Was 1991 or 1998 The Greatest Season in MLB History?
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- Опубліковано 13 лип 2024
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With the 2021 MLB season here at last, Matt takes a look at two of Major League Baseball’s greatest seasons: 1991 and 1998. He talks about the McGwire and Sosa home run race, one of the unlikeliest no hitters ever, and potentially the greatest World Series to ever grace baseball, all in an effort to see which of the two is the greatest season ever!
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TIMESTAMPS
Introduction 0:00 - 0:51
Audible 0:52 - 2:32
1998: "The Season that Saved Baseball" 2:33 - 7:46
1991: Somehow even Better? 7:47 - 10:52
The Greatest World Series Ever? 10:53 - 14:57
Conclusion 14:58 - 16:20 - Спорт
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Yes
I’m assuming you already have a country for episode 4 but for later episodes I think seeing a country in Europe would be cool. See how baseball is and can grow in a country where it isn’t big
The 2011 season was insane, had that infamous night of baseball madness known as Game 162, and then the postseason was chock full of spectacular games and moments.
UGH. No thank you.
@@SamtheBravesFan Hahahahahhahahahahahhahah HAHAHAHAHHAHA (cardinal fan)
@@bradyrhodess I'm glad my user name is no longer SamtheRangersFan....
@@pullt HAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAH (sorry) HAHAAHHAAHH
@@bradyrhodess Trust me, I wish my team had a century and a half of excellence and a title and pennant for every HA you gave....
2001 was a pretty wild year too--The Bonds home run record, the Mariners setting the single-season win record with a Japanese rookie phenom named Ichiro Suzuki. And then there was 9/11 and how baseball helped the country cope with the tragedy. There was the Piazza home run in the first game back after 9/11, the unbelievably competitive playoffs culminating with a walk off game 7 hit in the first ever November world series (off of the best closer of all time). I was just getting into baseball at the time and it meant everything.
Ken Griffey Jr. - forgotten racer in 1998 race.
In 1997 he had 56.
In 1998 he had 56, again.
He did it playing clean.
@@thunderousooner527
I think Griffeys reputation transcends all suspicion. However. I think anyone could have done peds.
@@thunderousooner527 🤣🤣🤣 yeah you can think that.
Too into himself!
I mean he was 195 pounds as a rookie and was like 230 when he went the reds. I guess he actually was eating a well balanced breakfast
Ozzie Albies and Trevor Story played in 1991? You learn something new everyday.
What how
11:27
Sports storm vid about the 2001 season is also very good
Thank you!
Just finished watching that this morning ! Worth the watch.
@@SportStorm23 represent homie
Aren't they ran by the same people? He says in another vid on sports storm that stark rave is his other channel
Thanks just watched
As a Marlins fan 98 makes me sad but 97 is a dope postseason
I’m guessing you’ve seen that collapse video?
I remember the Marlins & Rockies first year as expansion teams. My grandparents had gone to Florida for vacation that year so I was hoping for something cool like a jersey or at least a hat.
They got me this *awful* shirt. It had a Marlins logo on a black shirt and they(the apparel Co) basically had done "sponge painting" across the entire thing. Where you lay the big side of a sponge in paint and use it take basically act as a huge stamp to cover the entire shirt.
Yea. It really was early 90s terrible lol! Now that I think about it, there may have even been some of the oh-so-cool "splatter paint" on it, as well! 🤣
@@maxeldr I watch that thing monthly lol. I'm so fascinated by the Marlins early history.
I take 1991 any day of the week, especially with that year’s World Series, not only the series went to full 7 games, but Jack Morris and Kirby Puckett made the series memorable.
And now my sorry Twins can’t win a playoff game these days
@@Blackout.1644 can't even win a regular season game these days lmao. Don't know what I did to be indoctrinated into the suffering that is Minnesota sports
@@biggy0917 small markets have it tough these days. i think the season that ended baseball was 1994 and since then everything has been downhill.
@@biggy0917 I want to know what I did to be dragged into the Chicago sports misery
Ugh that Lonnie Smith clip Kills me every single time
Bad baserunning killed the Braves in the NLCS last season too.
I was 4 during the 1991 season and 11 during 1998. I remember becoming a big baseball fan during '98 but seeing clips from '91 gives me chills
Man I'll take that trade off any day of the week!!! If you were around to watch that 1998 MLB season then you'll know exactly what I'm talking about. That year brought a nation together... literally!!! Here in Phoenix, Az you would talk to people you never thought you'd talk to, people would holler at you while sitting a red light just to find out if something changed, mom and pop stores staying open late just so they could finish watch one of the games...it was totally insane. I don't think we'll ever have another season of sports like that ever again....it was truly amazing!!!!
New Stark Raving Sports AND Foolish Baseball videos on the same day? Blessed.
The 90’s feels like the beginning of the end for baseballs relevancy. Games still going fine, the players have been talented and there’s still highlights but something about the 90’s peak and the slow descent from that high is just something fierce.
They can't market themselves to save their lives. Their solution at this point is to change oe implement rules to artifically make the game seem faster.
@@SamtheBravesFan Add alienating half of their fan base by becoming political to that. Manfred is an idiot moving the ASG out of Atlanta. No one wants to watch a bunch of woke millionaires whine and cry. I love baseball, but I hate political opinions pushed down my throat more.
It’s like that with a lot of things
1991, because we had one of the greatest pitchers duel in MLB history.
Both years were great because my Expos were still alive... Miss my team⚾
I was not alive during either of these seasons (born in '04) so my 2 favorites are 2015 and 2019. I'm a Mets fan, so 2015 was the first season to truly capture my heart with the pennant winning team (and Joey Bats as well), and 2019 is my favorite Mets team with all the personality of Alonso, Mcneil, and Dom and of course the dominance of deGrom. League wide I'd have to say 2016 because basically every playoff series was epic (both wild cards even though the Mets lost, ALCS with the Ryan Merrit game and Bauer's drone, and of course the world series).
I'm a Royals fan born in 1986 (1 year after their previous World Series win AND their last playoff appearance up until 2014), so the 2014 and 2015 seasons were definitely special for me as a Royals fan. And much respect to the Mets for being classy in the World Series unlike The Blue Jay's who we smoked in the ALCS.
91 game 7...I will never forget it!
2016 and 2019 are my favorite in my lifetime, I paid the most attention to those two years and I was old enough to comprehend
Need to see Jamie Moyer react to this
I am only 16 years old, but 2016 has to be one of the cooler seasons in big league history
As a Cubs fan I agree
Really was a story book ending
You're not wrong. Game 7 is the greatest game ever played. It had everything. An insane 5-1 comeback, a guy getting a run off of, like, a wild pitch, sick dingers, the greatest reliever ever stuff wise blowing a save, LeBron, AND A FUCKING RAIN DELAY.
Anyway, as a White Sox fan, I was in agony knowing I would not like the outcome. As a baseball fan, I was delighted.
Yo big fan here you really make my day
The 95 season was my all time favorite in my life time. The mariners being down like 12 games with a little over a month to play and making the playoffs for the first time in their history was amazing and the to win the alds off Edgar's double after being down 0 2 to the Yankees still gives me chills when I watch it
I don't know if I would consider the '91 season an out and out "last hurrah" for the Kirby Puckett-Kent Hrbek-Tom Kelly era Minnesota Twins. People seem to forget that one year after they won the World Series, they went 90-72. They however, finished six games behind Oakland in the AL West (remember, that there was no wild card or three divisions yet, otherwise the Twins would've won the AL Central), and that would be the last time that they would finish the season over .500 until the year 2001.
There's a key omission from the 1991 section.
The 1991 Braves featured second baseman Mark Lemke, who not only hit .417 in that year's World Series but is the accidental inspiration for Homestar Runner.
Yes!!!
So many good moments and good suggestions in the comments too. Nice work as always
I believe if anyone says they were intoxicated while accomplishing something, it will make their accomplishment more memorable.
So I'm pretty sure David Wells knew that and lied for that same reason. He was for sure sober.
@@u4eahh2 Respectable response 🙌
Well this is going to be exciting
The 1990’s was a glorious decade for many reasons, and baseball was amazing!
U know he makes great content when I find myself watching each video again in 2 weeks
I was to young for the 91’ season.... but that 98’ season was special, sosa & McGwire.... Sammy de lo Mio #21 💪🏻🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴
the Twins won in 91 so obviously that is the best season. Also the last time a Minnesota sports team was even in the championship
2019 was my favorite tbh. How the Nats won it all, that wild Yankees-Twins and Brewers-Nats games, Angels combined no-no, Harper’s walk off grand slam just to name a few
You missed Pucketts insane catch an inning before that hr to send it to game 7.
91 season was amazing I was 8. I remember the Braves always played on tbs. 98 with Sosa McGwire and Jr. Kevin Brown was a work horse. 2004 season was great
.."right up there with the best of the best like Doc Ellis's eight walk no hitter while high on LSD.....and Roger Clemens's no hitter high on his own ego..."
DEAD
U got to put
2016- one of the greatest World Series ever (not bias) game 7 extras a 108 year drought and a 68 year drought. Stanton HRD. U saw stars like David Ortiz, Arod, Prince Fielders emotional retirement, also Jroll and Big Tex retire
2001- another great World Series new franchise vs the evil empire. Baseball United the nation after 9-11, another insane home run year and bonds hit 73
2011- final week was crazy and the final day was even more insane. The playoffs were one of the best of all time as well
Frank Thomas was arguably the best hitter of the 90s. It was awesome to watch him crush.
Love the video today !!!!
It was nice to see the Expos again. I hope they get another franchise in Montreal some day.
Why does this channel only have 75k subscribers. Way too underrated.
Great video man. For me it's between '98 and '01, maybe because I grew up in that era but nothing will top either for me. I think 2001 is the greatest season ever even though the Yankees lost in the most heartbreaking fashion possible
but it great we won it all in 2009
As a Mets fan I always die a little when I hear Bobby Bonilla
You must love Bobby Bonilla Day?? Lol
I forgot about that David Wells perfect game was in 1998. Makes sense. Everything was clicking for the Yankees that year, and the ONLY time I was ever happy to see a sweep in the World Series. That team was and probably will be the best team I’ve seen in the MLB.
Killer Deon hip shade!
1990s Braves were my 2nd favorite team. Living in Louisiana, I saw them play WAYYYYYY more than Seattle, my favorite team, though. Thanks to TBS. YEP. I watched the Braves walk all over so many teams in the 90s lol. We also had WGN so, we got Cubs and White Sox games, too.
Heyyyy a little GiraffeNeckMarc clip! We love to see it
as a braves fan, 1995 holds a special place in my heart. strike season and whatnot, but i'm biased 😂
Depending on how great this postseason is, 2022 could rival these years in terms of greatness. Judge hitting 62, Pujols pulling off the borderline impossible hitting 700 after the HR derby, Mariners ending the longest playoff drought in sports, Philly ending the longest NL drought, Verlander coming back from TJ and casually pitching a 1.75 ERA season, Miggy getting 3k hits, Judge and Goldy both putting up triple crown cases late in the year (even tho both are unlikely to happen), the biggest trade in terms of price tag that we've seen possibly ever (Soto), and I'm probably still missing some stuff.
Was a heartbroken 7 year old when the braves lost game 7.
2016 had a crazy postseason.
The twins were good back then, they won the series in 87 too.
I will never forget the homerun race of 98. 12 years old.. It was awesome.
Check out the 2005 Chicago White Sox. One of the most dominant Post Season pitching performances I have seen.
The White Sox won on Opening Day and then ran the gauntlet, staying in 1st place the entire season as they went on to win their division. One of only a few Word Series winners to achieve that feat.
I would really enjoy an episode highlighting the White Sox World Series season of 2005. It is well over looked, but it was spectacular.
1991 was a historical year for the Seattle Mariners. The Mariners played their first season in 1977. From 1977 to 1990, every season ended with them finishing below .500. Their first 14 seasons. And 3 of those seasons ended with them losing at least 100 games. In 1991, the Mariners went 83-79, their first season ever above 500.
I don't see anyone talking about 2004. The 3-0 Red Sox comeback was great and all, but no one talks about how Astros vs Cardinals in the NLCS was also an incredible series. Ichiro chasing the hit record was also in this year.
I lived in Atlanta in 91 and was a huge Braves fan. I was so mad at my parents because they wouldn't let me get a tomahawk cut in my hair it supercuts for Braves day at school😂
Nice video
i find it crazy that for exactly one season, in 1993, the Colorado Rockies were in the same division as the Atlanta Braves. 1993 must've been one of the strangest seasons in MLB history. The MLB expanded from 26 to 28 teams, but kept their 2 division format, and had 7 teams in each division, but only the best team could make the playoffs, leading to the Giants missing the playoffs despite having 103 wins.
In 1994, they fixed it so there were 3 divisions, where 8 teams would make the playoffs rather than 4 (though the 1994 season was interrupted by the strike, so they didn't get to the new playoff format until 1995).
The division alignments were not as weird as the NFL, which had instances of the Atlanta Falcons being in the same division as the Los Angeles Rams, and the New York Giants being in the same division as the Arizona Cardinals, as well as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers being in the same division as the Minnesota Vikings
You forgot about Darryl Strawberry going to LA and the 1991 Braves Dodgers pennant race for the 1991 part of the video
BTW Chilli Davis who just got fired by my NY Mets, was on both championship teams in 91 and 98. Twins and Yanks.
Rickey's record has to be one of the unbreakable ones.....just like Ryan's K record.
Try Ryan's No-Hitter Record (7). 4 is 2nd best. Ryan also has 12 1-hit complete games
Rickey's record *may* stand. Depends whether the game changes and small-ball becomes a thing again...
1991. as a twins fan, winning our third franchise world series ( 1987& 1924 ) 18 scorless inings is crazy
The 98 season is probably besides Griffey as the only reason why our generation still enjoys baseball
“Seven no hitters. That’s a lot for one season.” There’s seven this season and it ain’t even the All Star break yet.
Lonnie Smith baserunning error... Had blocked that out, but now it's back and I won't be able to sleep for days.
2001 mlb season entirely
Pujols & Ichiro rookie year!
Bonds 73hr record!
Randy Johnson 20k!
Mariners record winning season!
Dbacks/Cardinals NLDS & Yankees/Athletics ALDS!
World Series to end in game 7 walk off!
Youngest franchise to win 4yrs!
Jeter Nov midnight hr(first Nov baseball)!
3 nine inning comebacks!
Paul Oniel last games!
Marianos blown save after ass kicking!
And way more............
I don't really see how any season will ever top 2001. Not only for all the memorable baseball moments including an all-time great World Series, but for how important baseball was culturally in the healing process after 9/11. It was a tragic time for the country but a special time for baseball; there was an energy in crowds that was unique.
1991 was the greatest world series ever and I was born in 1998 and a yankee fan
Went to Game 3 of the 98' series, ticket in Press Level Qualcomm ticket cost $90. Dollars , My Super Bowl ticket earlier that year at Qualcomm was a much better experience Elway vs. Favre 82° at game time, maybe the best Super Bowl ever cost $198. The good old days
Should’ve said Hassey’s name.. that’s a crazy unique stat to catch two perfect games
I think you should do a video about what was a better World Series, '91 or '75.
instant like for the jamie moyer joke lmaoo😂
I wasn’t even born back then but it still really pisses me off that McGwire didn’t win MVP in 98
I’d say either 2013 or 2015 with the Red Sox winning after the Boston Bombing and 2015 for the Royals going from 7 player all star team World Series champions to irrelevant in one year or 1997 when the Mariners had Prime Randy, MVP Jr., Edgar Martinez in his prime and A-Rod to think they could’ve had them Ichiro and David Ortiz is frightening if only the dispute lifted a few years earlier or David wasn’t traded damn what a disappointment
I’m gonna say that the 2005 season was actually one of the least memorable. The reason being, it was overshadowed by the 2004 season.
Many people often forget one of the most dominant teams in postseason history was the 2005 White Sox. It seems like people only remember the Red Sox and Cubs breaking their curses, but hardly anyone remembers the White Sox breaking their 88 year curse
This is very true. People went nuts over the Red Sox in 04 when they finally won and hardly noticed the White Sox breaking an even longer curse (and a more merited curse at that!)
It’s possible that the Red Sox drought was more renown because they came tantalizingly close to ending it over and over. They lost four seven game World Series and four ALCS appearances - plus many close calls for the pennant and division championships.
From 1920-2004 the White Sox had only one tiny moment of success (in 59) but were not really memorable otherwise.
The 1991 season will always be special to me because it's the first season that i really started watching baseball ad a kid.
1991 WS I remember it well. RIP Kirby Puckett...
91 made me care as a 6yo....98 was the best year for ANY sport. If it had a series like 91 people wouldn't ever argue against that statement.
As a twins fan I gotta say I'm glad we are on here for something good minnesota doesn't have a good track record when it comes to sports
In my honest opinion, the 1985 season is one of the best of all time. Three of the four division races went down to the last day of the season. Tom Seaver and Phil Niekro notched their 300th career victory. Rod Carew collected his 3,000 career hit on the same day Seaver won his 300th. Nolan Ryan became the first pitcher in history to reach 4,000 strikeouts. Pete Rose broke Ty Cobb's all time hit record. Vince Coleman stole 110 bases in his rookie year and Dwight Gooden had one the best seasons by a pitcher in baseball history.
As for the 1985 postseason, this was the first year the LCS went to a best of seven format. The Cardinals took the Dodgers in six games thanks to the heroics of Ozzie Smith and Jack Clark and the Royals beat the Blue Jays in seven games in the ALCS after being down 3-1. Then in the World Series, the Royals found themselves down 3-1 only to take advantage of the Cardinals anemic hitting and Don Dinkinger's blown call to win the title in seven games. As of the now the '85 Royals are the only team to overcome two 3-1 deficits in the same postseason.
I think its 1869. Without that year, no other year would exist
"The Mariners had another superstar on their team". Yes, his name was Edgar Martinez.
I said Edgar Martinez out loud when he said Alex Rodriguez.
I wouldn't consider a guy That's only good at 1 thing unless they are a picture a superstar Yes David Ortiz counts as well Are they hall of fame Caliber yes Butt Are they superstars Superstars can basically control the whole game They can only control it on offense
@@brianquinn8570 Well it's a good thing no one asked you then.
@@artvandelay1099 Me too
“Future broadcast Hall of Famer Alex Rodriguez" 😂😂😂
2020 best season 😤
I’m on board
the 2009 MB Season was awesome Yankees winning almost every day on Walk off
I loved '84. But hey, I'm a Tigers fan!
They were in 1st place from the 1st game of the season, till they won the World series!
"Drunk David Wells", but I repeat myself
"and Roger Clemens' no hitter high on his own ego..." LMFAO!!!!!!
"Fellow juicer Barry Bonds and fellow insane person Jose Canseco" really tickled me for some reason.
1994 was one of the greatest seasons in MLB history
It wasn’t even a full season but it would have been
2011 was insane the way the season ended and that world series was amazing
Did anyone else see the @urinatingtree emblem during the audible ad 😂
While admittedly SRS said he couldn't fit everything from 1998 into the video, one omission is rather telling -
Pre-steroid Barry Bonds also became the first and only baseball player to enter the 400/400 club, a pretty massive achievement as far as a demonstration of rounded offensive capability. As the story goes, 1999 was the first year Bonds started using steroids. Why? We may never know, but again, the story goes that he wasn't very happy that his massive achievement as a well-rounded player was totally overshadowed by two dudes mashing a ton of home runs, and it was then that he decided to focus on that, because that brought the glory. Pretty telling that even this retrospective over 20 years later picks to talk about his walk with the bases loaded and not his steroid-free achievement as an all-round offensive ballplayer. Can you say he was wrong in his assessment?
Wow!!!! that's Amazing...I actually REALLY did walk around For about a Year and would ask People i met "What do you think Trout will do this year...".*it was like a joke*.. Only two People knew who he was .....I asked about 4 or five hundred people....😂
Short answer: ‘91. The World Series went seven games and Game 7 saw the greatest pitchers duel in baseball history.
The ‘98 World Series was utter domination by the Yankees and the home run chase has the steroid asterisk next to it.
Wait. 11:25 "Authentic Footage from 1991" shows Joe Mauer batting at Target Field. Joe Mauer was 8 years old in 1991!
Sosa vs Big Mac! 💯🔥 98
That 91 season was great. I’m a big Cubs fan but that braves team was hard to not root for.
Hey SRS do you ever plan on making a video on Chris Davis?
Probably not, but never say never
Well the 2021 Braves turned out to be pretty crazy lol