Watch all 27 outs of David Wells' perfect game
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- A look back at David Wells' 27 outs that led to his perfect game against the Minnesota Twins on May 17, 1998
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Overweight and hung over. A true naturally gifted player
Just like the Babe
He would have fit in any era of the game
I mean God damn. He looks like a balding man who can't lay off the boos because his wife doesn't want him anymore.
He doesn't even have his jersey buttoned up properly.
Wells Kinda reminds me of CC Sabathia.
I’m just here from the PMT interview. Sick.
"David Cone, hiding" Just over a year later, David Cone pitches a perfect game.
@teknomogul David Cone's perfect game was on July 18, 1999. There was no perfect game in the postseason in 1998.
@@voicevitality7197 Cone pitched his perfect game on Yogi Berra Day at Yankee Stadium. Don Larsen threw out the ceremonial first pitch to his old batterymate, then he he shook Cone's hand and wishes him luck. Obviously it worked as Cone retired every Montreal Expo to face him.
I watched this in the electronics section at sears with my pops 😂😂 we walked up and he had it perfect through about 4 or 5 so we just stayed and waited it out and he really did it lol never forget that
Please post positive proof pronto
Pics pleasantly preferred
Very cool
dope story
David Wells was a bulldog. A good old fashioned ballplayer. I thank him for the time he spent in Toronto giving us all he did winning a World Series and later in his career winning 20 games. He was at .600 winning % for his career and even better in the postseason. A winner and probably at times underappreciated.
I'm not a Yankee fan but hot damn this was one dominating performance by Wells. No wonder the Yankees were so good in the 90s. Awesome perfect game here.
That is so wonderful. I love the old stadium so much.
Johnathan Cross old stadium had so much more electricity, the fans were more into games no matter what, this new stadium is an overpriced piece of garbage and most of the fans are boring corporate people
I like how the second batter in the ninth did not try to reach first base after he strikes out. That was classy.
Stupid as hell...I'm tryna win a game
Agreed..imagine a perfect game ruined on a strikeout.
@@kennethbowers6920 lol win how
@@blacjackdaniels200"imagine a baseball game ruined by some baseball"
It was because the ball landed right on the first base line. Posada would have just tagged him out or had a direct throwing line to first.
I gave my son a baseball, signed by David, from the game. He was like, who's David Wells? I told him I'd hang onto it until he figured it out. One day he came to me and said I want that ball I watched the whole 27 outs. LOL
BigRedRIP- Awesome story.... I will never forget that day half drunk David Wells pitched a perfect game!
BigRedRIP my grandpa has that perfect game ball
Platinum Yt- Bullshit... prove it
My grandpa was at the game and the Yankees gave him that ball
bullshit, Paul hung onto that ball and gave it to Wells
Greatest team ever! 20 years ago today David Wells pitched a gem. It is so awesome.
21 yrs later, still get chills
I watched this game on TV as a kid. I still get nervous watching those ground balls, especially the one hit to Knoblauch.
torre mel and zimmer - what a coaching trio
Martin fowler howard
One of the best pitchers of that era a true ball player
I got to watch the 03 Yankees play the mariners at Yankee Stadium. Only MLB game i've ever seen in person, I still love baseball for some unknown reason....I think this is it, just like with the Kerry Wood 20 strikeout game on a miserable wet day in Chicago. Just a random afternoon game and something magical can happen.
Impressive considering he was also hungover after partying with SNL cast members.
That fist pump was an iconic moment in Yankees history
I remember exactly where I was. One of those 9/11 moments. My grandma and I jumped up and down in her kitchen. God what a great memory
Love this guy's will. Grew up an O's fan and lost 2 faves to the Bombers (Reggie and Dave). You'll note Wells is wearing "33" as his request to wear "3" was strangely denied :)
doesn't hurt to have
the best infielders in the league behind u
LOL Jeter
What a throwing motion.
I known Dave since we played Little League back in 72-73. Even then he had that big curve, put could break a pane of glass with his fastball. That all changed as he got older, his fastball was 97 MPH his senior year in High School.
Thanks for sharing that!
Funny how he was never known for being a fire baller. He was always a crafty lefty as far as I can remember watching him pitch.
Couldnt
Try to imagine how David was feeling as he watched his right fielder run over and get underneath that pop fly. Hard to top a moment like that.
Crazy that we used to watch everything in this quality and not think twice about it. 😆
Love his motion so damn smooth
Coney the first one out there to congratulate him. So glad he got one too.
That 98 team was so much fun. They bulldozed over everyone. I can't believe it's 20 years ago already. This current Yankee team has the makings of those late 90's teams, just need some more pitching. Let's go Yankees!!
Pretty cool getting a Perfect Game and a WS title in the same season, and then the Yanks do it back to back years. Must have been fun to watch the games all season long.
Absolutely right!! Hitters we have always had! Pitching will win us CHAMPIONSHIPS
stvdog as a Padres fan I hated this team lol
@@kylewest3325 Padres might have a chance in 2021
The 1998-2000 Yankees squad were some of the best in the team's history.
Here after Domingo Germán pitched one yesterday night. 😊
Jorge Posada caught a brilliant game. I've never understood why the catchers were so proud of perfect games until now.
Catchers call the games.
I am a Twins fan but I do appreciate Welles' gem of a game.
Goosebumps !!!!!
I’m in tears right now . Remember this day as a kid . My dad was a big fan of Divid Wells .
I watch this video from time to time, it somehow makes me feel so damn good. Those golden years of the Yankees were something different.
2:18 "THIS IS A CERTIFIED 90'S STRIKE ZONE MOMENT"
Was there on May 17, 1998. Was so young, didn't even know what a perfect game was at the time. Nobody even realized it until the 7th/8th inning what was going on. Amazing times. Yankee Dynasty.
This is the only Perfect game i watched from start to finish
I still get goosebumps.
I was there behind first base, what a great game!!!
My dad was there for this game. Then he was at Cone’s with my mom. Thanks for the highlights dad.
Ah, Yes! Back when Knoublach could still throw to first!
MrBaseball11x lmao that’s true
MrBaseball11x I always wondered how that solid of a fielder could so thoroughly fall to pieces like that He ne er did get straightened out
No kidding! I kept holding breath every time it was hit to him!
@@johntabler349 word has it, back then his wife @ the time was running around on him...
@@Sideler74 perhaps personal problems are hard to leave off the field but his come apart was pretty specific
I couldn’t remember his name for the longest time. UA-cam read my mind.
Oh baby! What a game. I do remember this game well. Heart stopped every hit
Saw an interview where they asked him “what makes you an athlete since you don’t run or lift much?”
His answer was “Well I’m really flexible.” Makes sense I suppose.
I was there with Jerry and Jose. Best scalped tickets I’ve ever purchased!!!
This was a golden era of Major League Baseball
6:55 that was really nice of him not to run to 1st
As a Yankee fan, what a memory. Loved that late 90s team…just a great combo of personality, talent, guts, etc. They were never out of a game…
As a baseball fan, I miss real baseball. Today’s game with nothing but strikeouts and launch angles and base running blunders and starting pitchers that go 3-1/3rd innings is just not as good I’m sorry to say.
Who’s here after Germán just threw a perfect game?
Beautiful control pitching
It's better than the last out of the World Series.
3:31. Perfect curveball.
this was such a magical season for the Yankees & baseball...
My dad and I were the only people to leave the game that day. I was 2 and throwing a tantrum. Apparently outside the stadium was a ghost town. My dad was on the radio the next day to explain why we left 😅
My first ever game. 2 years old. Thanks dad.
What an amazing season that was! Can’t believe this was almost 23 years ago!😱
The fact he was out partying till like 6am makes this so much more impressive
Was exactly 20 years and 2 days ago, Jesus time flies
What a dynasty, what a team. Can’t remember if I watched this live but we certainly all talked about it all summer!
Yanks clobbered the comp that year. 125 wins. Greatest team of all time. I was at this game
David wells curveball was a thing of beauty
*Later that same year in September, David Wells took a perfect game into the 7th inning against the Oakland Athletics. If I remember correctly, it was broken up by one of the Giambi brothers with one or two outs, and it ended up as a complete game, two hit shutout... or Oakland might've scored one run. Either way, it was another dominating performance by Wells that season, who was 18-4 in 1998, and 4-0 in the postseason.*
*As far as I know, no other pitcher in MLB history has thrown a perfect game and also taken a second perfect game attempt into the 7th inning in the same season as Wells did in 1998. Mark Buehrle and Roy Halladay both have a perfect game and a no hitter, but I'm pretty sure neither of them were in the same season, and I believe they both walked or hit a batter in the 5th inning in their no hitters.*
He had 5 CG shutouts that year. Led the league
Roy Halladays perfect game and his postseason no hitter were the same season
@@bigredhippie397 *Roy Halladay walked Jay Bruce in the 5th inning of his playoff no-hitter. So it wasn't a perfect game after that point. David Wells is still the only pitcher that I'm aware of that had a perfect game and had another start be perfect into the 7th inning in the same season.*
You said "Roy Halladay had a perfect game and a no hitter but not in the same season."
The only other pitcher with a perfect game and another perfect game bid (broken in the 9th inning) longer than Wells was Tom Browning. However his perfect game was in 1988 but the other bid came a year later in 1989.
I've never, until now, actually seen any of this game with my eyes. I remember listening to it on the radio while staining the deck of my house with my father and brother. It certainly made a hot and unpleasant task go much faster, being so focused on each pitch and out.
Best hangover of all time
joe torre was slowly sinking the whole game
What’s more amazing than the perfect game is that Knoblauch made 2 good defensive plays lol didn’t throw it away once
My first game I ever attended was when David Wells stuck out 16 Oakland A batters. It was also the last game Mark McGwire ever played in an Athletic uniform before being trade to St.Louis
Hungover and on 1 hour of sleep, a true American
Those Starter jackets were so clean
More 98 Yankees memories, please!
7:35 When O'Neil catches the final out and pumps his fist...Oh, it's real.
I was at the game the day at yankee stadium before this. Still haunts me to this day
Is that Darryl Strawberry helping lift up Wells??
David Wells reminds me of a pitcher that would have fit well with 2000's Red Sox or the 80's Mets. Clutch pitcher who loves to party.
Perfect - Red Sox Fan
Yes, but the hangover can keep you relaxed with just enough adrenaline. If he gave up a few hits, in the early innings, he would have gotten rocked and gave up. I think the perfection kept his head in the game.
8:14 David Cone wants David Wells do a curtin call. Weird. One year later, David Cone pitched a perfect game. Pure magic
ConkeyCrack paid off though. Clemens got two rings with the Yankees 1999 and 2000
ConkeyCrack I remember there was one game, everybody at Yankee stadium shouted “BRING WELLS BACK”
@ConkeyCrack Clemens was 14-11 in 1999. Not what I'd call terrible but very mediocre considering what a monster he was in Toronto.
The Yankees were amazing back then
I would love to find the1998 game against the Athletics, Seprember 1 or 2, in which Wells almost trew a second perfect game (retired the first 20 batters and had Giambi 0-2 with two outs in the seventh). He ended the game with a two hits, no walks shoutout.
Conglaturations
My first live game as a kid.. had no clue what was unfolding before my eyes.
Who’s here after the Yankees just threw another one
I love this game!!!
Whats impressive to me is that there was maybe one hard hit ball out of the 27 outs (the sharp grounder to 2B). He truly handcuffed these hitters and didnt need any crazy defensive plays
This was the greatest team in MLB history
The ads are outrageous for a 9 minute video. Out of control
Good old days
Damn it! He did it on my Twins. Good performance.
I watched that game as twins fan i knew with our lineup how they were hitting it would be at least no hitter
Saw this live in TV
He was super hung over and his teammates didn’t even talk to him cuz they didn’t wanna knock him out of the “zone”
Thanks for the story, Fallon
The Jon Daly of baseball perfection
My dad and brothers were at this game!
Anybody else pick up that foreshadowing shot of David Cone at 6:17?
6:18 David Cone thinking “dw It’ll be me in a year”
It seems like Ryu who is a player for LAD
I started right now as it got down to the last 3 outs...i cried even more after i realized he did it on my bday.
Post more please. Ty
Both Wells and Don Larsen graduated from Point Loma High School in San Diego Ca. The only two at that time to throw a perfect game in Yankee Stadium.
First No hit pitcher with a perfect game - Cy young (1890's-19011)
Second pitcher with no hit stuff + perfection - Walter Johnson.
Johnson didn't pitch a perfecto
I was at the game the day before… so close to seeing history
So he did this after partying until 5:00AM apparently, completely hungover.
I bet he was high on something while pitching
If i were him i would be buying every single fielder a case of beer for doing their job and saving my ass with those flys and short grounders
TheThunderwesel for sure. Perfect games are absolutely a team effort.
TheThunderwesel You say that like Dewayne Wise robbed a homer for him. Every play was routine, there was nothing close to a hit for the Twins.
What if you don't drink beer?
@@TubeMan9009 a glass of milk will do
@@joeraguso5376 nope one grounder maybe but it would been error