I was born in 2005. Didn’t really become a huge baseball fan until 2015. I fell in love with some of those late 2010s WS teams just because I grew up watching them. I’ll always be fond of the 15’ Royals, 16’ Cubs, and 19’ Nats.
@@TinaTuna106, I mean technically you could say I’ve been watching baseball since 2005. It was always on tv in the house, and it was my childhood sport. But I didn’t start keeping up with specific players, teams, acquisitions, etc. until I was old enough to understand all that around 2015
You forgot an important detail about Game 4 of the 2008 World Series! It was the last time a pitcher hit a home run in a World Series game (Joe Blanton)
There's a real chance this lasts until baseball is abolished. Now that the DH is league-wide, it's unlikely to ever happen again, and the only way it will is if one Shohei Ohtani find his way to a World Series somehow.
Game 6 of the 2011 World Series definitely one of the best baseball games played. Thank goodness though, the Rangers have exorcised those demons. The similarities between 2010 and 2023 (yet to play out of course) are striking to me personally as a long time Rangers fan.
I’m glad the Rangers not only finally won a World Series, but arguably topped that game with game 1 of this series. It was a perfect poetic reversal with the game tying home run in the 9th and the walk off in the 11th. I had a feeling then that the curse was finally broken.
Also pretty similiar for the D-Backs, with their closer giving up a two-run homer to tie the game in the ninth in '01 and '23. Such a shame the rest of the series went poorly, game 5 could've been so much better if the D-Backs offense didn't went 0-11 with RISP
Also huge similarity between Game 6, 2011 and Game 1, 2023 - Played on the same day (October 27), involved the home team being down 2 in the B9 and tying it, and then walking it off with a HR in the 11th.
Fun fact: 2016 is currently the only series of the 21st century to feature 2 teams making their only WS appearance of the century (so far, obviously). Also '21 was the Braves 4th championship
As a Nats fan, that World Series hit different because it was a juggernaut vs. a team that started the year 19-31 and was playing with house money ever since. Also notable was that Scherzer was supposed to start game 5 for a match-up with Cole, but back spasms kept him from playing, leaving an ok pitcher in Joe Ross to make the start (I was at that game). The fact that he started game 7 and made it as long as he did is amazing.
Every WS winning team talks about overcoming adversity and coming together and all of those cliches. I feel like with the 2019 Nats those cliches were actually true. That team was special. Not because of their talent (though they had some prodigious talent on the roster), but because they really did live those cliches.
I was at Game 7 in 2016. Such a surreal experience as a Cubs fan. I vividly remember how loud that stadium was for the Cubs, how loud it got when Rajai Davis hit that homerun, the weird energy when everyone was getting out of the rain before the 10th started, and how loud everyone was singing "Go Cubs Go" as we walked down the concourse ramps.
@@NeverEvenRaced and why shouldn’t we be talking about it?! We got a lot to celebrate, right? It’s our first World Series championship in franchise history!!!!!!
As an Astros fan, I watched the Rangers win it all and all I can say is that I was sorely disappointed in the Sneks. It was pretty one sided, but they did thier best and they both came very far for wildcard teams. The ALCS was definitely more exciting.
2015 always breaks my heart as a Mets fan, I was 12 years old and was just really starting to get into baseball that year. The Mets had such a fun season and playoff run that us fans rarely get to experience, and of course in the World Series they weren't prepared, were riding too high, and got completely outperformed by Kansas City. It was totally an exciting time to get into Mets baseball, but man did it prepare me for what being a Mets fan truly comes with 😂😂 So jealous of my dad who was 15 in 1986, he's at least seen the best Mets run ever lol
appreciate the recognition for our rotation that year, prime thor and matz, with an up and coming degrom and wheeler plus veteran harvey, your offense just bested us for real@@jenniferwood3643
Since the Rangers won the World Series, I've been able to appreciate how great the 2011 World Series was. Being able to see that from a more objective view might honestly be the best part of it all. I can finally let go of the anxiety that just thinking about David Freese.
All things considered, I wholeheartedly believe the the 2019 WS is the best one I ever saw. The drama, the story, the miracle. It was almost too good to be true. Easily the best imo
@@tbewin1z143games 4 and 5 were the only ones that I'd consider blowouts. Games 2, 6, and 7 all saw the Nats come through late, but were tense, exciting, competitive games most of the way through. I'll admit that I'm biased as a Nats fan, but even my brother, a Cubs fan, said at the time it was the most fun series he'd seen since 91. He enjoyed the games more than he did in 16 (though, to be fair, he's an extremely anxious person and spent most of October 2016 barely keeping the contents of his stomach down). 2019 was a great one.
As a Tigers fan who was born after they last won the World Series in 1984, 2006 and 2012 are still painful for me. I pulled hard for the Dodgers in both the 2017 and 2018 Series, so to find out that both of their opponents cheated their way to the title makes those almost as painful for me as those Detroit losses. While the Dodgers finally got another title in 2020, it was during the COVID-restricted season, and I hope they win another one soon when LA can give them all the usual celebrations that come with a WS championship. (FTR, the closest minor league team to me is a Dodgers affiliate, but I'm also sympathetic to them by virtue of being such a storied team.) It amazes me that the Cubs 108-year World Series drought ending in 2016 has been largely overlooked by the Red Sox ending their own after 86 years in 2004 (or the White Sox after 88 years in 2005). Is it just that sportscasters are heavily biased toward the Red Sox versus the White Sox and Cubs?
The Red Sox really didn’t cheat in 2018. I think the reason their drought ending was such a bigger deal is because it’s a bigger sports market, but also, it’s a better story. Trading, at the time, the best baseball player ever, for only money. It tells the stories of two teams. Sox went on a drought, and the Yankees bought 4 rings, which turned into 27.
@@hauntedhaunter6148 It's not a bigger market than Chicago, yet it got more coverage than either the White Sox or Cubs ending their droughts. And yes, the MLB investigation found the Red Sox DID cheat by sign stealing in 2018.
@@hauntedhaunter6148 Uh, yes, they did cheat in 2018. Why were they punished if they really didn't cheat? As a matter of fact, pretty much ALL of the MLB teams cheated in 2017 and 2018. Some did it with different systems, but the cheating was widespread. It's well-known throughout baseball. Not defending anyone here--it was wrong for all of the teams to have done that, and a black mark for all of baseball to be certain.
@@martyklestadt6766 they weren’t punished. They were metaphorically slapped on the wrist for fighting with their metaphorical brother. Yankees didn’t like losing, so they made up some bullshit, Red Sox didn’t enjoy it so they made up equal amounts of bullshit. Whether it’s YES cameras or Apple Watches, both are bullshit and neither had any influence on the game.
@@hauntedhaunter6148 They may not have had much, if any, influence on the game, but they were still stealing signs electronically, just like everyone else.
I am not sure I would 2020, it's exactly a "real" world series. 2014 is my favorite World series of 21th century, so far. Just a wild one and a match-up almost crazier than ARZ vs TEX, no one saw KC coming.
@@nexuseagles6279It was an official MLB world series. It was the toughest postseason in MLB history. I honestly dont give a shit what your reasons are and neither does history. Like i said, youre allowed to be wrong.
@@doesanyonehavegum327 -37% of a normal season ( 60games) - 8 seeds in the playoffs - LAD had permit homefield advantage because they didn't leave Dallas after the first round. While TB had to go from TB to SD to Dallas. Totally fair right? - Not series leading was even good especially on the NL side. - The WS was a bore and less viewed WS until this year. - only game worth remembering was game 4 only because of the ending. Yeah this was nothing that Mickey mouse ring and most agree. But happy that the 2020 Lakers have a faker ring that the Dodgers.
2016 ia my favorite due to me being a Cubs fan, but that game 7 is still absolutely absurd. Mike Montgomery got his first career save, after a rain delay and two hits that made Cleveland rock like a magnitude 7 earthquake
F the cubs coincidently rained with no forecast of it at all I’ll die saying that series was fixed because it was considering the cubs teams after that clinch sucked balls while Cleveland continued to dominate
It was the second time in North American sports that a 7 game series was won by the road team each game. Weird that both times it happened to the Astros.
No drama in 2019? The lack of mention of the Scherzer scratch, the return of Joe Ross, and Scherzer basically resurrecting in time for game 7 was a ton of drama!
I would only put like 4 in S tier... The 2001 Dbacks, the 2004 Red Sox, the 2014 Cardinals, and the 2016 Cubs (I would put this one in SS tier. I would have about 13-15 in D and F tiers.
@@marzix427must’ve not been watching then. 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013, and 2011 were all awesome and had back and forth competitive games and swings in the series
Ranking every World Series I've ever seen: 1. 2019 Nats over Astros 2. 2022 Astros over Phillies 3. 2021 Braves over Astros 4. 2020 Dodgers over Rays 5. 2023 Rangers over DBacks
Top 10 Best World Series Matchups of All Time: 1. 2016 (Cubs vs Indians) 2. 2001 (Yankees vs Diamondbacks) 3. 2011 (Rangers vs Cardinals) 4. 1986 (Red Sox vs Mets) 5. 1991 (Braves vs Twins) 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 2004 (Cardinals vs Red Sox)
One thing I think a lot of people fail to realize about the rajai davis homerun is how unlikely it was. For reference, he hit 62 homeruns in his entire 13 year career in the big leagues
i'm sure it's been pointed out, or intentional; but at 4:45 that video is called that because tim salmon says "that's the farthest hit ball i've ever seen" and the broadcast caught that gem of a clip
I dont care what anybody says. Clint Hurdle is one of the best managers out there when it comes to team building and recruitment. Hes good at working with low budget ball clubs.
If you just look at it as a standard 4-1 series. I can see how you’d feel that way. In reality, most of these games were intensely competitive for long stretches, and the one that started as a rout, the D-Backs made us nervous towards the end. Seager and Garcia might have saved the series in game 1 (an all-time WS game). Game 5 was an intense pitcher’s duel that seemed to be favoring AZ until the final couple of innings. Maybe not S, but I think it was about as good as a 5 game series can be.
23:23, that is actually incorrect. 1926 World Series ended when the Cardinals picked off Babe Ruth and the Yankees to end that series and gave St. Louis its 1st ever title.
Fun Fact: that 5-run 9th inning in Game 2 of 2000 world series included a home run from Jay Payton off of Mariano Rivera. Payton became the 2nd player to hit a postseason home run off of Mariano Rivera. He would also be the last.
@@SocraticMind89 Nope. It was a great ALCS, and at least a Texas team represented the state well in the WS. I like the fact that both teams are great at the same time, which hasn't happened much. Looking forward to how this plays out next season.
Someone made a video saying the Rockies-Red Sox World Series was the worst ever. As a Red Sox fan, even I don't remember what happened in that series very much. I've seen 29 World Series as a fan (since 1995) and Astros-Dodgers, Yankees-Dbacks, and Cardinals-Rangers were my three favorite as far as close competitiveness goes.
2017 Game 5 to me is the most tragic World Series game I can think of. Already (unfairly, imo) much maligned for his postseason performance, Kershaw was untouchable in Game 1. Then Game 5 in Houston, didn't get a single swing and miss on a breaking ball. One of the greatest sliders and curveballs ever suddenly was fooling no one. Meanwhile the only LA pitcher that did well in Houston was Alex Wood who was downright paranoid about sign stealing. Later he almost got in a fight over it (unrelated to Houston). Yet the Dodgers offense was miraculously able to keep pace with them for 9 innings. The series denied one of the greatest pitchers of all time his first ring, a WSMVP, and forever tainted his legacy. Goddamn shame.
Yes, it's a shame that both teams (as well as all of MLB) were stealing signs electronically during that time (but likely not during the postseason). During the postseason, it was likely just scouting and playoff pressure that led to all of the Astros' hits off of Kershaw. And of course Wood was paranoid about the sign-stealing, because he knew how rampant it was with the Dodgers doing it also.
My rankings since I started watching baseball in 2010: S- 2011, 2016, 2017 A- 2013, 2015 B- 2014, 2020, 2018, 2019 C- 2021, 2022, 2023 D- 2010, 2012 F- hot take: no World Series is considered F tier
I still have trouble seeing why people see 2016 as the best series since 2000. Yes the significance of both teams made it great, but the games itself besides 3 and 7 were boring. Game 7 wasn’t even that much of a back and forth match. Idk I think judging by games itself imo 2011 and 2017 were better. Game 7 2016 definitely wasn’t the greatest game of all time
I'm an Astros fan, been one since I could remember. My dad was a fan since the 70s, my grandfather since they started existence in Houston. I think of 2017 and I think of two things. 1. We didn't need to cheat to win, and now its tainted. And 2. GURRIEL. HAS. TIED IT. anyways uh where was I, oh yeah. So my favorite world series that I've been able to watch. 1. 2017 WS (Gurriel), 2. 2016 WS, 3. 2022 WS, 4. 2011 WS, 5. 2018 WS (Yes I hate the Dodgers, bear with me)
How did you not need to cheat if it took 7 games win while cheating lol. Run the tapes back, so much evidence of cheating on the biggest hits of the series
@@Dommasi23 Really? There was a study done, and no banging was heard during the Series. Both teams (as well as all of MLB) were cheating in 2017 and 2018. It's well-known. So that's what they meant when they said that they didn't need to cheat.
In my opinion, the 2003 World Series doesn't deserve to be B-tier. I know it went to 6 games and was reasonably competitive, but let's talk a bit about the background. Firstly, the matchup itself was a massive letdown for the vast, vast majority of baseball fans. Most people were much less interested in the WS than they had been in the respective CSs, because once those were over, the typical response was either "welp, no one to root for" or "I guess it'll never be the year." In both CSs, a charismatic team that was starved for a championship lost in spectacular fashion to an opponent that no one (apart of course from their fans) really wanted to see win another championship. So just due to missed opportunity alone, this WS had certainly the least hype of any steroid-era WS (of course today, as baseball interest among Americans is slowly dying out, little national hype is normal, but this was 20 years ago). Then you talk about the actual teams in the game. They each represented everything fans hated about baseball, old and new. I don't have to discuss much why the Yankees were hated at this time; they had won all but two of the previous pennants going back to 1996, were owned by Steinbrenner, had been signing all the top FA stars in baseball over the previous few years such as Clemens, Mussina, and Giambi, and of course were the Yankees. They represented an old tradition that I think many people were long fed-up with; apart from NYY fans, no one wanted to see them add to their ring collection. The Marlins, on the other hand, represented much that was wrong with the Wild Card era of baseball. They had won a WS by renting a superteam in 1997, then totally gutted it, got in numerous quarrels with the city/league and changed ownership, and now out of nowhere they were doing the WS thing again. They were a Wild Card team both times, and no one in their right mind would have called them the best team in the NL at any point in their history. They showed exactly what happens when you expand playoffs in sports - the best teams stop winning consistently, and random chaos can occur. And as Bob Costas always said in the 97 series, there was no "plight of the long-suffering Marlins fan" like there was for Chicago or Boston. Now I'm not saying it wasn't a tremendous run by the Marlins. As a Nats fan, I know how annoying the "no one care(s)/(d) about your team, no one remembers that you won that championship" thing can be, when fans of other, bigger brand teams make fun of your franchise by belittling the WS you won. It's not a nice thing. But there was just nothing spectacular about the World Series itself (the series they won against the Giants and Cubs on the other hand featured some absolute classic moments). It was a somewhat even match between two teams, who played six mostly nondescript games and eventually the Marlins won. These were not thrillers, there were no iconic moments; actually, there were only three moments the impartial non-psycho has any chance at all of remembering (the one game that ended in a walkoff win for FL, the HR that Skinny Miggy hit after McCarver's horrific attempt to say "au revoir" to Roger Clemens, and Beckett tagging Posada out). Those are the only moments you remember, maybe you even remember less than that, and unless you're a fan of one of the teams involved, there are hundreds and hundreds of baseball moments that you've seen which top all of these. None of the games would be worth rewatching unless you're a Marlins fan. I have nothing against either of those teams, but very few people were excited for that series, and very few people would say it was a memorable one, except in the way that any World Series is. And after the series was over, fans all over America just kinda rolled their eyes. They would have done the same if the Yankees had won.
Considering my favorite teams are the Cubs and Guardians (November 2016 is one of my all-time favorite months, despite something else that also happened that month) I have little love for the Marlins. I was very happy to see Soler make his first AS team this year, but that's about it. And the Yankees have stopped the Guardians in their tracks so much that I harbor little love for them either. So maybe I am not the best person to comment on your comment, but you put a lot of thought into your comment and I think that deserves to be respected.
What I remember most about the 2003 postseason was the brilliance and utter dominance of a young 23 y/o Josh Beckett, who began to establish himself as one of the baddest dudes to ever toe the rubber in October. Beckett had already turned in a couple of stellar performances leading into the final game of the 03 postseason, but he saved his best for last on three days’ rest in the decisive Game 6, shutting out -- and, frankly, stunning -- the Bronx Bombers with a 107-pitch gem at Yankee Stadium. Marlins manager Jack McKeon opted for Beckett on short rest instead of Mark Redman, who had struggled in Game 2. Beckett rewarded his skipper with the first complete game shutout in the final game of the World Series since Morris in 1991. Beckett tagged Jorge Posada for the last out of the game, symbolizing his complete dominance in the clincher. Then, in storybook fashion, he was hoisted upon the shoulders of his teammates and carried off the field as WS MVP.
The 2007 World Series and the 2012 World Series were both Uncompetitive, as both the Rockies and Tigers had magical seasons and they just Vanished in the World Series.
@40:15 your statement was actually false. The first person to ever lead off a world series with a home run was Escobar in the 2015 world series. (All-be-it an inside the park home run)
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The fact that in Madison Bumgarner's worst WS performance, he only gave up a run, shows how incredible he was during the postseason
I was born in 2005. Didn’t really become a huge baseball fan until 2015. I fell in love with some of those late 2010s WS teams just because I grew up watching them. I’ll always be fond of the 15’ Royals, 16’ Cubs, and 19’ Nats.
I was born in 98. Exactly how I feel about the 04 Red Sox. Still a Sox fan.
@@darkrednecks you were learning your abc’s not watching no Red Sox World Series in 2004
Bro I was born in 09 and started watching baseball earlier than u like bro what that’s crazy😭😭
@@TinaTuna106, I mean technically you could say I’ve been watching baseball since 2005. It was always on tv in the house, and it was my childhood sport. But I didn’t start keeping up with specific players, teams, acquisitions, etc. until I was old enough to understand all that around 2015
You forgot an important detail about Game 4 of the 2008 World Series! It was the last time a pitcher hit a home run in a World Series game (Joe Blanton)
“Joe the Lumber”
There's a real chance this lasts until baseball is abolished. Now that the DH is league-wide, it's unlikely to ever happen again, and the only way it will is if one Shohei Ohtani find his way to a World Series somehow.
@@guardianeifie with the padres next season
Joe "Ohtani" Blanton
Game 6 of the 2011 World Series definitely one of the best baseball games played. Thank goodness though, the Rangers have exorcised those demons.
The similarities between 2010 and 2023 (yet to play out of course) are striking to me personally as a long time Rangers fan.
I’m glad the Rangers not only finally won a World Series, but arguably topped that game with game 1 of this series. It was a perfect poetic reversal with the game tying home run in the 9th and the walk off in the 11th. I had a feeling then that the curse was finally broken.
@@tommyl.dayandtherunaways820 to add to that - on the anniversary of Game 6 as well. Baseball is magic.
Also pretty similiar for the D-Backs, with their closer giving up a two-run homer to tie the game in the ninth in '01 and '23. Such a shame the rest of the series went poorly, game 5 could've been so much better if the D-Backs offense didn't went 0-11 with RISP
Also huge similarity between Game 6, 2011 and Game 1, 2023 -
Played on the same day (October 27), involved the home team being down 2 in the B9 and tying it, and then walking it off with a HR in the 11th.
I was there. rangers fan for life
Cardinals vs Rangers 2011 easiest S tier of any tier list of all time.
So it’s S tier in a ranking of the worst World Series of all time since if it is S tier on any list than that is what you are somewhat saying
Fun fact: 2016 is currently the only series of the 21st century to feature 2 teams making their only WS appearance of the century (so far, obviously).
Also '21 was the Braves 4th championship
maybe they were just doing their time in Atlanta which is 2 but yeah i was confused by that.
What about 2000 wouldn’t they be the first of the century
As a Nats fan, that World Series hit different because it was a juggernaut vs. a team that started the year 19-31 and was playing with house money ever since. Also notable was that Scherzer was supposed to start game 5 for a match-up with Cole, but back spasms kept him from playing, leaving an ok pitcher in Joe Ross to make the start (I was at that game). The fact that he started game 7 and made it as long as he did is amazing.
Every WS winning team talks about overcoming adversity and coming together and all of those cliches. I feel like with the 2019 Nats those cliches were actually true. That team was special. Not because of their talent (though they had some prodigious talent on the roster), but because they really did live those cliches.
I was at Game 7 in 2016. Such a surreal experience as a Cubs fan. I vividly remember how loud that stadium was for the Cubs, how loud it got when Rajai Davis hit that homerun, the weird energy when everyone was getting out of the rain before the 10th started, and how loud everyone was singing "Go Cubs Go" as we walked down the concourse ramps.
World Series logos progressively getting worse and worse
2024 actually isn’t that bad, nature is healing
As a Rangers fan, I'm thankful 2023 was in the D tier. My heart couldn't take another S tier World Series.
Those nerves I felt were not of a D-tier series. Maybe not S, but it was at least B for games 1 and 5 alone.
@@tommyl.dayandtherunaways820yeah ngl don’t know he only made it a D tier considering how close it was in those game 5 innings
They never won a championship until 2023 so how?
@@rannicel what about the Angels. They haven’t been to the WS since 2002 😂
@@rannicel 2011 was S teier, I'm sure thats what he was referring too.
My favorite was this year’s World Series where my Rangers won their first in franchise history!!!!!!!
It’s still weird we are here in the off-season and that little ol ballclub from Arlington are The Baseball Club everybody is talking about!
@@NeverEvenRaced and why shouldn’t we be talking about it?! We got a lot to celebrate, right? It’s our first World Series championship in franchise history!!!!!!
@@davidmcaninch4714 trust me brother I’ve been on this ride longer than you can think. It was a fun October.
They can never take this away from us. The Rangers are cursed no more. They are world champions 😊
52 years in Texas yet even being born in 1988 I have watched/listened live to every playoff game in franchise history. How sweet this is
As a picky consumer of baseball videos like this, I thought this was very very well done. Lengthy but it had to be, I loved the detail
As an Astros fan, I watched the Rangers win it all and all I can say is that I was sorely disappointed in the Sneks. It was pretty one sided, but they did thier best and they both came very far for wildcard teams. The ALCS was definitely more exciting.
2015 always breaks my heart as a Mets fan, I was 12 years old and was just really starting to get into baseball that year. The Mets had such a fun season and playoff run that us fans rarely get to experience, and of course in the World Series they weren't prepared, were riding too high, and got completely outperformed by Kansas City. It was totally an exciting time to get into Mets baseball, but man did it prepare me for what being a Mets fan truly comes with 😂😂 So jealous of my dad who was 15 in 1986, he's at least seen the best Mets run ever lol
Shit I was starting to get into the sport that year too 😂 and I was 12
As a Royals fan that was a great team to play against, the Mets. We as fans were terrified of your pitchers. We’d seen what they had done.
2003 baby gang? lol@@imadawg2833
appreciate the recognition for our rotation that year, prime thor and matz, with an up and coming degrom and wheeler plus veteran harvey, your offense just bested us for real@@jenniferwood3643
Since the Rangers won the World Series, I've been able to appreciate how great the 2011 World Series was. Being able to see that from a more objective view might honestly be the best part of it all. I can finally let go of the anxiety that just thinking about David Freese.
My favorite logos are the 2006 and 2012 World Series as well
2011 best logo
I like the 2018 World Series simply because the dodgers got stomped, and Steve pierce popped off.
That Angels 2002 was pretty crazy come back S tier for sure!
All things considered, I wholeheartedly believe the the 2019 WS is the best one I ever saw. The drama, the story, the miracle. It was almost too good to be true. Easily the best imo
Yeah but the games were not competitive except the first one and I guess the last one even though the final score wasn't close
@@tbewin1z143games 4 and 5 were the only ones that I'd consider blowouts. Games 2, 6, and 7 all saw the Nats come through late, but were tense, exciting, competitive games most of the way through. I'll admit that I'm biased as a Nats fan, but even my brother, a Cubs fan, said at the time it was the most fun series he'd seen since 91. He enjoyed the games more than he did in 16 (though, to be fair, he's an extremely anxious person and spent most of October 2016 barely keeping the contents of his stomach down). 2019 was a great one.
As a Tigers fan who was born after they last won the World Series in 1984, 2006 and 2012 are still painful for me. I pulled hard for the Dodgers in both the 2017 and 2018 Series, so to find out that both of their opponents cheated their way to the title makes those almost as painful for me as those Detroit losses. While the Dodgers finally got another title in 2020, it was during the COVID-restricted season, and I hope they win another one soon when LA can give them all the usual celebrations that come with a WS championship. (FTR, the closest minor league team to me is a Dodgers affiliate, but I'm also sympathetic to them by virtue of being such a storied team.)
It amazes me that the Cubs 108-year World Series drought ending in 2016 has been largely overlooked by the Red Sox ending their own after 86 years in 2004 (or the White Sox after 88 years in 2005). Is it just that sportscasters are heavily biased toward the Red Sox versus the White Sox and Cubs?
The Red Sox really didn’t cheat in 2018.
I think the reason their drought ending was such a bigger deal is because it’s a bigger sports market, but also, it’s a better story. Trading, at the time, the best baseball player ever, for only money. It tells the stories of two teams. Sox went on a drought, and the Yankees bought 4 rings, which turned into 27.
@@hauntedhaunter6148 It's not a bigger market than Chicago, yet it got more coverage than either the White Sox or Cubs ending their droughts.
And yes, the MLB investigation found the Red Sox DID cheat by sign stealing in 2018.
@@hauntedhaunter6148 Uh, yes, they did cheat in 2018. Why were they punished if they really didn't cheat?
As a matter of fact, pretty much ALL of the MLB teams cheated in 2017 and 2018. Some did it with different systems, but the cheating was widespread. It's well-known throughout baseball.
Not defending anyone here--it was wrong for all of the teams to have done that, and a black mark for all of baseball to be certain.
@@martyklestadt6766 they weren’t punished. They were metaphorically slapped on the wrist for fighting with their metaphorical brother. Yankees didn’t like losing, so they made up some bullshit, Red Sox didn’t enjoy it so they made up equal amounts of bullshit. Whether it’s YES cameras or Apple Watches, both are bullshit and neither had any influence on the game.
@@hauntedhaunter6148 They may not have had much, if any, influence on the game, but they were still stealing signs electronically, just like everyone else.
What a great video idea! Disagree with some of the rankings, but I think this is one of the best videos on the subject of this century's WS's.
2014 Giants world series run was insane
I am not sure I would 2020, it's exactly a "real" world series. 2014 is my favorite World series of 21th century, so far. Just a wild one and a match-up almost crazier than ARZ vs TEX, no one saw KC coming.
Well you’re wrong and thats fine
@@doesanyonehavegum327 Am game tell me how 2020 is "real" then I'll tell why it definitely isn't.
@@nexuseagles6279It was an official MLB world series. It was the toughest postseason in MLB history. I honestly dont give a shit what your reasons are and neither does history. Like i said, youre allowed to be wrong.
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-37% of a normal season ( 60games)
- 8 seeds in the playoffs
- LAD had permit homefield advantage because they didn't leave Dallas after the first round. While TB had to go from TB to SD to Dallas. Totally fair right?
- Not series leading was even good especially on the NL side.
- The WS was a bore and less viewed WS until this year.
- only game worth remembering was game 4 only because of the ending.
Yeah this was nothing that Mickey mouse ring and most agree. But happy that the 2020 Lakers have a faker ring that the Dodgers.
After the recently concluded WS where do you now rank the 2024 WS Between Yankees vs Dodgers?
2002 was such a great series and I have never felt better about Angels baseball.
Us Giants fans feel differently about that 2002 World Series
@@86byrdmanyou guys did amazing tho it was a great series
W vid broski! outta curiosity which team do you typically pull for?
2005 White Sox, best postseason pitching performance ever!!!
He put the covid WS above the Rangers first WS. Lol
He's gotta be an Asstros fan lolol
Average self centered rangers fan moment
@@youknowwhaaat329 lol ok
Apart from game 1, this WS wasn't very good if we're being real here.
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2016 ia my favorite due to me being a Cubs fan, but that game 7 is still absolutely absurd. Mike Montgomery got his first career save, after a rain delay and two hits that made Cleveland rock like a magnitude 7 earthquake
F the cubs coincidently rained with no forecast of it at all I’ll die saying that series was fixed because it was considering the cubs teams after that clinch sucked balls while Cleveland continued to dominate
2023 was a year when both LCS were much more memorable than the World Series
It was the second time in North American sports that a 7 game series was won by the road team each game. Weird that both times it happened to the Astros.
@@sethmizrachi8337What was the other time?
@@tbewin1z1432019 world series
@@tbewin1z143 The 2019 World Series, as mentioned in this video.
@@martyklestadt6766 I misread his comment. I thought he said that both game 7's were won by the road team.
Left out Dusty giving the ball to Russ Ortiz in G6 2002.
No drama in 2019? The lack of mention of the Scherzer scratch, the return of Joe Ross, and Scherzer basically resurrecting in time for game 7 was a ton of drama!
And the Nat’s ace Stephen Strausburg…
Angels S tier.. earned my subscription
I would only put like 4 in S tier... The 2001 Dbacks, the 2004 Red Sox, the 2014 Cardinals, and the 2016 Cubs (I would put this one in SS tier. I would have about 13-15 in D and F tiers.
2014 cardinals? you mean 2011 cardinals?
It sounds like you just don't like baseball then or don't like the teams that won particular years
Most matchups are just boring with nothing compellling going on outside those particular fan bases.
@@marzix427must’ve not been watching then. 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013, and 2011 were all awesome and had back and forth competitive games and swings in the series
2020 sucked ass
Awesome. Please do a ranking of every World Series in the 20th Century next.
Great content! I pretty much agree with every placement including 2017 and 2020.
Tony Salmon and Mike Trout both on the angels 💀😵🤣
2014 and 2015, the most awesome and fun years my 38 year life have witnessed.
Game 5 of the 2017 World Series is the greatest game of baseball ever played
And it’s tainted by what we know now.
@@doesanyonehavegum327
So were the first 5 world series on this list tainted by steroids?
2011 Game 6 no question
@@g-manjamsdoesn’t matter when it’s not the right answer regardless lol
@@g-manjamsNo because everyone is on roids. When one team is cheating and the other isn’t, yeah it’s tainted.
Ranking every World Series I've ever seen:
1. 2019 Nats over Astros
2. 2022 Astros over Phillies
3. 2021 Braves over Astros
4. 2020 Dodgers over Rays
5. 2023 Rangers over DBacks
2001 was the Diamondbacks’ 4th year, not 3rd
Top 10 Best World Series Matchups of All Time:
1. 2016 (Cubs vs Indians)
2. 2001 (Yankees vs Diamondbacks)
3. 2011 (Rangers vs Cardinals)
4. 1986 (Red Sox vs Mets)
5. 1991 (Braves vs Twins)
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10. 2004 (Cardinals vs Red Sox)
One thing I think a lot of people fail to realize about the rajai davis homerun is how unlikely it was. For reference, he hit 62 homeruns in his entire 13 year career in the big leagues
i'm sure it's been pointed out, or intentional; but at 4:45 that video is called that because tim salmon says "that's the farthest hit ball i've ever seen" and the broadcast caught that gem of a clip
37:48 that alone made the nationals World Series epic
Great vid dude
I dont care what anybody says. Clint Hurdle is one of the best managers out there when it comes to team building and recruitment. Hes good at working with low budget ball clubs.
Rangers had one of the goat playoff runs, but their ws was mid at best
If you just look at it as a standard 4-1 series. I can see how you’d feel that way. In reality, most of these games were intensely competitive for long stretches, and the one that started as a rout, the D-Backs made us nervous towards the end. Seager and Garcia might have saved the series in game 1 (an all-time WS game). Game 5 was an intense pitcher’s duel that seemed to be favoring AZ until the final couple of innings.
Maybe not S, but I think it was about as good as a 5 game series can be.
@@tommyl.dayandtherunaways820 I get what you are saying, buy as a die hard rangers fan this couldn't be bettet than C tier
Best list I’ve seen!
21st Century Super Bowl Tier List:
S: XLII, XLIII, XLIX, LI
A: XXXVI, XXXVIII, LII, LIV, LVII
B: XXXIX, XLV, XLVI, XLVII, LVI
C: XLI, XLIV, 50
D: XLVIII, LV
F: XXXV, XXXVII, XL, LIII
2016 only for the drought alone
One of the best sports vids ever
when you said how the 2017 Astros got to the world series, I thought you were going to say "by beating their trashcans"
23:23, that is actually incorrect. 1926 World Series ended when the Cardinals picked off Babe Ruth and the Yankees to end that series and gave St. Louis its 1st ever title.
Fun Fact: that 5-run 9th inning in Game 2 of 2000 world series included a home run from Jay Payton off of Mariano Rivera. Payton became the 2nd player to hit a postseason home run off of Mariano Rivera.
He would also be the last.
24:31 MadBum’s worst performance ever 😂
2017 my first world series and 2022 my favorite world series
Houston Astros are my team
2023 you hate the Rangers for Life LMAO
@@SocraticMind89 Nope. It was a great ALCS, and at least a Texas team represented the state well in the WS. I like the fact that both teams are great at the same time, which hasn't happened much.
Looking forward to how this plays out next season.
I’ve always thought the Rangers should have pitched Holland in game 7 in 2011. He was coming off an incredible start, ride the hot hand
45:31 That ending slayed me 😂.
Someone made a video saying the Rockies-Red Sox World Series was the worst ever. As a Red Sox fan, even I don't remember what happened in that series very much. I've seen 29 World Series as a fan (since 1995) and Astros-Dodgers, Yankees-Dbacks, and Cardinals-Rangers were my three favorite as far as close competitiveness goes.
2017 Game 5 to me is the most tragic World Series game I can think of. Already (unfairly, imo) much maligned for his postseason performance, Kershaw was untouchable in Game 1. Then Game 5 in Houston, didn't get a single swing and miss on a breaking ball. One of the greatest sliders and curveballs ever suddenly was fooling no one. Meanwhile the only LA pitcher that did well in Houston was Alex Wood who was downright paranoid about sign stealing. Later he almost got in a fight over it (unrelated to Houston). Yet the Dodgers offense was miraculously able to keep pace with them for 9 innings. The series denied one of the greatest pitchers of all time his first ring, a WSMVP, and forever tainted his legacy. Goddamn shame.
Yes, it's a shame that both teams (as well as all of MLB) were stealing signs electronically during that time (but likely not during the postseason). During the postseason, it was likely just scouting and playoff pressure that led to all of the Astros' hits off of Kershaw.
And of course Wood was paranoid about the sign-stealing, because he knew how rampant it was with the Dodgers doing it also.
2001 & 2016 are top 2 easily. Ill admit bias from being a dbacks fan and even besides that 2016 series was movie level.
2011 better
2001 world series was the best feeling ever, beeing a dbacks fan and that happening was magical
C tier for 2004 is a war crime.
Fr
you're right. Should be an F Tier. Absolutely a snooze fest of a World Series.
4-0 series are pretty hard to objectively enjoy as a neutral fan, even more so when the winning team smashes the other 3/4 games
The 2004 World Series was meh. It’s a C- to me.
2015 is the best solely because of the KANSAS CITY ROYALS
The Braves have FOUR World Series championships, not 2.
He may have been referring to the Atlanta version of the team, since the first two came in Boston and Milwaukee respectively.
Great video!
Back to Foulke never gets old
My rankings since I started watching baseball in 2010:
S- 2011, 2016, 2017
A- 2013, 2015
B- 2014, 2020, 2018, 2019
C- 2021, 2022, 2023
D- 2010, 2012
F- hot take: no World Series is considered F tier
My favorite was the 2011 series.
As a Rangers fan, I can't say the same.
Rangers lost that and gave it to St. Louis who definitely didn't earn it.
Didn’t earn it? That might be the worst take I’ve heard in years.
@@connormadden182 agreed the cardinals more than earned it...3 times in game 6
@@Soc1alBK cry more
I still have trouble seeing why people see 2016 as the best series since 2000. Yes the significance of both teams made it great, but the games itself besides 3 and 7 were boring. Game 7 wasn’t even that much of a back and forth match. Idk I think judging by games itself imo 2011 and 2017 were better. Game 7 2016 definitely wasn’t the greatest game of all time
You can make a case the World Series from 2005 to 2008 could be in the D and F tiers
Also, 2021 wasn't the Braves' second World Series title, but their fourth.
I'm sure he meant the second one with the franchise being in Atlanta. Maybe he didn't even know the Braves had been there before in different cities.
He meant with Atlanta. The Milwaukee Braves have 2, and the Atlanta Braves have 2.
@@spacedude1145I know, but he should have made that clear.
2011 was the Best, mostly because of how the cardinals and Rays made it to the playoffs on game 162 after being way behind in the WC race
let’s gooo w upload
2004 was my favorite.. 2013 and 2018 where wicked good to though.
2019 was amazing. Definitely worthy of the A tier.
Me a tigers fan seeing 2006 in F tier: thank you
As a yankees fan it's sad to stay I can stop watching after 5 minutes
The 2007 Rockies were a wild card team I believe they are the first NL team to win a pennant
The 2004 ALCS was the real world series, Cardinals really sucked.
Any time a team wins it’s first title it’s automatic s tier
Not if the series itself isn't that great.
I'm an Astros fan, been one since I could remember. My dad was a fan since the 70s, my grandfather since they started existence in Houston. I think of 2017 and I think of two things. 1. We didn't need to cheat to win, and now its tainted. And 2. GURRIEL. HAS. TIED IT. anyways uh where was I, oh yeah. So my favorite world series that I've been able to watch. 1. 2017 WS (Gurriel), 2. 2016 WS, 3. 2022 WS, 4. 2011 WS, 5. 2018 WS (Yes I hate the Dodgers, bear with me)
As an Astros fan I do wish we had done it clean. We didnt need the crutch we used.
How did you not need to cheat if it took 7 games win while cheating lol. Run the tapes back, so much evidence of cheating on the biggest hits of the series
@@Dommasi23They were better on the road in 2017, which they won in LA in Game 7
@@big_lolo_01Yep, I agree
@@Dommasi23 Really? There was a study done, and no banging was heard during the Series. Both teams (as well as all of MLB) were cheating in 2017 and 2018. It's well-known.
So that's what they meant when they said that they didn't need to cheat.
Braves have won 4, not 2. The first two were in Boston and Milwaukee. Not trying to be a jerk btw, like the video
Great video!!!
15:19 I was in attendance at that game. Awesome
Almost need another tier above S for 2016.
2016 will go down in history as the GOAT years down the road imo
Explain please
In my naturally unbiased opinion as a Braves fan, 2021 is God tier, followed by years Philly and the Mets lost
Game 7 of the 2016 World Series is arguably the greatest game of all time. The two biggest droughts into extras in game 7, wild.
In my opinion, the 2003 World Series doesn't deserve to be B-tier. I know it went to 6 games and was reasonably competitive, but let's talk a bit about the background.
Firstly, the matchup itself was a massive letdown for the vast, vast majority of baseball fans. Most people were much less interested in the WS than they had been in the respective CSs, because once those were over, the typical response was either "welp, no one to root for" or "I guess it'll never be the year." In both CSs, a charismatic team that was starved for a championship lost in spectacular fashion to an opponent that no one (apart of course from their fans) really wanted to see win another championship. So just due to missed opportunity alone, this WS had certainly the least hype of any steroid-era WS (of course today, as baseball interest among Americans is slowly dying out, little national hype is normal, but this was 20 years ago).
Then you talk about the actual teams in the game. They each represented everything fans hated about baseball, old and new. I don't have to discuss much why the Yankees were hated at this time; they had won all but two of the previous pennants going back to 1996, were owned by Steinbrenner, had been signing all the top FA stars in baseball over the previous few years such as Clemens, Mussina, and Giambi, and of course were the Yankees. They represented an old tradition that I think many people were long fed-up with; apart from NYY fans, no one wanted to see them add to their ring collection. The Marlins, on the other hand, represented much that was wrong with the Wild Card era of baseball. They had won a WS by renting a superteam in 1997, then totally gutted it, got in numerous quarrels with the city/league and changed ownership, and now out of nowhere they were doing the WS thing again. They were a Wild Card team both times, and no one in their right mind would have called them the best team in the NL at any point in their history. They showed exactly what happens when you expand playoffs in sports - the best teams stop winning consistently, and random chaos can occur. And as Bob Costas always said in the 97 series, there was no "plight of the long-suffering Marlins fan" like there was for Chicago or Boston.
Now I'm not saying it wasn't a tremendous run by the Marlins. As a Nats fan, I know how annoying the "no one care(s)/(d) about your team, no one remembers that you won that championship" thing can be, when fans of other, bigger brand teams make fun of your franchise by belittling the WS you won. It's not a nice thing. But there was just nothing spectacular about the World Series itself (the series they won against the Giants and Cubs on the other hand featured some absolute classic moments). It was a somewhat even match between two teams, who played six mostly nondescript games and eventually the Marlins won. These were not thrillers, there were no iconic moments; actually, there were only three moments the impartial non-psycho has any chance at all of remembering (the one game that ended in a walkoff win for FL, the HR that Skinny Miggy hit after McCarver's horrific attempt to say "au revoir" to Roger Clemens, and Beckett tagging Posada out). Those are the only moments you remember, maybe you even remember less than that, and unless you're a fan of one of the teams involved, there are hundreds and hundreds of baseball moments that you've seen which top all of these. None of the games would be worth rewatching unless you're a Marlins fan.
I have nothing against either of those teams, but very few people were excited for that series, and very few people would say it was a memorable one, except in the way that any World Series is. And after the series was over, fans all over America just kinda rolled their eyes. They would have done the same if the Yankees had won.
Considering my favorite teams are the Cubs and Guardians (November 2016 is one of my all-time favorite months, despite something else that also happened that month) I have little love for the Marlins. I was very happy to see Soler make his first AS team this year, but that's about it. And the Yankees have stopped the Guardians in their tracks so much that I harbor little love for them either. So maybe I am not the best person to comment on your comment, but you put a lot of thought into your comment and I think that deserves to be respected.
What I remember most about the 2003 postseason was the brilliance and utter dominance of a young 23 y/o Josh Beckett, who began to establish himself as one of the baddest dudes to ever toe the rubber in October.
Beckett had already turned in a couple of stellar performances leading into the final game of the 03 postseason, but he saved his best for last on three days’ rest in the decisive Game 6, shutting out -- and, frankly, stunning -- the Bronx Bombers with a 107-pitch gem at Yankee Stadium.
Marlins manager Jack McKeon opted for Beckett on short rest instead of Mark Redman, who had struggled in Game 2. Beckett rewarded his skipper with the first complete game shutout in the final game of the World Series since Morris in 1991.
Beckett tagged Jorge Posada for the last out of the game, symbolizing his complete dominance in the clincher.
Then, in storybook fashion, he was hoisted upon the shoulders of his teammates and carried off the field as WS MVP.
Nobody going to read all that
@@westhoodqualzini7884 Your decision.
The 2007 World Series and the 2012 World Series were both Uncompetitive, as both the Rockies and Tigers had magical seasons and they just Vanished in the World Series.
2005 was the best. Go white sox! by go, i mean SELL THE TEAM, JERRY!
The Braves won in 2021. Automatic S-Tier.
@40:15 your statement was actually false. The first person to ever lead off a world series with a home run was Escobar in the 2015 world series. (All-be-it an inside the park home run)
Now do on one all World Series.
Honestly, all the world series have felt pretty mediocre since 2016.
2017? 2019?
As a Dodger fan, 2020 is my favorite but for overall competitiveness I like 2019.
Not a real World series, it's a Mickey Mouse ring. I honestly only remember game 4 for the ending and that's it.
who cares what you think lmao@@nexuseagles6279
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@@nexuseagles6279 cry harder lol
I'm gonna be that asshole. The 21st Century didn't start until 2021.
2011 is the best, hands down, no discussion needed