade prospects before 2004. But there was clearly a different aura about the team and the franchise before this time, and has rarely been seen since.
baseball crowds were more passionate in the late 90s and early 2K's because young people in their 30s and 40s who were buying tickets were the last generation who were born and raised while baseball was still America's #1 sport
Re: Pedro Martínez, he was one of the greatest pitchers of all time and 99 times out of 100 you leave your best pitcher in there. He faced the Yankees head on and lost. He knew that walk back to the dugout was going to be brutal but he faced it. Although he lost, he earned my respect. Didn’t shy away from the challenge. I am a Yankees fan and watched this game. Everything about it was incredible.
Pedro was looking good in the eighth inning. His velocity was still up in the 90s, his pitches had good movement, and his location was good. He had Jeter, Williams, Matsui, and Posada (these four players were All-Stars and potential Hall-of-Famers too) on two-strike counts. Everyone one of the hits by the aforementioned players were against a good pitch on a pitchers count. Grady Little and Martinez did not screw up. The Yankees just did a great job making adjustments and pulling off some heroic at-bats. If you could run this eighth inning in a simulation, Pedro would come out on top 97 out of 100 times.
Ah no..Pedro sucked in the playoffs. He was fantastic in t he regular season but his ERA and playoff record were MUCH different than they were in the regular season. He was no Maddux when it came to big games.
+ryan phillips Once Grady Little decided to leave Pedro Martinez in despite a high pitch count, the Yankees knew they need to completely outlast him and the Red Sox in order to win that game. Believe it or not in 2003, opponents hit .298 off Pedro when his pitch count is 101+. You gotta roll the dice with a well-rested bullpen and if the Yankees beat your best relievers, then, at least the Yankees tied or beat you with your best. It's like Mark Wohlers pitching one too many sliders to Jim Leyritz in Game 4 of the 1996 World Series instead of his best pitch which was the fastball or even his splitter.
ryan phillips But how did the Yankees do it? They made Pedro Martinez work by battling and fouling off pitch after pitch to get the pitch they needed to hit into very good spots.
JHardyExTReme Fuck Joe Buck....did you hear that crowd when Posada tied it.....that's all the reaction I needed.....that's when Yankee Stadium was rockin...
Red Sox fan here. This was the season of Cowboy Up for the Red Sox. After Pedro got Soriano to end the 7th I went and got a cowboy hat that was in my closet. I got back just as David Ortiz hit the home run off Wells to make it 5-2. I was watching with my parents and I said I was going to wear the hat to school the next day (this was a Thursday night). As soon as the Yankees tied it I took that hat off and never tried to wear it again lol
Every boy that loves baseball imagines himself hitting the game winning HR to get to, or win a WS. I remember Bret Boone was in the booth for this game. I can't imagine what it felt like for him watching his brother hit one of the greatest HR's in Yankee history. Sometimes, I'm torn. I love that this HR happened, but hate what happened a year later. I think the Yankees would have gladly given up this game, if they knew the next year they would make one of the greatest comebacks in sports, winning 8 in a row to win the WS. So, I think for the 03-04 Red Sox team, this memory doesn't hurt as much, because the same group of guys gets their revenge against the greatest closer in the game. The Yankees collapse was monumental, especially when they were so dominate in the first 3 games against the Sox on 04. 04 hurts to think about, more so than the Yankees losing in 01. I haven't watched those loses since they happened.
This is spot on. Obviously at the time, winning this game was incredible. But should they have just lost the game in 9 innings like they should have, everything changes in 04 and the Red Sox would have already exercised their demons.
When this happened, I went nuts!! As I sit here watching, to reminisce, shit pisses me off the way Joe Buck called this game. I know you have to be nuetral, but damn did he fuck it up for me. He's gotten a lot better lately showing some emotion. I wish Gary Thorne would've called this game. That guys play calling was my favorite.
He's letting the visual and the audio of the screaming fans tell the story. What's with all the hate for Joe Buck? I get it. He was the son of Jack Buck and therefore we should dump all over him for no other reason than he is not his father.
God I love Matsui, he always, ALWAYS, came up big when you needed him to
he sure could slug him when he was on!!!!
TheBtstephens lived up to the hype #japansBabeRuth
I really cannot recall a time where he didn’t come through
Matsui was just a gamer. And one of many on this team. This team just grinded until they didn’t which happened to be in the World Series. I remember scratching my head at the fact that their bats just totally went to sleep at the worst time possible. But I still come back to these Yankee videos to relive the days of Jeter, Bernie, Hideki, Posada etc......my favorite Yankees of all time. As good as this current team is, it seems they’re missing something that the late 90s early 2000’s teams had. Can’t really explain it, but I’m sure some of the older Yankee fans know what I mean.
And now his countryman Tanaka is following his footsteps! Our postseason ace
That image of Jorge standing on 2nd clenching both fists is seared into my memory forever. God, I miss that team.
Still gives me chills. The Yankees aren’t the same anymore
Dam old Yankee stadium no one one their phones before social media wow what an atmosphere
It was an amazing place to be.
amen!
Best ever
If this were the 2021 Yankees they'd ground into a double play
nah they’d somehow do a triple play on the first at bat of the inning
And then cry that the stadium crowd was too loud and mean :(
For sure
The 2022 also but the 2023 Yankees would be holding the bats the bats the wrong way
Same with the last 13 years
the game that made me fall in love with baseball, watched it with my dad when i was 7 years old.
Be thankful you had a father that shared those moments together. My father made sure he was there, and never came home that night.
Nothing was louder than old Yankees Stadium. There was this mystique about it that just gave you chills.
2003 is the first year I can remember watching every game with my dad. This game fell on my 6th birthday. What an incredible gift. The best I ever got. Little did I know, baseball and its greatest rivalry would never get better than this. What a time.
I miss these guys so much. We were spoiled to have them for so long.
Man this might be my favorite Yankee core memory. Such an incredible rally and a legendary game and series!
That scream from Posada on second still gives me chills. Back when I was obsessed with baseball. Now I don’t even bother watching.
Ok
If became personal between him and Pedro
Joe Buck almost ruins this. How could he sound so bored during such an exciting moment?
+Mike Miller I was too busy running around like a crazed lunatic when this happened to realize how bad of a job Joe Buck did on these calls. Pathetic.
baseball isn't a sport where the announcers scream and holler like soccer or football. I think it was fine.
Marv Albert would've done an amazing job on this one
Cause the pos hates the yankees joe buck is unprofessional
***** thom brennanman is way better
Jesus that really was something else. It was so nice growing up a Yankees fan. We were spoiled with so many great moments it's ridiculous
ckeller 89 and that's why you guys are the way you are today
The ultimate revenge. People don't understand how much more intense 2003 was than 2004. the fighting the back and forth. Clemens being on the team. This ending in Game 7 was like magic.
Ehhh both were intense bro
If Clemens and Pettitte stayed with the Yankees in 2004, Red Sox would of got swept
1:13 I love Posada's reaction. Miss him!
Melissa Rose a reaction to Pedro Martinez. He got what he deserved after throwing down Zimmer
Watching Aaron Boone hit the game winning home run in this game to send the Yankees to the World Series as a seven year old boy is something that will live with me until the day I die. I'll never forget me and my father celebrating in front of everyone in the Excalibur Hotel Lobby in Vegas, what a moment!
Be thankful you had a father that included you in those moments. My father made sure he was at the games, that's it.
Man, Hideki Matsui was an awesome player. A great Yankee ballplayer.
This was a great Yankee team.
Oh yeah the 03 team was really fun to watch. Should won the series that year.
+Thomas Storff the yankees had a great team compared with that poor teams since 2012
xpto41 It's been 4 years of garbage.
Thomas Storff in 3 4 years you can dream with other ws title
now you have a .500 team
Posada's first pump symbolized the heart of this game. LOVED this moment!
I was 8 years old watching this on tv. Still gives me goosebumps
I wish we had high end smart phones back then just to have the proof and be able to show how that place would literally vibrate and bounce in moments like this. You could feel the sound and the mayhem around u. Wont ever be able to recreate that sound or feeling ever again
The inning that cost Grady Little's job as Boston skipper.
David Tran nah it gave the Red Sox an excuse to fire him, he was going to be forced to resign unless they won the WS. He was a temporary piece brought in by the new ownership to be a good clubhouse guy while Epstein rebuilt the team. The intention was always to get a new manager in 2004 or 2005
He could have removed Pedro after Williams' hit made it 5-3 with 1 out, it wouldn't have made sense to pull Pedro earlier than that.
Legend says he's still public enemy #1 in Boston.
Should have ended Martinez as well
He throw everything to lose it.
2003 was a great postseason year!
You know I always think about that Ann’s then the World Series was such a dud. Yankees and the...Marlins? Bleugh. How boring
The Yankees may win some titles in the new Yankee Stadium, but that stadium can never duplicate the atmosphere like the original Yankee Stadium.
+joesakic91 Well, it is illegal to build a stadium that traps sound like that
+joesakic91 lol they have only won the 09 ws
xpto41 Yes, the Yankees won the 2009 WS, but also 2000. So technically, the 2000 title does count as part of the 21st century.
Still, the Yankees are one WS title behind both the San Francisco Giants and Boston Red Sox where both of them currently have the lead with three each.
joesakic91 cards got 2 titles also buddy 06 and 11 dont count them out.
they could if they would just lower their prices
This is how the Yankees used to win so much, and give us magical come backs. Not everything had to be a home run.
This was my first year getting into baseball because I heard a guy nicknamed Godzilla was on the Yankees. (Big Godzilla fan 😂 .) I never got so invested and emotional in my life over this series. Such a crazy come back! Been a Yankee fan ever since! Can’t wait for opening day tomorrow!!
"With 115 pitches on the night, Grady Little is gonna stick with his starter"
Now how did we go from THAT to Zack Greinke and Blake Snell not being trusted enough to throw more than 80 pitches when their team is facing elimination?
Dude you literally read my mind. Even though pedro failed, I miss when coaches trusted their starters
Sadly, analytics nerds have taken over the game
@@itzduffy4840 Pedro still had enough stuff to get everyone out tho. Had 2 strikes on every hitter this inning. The irony to me is that if David Ortiz doesn't homer against David Wells? There is zero chance Pedro comes out for the 8th with only a 4-2 lead
Greinke and Snell aren't Pedro or even close to the same league to trust leaving in the game
@@matt23lng56 Greinke is a Hall of Famer. He and Snell were nowhere close to 115 pitches either
Jorge!!!! One of my all-time favorite Yankees!
Terrible idea to leave your starter in there. It was already the 8th inning my god.
WesleyAPEX that manager got fired because of that
WesleyAPEX 115 plus pitches
Great idea if you're a Yankee fan.
The Red Sox didn't have the best bullpen that year but yeah horribly managing by Grady Little.
Hi Wesley
Who started it all, captain clutch..it'll never quite be the same.. respect #2
When only real Yankee fans went to Yankee games.
+thenightspot The old stadium was amazing. I was by no means a Yankees fan, but that place rocked.
I know its very upsetting.. and they never should destroyed the cathedral.. just put in the one billion to super renevate
Keeper of The Flame I agree with what u said but did u have to be racist and freakin say "jews"?
Hell yeah!!!!! Old stadium gives me fucking goosebumps man I was born in 89 born and raised in Manhattan a yankee fan I’ve seeen it all been to so many playoff games as a kid nothing will ever compare to that home run siren and the whoop there it is song come on!!!
Now with this core i would say people are a lot more excited to watch them, and the atmosphere at the new Yankee Stadium as improved a lot over the last 2 years. But obviously it will never be the same as the old stadium
This sequence is my favorite of all time watching the Yankees. Then Boone caps it off. Wow. What a game.
01:14 I've NEVER seen excited Matsui like this.
Biggest hit of Jorge Posadas career! i don't think he's first ballet but he belongs in the hall, i still get goosebumps watching this..
Sadly, the BBWAA did Posada a big injustice by putting giving him 3.8% of the votes and making him ineligible for future ballots. He will have to wait for the veteran's committee. He has a handful of WS championships which to me is much more valuable.
@@generatorx Wow.. they did him dirty..He's a Yankee Legend so thats not too shabby💪
This never would have happened without Jason Giambi's 2 blasts earlier that night.
Redsox fan here. Miss those years. I was 27 years old and at this game. What a ride
After 21 years, still my greatest sports memory
Most amazing game I’ver ever been to , the old stadium was electric , was a sad day when they tore it down
What happened to the team I loved 😢
I remember watching this when I was living in Mexico a couple of years away from the States. I didn't have a tv package that aired the games but I followed the series closely through the internet. I was following game 7 through live updates on the internet and a Mexican Sports channel on tv was periodically giving score changes and highlights as the game progressed. Every now and then they would live feed the action of a batter vs the pitcher for a couple of minutes. When the score was 5-2 with 1 out in the 8th I thought we were almost doomed to lose this series. Then, after seeing highlights and updates on the epic 8th inning I was so ecstatic I couldn't believe it was tied at 5. The 9th, 10th and top of 11th innings go, the Sports news channel I was watching live fed Boone's at bat against Wakefield, Boone sends the first pitch into the stands, I remember it like it was yesterday. What an amazing memory, I ran in out of the house celebrating like crazy, my neighbor probably thought I was crazy. 😂
This was twenty years ago, seems like yesterday..two great baseball teams people.
This was THE best moment in Yankees history. I was the only in my house watching the game because nobody else could bear to watch. When this happened you could hears screams echoing throughout the neighborhood. Everybody in my house came running to see what had happened. This is why I always watch even when it's clutch. Most times you'll be disappointed, but you never know when you'll witness history. Like last night's Cubs win. Amazing!
Late 90's and early 00's baseball was something else.
There was nothing like postseason baseball at old Yankee stadium
Despite losing the 2003 World Series, this game always reminds me of the last time we really saw any true Yankee mystique (0:13). The following year the Yankees began what would be an onslaught of moves that were much different than the previous 10 years. By mystique, I meant the whole Yankee stadium "ghosts" thing, the curse, the stuff that legends talked about would happen in the old Yankee Stadium. I've seen odd things occur over the last 18 years obviously, but 1996-2003 really felt like there was a higher power that drove the Yankees to win. Whether it was the tying HRs on back to back nights in 2001, the Leyritz HR in Atlanta in 96, this game here in 03. Also I'm not going to pretend that the Yankees didn't hand out big contracts or trade prospects before 2004. But there was clearly a different aura about the team and the franchise before this time, and has rarely been seen since.
Most memorable game I ever saw in my life
This is the kind of baseball that I love. I miss it.
Baseball is just on another level
This is the most classic game 7 in sports history
2nd best to Game 7 2016. That thing gave me gray hairs that shouldn’t be there. No cap
baseball crowds were more passionate in the late 90s and early 2K's because young people in their 30s and 40s who were buying tickets were the last generation who were born and raised while baseball was still America's #1 sport
This gives me chills!!! I remember going nuts.
its crazy the parallels between this game and game 6 of the 2003 nlcs
Tears and goosebumps watching this.
The crowds used to be unhinged in those days. I miss that.
All this did was make 2004 so much sweeter.
Forreal man.
Re: Pedro Martínez, he was one of the greatest pitchers of all time and 99 times out of 100 you leave your best pitcher in there. He faced the Yankees head on and lost. He knew that walk back to the dugout was going to be brutal but he faced it. Although he lost, he earned my respect. Didn’t shy away from the challenge. I am a Yankees fan and watched this game. Everything about it was incredible.
Buck Showalter in last night's AL Wild Card Game brought me here.
“Nobody covers second..” lmao Buck was so disgusted 😂
Pedro was looking good in the eighth inning. His velocity was still up in the 90s, his pitches had good movement, and his location was good. He had Jeter, Williams, Matsui, and Posada (these four players were All-Stars and potential Hall-of-Famers too) on two-strike counts. Everyone one of the hits by the aforementioned players were against a good pitch on a pitchers count. Grady Little and Martinez did not screw up. The Yankees just did a great job making adjustments and pulling off some heroic at-bats. If you could run this eighth inning in a simulation, Pedro would come out on top 97 out of 100 times.
Ah no..Pedro sucked in the playoffs. He was fantastic in t he regular season but his ERA and playoff record were MUCH different than they were in the regular season. He was no Maddux when it came to big games.
Look at little Pedro getting a spanking from his daddy.
mydogishungry 2004
Returned the favor the following year :)
42Quaker And the Yankees returned the favor in the 2009 World Series.
joesakic91 funny thing is. the last 2 al teams that won the world series was yanks in 09 and bosox in 13. that proves the rivalry is still alive.
1990Thunderbolt That's true.
uhhh 8th inning, looked like pedro was done lol.
probably go with a reliever?
+ryan phillips Once Grady Little decided to leave Pedro Martinez in despite a high pitch count, the Yankees knew they need to completely outlast him and the Red Sox in order to win that game.
Believe it or not in 2003, opponents hit .298 off Pedro when his pitch count is 101+.
You gotta roll the dice with a well-rested bullpen and if the Yankees beat your best relievers, then, at least the Yankees tied or beat you with your best.
It's like Mark Wohlers pitching one too many sliders to Jim Leyritz in Game 4 of the 1996 World Series instead of his best pitch which was the fastball or even his splitter.
it wasn't about pitch count to me, they were seeing him and hitting him hard at that point...and this is the 8th of a game 7.
ryan phillips But how did the Yankees do it? They made Pedro Martinez work by battling and fouling off pitch after pitch to get the pitch they needed to hit into very good spots.
Hey Grady you were supposed to pull him BEFORE they tied the game.
ryan phillips
I love watching the Red Sox lose. 😊
And I love watching them clinch the AL east, while the Yankees miss the playoffs.
Greysen Gagné 27 😂😂can't say nothing about that fam
Greysen Gagné yankees won the the same amount of games in the playoffs as the Red Sux....a big fat "0"!! 👌🍩😂
I love watching the Red Sox win !
Ikr?! Gotta love their long down faces
I was there in the upper deck. The Bronx was rocking!
This why yankee stadium was so special because from the 7th inning on the ghosts came out and u could just feel it
gotta love the music that kicks in at 1:23 and just sit back. think it sounds like zeppelin whole lotta love
Goosebumps!
electric atmosphere
Thank God for 2004
“Greatest game EVER played”
I have goosebumps one of my favorite moments ever
Pedro Martínez el grande el papá de los Yankees
03-04 Red Sox Yankees was a historic 2 years. Nothing quite like it
This video is better than the Boone HR video.
What my 8 year old self wouldve given to be at this rocking stadium right there, right then.
And to think this is Matsui's first year in the MLB
One of the few Yanks to do something against the Marlins that year, he could have been a 2x WS MVP
Joe Buck ruined it in my opinion. No excitement at all!
Joe Buck is just a terrible announcer, he needs to go, like seriously.
JHardyExTReme Fuck Joe Buck....did you hear that crowd when Posada tied it.....that's all the reaction I needed.....that's when Yankee Stadium was rockin...
CROWD ERUPTS with that Posada double. Nothing better than Yankee fans at that ballpark. Memories
This Posada's biggest hit in his career?
Absolutely!
Yup :) And against Pedro too. How sweet.
He had a couple of big hits in the 2009 World Series too
Grady Little, you...! (flips table). Well played, Yankees.
Who could have foreseen 21 years ago what the Yankees would devolve into over the next two decades?
Last you heard of Grady little
The Yankees of 2022, needs to watch this video. This is how you get it done.
You mean the Red Sox 04 highlights didn't work??? Who knew?
@@TRivera13 Don't Worry, The Red Sox ain't going nowhere either.
Red Sox fan here. This was the season of Cowboy Up for the Red Sox. After Pedro got Soriano to end the 7th I went and got a cowboy hat that was in my closet. I got back just as David Ortiz hit the home run off Wells to make it 5-2. I was watching with my parents and I said I was going to wear the hat to school the next day (this was a Thursday night). As soon as the Yankees tied it I took that hat off and never tried to wear it again lol
And this kids, was the world before social media ruined everything.
Nowadays people are just on their phones the whole game of just stay home and watch the game on TV instead
Back when this rivalry actually meant something
when im sad, i watch this and 2001 ws heroics
Every boy that loves baseball imagines himself hitting the game winning HR to get to, or win a WS. I remember Bret Boone was in the booth for this game. I can't imagine what it felt like for him watching his brother hit one of the greatest HR's in Yankee history. Sometimes, I'm torn. I love that this HR happened, but hate what happened a year later. I think the Yankees would have gladly given up this game, if they knew the next year they would make one of the greatest comebacks in sports, winning 8 in a row to win the WS. So, I think for the 03-04 Red Sox team, this memory doesn't hurt as much, because the same group of guys gets their revenge against the greatest closer in the game. The Yankees collapse was monumental, especially when they were so dominate in the first 3 games against the Sox on 04. 04 hurts to think about, more so than the Yankees losing in 01. I haven't watched those loses since they happened.
This is spot on. Obviously at the time, winning this game was incredible. But should they have just lost the game in 9 innings like they should have, everything changes in 04 and the Red Sox would have already exercised their demons.
When this happened, I went nuts!! As I sit here watching, to reminisce, shit pisses me off the way Joe Buck called this game. I know you have to be nuetral, but damn did he fuck it up for me. He's gotten a lot better lately showing some emotion. I wish Gary Thorne would've called this game. That guys play calling was my favorite.
Nothing like loud rowdy Yankees fans back in the day
Moose bailed them out and now he's in the HOF. Well done Mike Mussina!
Then Boone Hits One Out In Extra Innings to Win The Pennant.
Greatest Yankee Comeback Ever!!!
Forgotten are the 2 HRs Giambi hit to keep the Yankees within striking distance.
The House that Ruth built.... where a single produced the same decibel level as a home run .....
Hey Grady, hope you found another job. I have no experience as a manager in the big leagues. But even I would have pulled Pedro...
There will never be a Yankees team like that one.
Let’s not forget Posada number is 20 which was Bucky Dent’s number.
Old Joe buck 😂😂😂 sapping alllll the energy out of an absolutely electric moment
You don't understand what it was to be a Little Leaguer and a Yankees fan during this era. Unbelievable.
One of the biggest moments in MLB history and Joe Buck wants to take a nap
He's letting the visual and the audio of the screaming fans tell the story. What's with all the hate for Joe Buck? I get it. He was the son of Jack Buck and therefore we should dump all over him for no other reason than he is not his father.
Horrible manager......115 pitches....3 hits in a row.....and still leaves him ?.....wow
i was born during that game 😎😃
You are fucking young