Ahmed Izzy no question, the sound of the ball getting destroyed by Jose’s bat, the explosion of the fans and the air horn, it was the perfect moment, i’m also not a Jays fan, but in my opinion it was the greatest ball game i have ever watched
@@acfresh8968 The announcers talked about "they're gonna ask where you were when that happened" I was at a bar in Toronto and when Bautista hit that bomb the entire place exploded in cheers, and everyone broke out into a Jose chant for about 3 minutes, even through Encarnacion's at bat.
Considering how difficult it is in this day and age in any league to hoist the championship trophy, the fact that the Blue Jays were able to clinch the AL East and advance to the ALCS in the manner they did was good enough for me. I don't mind they didn't get to the World Series, but I did mind that there were very questionable calls in Game 6 of the Royals series and if the Jays had beat KC, they likely would have defeated the Mets in the "First York vs New York" World Series. And yes, I know Toronto isn't really the first York when you consider the UK, but i think it could have been marketed as such.
Funny how that play that got the Rangers the go ahead run is a play that literally never happens in the MLB and that fact that it’s forgotten really tells you how great of an inning it was...
That's why it feels rigged...like they were not suppose to get that run so the rest of the inning was bs to make up for it...three errors in a row by elvis is hard to imagine
I'll never forget watching this game, and inning unfold. As a Jays fan, I'd personally waited 11 years to watch a playoff game. So in that series deciding game, to go through that range of emotions in 45 minutes worth of 7th inning...it's almost indescribable. Unforgettable, no doubt.
22 year wait for me, hard to believe the last Blue Jays playoff run before that series ended with Joe Carter's Home Run, and a 10 year old me jumping around my parents basement in utter excitement 🙂
Nothing like watching this inning live, as a Jays fan i've never been so angry in my life as when they scored a run on the ball hitting Choo's batt. But never felt better than watching Jose smack it outta the park
Most emotional ride of my life. From pure defeat and anger and a stupid ruling. (the ump took off his mask and put his hands up that is time in every game I played growing up) To absolute elation when Joey Bats hit that bomb. Baseball Gods are merciful.
I still get goosebumps every time I see anything about this inning. I'm a HUGE Blue Jays fan, and I remember vividly watching this game live, and the roller-coaster of emotions that I felt throughout the game.
I have never yelled and cheered at a screen so hard from any event. I got home from work early and was able to watch this whole game and dam. One of those moments you remember where you were. I remember my roommate being like wtf and running down stairs when he hit that homerun. He thought i won the lottery, i was jumping up and down and yelling and cheering and just goosebumbs. Get them now even thinking about it
93 world series game with Todd Stottlemyer doing the face slide And the eventual 15-14 win by the BlueJays was a memorable one But this game was crazy good Bautista was legendary.
Modern day “Murders’ Row”. No pitcher felt comfortable navigating those 3 demons. There were at bats with those 3 involved where the body language clearly showed the pitcher was defeated before the first pitch.
I say the shot is better. Game 7 vs a division rival that had a history going back to the Iverson vs Carter days, and that led us to the city's first big league championship in over 25 years.
@@Akumpo274 it is a sound argument. My counter argument is that basketball has tons of these crazy finish moments. What happened during that inning was unique and is a pretty rare baseball moment. That's why if edges it out to me. But hey we re splitting hair
As a Jays fan I’ll never not get goose bumps watching everything that happened that inning. And then I was there live for the Donaldson slide the next year. Great video!
Great video bruh! Just great!!!!! Brings me back when I watched this live, the wave of emotions, anger, hatred, surprise, excitement, NO FUCKING WAYYYYY!! That inning had it all!
Non of the players on the 2015 and 2016 Toronto Blue Jays playoff rosters are on the team now. The only coaching staff that are still with the organization are pitching coach Pete Walker and 3rd base coach Luis Rivera. The last players to leave the organization that were on both rosters were 1B/DH Justin Smoak and RP Ryan Tepera who left via FA this last off-season.
The best moment that I've witnessed in my life as a Jays fan, other than celebrating the '92 WS win with my family as a young boy (don't recall seeing '93 for some reason).
Unforgettable. Edit: As a sports fan, I've gotta say that this inning was easily the most engrossing inning of baseball that I have ever seen. It may be the most intense period of play of any sporting event that I've ever seen. Edit 2: As a Blue Jays fan, I must say that Bautista's bat flip home run may have eclipsed Carter's game 6, World Series winning, walk-off, three run homer as my favourite Blue Jays moment of all time... lol, YEAH RIGHT!!! But it is definitely a close second...
Unforgettable game, a couple things to add: the umps originally called the play dead in the top half of the inning, which might have contributed to the run scoring, although it was probably coming home regardless. Secondly the punch to Bautista came in the last game the Rangers faced the blue Jays in of the season which was pretty uncool. Great vid!
This video only scratches the surface! The magic of the Blue Jays 2015 Season, the trades the team made, the performance of Odor in the series, the official rule governing what happens then the ball deflects off the batter, the 7th inning base running tactics from Russell Martin taking advantage of the left handed first baseman, the game within the game of the wheel play, leading to the Dalton Pompeii pinch runner. You could literally make a 60 minute video on this! Baseball was revitalized all across Canada because of this team, and the Blue Jays brought some of the highest revenue to the MLB of almost any team. I actually saw the Blue Jays live for the first time since 1991 or something that just. It was pure luck, as I got to see David Price on a Saturday afternoon, having bought the ticket even before he was traded. What a team. What a Season. Memories will last a lifetime!
It was absolutely insane, The TFC team was at their field about 3km away and they could hear the roar of the fans when that home run was hit. They turned to one another and said, something good must have happened.
@@brandonfrancey5592 hahaha....as much as I would like to believe it there is no way the sound could travel that far with the roof closed. Maybe if the roof was open, but the noise would have been kept in by the roof. Maybe he was thinking about the next year where Edwin hit a game winner walk off hr in the wild card game...the roof was opened for that one.
This was an amazing game that just kept 1uping it self. There is a whole series of highlights from Edwin crushing a home run to tie the game at 2-2, Kevin Pillar making a diving catch to save a run. Stroman pitched very well to limit the Rangers to only 2 runs. Osuna pitched a 5 out save including inherited runners in the 8th. But all of that was overshadowed by the 7th inning. A part of the frustration was that this was Toronto's first playoff game in 23 years. We could finally stop talking about 92-93. Then to loose the first two games and about to be eliminate without even winning a game? They fought back in Texas and forced a game five. They fought back to tie it 2-2. Then when that ball hit Cho's bat and Texas scored was one of the most draining events in sports. Not like this, don't let Toronto be eliminate because of the most bullshit, fluke play ever to happen in pro sports. If Texas just played better then so be it, but not like this. Then Texas just fell apart. Maybe it was the roar of the fans, the pressure of holding a 1 run lead in an elimination game, who knows. Then in the inning that overshadowed the entire game, came the home run and bat flip that overshadowed the 7th inning it self. It wasn't a walk off home run but it might as well have been one. That 3 run shot took the wind out of the Rangers sails. They might get a few more runners on base in the 8th and 9th but were never a threat of tying the game back up, let alone taking the lead. Love it or hate it, the bat flip was an exclamation point that said "Finally!" All the years of battling in the AL east where 90 wins gets you 3rd place. Bautista being a home run leader 2 years in a row and still not making the playoffs. Battling all season long to come back and win the division, battling to come back down 2 games in Texas. Battling game 5 down 2 runs to tie it. With that home run, Finally we can breath. we're on top. It wasn't an insult towards Texas, though they will tell you different, it was celebration in it's purist form. It's a shame they didn't go all the way.
What a great summary, it reminded me of why that series was so emotions for all Jays fans. It reminds me why, even after all these years, I still have a hatred for Amish kids ......
2015-2019 will be remembered forever in Toronto. Both bc of the blue jays and the raptors. I can’t wait for a time like that to bless the six once again. W
I was at that game, way up in the nose-bleeds. If you watch the clip, you hear this massive foghorn that goes off when a Blue Jay hits a Home Run. It was loud, electric and tense. Jose hits the ball... I watch it go through the air, and then disappear behind my sightline... and the crowd went NUTS. It was SO loud, I couldn't actually hear the foghorn. My ears were ringing for 3 days afterwards.
First time commenter so I wanted to say how much I love the originality of your channel as innovation in covering any of the big 3 sports has gotten more difficult as time passes. I look forward to each video you come out with and thanks for the hard work! That being said, I have to disagree about the 2nd Elvis "error" mentioned... was that actually called an error on Elvis? Because to me that would be an error on the first baseman for the poor throw, and everyone knows that lefties have trouble throwing the ball around the infield as seen the next year when the same 1st baseman made the error to lose the game. Remember, Elvis isn't a first baseman who has to scoop the ball consistently on errant throws and that hop the ball took was not the most kind to Elvis and was kind of an in-betweener bounce. Him being involved in the play at all makes it mention-worthy as the other two errors were atrocious but I could forgive him for the 2nd "error" mentioned... again, do you know if it was called an error on Elvis? Thanks!
I was 7 when this happened and I just remember being downstairs with my whole family and it was just crazy everyone was flipping out and I always get chills when I hear that horn 👍
I was there for this live. It was the wildest emotional rollercoaster ive ever been part of. As far as the batflip goes, i vividly remember remarking that bautista was still at home plate as the other players started crossing home
Only correction Id make is the second error isn’t on Elvis. Even though he should’ve picked it, the error TEXHNICALLY is on the first basemen, but Elvis should’ve picked it Absolutely amazing inning and video!
Almost 5 years since this happened if you can believe it....doesn't even seem like it's been 5 years already..... :-o I still remember watching all of this unfold that day. You just couldn't even process it at the time, it was just WILD and insane. Felt like the whole inning was a build-up to something big, you could almost feel the top was ready to blow off, and then, IT happened....the Bautista HR and 'Bat Flip'. Pure insanity. I literally was jumping around like crazy when it happened. :-D What a ballgame. Arguably one of the most memorable moments in baseball of the 2010's. :-)
I was bartending a corporate party but didn't have a view of a tv screen. I remember a lot of silence, than deafening roars. I knew something big happened but didn't realize how big til I watched the highlights later on. Greatest inning in baseball history.
For some context: For days leading up to this, people in Canada and Jay's fans alike felt like the MLB was against the Jay's winning the series. Something to do with TV ratings. The MLB was making some unusual demands for when Toronto played at home. ie) the stadium roof issue. Amongst a few other things. People here were starting to get pissed with the MLB. I definitely remember that much.
Don't forget that in the ALDS game 3 in 2016 it was ODER who through the game ending error! This makes the "Rather get punched in May than knocked out in October" sign that much sweeter.
I remember putting down 3/4” plywood on a floor system we were building listening to this in the radio. Once all the shit started going down I stopped the whole crew to listen in. Then Bautista drilled that bomb and it was magical.
I will never forget being at that game sitting in nosebleed seats while beer cans rained over my head onto the field, then 20 mins later hugging and celebrating with random strangers as the ball sailed over the left field wall
Its funny cuz this is the only complete baseball game i've ever watched in my life. Im from canada and this particular game was advertised a lot has a must watch. Since it was raining outside, i just said "yeah why not can't be that bad". IDK why but when Bautista hitted that ball, i've never screamed louder at my TV in my entire life. I will allways remember this game has the only baseball game i've ever watched and i got lucky cuz i just witnessed history without even knowing
Was in a lecture hall when Bautista hit that homerun. They were showing the game right outside, and just based on the roar from 200+ people, it's not hard to predict what happened :)
Dude, brilliant. This was one of the most exciting seasons of baseball I got to watch. That team was awesome. The bat flip will live on in jays history. It's funny, 2015, 2016. I don't know how many times I had people think I was Jose. I even had a dude that looked like Kevin Pillar ask me to do impersonations with him. 🤣🤣
As a lifelong BJ fan, watching this game with my older brother who was a DIEHARD BJ fan! May you rest in peace bro! I never forget the feeling of disgust when they reversed their decision on the Russel Martin/Choo play. But hey, rules are rules. But one run meant the world at that point. We were both worried! So imagine the elation building and building after every dropped ball and error in the bottom of that inning. And a sense of MAJOR relief after they tied at least. So for Jose to hit that BOMB with TWO runners on was like doing a fucking big line of coke FFS! (Not that I really know what that feels like ;) ) And the BAT FLIP! I can't believe you didn't even talk about THE bat flip man!! It was like a gunslinger flicking a toothpick!
There’s something about this I can’t explain. Idk if it’s just abt how much of a bada$$ Jose is, the bat flip, the fact that the stadium was PACKED with the towels everywhere, the way everyone stood up, the announcers call, and that horn bro. The horn tops it off so much 😂
Can confim, absolutely amazing inning
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Almost forgot about the “I’d rather get punched in may, than Knocked Out in October” sign. That guy is a legend
This brings back memories
lol too bad everyone still hates that crappy player and is on odor's side.
@@gotacallfromvishal someone still big mad about it lol.
By far the best baseball comeback of all time.
@@tomthebomb557 no. game five world series 2017 had most comebacks, best comebacks, and was the greatest game of recent time.
I was downtown in Toronto for this game and I'm telling you when Bautista hit that home run the entire city shook
Can confirm.
I did a front flip over my couch and I have never been able to do a front flip before or after. My whole block went up with a scream, all in unison
bro I was at the game and I can confirm
I was living in Germany at the time and I was losing my mind watching this at 4am on a work day. It was worth being a zombie at Work the next day!
I felt it in Mississippi 😂😂😂
5 years ago, the Rangers whined about Bautista's epic bat flip. 5 years later, they whined about Tatis swinging with a 3-0 count.
Lol
I don't know why the Tatis swing got so much backlash. Nothing is wrong with that, at least in my opinion
the respond to Tatis swinging was everything that is wrong with Baseball. He did nothing wrong. His own manager is a disgrace.
I have no respect for the Rangers. Or the other team from the Lone Star State.
Ah, Texas Rangers doin' Texas Rangers things like that Lol.
@@stevencooke6451 Texas teams are trash right now lol
"BAUTISTA WITH THE DRIVE, DEEP LEFT FIELD, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT !"
That call... Legendary....
Don forget the air horn. That sound bite is ingrained in my memory and I’m not even a blue jays fan
Ahmed Izzy no question, the sound of the ball getting destroyed by Jose’s bat, the explosion of the fans and the air horn, it was the perfect moment, i’m also not a Jays fan, but in my opinion it was the greatest ball game i have ever watched
Carlos182 i’m not even a Jays fan and i get chills from it, the whole moment was unbelievable
@@acfresh8968 The announcers talked about "they're gonna ask where you were when that happened" I was at a bar in Toronto and when Bautista hit that bomb the entire place exploded in cheers, and everyone broke out into a Jose chant for about 3 minutes, even through Encarnacion's at bat.
Wait a whole video about the inning where the bat flip happened and you dont even show the batflip?!
I couldn't believe that wasn't shown since it explains the smelly Odor punch the next year.
steven cooke probably a Rangers fan
We already know what it looks like haha, don't think it's needed at this point
Tuna On A Stick we don’t need it we want it😂😂😂😂😂
I know right it makes no sense
This team, despite not winning, still holds a warm spot in my heart. They were so exciting to watch, hitting bombs almost every game.
That team was stacked
Considering how difficult it is in this day and age in any league to hoist the championship trophy, the fact that the Blue Jays were able to clinch the AL East and advance to the ALCS in the manner they did was good enough for me. I don't mind they didn't get to the World Series, but I did mind that there were very questionable calls in Game 6 of the Royals series and if the Jays had beat KC, they likely would have defeated the Mets in the "First York vs New York" World Series. And yes, I know Toronto isn't really the first York when you consider the UK, but i think it could have been marketed as such.
Imagine being at the game and going to the bathroom this inning
Oh don't worry it was like a 50 minute inning you probably still would have caught most of it
Unless ur taking a big one
What are you giving birth?
fatninjacatmatt sometimes it feels like that yeah
I was at this game and i did not go to the bathroom this inning
Funny how that play that got the Rangers the go ahead run is a play that literally never happens in the MLB and that fact that it’s forgotten really tells you how great of an inning it was...
That's why it feels rigged...like they were not suppose to get that run so the rest of the inning was bs to make up for it...three errors in a row by elvis is hard to imagine
@@razkablewell it feels but it isn’t, the postseason has so much pressure to it
I'll never forget watching this game, and inning unfold. As a Jays fan, I'd personally waited 11 years to watch a playoff game. So in that series deciding game, to go through that range of emotions in 45 minutes worth of 7th inning...it's almost indescribable. Unforgettable, no doubt.
22 year wait for me, hard to believe the last Blue Jays playoff run before that series ended with Joe Carter's Home Run, and a 10 year old me jumping around my parents basement in utter excitement 🙂
I love how you guys are finally doing consistent uploads. I’ve been watching for 2 years and this is just amazing.
I'm so happy that you guys decided to finally do a video about the greatest inning ever, as a blue jay fans really happy.
I’m assuming you weren’t old enough to remember the Carter Walk Off to win the WS
@@rydawg26 you're right I do have recency bias because I am 16
@@rydawg26 I was going to say this inning is a close second to the "Touch 'em all, Joe!" moment.
Cooper Hernick - makes sense
lol ya as a blue jays an you gotta re live the one good inning they had that one time.
This video doesn’t do the inning justice, you need to watch the full thing
Nothing like watching this inning live, as a Jays fan i've never been so angry in my life as when they scored a run on the ball hitting Choo's batt. But never felt better than watching Jose smack it outta the park
True. Baseball is a game lives in the in-between moments. That's where all the tension is.
unforgettable... my first playoff experience as a Blue Jays fan. What a wild ride 2015 was
I remember the very next season odor bat flipped on a single. What a tool
Everyone gets it wrong; Jose didn't flip his bat. He grabbed the barrel and hurled it at the dugout. There's a difference.
@@Paulafan5 no he didn't
@@Paulafan5 he fuckin through it. He treated it by the handle dummy. He bat flipped so hard that I’m still big mad at it since I’m a Texas fan.
He just bat flipped on a fly out last week. Dudes a certified clown
He deserves his ugly last name.
Most emotional ride of my life.
From pure defeat and anger and a stupid ruling. (the ump took off his mask and put his hands up that is time in every game I played growing up)
To absolute elation when Joey Bats hit that bomb.
Baseball Gods are merciful.
That's what still annoys me about that inning. The ref called the play dead, but then they allowed the run? Makes no sense.
I still get goosebumps every time I see anything about this inning. I'm a HUGE Blue Jays fan, and I remember vividly watching this game live, and the roller-coaster of emotions that I felt throughout the game.
I have never yelled and cheered at a screen so hard from any event. I got home from work early and was able to watch this whole game and dam. One of those moments you remember where you were. I remember my roommate being like wtf and running down stairs when he hit that homerun. He thought i won the lottery, i was jumping up and down and yelling and cheering and just goosebumbs. Get them now even thinking about it
Greatest bat flip in history.
Don’t @ me
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@@Kune35 yeah wtf?!? The bat flip to end all bat flips?;?
Tim Anderson
Agree
93 world series game with Todd Stottlemyer doing the face slide
And the eventual 15-14 win by the BlueJays was a memorable one
But this game was crazy good
Bautista was legendary.
The fact that Donaldson and Bautista were once on the same team frightens me
That's why pitchers were scared of us, we had donaldson batting 2and, bautista 3rd, edwin, 4th, the scariest batting trio in the league at the time
And Encarnacion lol
Modern day “Murders’ Row”. No pitcher felt comfortable navigating those 3 demons. There were at bats with those 3 involved where the body language clearly showed the pitcher was defeated before the first pitch.
Years later I still go back and watch that inning. Mind-blowing
It's been 5 years. I watched this countless time. I still get goose bumps. My favorite toronto sport moment. The shot is almost equal...
I say the shot is better. Game 7 vs a division rival that had a history going back to the Iverson vs Carter days, and that led us to the city's first big league championship in over 25 years.
@@Akumpo274 it is a sound argument. My counter argument is that basketball has tons of these crazy finish moments. What happened during that inning was unique and is a pretty rare baseball moment. That's why if edges it out to me. But hey we re splitting hair
@@SimonSez83 True. Both moments were iconic for the city, and up there with Joe Carter's Home Run as the best moment in Toronto Sports History
As a Jays fan I’ll never not get goose bumps watching everything that happened that inning. And then I was there live for the Donaldson slide the next year. Great video!
still got goosebumps! An inning/game ill never forget
Great video bruh! Just great!!!!! Brings me back when I watched this live, the wave of emotions, anger, hatred, surprise, excitement, NO FUCKING WAYYYYY!! That inning had it all!
Unforgettable, I remember that ball off the bat call and it still makes me mad, The ump called off the play right away.
I experienced nearly every emotion during that game, ending with great joy.
Could probably go down as the greatest game in history. That 7th inning was just insane
How do you not show the alternate view of José's bat flip? Absolutely ICONIC and THE STANDOUT moment of the inning??!?!?!
That inning was incredible and that joey bats bat flip was 100% justified. The crowd was electric.
And this is way I became a Jays fan, all because of this, and it was my first baseball game I ever watched too. It was insane!!!
Expos fan here, yes this is the greatest inning in recent baseball history
Non of the players on the 2015 and 2016 Toronto Blue Jays playoff rosters are on the team now. The only coaching staff that are still with the organization are pitching coach Pete Walker and 3rd base coach Luis Rivera. The last players to leave the organization that were on both rosters were 1B/DH Justin Smoak and RP Ryan Tepera who left via FA this last off-season.
The best moment that I've witnessed in my life as a Jays fan, other than celebrating the '92 WS win with my family as a young boy (don't recall seeing '93 for some reason).
Love the Arrested Development reference! Glad a "Swing and a Drive!" made the video also. Best wishes Buck!
Unforgettable.
Edit: As a sports fan, I've gotta say that this inning was easily the most engrossing inning of baseball that I have ever seen. It may be the most intense period of play of any sporting event that I've ever seen.
Edit 2: As a Blue Jays fan, I must say that Bautista's bat flip home run may have eclipsed Carter's game 6, World Series winning, walk-off, three run homer as my favourite Blue Jays moment of all time... lol, YEAH RIGHT!!! But it is definitely a close second...
Unforgettable game, a couple things to add: the umps originally called the play dead in the top half of the inning, which might have contributed to the run scoring, although it was probably coming home regardless. Secondly the punch to Bautista came in the last game the Rangers faced the blue Jays in of the season which was pretty uncool. Great vid!
As a Rangers fan, the home run still haunts me to this day!
I’ll never forget this inning. I stayed home “sick” from school that day just to watch this game and man did it not disappoint😂
im gonna show my future kids this video
This video only scratches the surface! The magic of the Blue Jays 2015 Season, the trades the team made, the performance of Odor in the series, the official rule governing what happens then the ball deflects off the batter, the 7th inning base running tactics from Russell Martin taking advantage of the left handed first baseman, the game within the game of the wheel play, leading to the Dalton Pompeii pinch runner. You could literally make a 60 minute video on this!
Baseball was revitalized all across Canada because of this team, and the Blue Jays brought some of the highest revenue to the MLB of almost any team. I actually saw the Blue Jays live for the first time since 1991 or something that just. It was pure luck, as I got to see David Price on a Saturday afternoon, having bought the ticket even before he was traded. What a team. What a Season. Memories will last a lifetime!
Either their stadium is really prone to shaking or the Toronto fans were just *that* hyped up for that couple of years.
Just hyped
The entire country was crazy. The GTA was absolutely insane during these playoff runs.
It was absolutely insane, The TFC team was at their field about 3km away and they could hear the roar of the fans when that home run was hit. They turned to one another and said, something good must have happened.
@@brandonfrancey5592 hahaha....as much as I would like to believe it there is no way the sound could travel that far with the roof closed. Maybe if the roof was open, but the noise would have been kept in by the roof. Maybe he was thinking about the next year where Edwin hit a game winner walk off hr in the wild card game...the roof was opened for that one.
Was there, can confirm, just that hyped.
One of the greatest moments in sports history, great video
This was an amazing game that just kept 1uping it self. There is a whole series of highlights from Edwin crushing a home run to tie the game at 2-2, Kevin Pillar making a diving catch to save a run. Stroman pitched very well to limit the Rangers to only 2 runs. Osuna pitched a 5 out save including inherited runners in the 8th. But all of that was overshadowed by the 7th inning. A part of the frustration was that this was Toronto's first playoff game in 23 years. We could finally stop talking about 92-93. Then to loose the first two games and about to be eliminate without even winning a game? They fought back in Texas and forced a game five. They fought back to tie it 2-2. Then when that ball hit Cho's bat and Texas scored was one of the most draining events in sports. Not like this, don't let Toronto be eliminate because of the most bullshit, fluke play ever to happen in pro sports. If Texas just played better then so be it, but not like this.
Then Texas just fell apart. Maybe it was the roar of the fans, the pressure of holding a 1 run lead in an elimination game, who knows. Then in the inning that overshadowed the entire game, came the home run and bat flip that overshadowed the 7th inning it self. It wasn't a walk off home run but it might as well have been one. That 3 run shot took the wind out of the Rangers sails. They might get a few more runners on base in the 8th and 9th but were never a threat of tying the game back up, let alone taking the lead. Love it or hate it, the bat flip was an exclamation point that said "Finally!" All the years of battling in the AL east where 90 wins gets you 3rd place. Bautista being a home run leader 2 years in a row and still not making the playoffs. Battling all season long to come back and win the division, battling to come back down 2 games in Texas. Battling game 5 down 2 runs to tie it. With that home run, Finally we can breath. we're on top. It wasn't an insult towards Texas, though they will tell you different, it was celebration in it's purist form. It's a shame they didn't go all the way.
And now in the AL East more than 90 wins gets you fourth place!
What a great summary, it reminded me of why that series was so emotions for all Jays fans. It reminds me why, even after all these years, I still have a hatred for Amish kids ......
Saw it as it happened and probably 100 times since. I’ll never get tired of that inning.
2:52 The series of **FORTUNATE** events 😝😜
I’m a rangers fan and after this game I spent like 10 minutes crying
Jays fans did to for other reasons
Go rangers
Its ok, as a Leafs fan we did the same thing after blowing the 4-1 lead to the Bruins in game 7
2015-2019 will be remembered forever in Toronto. Both bc of the blue jays and the raptors. I can’t wait for a time like that to bless the six once again. W
I remember watching this live and literally thinking "this is one of the craziest innings I've ever seen in my life"
Watched this inning live, was absolutely charged
the innining was so stressful as a jay fan it ended perfectly in my eyes
I was at that game, way up in the nose-bleeds. If you watch the clip, you hear this massive foghorn that goes off when a Blue Jay hits a Home Run. It was loud, electric and tense. Jose hits the ball... I watch it go through the air, and then disappear behind my sightline... and the crowd went NUTS. It was SO loud, I couldn't actually hear the foghorn. My ears were ringing for 3 days afterwards.
To this day the Rangers are still salty about home runs hit against them
Bautista took that punch in the face like a champ. He had it coming after the bat flip and he got it. Fantastic couple years of Blue Jays baseball!!
ngl kinda feel for Elvis
The luck of the Texas Rangers summarized.
Austin Reed were so unlucky
The 2015-16 Jays vs Rangers rivalry is a short but sweet one, especially if you’re a Jays fan
I’m not sure if I’m the only one, but I thought Elvis sold this game.
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That being said, I have to disagree about the 2nd Elvis "error" mentioned... was that actually called an error on Elvis? Because to me that would be an error on the first baseman for the poor throw, and everyone knows that lefties have trouble throwing the ball around the infield as seen the next year when the same 1st baseman made the error to lose the game. Remember, Elvis isn't a first baseman who has to scoop the ball consistently on errant throws and that hop the ball took was not the most kind to Elvis and was kind of an in-betweener bounce. Him being involved in the play at all makes it mention-worthy as the other two errors were atrocious but I could forgive him for the 2nd "error" mentioned... again, do you know if it was called an error on Elvis? Thanks!
Evidently Texas had 2 saved up 2015 ALDS Game 5 errors, for timely use at Game 3 of 2016 ALDS!
This whole inning was just a way of “ball doesn’t lie”😂😂
I was 7 when this happened and I just remember being downstairs with my whole family and it was just crazy everyone was flipping out and I always get chills when I hear that horn 👍
You gotta love the bat flip by josh
Excellent and entertaining. An inning I'll never forget!
GO JAYS!! Thx for the vid! Those fans seemed brutal though.
I was there for this live. It was the wildest emotional rollercoaster ive ever been part of. As far as the batflip goes, i vividly remember remarking that bautista was still at home plate as the other players started crossing home
2:48 Unless you're a Blue Jays fan, that is. Then it's the single greatest sequence of events ever.
Only correction Id make is the second error isn’t on Elvis. Even though he should’ve picked it, the error TEXHNICALLY is on the first basemen, but Elvis should’ve picked it
Absolutely amazing inning and video!
That inning was bananas!
Unforgettable!
Almost 5 years since this happened if you can believe it....doesn't even seem like it's been 5 years already..... :-o
I still remember watching all of this unfold that day. You just couldn't even process it at the time, it was just WILD and insane. Felt like the whole inning was a build-up to something big, you could almost feel the top was ready to blow off, and then, IT happened....the Bautista HR and 'Bat Flip'. Pure insanity. I literally was jumping around like crazy when it happened. :-D What a ballgame. Arguably one of the most memorable moments in baseball of the 2010's. :-)
I never knew anything else about this game but the HR. Absolutely blew my mind watching it.
Awesome video man. One of my favourite games ever.
The goosebumps and chills,man. The second most epic homerun in Jay's history, just fu*king epic!!
I'm giddy watching this, this was insane! i remember losing my absolute mind!
I was bartending a corporate party but didn't have a view of a tv screen. I remember a lot of silence, than deafening roars. I knew something big happened but didn't realize how big til I watched the highlights later on. Greatest inning in baseball history.
Honestly the blue jays made a riot
For some context: For days leading up to this, people in Canada and Jay's fans alike felt like the MLB was against the Jay's winning the series. Something to do with TV ratings. The MLB was making some unusual demands for when Toronto played at home. ie) the stadium roof issue. Amongst a few other things. People here were starting to get pissed with the MLB. I definitely remember that much.
Was there, still get chills watching and hearing it
8:43 good point
Don't forget that in the ALDS game 3 in 2016 it was ODER who through the game ending error! This makes the "Rather get punched in May than knocked out in October" sign that much sweeter.
unforgettable. I know where I was and who i was with watching that game.
I remember putting down 3/4” plywood on a floor system we were building listening to this in the radio. Once all the shit started going down I stopped the whole crew to listen in. Then Bautista drilled that bomb and it was magical.
I will never forget being at that game sitting in nosebleed seats while beer cans rained over my head onto the field, then 20 mins later hugging and celebrating with random strangers as the ball sailed over the left field wall
Greatest baseball game I had the pleasure of attending, Rogers Center was electric that night
Weren't you scared? It was ugly in the top of that inning. If Jose didn't hit that home run, there would have been a nasty riot, I think.
@@Paulafan5 no there wouldn't have been lmao
Its funny cuz this is the only complete baseball game i've ever watched in my life. Im from canada and this particular game was advertised a lot has a must watch. Since it was raining outside, i just said "yeah why not can't be that bad". IDK why but when Bautista hitted that ball, i've never screamed louder at my TV in my entire life.
I will allways remember this game has the only baseball game i've ever watched and i got lucky cuz i just witnessed history without even knowing
The Roller Coaster at the beginning of the video is 'Twister' @ Knoebels Park in Pennsylvania for anyone wondering.
Was in a lecture hall when Bautista hit that homerun. They were showing the game right outside, and just based on the roar from 200+ people, it's not hard to predict what happened :)
Unforgettable, that inning hooked me on jays baseball
As a rangers fan since childhood, i cant physically watch this. But i understand why its been made. I love poverty franchise tho
How could you not show the Bautista bat flip!?!?!?!?
One of the ones I managed to catch live, I knew it would be historic when it was happening
Those were some great years for the Jays, I haven't seen that since 92 and 93 back to back.
Was at this game and the experience was insane. So much happened in between the innings you couldn't see on TV!
Dude, brilliant. This was one of the most exciting seasons of baseball I got to watch. That team was awesome. The bat flip will live on in jays history. It's funny, 2015, 2016. I don't know how many times I had people think I was Jose. I even had a dude that looked like Kevin Pillar ask me to do impersonations with him. 🤣🤣
As a lifelong BJ fan, watching this game with my older brother who was a DIEHARD BJ fan! May you rest in peace bro!
I never forget the feeling of disgust when they reversed their decision on the Russel Martin/Choo play. But hey, rules are rules. But one run meant the world at that point. We were both worried! So imagine the elation building and building after every dropped ball and error in the bottom of that inning. And a sense of MAJOR relief after they tied at least. So for Jose to hit that BOMB with TWO runners on was like doing a fucking big line of coke FFS! (Not that I really know what that feels like ;) )
And the BAT FLIP! I can't believe you didn't even talk about THE bat flip man!! It was like a gunslinger flicking a toothpick!
There’s something about this I can’t explain. Idk if it’s just abt how much of a bada$$ Jose is, the bat flip, the fact that the stadium was PACKED with the towels everywhere, the way everyone stood up, the announcers call, and that horn bro. The horn tops it off so much 😂
Absolutly crazy inning, 6 years later, my hairs still raises at that homerun, i watch that inning at least once a year :)
Great inning