right before the last out, i was knocking on a door to deliver a pizza in grand rapids michigan. with a tigers cap on. the guy said come in i have to watch the end of the game. so......i stood there while that last pitch and the catch in left field. funny moment ill never forget. thank you for posting this.
It was a special moment watching this with my father, who was ill from cancer. He passed after, but I'll have this memory forever of us screaming for our Tigers!!!
Awesome moment in baseball history for me, I loved that '84 Tigers team! This was also the last year MLB allowed the fans to come out onto the field at the end of the WS...in '85 they started posting guards all along the grandstands.
I've been to almost all the ballparks, old and new, including the original pre-1976 Yankee stadium, old Comisky, etc. and without a doubt Tiger Stadium was my all-time favorite MLB venue. I went to one game there in the mid 90s and loved every second of it.
I hear a lot of people say that, it is 1 of the most historic parks to and they tore it down like nothing. I hate how sports leagues just move a team and erase their history just to be replaced a few years later with a new team. This is 1 of those buildings that says "If these walls could talk"
Our whole family watched at home on TV. Gibby and Goose's epic showdown in the 5th when Goose refused to walk him. Sparky's incredulous reaction. Gibby's celebratory dance after he nailed that dinger to the right-field upper deck. The fly-out to Herndon in left that sealed the Tigers' World Series victory. My first. Their last. My Dad jumping around like Gibby after the dinger, a tribute to his Tiger. Then, we drove around in the Chevy Malibu with the windows rolled down. Cheering for our boys of Summer. My Dad yelling "Gibby for President." This is one of my most cherished, kidhood memories. Today would have been my Dad's 70th Birthday. He died suddenly at 56. Feeling incredibly grateful for memories like these.
Greatest moment in sports history... just drove home from my grandma's house in Windsor when I was 2 and my parents watched the last 3 innings when we pulled in. No memory of it but I was alive the last time we won
Why do you think Us Red Sox Fans will forever cherish Fenway Park? Places like Tiger Stadium, Wrigley Field and Fenway Park are irreplaceable! Someone should've relayed that to The Idiots in The Bronx who tore down "The House That Ruth Built".
Noooooo doubt about it. That place was THE best stadium, and I'm not even a Tiger. Upper deck all the way around....but yet....close to the field. Loud. Wicked.
That was a great day. I was in 8th grade at that time and was there. It was a game I will never forget. There will never be another ball park like that. The feeling you got when you seen the field after walking in was amazing. There will also never be a better Tigers team as good as that team was.
I was just a child (4 years old) when the Tigers brought the championship BACK to Detroit. What a list of ballplayers on this roster. Whittaker, Trammel, Gibson, Morris....I could go on and on. Even though I was too young to remember, I heard so many stories of this dream season. I HOPE I see it again in my lifetime because baseball in Detroit is as cherished as the legends who've played here. GO TIGERS
I can still remember that night like it was yesterday. Me and a few of my friends got a ride down to the stadium just to hang out and enjoy the atmosphere. At that time there were no Sports restaurants so we just walked around and listen to the game on car radios. We headed down Trumbull where the seats let out for the bleachers and people were coming out of the gates, and there were nobody watching the gate so we did with any young guys would do, which is running to the stadium. We reached the bleacher seats just ask the eighth inning ended, we wash the first out recorded in the top of the ninth and decided to go down to the lower level. We made it down with two outs in the ninth the next thing we know the ball was hit and Larry Herndon recorded the out and over the fence and on the field we went. I will never forget that day as long as I live as it is my most favorite sports memory.
I was one of them. I was living in Ann Arbor and frequently watched the games on TV with the sound turned down . . . while listening to Ernie Harwell and Paul Carey call the game on the radio.
I was there. Upper deck, sec. 329, just past first base. A flood of ecstatic people, including me, came pouring down the ramps from the upper deck and onto the field soon after this video ends. After about 20 minutes a cop chased me and threw me over a wall into the seats next to the visitors' dugout. I still have a sandwich bag full of turf from right next to the pitchers mound, and the shirt the cop tore. MLB hasn't let this sort of celebration happen again for many years now. On the way out of the stadium was when it got really crazy though. 100,000 people or more running every which way, mounted cops with clubs, burning police cars, blaring music and honking horns, people climbing up light poles and the stadium walls, and folks spraying beer and champagne in the street.
We had moved to NY in the early 70's from Detroit, my Father, Mother brother, sister and I were all born there. All our relatives lived in and around Detroit. In '68, I was but a wee wun and was left home with Grandma as the rest went to see the Tigers in the series. In the 70's when the Yankee's were good, my brother and sister went to world series games at Yankee Stadium. In '83, while watching the World Series, they panned the camera through the crowd and of course, there were little babies. I said 'Hey Dad, why didn't you take me in '68?' This line I had used many times before as a joke, but this time my Dad said, 'Well, if the Tiger's go back to the World Series, I'll get you a ticket, OK?'. We know what happened in '84 and my Dad, being a man of his word, kept his promise. He didn't have to, we both knew I has pulling his chain, but since our Uncle had tickets and he was going to a game, he felt that he had to give me one too. So he gave me the ticket to game 5, and I knew that it was no sure thing. I had to pay my way to Detroit from NY and I could stay with family. So he went to game 3 and I took a bus to Detroit for Game 5. My Uncle and I parked miles from the park, for good reason. We had tickets on the first base line, 25 rows back, about even with first base. Needless to say, I saw history made that night. The second that the catch was made and the game over, my Uncle grabbed my hand and said 'Keep you head down and hold on'. We made our way quickly out of the stadium on to the street. It was mayhem already. I looked up briefly and saw bottles and other things flying through the air. The cop cars were already abandoned and we made our way to the parking spot my Uncle had used. It was a house where the owner rented parking for events and sat outside guarding his clients cars. My Uncle handed him $100 and we were off. My Dad didn't have to give me that ticket, he could have gone himself. But he kept his word and made a memory for me that I will never ever forget. If you have kids, no matter why you say things to them, always keep your promises, it will make an impression that will live forever. My kids have heard this story many times and I always tell them, make me live up to my words, it could mean the world to them and me.
Dimitri----That story is special. Thanks. Here's anther story which makes your's more meaningful. I have a friend who's a devoted Cubs' fan. In 1945, Jerry's 9 years old and begs his dad to take him to the '45 Tigers-Cubs Series. His dad says, "Nah, Jerry. YOu're too young. I'll take you the NEXT time the Cubs are in the Series." His dad died in 1978, never leaving long enough to see 2016.
I was 19 and home in NW Detroit on mid-semester break when the Tigers won the 1984 World Series. As a lifelong Tigers fan, that was one of the happiest moments of my life. I still tear up when I think about that - 36 years ago.
Wow that was so amazing to see that again .The Detroit Tigers winning the World Series in the incredible Ronald Reagan years of the 80s and not to mention all of the great music that was out at that time. Just Awesome!!!!!!!
I was 17 then too. I’ll never forget that day. It was a Sunday and I got to see the last four innings after coming home from work at the A&P. The best moment of my life up until that point.
I always liked Champ Summers and I think most fans did too. My brother met Parrish in a Dearborn strip bar years ago and he said Sparky grew to dislike Champ thats why he was traded.
I was at that game.. in the centerfield bleachers.. when the last out came, we climbed the fence and jumped onto the field.. I was doing cartwheels in centerfield.. feeling ecstatic.. all at once, the cops moved from their positions on the edge of the infield protecting the players to charging the outfield and started beating people with clubs.. my brother was still on the fence, about to drop onto the field when he was what was suddenly happening.. he screamed my name to warn me, but it was sooo crazy loud could not hear anything.. he told me later that a cop was beating somebody with a club , and watching me do cartwheels at the same time.. He never did come after me, but can tell you the mood got ugly very fast.. Once outside the stadium, things to a turn for the worst. Violence took over outside with fever pitched people celebrating and also rebelling against the police.. I did see an idiot throw a beer bottle up in the air knowing it was going to come down on somebody’s head.. I always thought that mounted police were for show at parades, until that night.. slowly moving one step at a time , from building to building on Trumbull Ave , they cleared at least 15,000 people off of Trumbull in about 12 minutes.. Trampling a young-woman Free Press reporter.. she laid there on the grounding in obvious pain. . A man with the first cell phone I had ever seen ( it looked like a big Walkie Talkie) was trying to get her help, but ambulances were refusing to drive into that mess.. Despite the violence, it was still one of the greatest nights of my life
Faaack off idiot, novel wanna be writer. That's not what happened. I was there. I grabbed sod from the field and no altercation. You are a royal tool. Get a life.
That was the VERY BEST team, in the BEST ballpark, in MLB history. We only went to 2 games that year, watching Gibby smack TWO homers WAY UP into the LF upper deck in the SAME game. We followed every play of every game, called by Hall-of-famer Ernie Harwell, on WJR, for a once-in-a- lifetime baseball experience! The 84 Tigers set the best start, 35-5, a record which STILL stands. Sparky Anderson won World Series' in BOTH leagues, and masterfully managed the most OUTSTANDING lineup ever. Everybody played---no superstars or bench-warmers--ALL CHAMPIONS!!
I was 11 years old living in L.A. and Saw this live on TV... Us Dodger fans wanted to see Garvey win this series let alone Scully calling the game... Who knew that Gibson would head out west 4 years later and win L.A. a ring... We love this game😀😀😀😀
This 1984 World Series-winning squad featured some famous World Series heroes... who earned their reputations elsewhere. I'm talking about Kirk Gibson in 1988, and Jack Morris in 1991.
I was a dedicated 23 year old teacher and went with 3 other people to the game including my boyfriend at the time. We were in center field and decided to race around the stadium to sit on the steps behind home plate, as it was the ninth inning. Those were the days when you could do that. After we won, of course, it was mayhem. Outside the stadium people were swarming around like bees on honey. People were hugging each other and it was such a happy time. After that, I told my boyfriend I had to get home because I had to work the next day. He was so mad, because he wanted to celebrate, and stay out late. We ended up going home and needless to say, he's not my boyfriend any longer. :)
Yes It's starts later , goes on forever and is incredibly boring now. Players and the fans and city are no longer connected like familiy anymore. Just individuals who think they should be worshipped. And should like idiots No thanks.
In 1984 the tigers where a fantastic ball club..the infield with Whitiker and trammel was a pitchers dream.they where vacuums and turned the deuce.. I won good money that year betting with the tigers.. semper fi
@ 1:32 & 1:53... It must have been tough for Padres #24 Champ Summers to be sitting in the visitors dugout and watching the Tigers celebrate a WS title. Summers played for the Tigers from 1979-81, and he had the best seasons of his career there. In his 3 seasons with the Tigers, Summers hit .293 with 40 HR as a part-time player. Summers never played another game after this World Series.
1935, 1945, 1968, 1984. Come on Tigers, my pennant wall needs some more decoration! This was one of the best teams ever in baseball. Went 35 and 5, and was in 1st place from start to finish. Go Get'em Tigers!
Try maybe 2023 or 2024, at best, John. They just completed the second worst season in club history. However, they had five sensational young pitchers in Double-AA (Manning, Mize, Skubal, Faedoand Wentz) who could be in Detroit by the end of 2020. They drafted a tremendous young teenage OF prospect in Riley Greene last June, but they need about three more drafts which concentrate on position players before they make moves to contention.
David G we came in through the bleachers exit in the eighth inning while people were exiting, then we made it down to the left field seating area just before Herndon caught the out and ran on the field. I went home with a piece of sod out of the Outfield. My only regret is and eventually died my mother threw it away
You can't manufacture excitement like this in any sport anymore, including baseball, I think it has to do with the time we live in now, the social media era, the technology era, in this day and age, when a team wins a world championship, instead of getting borderline insanely excited, jumping up and down and in some instances, running on the field or court, we have fans looking at their devices posting stuff on social media... BACK in the day, there was NONE of that, like I said, we live in a different time, a completely different era, and not for the better either...
Damn but I miss Tiger Stadium. Maybe there was a valid reason to not renovate it but... how will we ever know considering the mayor that made the final decision?
The day the Tigers won the championship in 1984, was the day I started my job at the US Postal Service. Almost 35 years later, I am still there, which means that, the Tigers will win their next championship when I retire next year. .. I feel like they're waiting on me to retire before there next championship.. LOL
I remember seeing that at the time and wondering what his problem was. The next day his jeep got tipped over. He owned property out by Lapeer and the other people who lived on the lake said he acted like he owned the whole lake
@@1luiszepol Didn't you hear what Vin Scully was saying? He wanted to be quiet so you could listen to the joy of a fanbase which doesn't win that often.Very respectful.
Kirk Gibson was pretty pissed off lol I cant say I blame him. I would love to run out there as a fan but I understand that's their place of work so to speak and they deserve to celebrate with their teammates on the field.
I was there, almost 13 years old. Larry Herndon caught the last out and almost immediately it started to rain. I went down just on instinct to get to the field. People were tearing up the sod. I grabbed about a yard worth and took it home. I planted it in my back yard. Haaa...edit....I forgot...on the way back to my Uncle's car, a lady came up to me and said "mista...(which I thought was funny @ 12)...mista....mista....can I have some of dat grass. LOL...I tore off a big chunk and gave it to her.
I was there sitting behind home plate in the stands and one of the guys wearing a turf wig on the infield. It got much crazier after the game in the streets behind the stadium. Much worse than Jan6, out of control. Police cars on fire looting, cars being flipped just total chaos. But 50 police on horseback with clubs clear out the crowd pretty fast but the damage had been done to the businesses, signs, cars. I'm thinking how did they clear out 60,000 crazed drunken fans so fast when Jan 6th they could not.
34, its now been 34 years since the Tigers won a World Series and the tigers are unlikely to probably win another World Series in their current state for at least maybe another 5-10 years.
Poor Champ Summers former Tiger sitting dejected on the edge of the Padre dugout. My brother met Lance Parrish in a strip joint years ago in Dearborn and was chatting with him, he said Sparky didn't like Champ thats why he was traded...I think Champ was well liked with the fans. I always thought Champ and Lance looked alike.
right before the last out, i was knocking on a door to deliver a pizza in grand rapids michigan. with a tigers cap on. the guy said come in i have to watch the end of the game. so......i stood there while that last pitch and the catch in left field. funny moment ill never forget. thank you for posting this.
Did they give you a big tip?
I highly doubt that is relevant.
Huh??
Why?
@@bobsmith3217 i dont think so. It was probably a keep the change tip
Vin Scully calling the final out on NBC. That man knew when to speak and when to let the crowd tell you the story. A legend. RIP.
It was a special moment watching this with my father, who was ill from cancer. He passed after, but I'll have this memory forever of us screaming for our Tigers!!!
Awesome moment in baseball history for me, I loved that '84 Tigers team! This was also the last year MLB allowed the fans to come out onto the field at the end of the WS...in '85 they started posting guards all along the grandstands.
There was only one more on-field invasion after this one: after the Mets clinched the division in 1986.
I've been to almost all the ballparks, old and new, including the original pre-1976 Yankee stadium, old Comisky, etc. and without a doubt Tiger Stadium was my all-time favorite MLB venue. I went to one game there in the mid 90s and loved every second of it.
The new Tiger park shoulda been built more to resemble the old one...I hate the new one
I hear a lot of people say that, it is 1 of the most historic parks to and they tore it down like nothing. I hate how sports leagues just move a team and erase their history just to be replaced a few years later with a new team. This is 1 of those buildings that says "If these walls could talk"
Our whole family watched at home on TV. Gibby and Goose's epic showdown in the 5th when Goose refused to walk him. Sparky's incredulous reaction. Gibby's celebratory dance after he nailed that dinger to the right-field upper deck. The fly-out to Herndon in left that sealed the Tigers' World Series victory. My first. Their last. My Dad jumping around like Gibby after the dinger, a tribute to his Tiger. Then, we drove around in the Chevy Malibu with the windows rolled down. Cheering for our boys of Summer. My Dad yelling "Gibby for President."
This is one of my most cherished, kidhood memories.
Today would have been my Dad's 70th Birthday. He died suddenly at 56. Feeling incredibly grateful for memories like these.
Greatest moment in sports history... just drove home from my grandma's house in Windsor when I was 2 and my parents watched the last 3 innings when we pulled in. No memory of it but I was alive the last time we won
The city went bananas after this .. it was wild! Good memory! Me and my mom watched this game and jumped up and down hugging when they won.
God, I miss that old barn. Comerica is nice and all, but Tiger Stadium was the greatest.
The fans seemed like they ruined it when they ran on the field. The players just wanted to enjoy the rare moment, but the fans ruined it.
Why do you think Us Red Sox Fans will forever cherish Fenway Park? Places like Tiger Stadium, Wrigley Field and Fenway Park are irreplaceable!
Someone should've relayed that to The Idiots in The Bronx who tore down "The House That Ruth Built".
Jiltedin2007 agree
Noooooo doubt about it. That place was THE best stadium, and I'm not even a Tiger. Upper deck all the way around....but yet....close to the field. Loud. Wicked.
That was a great day. I was in 8th grade at that time and was there. It was a game I will never forget. There will never be another ball park like that. The feeling you got when you seen the field after walking in was amazing. There will also never be a better Tigers team as good as that team was.
I was just a child (4 years old) when the Tigers brought the championship BACK to Detroit. What a list of ballplayers on this roster. Whittaker, Trammel, Gibson, Morris....I could go on and on. Even though I was too young to remember, I heard so many stories of this dream season.
I HOPE I see it again in my lifetime because baseball in Detroit is as cherished as the legends who've played here.
GO TIGERS
It is too bad that you are to young to remember it because it truly was a magical season.
I can still remember that night like it was yesterday. Me and a few of my friends got a ride down to the stadium just to hang out and enjoy the atmosphere. At that time there were no Sports restaurants so we just walked around and listen to the game on car radios. We headed down Trumbull where the seats let out for the bleachers and people were coming out of the gates, and there were nobody watching the gate so we did with any young guys would do, which is running to the stadium. We reached the bleacher seats just ask the eighth inning ended, we wash the first out recorded in the top of the ninth and decided to go down to the lower level. We made it down with two outs in the ninth the next thing we know the ball was hit and Larry Herndon recorded the out and over the fence and on the field we went. I will never forget that day as long as I live as it is my most favorite sports memory.
Wire to wire, one of the greatest seasons by any team, ever👍
You’re right about that, The Tigers were just unstoppable that season!!!!
It’s up there with the 1986 Mets the 2022 Astros
Any Yankees team since 1920.
2005 Chicago White Sox
They started the year 35-5....it was smelling good. Fans were glued to all games.
I was one of them. I was living in Ann Arbor and frequently watched the games on TV with the sound turned down . . . while listening to Ernie Harwell and Paul Carey call the game on the radio.
What a special time it was for a Tigers fan
@@kenhodge6165True!!!
I was 5 years old outside the stadium with my mom and sister . When this happened. What a time to be alive.
I was there. Upper deck, sec. 329, just past first base. A flood of ecstatic people, including me, came pouring down the ramps from the upper deck and onto the field soon after this video ends. After about 20 minutes a cop chased me and threw me over a wall into the seats next to the visitors' dugout. I still have a sandwich bag full of turf from right next to the pitchers mound, and the shirt the cop tore. MLB hasn't let this sort of celebration happen again for many years now.
On the way out of the stadium was when it got really crazy though. 100,000 people or more running every which way, mounted cops with clubs, burning police cars, blaring music and honking horns, people climbing up light poles and the stadium walls, and folks spraying beer and champagne in the street.
Al O ....thanks
Great memory.
Party and chaos!
I remember kissing girls on the street!!!
Is that all Detroit style lol?
We had moved to NY in the early 70's from Detroit, my Father, Mother brother, sister and I were all born there. All our relatives lived in and around Detroit. In '68, I was but a wee wun and was left home with Grandma as the rest went to see the Tigers in the series. In the 70's when the Yankee's were good, my brother and sister went to world series games at Yankee Stadium. In '83, while watching the World Series, they panned the camera through the crowd and of course, there were little babies. I said 'Hey Dad, why didn't you take me in '68?' This line I had used many times before as a joke, but this time my Dad said, 'Well, if the Tiger's go back to the World Series, I'll get you a ticket, OK?'. We know what happened in '84 and my Dad, being a man of his word, kept his promise. He didn't have to, we both knew I has pulling his chain, but since our Uncle had tickets and he was going to a game, he felt that he had to give me one too. So he gave me the ticket to game 5, and I knew that it was no sure thing. I had to pay my way to Detroit from NY and I could stay with family. So he went to game 3 and I took a bus to Detroit for Game 5. My Uncle and I parked miles from the park, for good reason. We had tickets on the first base line, 25 rows back, about even with first base. Needless to say, I saw history made that night. The second that the catch was made and the game over, my Uncle grabbed my hand and said 'Keep you head down and hold on'. We made our way quickly out of the stadium on to the street. It was mayhem already. I looked up briefly and saw bottles and other things flying through the air. The cop cars were already abandoned and we made our way to the parking spot my Uncle had used. It was a house where the owner rented parking for events and sat outside guarding his clients cars. My Uncle handed him $100 and we were off.
My Dad didn't have to give me that ticket, he could have gone himself. But he kept his word and made a memory for me that I will never ever forget. If you have kids, no matter why you say things to them, always keep your promises, it will make an impression that will live forever. My kids have heard this story many times and I always tell them, make me live up to my words, it could mean the world to them and me.
Dimitri----That story is special. Thanks. Here's anther story which makes your's more meaningful. I have a friend who's a devoted Cubs' fan. In 1945, Jerry's 9 years old and begs his dad to take him to the '45 Tigers-Cubs Series. His dad says, "Nah, Jerry. YOu're too young. I'll take you the NEXT time the Cubs are in the Series." His dad died in 1978, never leaving long enough to see 2016.
@@williamsnyder5616 I think I heard a story like that in 2016. I think the dude was 97 and saw them win Game 5.
You paid $100 for parking!!!??? Thats like $500 today!!!
That's a great and bad ass story!
One thing that struck me was the game ending at 7:41 PM. Now World Series games don’t even start until after 8 PM.
I was 19 and home in NW Detroit on mid-semester break when the Tigers won the 1984 World Series. As a lifelong Tigers fan, that was one of the happiest moments of my life. I still tear up when I think about that - 36 years ago.
Wow that was so amazing to see that again .The Detroit Tigers winning the World Series in the incredible Ronald Reagan years of the 80s and not to mention all of the great music that was out at that time. Just Awesome!!!!!!!
Yes, now that you mentioned it!!!!
George and Al were both classy guys . The roar of 84 what a year to be a Tigers fan .
The last time home fans rushed the field. You can check every other World Series celebration after this one.
DodgerFan1988 they didn't in 1980
That's how we party Detroit Style. I assure you we do it again if they ever win on home soil again in my lifetime.
They tried again in 1987, but the Detroit mounted police were ready.
I'm proud to say that I was there and on the field, I will never forget that night as long as I live.
Yup. I like how all the cops did to one guy in the video was keep him from the dugout.
I was 8 in 1984, this was my first WS watching as a kid. Great game, the famous Gibson HR off Gossage just before this.
Greatest moment of my life! I was 17.
I was 17 then too. I’ll never forget that day. It was a Sunday and I got to see the last four innings after coming home from work at the A&P. The best moment of my life up until that point.
Best year ever...Tigers won 1984 series and I landed my new job at Detroit Edison CO. that same week!!!!!!!
35 and 5 and never looked back.
You’re right about that!!!
"Bless you boys, this is the year".
Dude Sparky Anderson, best Tiger manager of all time
Best Reds Manager as well.
Tiger Stadium felt like a Big League Park. Today these parks are food courts where a baseball game is playing.
And every wall, upper deck facade, etc is a fucking billboard...
Very sad. You won’t see me spending my money at these corporate prisons.
The sad look on Champ Summers face, the former Tiger. Turns out that was his last major league game.
I always liked Champ Summers and I think most fans did too.
My brother met Parrish in a Dearborn strip bar years ago and he said Sparky grew to dislike Champ thats why he was traded.
Aurelio López 100% Mexican in the Tigers Championship ... Tecamachalco Puebla Mexico
One of my favorites from that team. He pitched great in game 5.
I was at that game.. in the centerfield bleachers.. when the last out came, we climbed the fence and jumped onto the field.. I was doing cartwheels in centerfield.. feeling ecstatic.. all at once, the cops moved from their positions on the edge of the infield protecting the players to charging the outfield and started beating people with clubs.. my brother was still on the fence, about to drop onto the field when he was what was suddenly happening.. he screamed my name to warn me, but it was sooo crazy loud could not hear anything.. he told me later that a cop was beating somebody with a club , and watching me do cartwheels at the same time.. He never did come after me, but can tell you the mood got ugly very fast.. Once outside the stadium, things to a turn for the worst. Violence took over outside with fever pitched people celebrating and also rebelling against the police.. I did see an idiot throw a beer bottle up in the air knowing it was going to come down on somebody’s head.. I always thought that mounted police were for show at parades, until that night.. slowly moving one step at a time , from building to building on Trumbull Ave , they cleared at least 15,000 people off of Trumbull in about 12 minutes.. Trampling a young-woman Free Press reporter.. she laid there on the grounding in obvious pain. . A man with the first cell phone I had ever seen ( it looked like a big Walkie Talkie) was trying to get her help, but ambulances were refusing to drive into that mess.. Despite the violence, it was still one of the greatest nights of my life
Faaack off idiot, novel wanna be writer. That's not what happened. I was there. I grabbed sod from the field and no altercation. You are a royal tool. Get a life.
After all of the highs and lows, I am still a Tiger fan, and always will be.
Gone are the days when The Fans really enjoyed The Game of Baseball.
Jiltedin2007 Better than your Red Sux
I was just 8 years old when our hometown heroes brought home the World Series.
That was the VERY BEST team, in the BEST ballpark, in MLB history. We only went to 2 games that year, watching Gibby smack TWO homers WAY UP into the LF upper deck in the SAME game. We followed every play of every game, called by Hall-of-famer Ernie Harwell, on WJR, for a once-in-a- lifetime baseball experience! The 84 Tigers set the best start, 35-5, a record which STILL stands. Sparky Anderson won World Series' in BOTH leagues, and masterfully managed the most OUTSTANDING lineup ever. Everybody played---no superstars or bench-warmers--ALL CHAMPIONS!!
I was at this game. Tiger Stadium was electric! What a game, what a year.
And this is how you not blow a 3-1 lead. Indians.
Dylan Stojanovic Unfortunately it’s against the Cubs. They’re a shitty team
It is a Cleveland thing for that to happen trust me.
As a padre fan living in san diego all my life this broke my heart..I went to the only game they won in the series..
I was 11 years old living in L.A. and Saw this live on TV...
Us Dodger fans wanted to see Garvey win this series let alone Scully calling the game...
Who knew that Gibson would head out west 4 years later and win L.A. a ring...
We love this game😀😀😀😀
This 1984 World Series-winning squad featured some famous World Series heroes... who earned their reputations elsewhere. I'm talking about Kirk Gibson in 1988, and Jack Morris in 1991.
I was a dedicated 23 year old teacher and went with 3 other people to the game including my boyfriend at the time. We were in center field and decided to race around the stadium to sit on the steps behind home plate, as it was the ninth inning. Those were the days when you could do that. After we won, of course, it was mayhem. Outside the stadium people were swarming around like bees on honey. People were hugging each other and it was such a happy time. After that, I told my boyfriend I had to get home because I had to work the next day. He was so mad, because he wanted to celebrate, and stay out late. We ended up going home and needless to say, he's not my boyfriend any longer. :)
Back when people cared about the world series
Never will a WS game end at 7:41pm, it usually starts around that time
Yes It's starts later , goes on forever and is incredibly boring now. Players and the fans and city are no longer connected like familiy anymore. Just individuals who think they should be worshipped. And should like idiots No thanks.
Ain't no party like Deeeetroit party
Yep, nothing but crack.
Logan Madder Dick
Detroit tiger's rule
💯💯💯
I put my 2 month old son in his room and shut the door to see the end of this game. He just kept crying. I think he was rooting for the Padres 😂😂😂😂
In 1984 the tigers where a fantastic ball club..the infield with Whitiker and trammel was a pitchers dream.they where vacuums and turned the deuce.. I won good money that year betting with the tigers.. semper fi
Now that's a celebration
how come sports were so much better then than now?
because we didnt have militarized police.
How is that even germane to that comment?
Balla Tuwalla God damn Germans got nothing to do with it.
The TV announcers let the game speak for itself, instead of talking us to death.
Because they played for the passion of the game and not for money
@ 1:32 & 1:53... It must have been tough for Padres #24 Champ Summers to be sitting in the visitors dugout and watching the Tigers celebrate a WS title. Summers played for the Tigers from 1979-81, and he had the best seasons of his career there. In his 3 seasons with the Tigers, Summers hit .293 with 40 HR as a part-time player. Summers never played another game after this World Series.
1935, 1945, 1968, 1984. Come on Tigers, my pennant wall needs some more decoration! This was one of the best teams ever in baseball. Went 35 and 5, and was in 1st place from start to finish. Go Get'em Tigers!
Try maybe 2023 or 2024, at best, John. They just completed the second worst season in club history. However, they had five sensational young pitchers in Double-AA (Manning, Mize, Skubal, Faedoand Wentz) who could be in Detroit by the end of 2020. They drafted a tremendous young teenage OF prospect in Riley Greene last June, but they need about three more drafts which concentrate on position players before they make moves to contention.
440 ft to Center.
I loved that!
I bet that was my overall favorite stadium, mainly because of that.
I was somewhere in that crowd around Pitcher's Mound. Didn't have tickets but was able to sneak in and get on the field after the game.
Did you get caught?
David G we came in through the bleachers exit in the eighth inning while people were exiting, then we made it down to the left field seating area just before Herndon caught the out and ran on the field. I went home with a piece of sod out of the Outfield. My only regret is and eventually died my mother threw it away
You can't manufacture excitement like this in any sport anymore, including baseball, I think it has to do with the time we live in now, the social media era, the technology era, in this day and age, when a team wins a world championship, instead of getting borderline insanely excited, jumping up and down and in some instances, running on the field or court, we have fans looking at their devices posting stuff on social media... BACK in the day, there was NONE of that, like I said, we live in a different time, a completely different era, and not for the better either...
Walked by a Dominoes in Westland Michigan...they were giving out free pizza. Tom Monahan 🍕
Damn but I miss Tiger Stadium. Maybe there was a valid reason to not renovate it but... how will we ever know considering the mayor that made the final decision?
Still the best team ever imo. Not a HOF "ballot vote in" player on that team but they were a team in every sense of the word.
Can't wait to see a Tigers World Series win in my lifetime. I was -5 when this happened.
80s was a good decade for detroit. Tigers won it all in 84, and Pistons repeat in 88/89.
Willie Hernandez was a one year wonder. Probably saved more games in 84 than the rest of his career put together.
1984 Hernandez awarded AL MVP; AL Cy Young; AL Pitcher of the Year.
The day the Tigers won the championship in 1984, was the day I started my job at the US Postal Service. Almost 35 years later, I am still there, which means that, the Tigers will win their next championship when I retire next year. .. I feel like they're waiting on me to retire before there next championship.. LOL
They have some nice pitchers in the Minors, but I wouldn't count on too much for a few years.
You should get a championship ring for being able to deal with working at the crappy Post Office for 3 1/2 decades.
We will be back to the mountain top soon tigers nation, stay faithful
Bless you boys!
Gran serie mundial, Aurelio estaba en gran momento, arriba Tigers !
What was Kirk Gibson's problem? You would of thought they lost the series. 1:19
I noticed too he treated fans badly and looked furious. Also no narration. Didn't know what happened.
I remember seeing that at the time and wondering what his problem was. The next day his jeep got tipped over. He owned property out by Lapeer and the other people who lived on the lake said he acted like he owned the whole lake
@@1luiszepol Didn't you hear what Vin Scully was saying? He wanted to be quiet so you could listen to the joy of a fanbase which doesn't win that often.Very respectful.
He thinks he better than us.
RIP Willie Hernandez
Different era back then.... u never see fans running on the field now
1:19 Looks like Gibby almost gets punched.
Kirk Gibson was pretty pissed off lol I cant say I blame him. I would love to run out there as a fan but I understand that's their place of work so to speak and they deserve to celebrate with their teammates on the field.
I was there, almost 13 years old. Larry Herndon caught the last out and almost immediately it started to rain. I went down just on instinct to get to the field. People were tearing up the sod. I grabbed about a yard worth and took it home. I planted it in my back yard. Haaa...edit....I forgot...on the way back to my Uncle's car, a lady came up to me and said "mista...(which I thought was funny @ 12)...mista....mista....can I have some of dat grass. LOL...I tore off a big chunk and gave it to her.
Good for you. That was kind!, need more of that!
Congratulations tigers world series champions 1984
I was there sitting behind home plate in the stands and one of the guys wearing a turf wig on the infield. It got much crazier after the game in the streets behind the stadium. Much worse than Jan6, out of control. Police cars on fire looting, cars being flipped just total chaos. But 50 police on horseback with clubs clear out the crowd pretty fast but the damage had been done to the businesses, signs, cars. I'm thinking how did they clear out 60,000 crazed drunken fans so fast when Jan 6th they could not.
Players where God intended, without that ridiculous shift...
Me and my Dad have a ball signed by all the 84 tigers. I hope they win it again before the good Lord takes me.
35 years ago tonight!
Why wasn't Earnie Harwell with Vin Scully for this historic victory in Detroit?
If you were ever wondering what it’s like in Detroit this is a good depiction. Nobody wants to live like this.
went to Detroit by accident once, if youre on the white side , that's no place to be
I ripped up about a yard of turf and took it home and planted it in my yard. But along the way I gave a chunk to a woman who asked for piece.
It was so good 👍🏾
Damn that was lit.
Nice forearm shiver and growl from Gibson on the the fan who tried to grab him at 1:20. Not having it.
Gibbie wasn’t having anyone of it at the end with that fan
Detroit is a good city!
yeah to get murdered in !
34, its now been 34 years since the Tigers won a World Series and the tigers are unlikely to probably win another World Series in their current state for at least maybe another 5-10 years.
I hope we can win it again someday
Tigers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow
Final score tigers 8 to 4 congratulations tigers
and the year is '84
RIP Champ Summers, former Tiger 1:32
Poor Champ Summers former Tiger sitting dejected on the edge of the Padre dugout.
My brother met Lance Parrish in a strip joint years ago in Dearborn and was chatting with him, he said Sparky didn't like Champ thats why he was traded...I think Champ was well liked with the fans.
I always thought Champ and Lance looked alike.
thats one thing that ruined baseball, was destroying those old stadiums
Happy Chandler at 1:54
Baseball folks know who he was.
1:34 1:53 Champ Summers, former Tiger.
How titles did the Tigers win
filmed with the finest redskin potatoes money can buy
That was one scary night in the city of Detroit...DPD lost complete control
Detroit tiger's rule I love you tiger's
I miss fans storming the field
What? No narration?
Did someone try to take a swing at gibby
Vin Scully still doing reads...😂
what a moment in motown