Just watched the twins lose to the Astros to end their season. Just so sad. They had a great season and won their first playoff game in 19 years and 1st playoff series win in 21 years. So I had to relive the 91 WS win. That cheered me up.
If only every World Series could be this great. We almost always see a few regular season role-players come up with big hits or defensive plays at this time of year, but both teams got key contributions from all over their rosters, and you had the sense as you watched that everyone on the field knew they were a part of something more special than anyone expected, as confirmed by the handshake between Lonnie Smith and Brian Harper before the first pitch of Game 7. The 1991 World Series was the ultimate case of both teams deserving to win. If Smith's baserunning lapse in Game 7 cost the Braves the series, the Twins still had to earn their victory with a heart-stopping 3-6-3 double play to finish that same inning, and also with Jack Morris going on to pitch 10 innings of shutout ball. Aside from the Game 5 blowout, nothing came easy for either team. For those who weren't fortunate enough to have caught this series in real time, pay attention to how many times the 1991 World Series- especially Game 7- is still to this day used as a point of reference for any closely-contested postseason series with a high quality of play.
Should have included the epic Knoblauch-Gagne decoy from Game 7 that faked out baserunner Lonnie Smith and preventing him from scoring on the Pendleton double. The 3-2-3 double play between Hrbek and Harper that followed was also epic.
With due respect to Buck & McCarver, it really does look like what happened in the infamous T-Rex tag is as both Gant and Hrbek describe it: Gant's momentum got tangled up with Hrbie's, Hrbie kept the tag applied while they both went off the bag. Not the cleanest out, but the right call for what happened.
@@wb8820 In which interview? Because I still can't find it. In the most recent interview I've seen, he continues to maintain that he held the tag because he knew Gant was going to fall off the bag. (My suspicion, likely, is that it was slightly assisted by the fact that he was in a huge game, still a young-ish man and pretty eager to make a big play and get his team out of the inning. Anyone who thinks this was a major cheat in the history of baseball needs to *BANG BANG BANG* *BUZZZZZZ* themselves)
Gant made two base running blunders on the play, too far off 1st and should have kept going to 2nd. Went back to 1st and didn't slide, instead went in full speed standing up.
One pundit said of the '91 Series, "It may not have been great baseball, but it was great theatre." Loved when Tom Kelly went to the mound in the ninth of game 7 and you can tell by Morris's body language that he considered that an annoyance. "Yeah, I hear you. Now give me the ball and get out of my way."
Lonnie Smith has a huge series, until he got decoyed in game 7.. What a shame.. He was on the team because of his post season experience, and in an instant it all evaporated..
I guess that it's fitting that practically the first guy to greet Dan Gladden at home plate was Jack Morris. I don't think that it's hyperbolic to say that Morris put on a tour de force performance in Game 7.
This was one of the greatest World Series ever! It was EPIC! This was back when baseball was still great! It almost felt like you were out on the field with them. One of those series’ where ‘you remember where you where.’
An amazing series and five of the seven games were one run games. It is unfortunate that Atlanta's Smoltz was pulled from game 7 as they had an amazing pitchers duel going on.
@@thomasb1889 Yes! They should have kept Smoltz in there. He was an awesome pitcher in the playoffs. Smoltz might have gone toe-to-toe with Morris the whole game - even into extra innings. That was actually a weakness the Braves had that I never noticed. They didn't have that dominant stopper in the bullpen. If they had someone like Smoltz to come and close the game, they might have won another World Series. When they brought in middle relievers and their stopper, things always felt shaky and high drama. They didn't have someone like Mariona Rivera to come in and shut down the other team. The Braves had other issues, but that was one of them. Good insights..
@@mikem591 I am from Minnesota and even I think that Smoltz should have been kept in at least until it looked like he was getting into trouble. Now for my dream series I want to see the Twins against the Brewers since they switched leagues.
@@thomasb1889 Also, those Twins where historically underrated. They actually won 2 World Series against tough competition in Epic series. They actually won as many WS as the Cincinnati Big Red Machine - who were considered a dynasty just below the Oakland A’s. The Twins might have been considered more of dynasty had they gone to more World Series, but the irony was they had a better WS winning percentage then the Reds in their time. The Twins were remembered as sort of a scrappier version of the early 90’s Blue Jays. The Twins WS were also exciting and dramatic. That Braves-Twins series was back when ML baseball was ‘baseball’. Seemed every pitch was filled with high drama…As a baseball fan, even if you weren’t a Twin fan, you had to enjoy it!
@@mikem591 They Twins put together two great teams when it took cubic money to be competitive with far less. We had some great players and not just for their field skills. My favorite from that era was Kent Hrbek who turned down a hell of a lot more money from the Tigers because the fishing was better in Minnesota.
Fun fact: Lonnie smith said that he wasn’t faked out by Knoblauch “I didn’t even look at him I knew he didn’t have the ball”. He said the actual reason he stopped was because he thought the ball was caught at the wall.
I was 8 years old and my dad surprised me with tickets when I got home from school that day. Being at that game was more epic than going to the Olympics five years later, for me.
Greatest world series I ever witnessed. You couldn't have asked for anything more except maybe the braves winning 😁🇺🇲 we will see you tomorrow night words that have haunted braves fans that are old enough to remember for years 😁
"That's gonna be a winner for Atlanta!" after Willard hit that winning sac fly is one of my favorite calls. I always say that we got at least a little payback in the 98 NFC title game. I'm sure Minnesotans are haunted by Madden's call "...If you think Gary Andersen will make this field goal then the answer should probably be 'yes'...
Jack Buck: THE TWINS ARE GONNA WIN THE WORLD SERIES, THE TWINS HAVE WON IT! Joe Buck: Larkin to left 💤 Ballgame, and the Twins have won the world series 💤
Just watched the twins lose to the Astros to end their season. Just so sad. They had a great season and won their first playoff game in 19 years and 1st playoff series win in 21 years. So I had to relive the 91 WS win. That cheered me up.
Best World Series Ever ❤️🏆⚾⭐
#2 behind 2011 Cardinals V. Rangers!
@@dominictappella-nicholson9125 Not even close.
This is maybe the 2nd greatest world series ever. 1975 is #1 and it's not close.
If only every World Series could be this great. We almost always see a few regular season role-players come up with big hits or defensive plays at this time of year, but both teams got key contributions from all over their rosters, and you had the sense as you watched that everyone on the field knew they were a part of something more special than anyone expected, as confirmed by the handshake between Lonnie Smith and Brian Harper before the first pitch of Game 7. The 1991 World Series was the ultimate case of both teams deserving to win. If Smith's baserunning lapse in Game 7 cost the Braves the series, the Twins still had to earn their victory with a heart-stopping 3-6-3 double play to finish that same inning, and also with Jack Morris going on to pitch 10 innings of shutout ball. Aside from the Game 5 blowout, nothing came easy for either team. For those who weren't fortunate enough to have caught this series in real time, pay attention to how many times the 1991 World Series- especially Game 7- is still to this day used as a point of reference for any closely-contested postseason series with a high quality of play.
Should have included the epic Knoblauch-Gagne decoy from Game 7 that faked out baserunner Lonnie Smith and preventing him from scoring on the Pendleton double. The 3-2-3 double play between Hrbek and Harper that followed was also epic.
With so many amazing plays in that series some are going to be missed.
「0:24～0:38」で、タッチアップするランナーや、
「1:10～1:20」で、打球を捕球する左翼手は、ダン・グラッデン選手かなぁ・・・？
当時、私は16歳の日本の高校生でした。
放課後、帰宅してテレビをつけると、さりげなく、このワールドシリーズが放送されていたのを、よく覚えています。
私は、カービー・パケット選手、シェーン・マック選手、マイク・パグリアルーロ選手を好きでした。
With due respect to Buck & McCarver, it really does look like what happened in the infamous T-Rex tag is as both Gant and Hrbek describe it: Gant's momentum got tangled up with Hrbie's, Hrbie kept the tag applied while they both went off the bag. Not the cleanest out, but the right call for what happened.
@@wb8820 In which interview? Because I still can't find it. In the most recent interview I've seen, he continues to maintain that he held the tag because he knew Gant was going to fall off the bag.
(My suspicion, likely, is that it was slightly assisted by the fact that he was in a huge game, still a young-ish man and pretty eager to make a big play and get his team out of the inning. Anyone who thinks this was a major cheat in the history of baseball needs to *BANG BANG BANG* *BUZZZZZZ* themselves)
Even if he did it on purpose, he made it look convincing.
Gant made two base running blunders on the play, too far off 1st and should have kept going to 2nd. Went back to 1st and didn't slide, instead went in full speed standing up.
@@deanladue3151 One of the worst TOOTBLANs of our time.
As a baseball fan why in the world would I ever believe what Joe Buck said?
0:31 that was not a slide….
That was Mortal Kombat..
Lu Kang Flying Dragon Kick!!!😩😭
One pundit said of the '91 Series, "It may not have been great baseball, but it was great theatre." Loved when Tom Kelly went to the mound in the ninth of game 7 and you can tell by Morris's body language that he considered that an annoyance. "Yeah, I hear you. Now give me the ball and get out of my way."
And Tom Kelley telling him oh what the hell, it’s just a game.
Best series ive ever seen, and im a Cardinals fan.
@@wb8820 He is talking about the '91 WS tho. Idiot
Sorry about 87
Sad one team had to lose!
Lonnie Smith has a huge series, until he got decoyed in game 7.. What a shame.. He was on the team because of his post season experience, and in an instant it all evaporated..
Otra serie mundial todo un clásico la mire fue espectacular para mí la segunda mejor de toda la historia del la mlb.
I guess that it's fitting that practically the first guy to greet Dan Gladden at home plate was Jack Morris. I don't think that it's hyperbolic to say that Morris put on a tour de force performance in Game 7.
This was one of the greatest World Series ever! It was EPIC! This was back when baseball was still great! It almost felt like you were out on the field with them. One of those series’ where ‘you remember where you where.’
An amazing series and five of the seven games were one run games. It is unfortunate that Atlanta's Smoltz was pulled from game 7 as they had an amazing pitchers duel going on.
@@thomasb1889 Yes! They should have kept Smoltz in there. He was an awesome pitcher in the playoffs. Smoltz might have gone toe-to-toe with Morris the whole game - even into extra innings. That was actually a weakness the Braves had that I never noticed. They didn't have that dominant stopper in the bullpen. If they had someone like Smoltz to come and close the game, they might have won another World Series. When they brought in middle relievers and their stopper, things always felt shaky and high drama. They didn't have someone like Mariona Rivera to come in and shut down the other team. The Braves had other issues, but that was one of them. Good insights..
@@mikem591 I am from Minnesota and even I think that Smoltz should have been kept in at least until it looked like he was getting into trouble.
Now for my dream series I want to see the Twins against the Brewers since they switched leagues.
@@thomasb1889 Also, those Twins where historically underrated. They actually won
2 World Series against tough competition in
Epic series. They actually won as many WS as the Cincinnati Big Red Machine - who were considered a dynasty just below the Oakland A’s. The Twins might have been considered more of dynasty had they gone to more World Series, but the irony was they had a better WS winning percentage then the Reds in their time. The Twins were remembered as sort of a scrappier version of the early 90’s Blue Jays. The Twins WS were also exciting and dramatic. That Braves-Twins series was back when ML baseball was ‘baseball’. Seemed every pitch was filled with high drama…As a baseball fan, even if you weren’t a Twin fan, you had to enjoy it!
@@mikem591 They Twins put together two great teams when it took cubic money to be competitive with far less. We had some great players and not just for their field skills. My favorite from that era was Kent Hrbek who turned down a hell of a lot more money from the Tigers because the fishing was better in Minnesota.
1991, 2001, 2011....2021??
2011 was not that great as the rest
@@highmeadows2030 It went to 7 games too. Pujols 3HR in one game, clutch David Freese. It was as great as 1991 and 2001.
2011... Meh 👎🏻
1981... Epic 👍🏻
Fun fact: Lonnie smith said that he wasn’t faked out by Knoblauch “I didn’t even look at him I knew he didn’t have the ball”. He said the actual reason he stopped was because he thought the ball was caught at the wall.
I believe that, it seemed like a really odd play. Lonnie Smith was famous for falling down, but not for being stupid!
Game 5 the best game ever
I was 8 years old and my dad surprised me with tickets when I got home from school that day. Being at that game was more epic than going to the Olympics five years later, for me.
Greatest world series I ever witnessed. You couldn't have asked for anything more except maybe the braves winning 😁🇺🇲 we will see you tomorrow night words that have haunted braves fans that are old enough to remember for years 😁
Sending love from Minnesota. Puckett is a legend in these pants. RIP
"That's gonna be a winner for Atlanta!" after Willard hit that winning sac fly is one of my favorite calls. I always say that we got at least a little payback in the 98 NFC title game. I'm sure Minnesotans are haunted by Madden's call "...If you think Gary Andersen will make this field goal then the answer should probably be 'yes'...
Shane Mack.
The is greatest World Series overall IMO but 2016 and 2012 are kinda closer but not really
Jack > Joe
Exactly
Jack Buck: THE TWINS ARE GONNA WIN THE WORLD SERIES, THE TWINS HAVE WON IT!
Joe Buck: Larkin to left 💤 Ballgame, and the Twins have won the world series 💤
@@8BSEMT8 😂
If you can rip the base runner off the bag you should also be able to punch them to prevent them from getting to the base to start with
Video quality is CRAP
It is likely from a recorded VHS tape in a person's VCR.
Greatest World Series of my lifetime…so far!