I know this comment won't get much attention, but I was a 8 year old kid sitting in those stands in 2002. When the last out was made in the bottom of the 6th inning, I began to cry to my dad thinking that the game was over. Taught me a very valuable lesson that I carried into my college baseball career: The game is not over until 27 outs are made. The philosophy of it never being over changed my life.
Dude I was the same age. Unfortunately we were way too poor to afford tickets for a game, but I remember my entire family watching this and game 7 in some apartments on Catalina right off of brookhurst street. That game 7 win, was insane. The entire city celebrated like there was no tomorrow. I remember everyone running outside and looking towards the direction of the angels stadium, fireworks everywhere. What a hell of a night.
I was 9 years old, somehow or another my dad got 4 tickets for game 6, I think he won them on the radio. Funny thing is they were in the handy cap spot behind right field. So I elected to go in a wheelchair, it was worth it, going to a World Series game for the only time my team was in a World Series, you bet your ass in going. We sat in front of the inflatable gene autry Jersey. It truly was one of the best moments of my life.
I was there for Game 7. The atmosphere in the Stadium was unreal! The noise - the thunder stix - the more than enthusiastic crowd! Seeing the Angels win a World Championship - in manner that they did it - is one of the favorite memories of my entire life.
Lou Brock, the color commentator said it best. Quote "you cannot beat the Angels for six innings. You can't beat them for 7 innings. You can't beat them for eight innings. You have to beat them for ALL NINE innings. They are never out of a game"
@Lighthouse in the Storm A guy who was not only a major asshole but also cheated his way to a record he didn't earn? Most baseball fans hate the guy, dude.
Ryan Kennedy also, x factor (eckstein), sandfrog (spezio), the pounding prettyboy (glaus), "flyin" chone figgins, the hitman (erstad), I don't have a nickname for garrett anderson
I'm a Yankees fan and I always loved the Angels. Maybe because Angels in the Outfield was my favorite movie growing up. But the fact that the Angels took away the cheating Bonds' only shot of getting a ring, makes me love them so much more. And they have some passsionate fans.
Thanks from an Angels fan! Same here,sooooo glad that cheater Bonds NEVER got a ring,thanks to our Angels. Have to laugh remembering I sat behind Bonds wife at the first WS game...I made damn sure I used those thunder sticks right over her head the whole game. LOL We lost that game but I was thrilled just to be there! Good luck to your Yankees,see ya in the playoffs again someday. :)
Stfu. Bonds was elite but he wanted to get better with steroids. But he was one of the best players of all time. Better than any Yankees batter ever. Your best batter ever was A rod and he used steroids great player but steroids got in use.
You do realize the Angels went through the Yankees to get to this series, right? Angel were a thorn in the Yankees side for a few post seasons. Interesting comment.
Me and my best friend growing up were huge angels fans, we had this WS on DVD and would watch it constantly. Then go outside and play our own world series. Such great memories watching this
Dodger fans will probably never root as hard for the Angels as we did in this series. We just could not bear seeing the Giants and Bonds win a title. I was so happy when the Angels won.
I was at these games, it was unreal there. And from anaheim born , and raised, it makes me sick that they are now called los angeles angels( we aint LA). To listen to the announcers say Anaheim Angels makes me smile!
+curtis larsen Salary cap and having guys on 10 year contracts doesn't give him much wiggle room. Plus Artie's game before even buying the Angels was to tap that LA market and pull Dodger fans on the OC/LA county border. And honestly.. he's did it quite well. He is a marketing man, thats how he made his millions.
I totally get the Salary Cap, i get what he is doing for the angels, im just saying he could go out and get shit we need like a 3rd baseman or a left fielder..And had the shot this year. If Marketing won championships fuck how many world series you think we would of won lol.
That pitch Spezio hit out was a great pitch. At the knees and on the corner after readjusting him his eyes with all those high and outside fastballs. Unbelievable hitting.
The good ol' days when we were the ANAHEIM Angels. They are in Orange County not LA county, and being from Anaheim, i hate that theyre called the LA Angels.
One of the things about this Angels team was that they were so tough to strike out. These guys were so damn good at making contact, they were always in it.
"BONDS STUMBLES AND FALLS!!!!!'" THE NEW BILL BUCKNER I was in my fourth year at college when this happened.....The dorm room was going ballistic.....EVERYONE WAS GLUED TO THEIR TVs WHEN BONDS MUFFED IT. What a time to be alive baby!!!!!
I was shocked on how San Francisco blew this game. Bonds had MVP by a landslide. I pretty much knew The Angles would win Game 7. This was one of the biggest Choke Jobs in Post Season MLB History.
I own the ball that clinched a playoff spot that year. It was a Texas day game. Anderson caught the final out, and rolled it across the dugout to me. Still have it to this day. There were only 10,000 fans at that game in Texas. You could hear Percival grunt as he threw in the 9th. What a year.
Life long Angel fan here, 50 years!...watching this game, live at home , when the 6th inning started , turned to my buddy and said " its been a GREAT year, glad my team played well in the World Series, hats off to the Giants, they are a really good team , they deserve it"....then a few minutes later....Spiezio hit the ball which coined the phrase " the swing that changed a franchise "...what a Moment!....it completely turned the game and series around.....My beloved Halos go on to win it all in 2002!...Priceless JOY!!!!
I call this "The Mistake." When Dusty Baker came out to get Russ Ortiz and gave him the ball thinking that it was going to be the GAME BALL when the Giants won the game and thus the World Series. M-I-S-T-A-K-E! Some Angels players took offense to this arrogant presumption and made the Giants pay dearly and ripped the Series right out from under them!
Elestar Blogs I cannot blame Dusty for his pitchers blowing a 5-run lead in game 6. Barry missed the catch then made that bad defensive error that helped cost them that game. Also, defensive alignment against Glaus should have had Bonds further back than where he was to account for a double in the gap, which is maybe on Dusty.
I was attending Cal State Fullerton at the time (a few miles north of Anaheim). It was an exciting time to be up there with the Thunder Stix and the Rally Monkey. Having Troy Glaus win MVP was extra special considering we’re alumni of the same high school. Great win for the franchise.
Nathan Shank you have to realize the angels were down 5-0 in the 7th inning. 8 outs remaining. The cards had an epic comeback, but they werent down by as many runs though
I'd rank the 2011 Cardinals as the 2nd best comeback. 1986 Mets vs. Red Sox is still the craziest, most wild comeback not only in baseball history, but in sports history. The Mets were down to their last out, down 2 runs, with NOONE on base. Then they were down to their LAST STRIKE FOUR TIMES which is insane. And to top it off, they tie the game on a wild pitch, and win the game on a ball through Buckners legs all during Mookie Wilsons at-bat! Nothing will ever top that World Series comeback, in my opinion.
That was such an amazing comeback for them. I remember watching this game. They never gave up.that was a once in a lifetime magical team ..The halo shined a little brighter under that team.
Thank you, Philly fans are some of the most diehard fans in the sports world. I'm glad you guys finally won a Superbowl! I'm originally from Jersey and love the area and will always consider it Home.
It's also funny when you watch Angels In The Outfield, the Angels have to beat the White Sox in the final game to win the division. The Sox were painted as the villains in that movie. You look at this series between the real Angels and Giants, it has the same feel cause San Fran had Barry Bonds and Jeff Kent.
I was at this game with my dad when I was 11. I just watched this with my 5 year old and teared up a bit. Can’t wait till she gets the chance to watch an angels World Series with me.
Humble blue collar team, great looking new logo and color scheme, and of course a name that represented not just Anaheim where the team is but a name that proudly and accurately represented Orange County and Angels nation. The Anaheim Angels had finally fulfilled Gene Autry’s dream in every way. Unfortunately, Arty Moreno has torn it all down. He has gone after big white collar type contracts that have suffocated the teams payroll, he has regularly talked about taking the team to another city and he gave our proud Anaheim Angels name to our natural rivals in Los Angeles!!! We may have been technically formed in LA but we never had a home there. Literally, never had a home, then Gene Autry found a welcoming home in Orange County and we were happy. But now our name and identity has been given to a city that could not care less about it. But we will always have 2002, and a trout and Ohtani are fun to watch. Unfortunately they are stuck in a franchise that has been completely botched by the disrespectful owner
I don't know why the papers listed this series as the "Dodgers worst nightmare". I've never had any beef with the Angels. It's more of a friendly rivalry to me. Of course I can't speak for Angels fans. Shiet, Angels did us a solid by beating those fools up north.
+rockabillylaker friendly? There was 36 Angel fan car's that got keyed when the Dodger's played in Anaheim last. Not counting a bunch that got tossed for fighting. Stuff like this NEVER happens in Anaheim.
those aren't doyer fans. Those are thugs. They key anybody's car. Even if the Orioles are in town, they'll still key their car. Real, knowledgeable Doyer fans couldn't care less about the Angels. They're no threat until we meet in the World Series.
Edgehead10075 Giants were irrelevant for 5 decades, now all of a sudden you act as if you've been fans your whole life. Dodgers 5, Giants 3. Dodgers were at the very least in contention their whole existence. It wasn't until MLB added a wild card that you decided to win a ring. Shut the fuck up, front runner.
Edgehead10075 I bet you had to look that up considering 90% of your "fan base" never even existed before 2010. Years down the line you'll still be spewing that "3 in 5" line. You'll sound like Al Bundy holding onto that 1 great moment as you fade again into mediocrity and threaten to move to Florida like you did some 20 years ago. Yes, Dodgers are a joke, a big fuckin joke and we've known so since after 88 but, you know what? We still have record setting attendance every year and have some of the most knowledgeable, loyal fans. All you have is a bunch of front runners who disappear when things don't go your way. You "fans" were completely MIA before 2010.
Barry Bonds is my 2nd all time favorite player but seeing Bonds juggle the ball and fall trying to pick it up has got to be one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen
Mayan Empire 2011 ok ok? You’re joking. 2011 was as epic as the Mets rally in 86. The Mets were down 2 2 outs 2 strikes in game 6. Texas was one strike away up two in game 6 twice and choked! 2011 was historic Freese was unreal.
I gave up right when Scott Spiezio was due to bat came back from going out couple hours later my brother told me we won I couldn't believe I left. Game 7 was nice!
Notice how the cheering gets louder as Figgins crosses home plate, with Anderson right behind him. I get goosebumps every time. "Here comes Figgins!! Here comes Anderson!! The Angels take the lead, six to five!!"
Yea and then Scott Spiezio hits that Homerun Followed by Darin Erstad and Doubles by Garrett Anderson & Troy Glaus and then Troy Percival shuts the door...Awesome !
aznpikachu215 agreed. Also because 2016 was after giants fans saw three titles only a few years earlier. San Francisco as a city had never won a World Series until 2010, and this choke job was one of the reasons why.
karma was so alive and visible at this series that u could damn near shake its hand. i love my giants but as fan of the game i just didnt feel like we deserved to win. and i was reassured of my beliefs after they won in 2010 when it was a real team and they won the right way and the honest way. i felt proud, like there is no argument about them not deserving it or cheating to win. fair and square.
The one and only World Series that I never watched. I had eye surgery for my glaucoma as a kid and I couldn’t watch the 2002 World Series recovering in the hospital, it was interesting to see the Angels vs Giants in a All California Series.
@@Frankieefootballmundial yeah, my cousins that are from San Francisco are Giants fans, they came over to visit us here in NC back in 2010. We got to see the 2010 Series against Texas on TV together and couldn’t believe that they won.
Always have liked the Halo Boys. Especially since they performed a miraculous comeback delivered from the Big Man upstairs. And i like to believe that it was just so Bonds could get his hopes up so high only to have them crushed and brought back to earth. He will never enter the HOF. Has had is lie erased from the books. And never got or deserved to be called a champion. Yes the Angels were made champions in the 6th game because everyone already knew that the 7 th game was gonna be won by them.
Great comeback, big collapse by Giants. I remember Tim Worrell, gave Barry a staredown after he botched that fly ball. Barry, was a defensive liability.
Fun fact: The Angels' comeback in Game 6 is the largest in World Series history by a team *facing elimination.* For those that know baseball history, the 1929 Philadelphia Athletics overcame a larger deficit (rallying from an 8-0 scoreline against the Cubs in Game 4 to win 10-8), but they were leading 2-1 in the series at the time, so they weren't facing elimination. They held that lead to go up 3-1, then used a ninth inning rally to win the Series 4-1 on a walk-off single the next day.
6:28 and 7:40 - Barry Bonds loses the WS all by his lonesome. Did it again in game 7. His speed masked his complete incompetence, and this is the glorious result of the wheels being gone. And his arm was a noodle from the start. Know why Andruw Jones is the best defensive center fielder of all time? He made it look easy because he was almost always positioned correctly. Bonds was clueless.
He directly allowed the Angels to win with his awful D. A competent outfielder would have made the plays. His team did not let the runs in, he did. So, yes, by his lonesome.
Dusty Baker should have never taken Ortiz out of the game... I guess he did't do his homework... The Angels that year had something like 48 come from behind wins that season... Meaning you had better have a damn good reason for taking your starting pitcher out of the game because these guys feasted on their opposing teams bullpen... That is an incredible stat.... So again Dusty Baker elected to go to his bullpen with a 5-0 lead... Not a very good idea.... I think he took Ortiz out to soon... Just my opinion though...
***** Just a very stupid move in my opinion.... You don't take your starting pitcher out especially when he was just dominating that Angels line-up he had something like 8 strikeouts & was pitching a shutout.... even at that point had he loaded up the bases & given up a grand slam the Giants still would have been up by a run.... The Angels had the best hitting average in the majors against relief pitching... If Dusty Baker had left Ortiz in to finish the inning at least The Giants would more likely then not have won the World Series...
ogrebattle22763 How many pitches did Ortiz have during the 7th inning? I think about 95 or something, and Felix Rodriguez was one of their consistent relievers, just bad timing, I suppose.
***** You worry about pitch count during the regular season NOT during the playoffs & World Series... Ozzie Gullien's White Sox won the World Series on old school managing... How many times during that World Series did we see his White Sox starting pitching get into jams but Guillen never panicked & never worried about pitch count & his starting pitching manged to get out of jams... My theory is you ride your starting pitcher unless he tells you he doesn't have it anymore that's different but with a 5 run cushion a grand slam & they were still up a run it makes no sense.... to me anyway... Samething with Jim Leyland last year he took out his starting pitching when he really shouldn't have & it cost him the playoff series because of it...
ogrebattle22763 But the gamble might or might not pay off, you never know what can happen with each decision. Like fast forward to the 2003 ALCS, in the eighth inning, with the Red Sox leading 5-2, things unraveled for Boston. Sox manager Grady Little left a tiring Martinez in for the eighth, a controversial move, and what happened? 5-5.
5:45, when Russ Ortiz puts his water bottle down, it looks like he’s saying in his mind while looking at the big hitters for the Angels, “Oh shoot the big hitters for the Halos are up” 😮😮😮😳
I was in Berkeley during this Series. A friend of mine was a diehard Giants fan, and we were watching one of the games at a sushi bar. My friend, of course, wanted the Giants to crush the Angels, they were favored to win after all, they haven't won in decades (yeah, the Cubs and Angels would like a word), and as I later learned, Giants fan gonna Giants fan, they can be rather... militant (granted, sample size of 2, but both of them were "win at all costs even by playing dirty" levels of fanaticism). I said to her, "Well, look at it this way, if the Angels come back and make it a 3-3 series, you're watching a full 7 game World Series." Naive me, thinking she would enjoy the _ballgame_ rather than simply enjoy winning. And then the Halos went on to win it all. I do feel a little bad about that.
This team had me a believer and they showed what it means to believe and not say die. I was young when they came back and was stoked for a movieliek finish
throughout the season, angels grinded out wins. a never give up attitude. games always loooked like angels were playing from behind but destiny was always on their side. GOOOO ANGELS!
Spezio's HR was IMO the Series changer. The floodgates opened after that. And this team was NOT a team that you let get one ounce of momentum, because as we saw they will tear you to shreds (Ask David Wells, etc)
I know this comment won't get much attention, but I was a 8 year old kid sitting in those stands in 2002. When the last out was made in the bottom of the 6th inning, I began to cry to my dad thinking that the game was over. Taught me a very valuable lesson that I carried into my college baseball career: The game is not over until 27 outs are made. The philosophy of it never being over changed my life.
I was a recently transferred junior at Cal St. Fullerton and what a time to move to the OC! I know what you mean! Good times!!!
Dude I was the same age. Unfortunately we were way too poor to afford tickets for a game, but I remember my entire family watching this and game 7 in some apartments on Catalina right off of brookhurst street. That game 7 win, was insane. The entire city celebrated like there was no tomorrow. I remember everyone running outside and looking towards the direction of the angels stadium, fireworks everywhere. What a hell of a night.
As Yogi Berra once said,
"It ain't over, 'till it's over"
It's not over until it's over.
I was 9 years old, somehow or another my dad got 4 tickets for game 6, I think he won them on the radio. Funny thing is they were in the handy cap spot behind right field. So I elected to go in a wheelchair, it was worth it, going to a World Series game for the only time my team was in a World Series, you bet your ass in going. We sat in front of the inflatable gene autry Jersey. It truly was one of the best moments of my life.
I was there for Game 7. The atmosphere in the Stadium was unreal! The noise - the thunder stix - the more than enthusiastic crowd! Seeing the Angels win a World Championship - in manner that they did it - is one of the favorite memories of my entire life.
This team and the 2019 Nationals. The two teams that just played the game so confidently regardless of the score. Really incredible.
And 2011 cardinals
And 2022 Phillies after tonight’s 5-0 deficit
@@jdaily2293 yeah... abou tthat..
Lou Brock, the color commentator said it best. Quote "you cannot beat the Angels for six innings. You can't beat them for 7 innings. You can't beat them for eight innings. You have to beat them for ALL NINE innings. They are never out of a game"
If only we got rid of Joe Buck
You sure that wasn’t Joe Morgan??
@@DoubleDash28it was Joe Morgan, not Lou Brock.
"Bonds stumbles and falls!" The greatest words these ears have ever heard. Go Angels!!!
@Lighthouse in the Storm
A guy who was not only a major asshole but also cheated his way to a record he didn't earn? Most baseball fans hate the guy, dude.
Bonds committed five errors in the postseason, the most of any player.
First Tim Salmon... Now Mike Trout...angels and their fish names
lol
Ryan Kennedy they do it on purpose I feel
Ryan Kennedy king fish (salmon) and prince fish (trout)
Ryan Kennedy also, x factor (eckstein), sandfrog (spezio), the pounding prettyboy (glaus), "flyin" chone figgins, the hitman (erstad), I don't have a nickname for garrett anderson
mr. Forgettable
Angels fan forever, no matter what!
Yep
My kinda gal!
I wish the angels can win a world series again :(
Thank you, Angels, for keeping Barry Roids from winning a World Series ring. Watching him butcher that play is wonderful.
+FDzerzhinsky the main reason why I keep returning to this video. The fall of Goliath.
Alfredo Montes they will just wait trout having a monster year soon so will Calhoun
Their time is coming soon from a Yankees fan :)
Alfredo Montes Dont worry they'll get one in the next 10 years
brings me chills every time I watch this comeback! This was epic!
Joshua Han Awesome comeback
I'm a Yankees fan and I always loved the Angels. Maybe because Angels in the Outfield was my favorite movie growing up. But the fact that the Angels took away the cheating Bonds' only shot of getting a ring, makes me love them so much more. And they have some passsionate fans.
Thanks from an Angels fan! Same here,sooooo glad that cheater Bonds NEVER got a ring,thanks to our Angels. Have to laugh remembering I sat behind Bonds wife at the first WS game...I made damn sure I used those thunder sticks right over her head the whole game. LOL We lost that game but I was thrilled just to be there! Good luck to your Yankees,see ya in the playoffs again someday. :)
That's awesome. That stadium must've been loud. Good luck in that AL West. Trout is a beast. Your time will come soon.
Stfu. Bonds was elite but he wanted to get better with steroids. But he was one of the best players of all time. Better than any Yankees batter ever. Your best batter ever was A rod and he used steroids great player but steroids got in use.
A rod smokes babe Ruth in real talent I don’t wanna hear anything about players that played before the 60s
You do realize the Angels went through the Yankees to get to this series, right? Angel were a thorn in the Yankees side for a few post seasons. Interesting comment.
Me and my best friend growing up were huge angels fans, we had this WS on DVD and would watch it constantly. Then go outside and play our own world series. Such great memories watching this
@Lighthouse in the Storm I definitely watched it but not constantly like the WS
Tim Salmon finally got his ring.
Well stated!!! King Fish! Upstream!!
Everyone forgets about this series one the best
Dodger fans will probably never root as hard for the Angels as we did in this series. We just could not bear seeing the Giants and Bonds win a title. I was so happy when the Angels won.
Yes indeed!!! #THINKBLUE
This was the Angels year no one was gonna beat them
It was almost as if they were destined to win, no matter what.
Giants pretty much did. Bad managing, poor clutch pitching. But we got 3 rings now
Especially with a very bad start at the beginning of the year.
@@NishiMartin25 I’m just glad Bonds never got one te heeeee
I was at these games, it was unreal there. And from anaheim born , and raised, it makes me sick that they are now called los angeles angels( we aint LA). To listen to the announcers say Anaheim Angels makes me smile!
I wonder what made them change
Arte owns all the billboards and it's all about marketing, yet he's afraid to spend money to make the team really solid.
+curtis larsen Salary cap and having guys on 10 year contracts doesn't give him much wiggle room. Plus Artie's game before even buying the Angels was to tap that LA market and pull Dodger fans on the OC/LA county border. And honestly.. he's did it quite well. He is a marketing man, thats how he made his millions.
I totally get the Salary Cap, i get what he is doing for the angels, im just saying he could go out and get shit we need like a 3rd baseman or a left fielder..And had the shot this year. If Marketing won championships fuck how many world series you think we would of won lol.
curtis larsen I refuse to call them anything other than the Anaheim Angels, by the way GBR!
That pitch Spezio hit out was a great pitch. At the knees and on the corner after readjusting him his eyes with all those high and outside fastballs. Unbelievable hitting.
The good ol' days when we were the ANAHEIM Angels. They are in Orange County not LA county, and being from Anaheim, i hate that theyre called the LA Angels.
They are named after the city of Los Angeles. That's where they started in the Pacific Coast League and MLB.
I kno i fucking hate it
NuclearHendrix the stadium is in Anaheim
I still prefer and still call them the California Angels
Cole Lutz agree
I watched this 30 times and. Still can't believe it #Angelsfan
same here.
takes me back when I was 10.
One of the things about this Angels team was that they were so tough to strike out. These guys were so damn good at making contact, they were always in it.
I'm glad to have witnessed in person one of the greatest ball games of all time.
watching those bobbles by Bonds (and I saw it live woot) ... just .... SO SO satisfying. :)
"BONDS STUMBLES AND FALLS!!!!!'" THE NEW BILL BUCKNER I was in my fourth year at college when this happened.....The dorm room was going ballistic.....EVERYONE WAS GLUED TO THEIR TVs WHEN BONDS MUFFED IT. What a time to be alive baby!!!!!
Did that Bonds error really matter though? The double that followed would have cleared the bases anyway.
@@fishbone3333 it was just the icing on the cake.
I don't car what anyone says, this is the best comeback ever in a game
Melany Fletes in the history of comebacks
@Brian Dubowik lmfao right
@Brian Dubowik was that the world series? No
@@bnzchacon5455 What about the Comeback on Katella? Ducks down 3-0 and scored 3 goals in the last 3 minutes?
I was shocked on how San Francisco blew this game. Bonds had MVP by a landslide. I pretty much knew The Angles would win Game 7. This was one of the biggest Choke Jobs in Post Season MLB History.
and you're 9
get a life dude
Frankie_ Chikali you're right man that was bad lol
Team game
@Frankie_ Chikali The difference is the Dodgers never came back from game 7, the Giants choked incredibly in that game 6 and then blew it in game 7
I own the ball that clinched a playoff spot that year. It was a Texas day game. Anderson caught the final out, and rolled it across the dugout to me. Still have it to this day. There were only 10,000 fans at that game in Texas. You could hear Percival grunt as he threw in the 9th. What a year.
my parents took me to this game as a 6 month year old, they said i slept the whole time. lol
Jake Okamoto how??
There is no way you could sleep through that crown im calling bullshit
A 6 month year old? Lol
Blessed! You experienced the bliss of Anaheim! Haha we love it
Yes a six month old makes sense y’all. Anaheim’s one of the best and safest cities and that’s facts.
Life long Angel fan here, 50 years!...watching this game, live at home , when the 6th inning started , turned to my buddy and said " its been a GREAT year, glad my team played well in the World Series, hats off to the Giants, they are a really good team , they deserve it"....then a few minutes later....Spiezio hit the ball which coined the phrase " the swing that changed a franchise "...what a Moment!....it completely turned the game and series around.....My beloved Halos go on to win it all in 2002!...Priceless JOY!!!!
I call this "The Mistake." When Dusty Baker came out to get Russ Ortiz and gave him the ball thinking that it was going to be the GAME BALL when the Giants won the game and thus the World Series. M-I-S-T-A-K-E! Some Angels players took offense to this arrogant presumption and made the Giants pay dearly and ripped the Series right out from under them!
The baseball gods could not allow Bonds to win a World Series.
Very true. It was him when he fell
Nice name Cards bro.
Thanks
Rory Sullivan not just Bonds but Dusty Baker also could not be five a World Series title because he chokes in the postseason so much.
Elestar Blogs I cannot blame Dusty for his pitchers blowing a 5-run lead in game 6. Barry missed the catch then made that bad defensive error that helped cost them that game. Also, defensive alignment against Glaus should have had Bonds further back than where he was to account for a double in the gap, which is maybe on Dusty.
I was attending Cal State Fullerton at the time (a few miles north of Anaheim). It was an exciting time to be up there with the Thunder Stix and the Rally Monkey. Having Troy Glaus win MVP was extra special considering we’re alumni of the same high school. Great win for the franchise.
Greatest comeback in World Series history.
Nathan Shank Agreed...
Nathan Shank you have to realize the angels were down 5-0 in the 7th inning. 8 outs remaining.
The cards had an epic comeback, but they werent down by as many runs though
Nathan Shank
with that being said, what puts the cards comeback over this?
east coast bias?
Yeah this was a good comeback but 2011 that was intense.
I'd rank the 2011 Cardinals as the 2nd best comeback. 1986 Mets vs. Red Sox is still the craziest, most wild comeback not only in baseball history, but in sports history. The Mets were down to their last out, down 2 runs, with NOONE on base. Then they were down to their LAST STRIKE FOUR TIMES which is insane. And to top it off, they tie the game on a wild pitch, and win the game on a ball through Buckners legs all during Mookie Wilsons at-bat! Nothing will ever top that World Series comeback, in my opinion.
That was such an amazing comeback for them. I remember watching this game. They never gave up.that was a once in a lifetime magical team ..The halo shined a little brighter under that team.
Speizio and Ecstein would both be a huge part of the St. Louis Cardinals 2006 WS winning team as well
Watching this makes me glad the Angels won the World Series that year and I'm a Phillies fan.
Thank you, Philly fans are some of the most diehard fans in the sports world. I'm glad you guys finally won a Superbowl! I'm originally from Jersey and love the area and will always consider it Home.
It's also funny when you watch Angels In The Outfield, the Angels have to beat the White Sox in the final game to win the division. The Sox were painted as the villains in that movie. You look at this series between the real Angels and Giants, it has the same feel cause San Fran had Barry Bonds and Jeff Kent.
i still get goosebumps watching this. Go Angels
Fun fact: this was the first World Series broadcast in high definition.
Greatest most underrated unappreciated comeback in mlb history.
I was at this game with my dad when I was 11. I just watched this with my 5 year old and teared up a bit. Can’t wait till she gets the chance to watch an angels World Series with me.
People talked crap about Tim McCarver, but he often gave the correct analysis to a situation, like at 3:50.
RIP Tim.
Second best World Series game next to the Cardinals game 6 2011
agreed. Game 6 of the 2011 World Series was the best baseball game I have ever seen in my lifetime
I am a huge Cardinals fan, and I remember watching that game.
I still can't believe they won that game.
MidwayMonster10 no it isn't , that's the 2nd best
Except the red birds weren’t playing a guy on roids.lol
I agree and I’m a rangers fan
As a Giants fan this one hurt for a long time. Glad they were able to bounce back and win multiple world series in the last 10 years.
Humble blue collar team, great looking new logo and color scheme, and of course a name that represented not just Anaheim where the team is but a name that proudly and accurately represented Orange County and Angels nation. The Anaheim Angels had finally fulfilled Gene Autry’s dream in every way. Unfortunately, Arty Moreno has torn it all down. He has gone after big white collar type contracts that have suffocated the teams payroll, he has regularly talked about taking the team to another city and he gave our proud Anaheim Angels name to our natural rivals in Los Angeles!!! We may have been technically formed in LA but we never had a home there. Literally, never had a home, then Gene Autry found a welcoming home in Orange County and we were happy. But now our name and identity has been given to a city that could not care less about it. But we will always have 2002, and a trout and Ohtani are fun to watch. Unfortunately they are stuck in a franchise that has been completely botched by the disrespectful owner
Ya Arti sucks
I don't know why the papers listed this series as the "Dodgers worst nightmare". I've never had any beef with the Angels. It's more of a friendly rivalry to me. Of course I can't speak for Angels fans. Shiet, Angels did us a solid by beating those fools up north.
+rockabillylaker I feel the same way....they beat our worst enemy
+rockabillylaker friendly? There was 36 Angel fan car's that got keyed when the Dodger's played in Anaheim last. Not counting a bunch that got tossed for fighting. Stuff like this NEVER happens in Anaheim.
those aren't doyer fans. Those are thugs. They key anybody's car. Even if the Orioles are in town, they'll still key their car. Real, knowledgeable Doyer fans couldn't care less about the Angels. They're no threat until we meet in the World Series.
Edgehead10075 Giants were irrelevant for 5 decades, now all of a sudden you act as if you've been fans your whole life. Dodgers 5, Giants 3. Dodgers were at the very least in contention their whole existence. It wasn't until MLB added a wild card that you decided to win a ring. Shut the fuck up, front runner.
Edgehead10075 I bet you had to look that up considering 90% of your "fan base" never even existed before 2010. Years down the line you'll still be spewing that "3 in 5" line. You'll sound like Al Bundy holding onto that 1 great moment as you fade again into mediocrity and threaten to move to Florida like you did some 20 years ago. Yes, Dodgers are a joke, a big fuckin joke and we've known so since after 88 but, you know what? We still have record setting attendance every year and have some of the most knowledgeable, loyal fans. All you have is a bunch of front runners who disappear when things don't go your way. You "fans" were completely MIA before 2010.
Bobble head Bonds' huge head continued to throw him off balance preventing him from picking up the ball in left😆
1:41 Wow, Scott Spiezio really looked like Hall of Fame catcher Mike Piazza. And his home run was real clutch.
Barry Bonds is my 2nd all time favorite player but seeing Bonds juggle the ball and fall trying to pick it up has got to be one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen
This hands down has to be one of the best World Series to ever be played. Your argument is invalid. #GoAngels
Nah.
Oscar Lopez uh Yeah...
2001, 2002 and 2011 were all great. It's hard for me to pick a favorite. Lol.
Mayan Empire 2011 ok ok? You’re joking. 2011 was as epic as the Mets rally in 86. The Mets were down 2 2 outs 2 strikes in game 6. Texas was one strike away up two in game 6 twice and choked! 2011 was historic Freese was unreal.
01 the blown saves by Kim two nights in a row and the epic blown save by Mariano Rivera
This is where Angel karma was finally fully reversed from 82, 95, and especially 86.
as a giants fan i was crying after we lost the world series. but luckily we won in 2010 and 2012.
And now 2014! Giants!!
mja49ers1 and now.... u suck
2014
@@cobra2cold517 Dusty messed up here though. Should've left Ortiz in.
I could watch this over and over again
"Well see you tommarrow night" best quote ever from game 6
INCREDIBLE the Angels haven't retired Salmon's #15 yet.
4:04 Spiezio watching his clone at the plate from the dugout
I gave up right when Scott Spiezio was due to bat came back from going out couple hours later my brother told me we won I couldn't believe I left. Game 7 was nice!
Notice how the cheering gets louder as Figgins crosses home plate, with Anderson right behind him. I get goosebumps every time.
"Here comes Figgins!! Here comes Anderson!! The Angels take the lead, six to five!!"
I was eternally grateful to have the Los Angeles (Anaheim) Angels win the 2002 World Series when i was 5 years old. Thank You Los Angeles Angels.
I remember the whole season, that whole series, so vividly. Just amazing baseball that team played. This choked me up.
Yea and then Scott Spiezio hits that Homerun Followed by Darin Erstad and Doubles by Garrett Anderson & Troy Glaus and then Troy Percival shuts the door...Awesome !
Move over Game 6 of the 2002 World Series, now Game 4 of the 2016 NLDS is the SF Giants new worst moment.
I think 2002 is still worse, because it is in the biggest stage.
aznpikachu215 agreed. Also because 2016 was after giants fans saw three titles only a few years earlier. San Francisco as a city had never won a World Series until 2010, and this choke job was one of the reasons why.
karma was so alive and visible at this series that u could damn near shake its hand. i love my giants but as fan of the game i just didnt feel like we deserved to win. and i was reassured of my beliefs after they won in 2010 when it was a real team and they won the right way and the honest way. i felt proud, like there is no argument about them not deserving it or cheating to win. fair and square.
when you say they didn't deserve it, is it because of bonds ? I'm just curious.
The one and only World Series that I never watched. I had eye surgery for my glaucoma as a kid and I couldn’t watch the 2002 World Series recovering in the hospital, it was interesting to see the Angels vs Giants in a All California Series.
Feel bad for you bro at least you got to see the giants win the World Series in 2010
@@Frankieefootballmundial yeah, my cousins that are from San Francisco are Giants fans, they came over to visit us here in NC back in 2010. We got to see the 2010 Series against Texas on TV together and couldn’t believe that they won.
I'll never forget that world series! I love my Angels, for life baby!
What a special team to this Angels fan. 2002 Angels.
Always have liked the Halo Boys. Especially since they performed a miraculous comeback delivered from the Big Man upstairs. And i like to believe that it was just so Bonds could get his hopes up so high only to have them crushed and brought back to earth. He will never enter the HOF. Has had is lie erased from the books. And never got or deserved to be called a champion. Yes the Angels were made champions in the 6th game because everyone already knew that the 7 th game was gonna be won by them.
That game set a record that still stands. It is the biggest comeback by a team facing elimination in World Series history.
This still gives me chills and it’s only game 6.
When Spiezio hit that home run my brother and l knew we would win. We led baseball in come back wins that year.
In 2020 Im still just excited about this game!!
On a note, this was Robb Nen's last pitch.
Great comeback, big collapse by Giants. I remember Tim Worrell, gave Barry a staredown after he botched that fly ball. Barry, was a defensive liability.
Even though we haven't done much the past years we fans here in Anaheim we have some of the best fans in all baseball
Fun fact: The Angels' comeback in Game 6 is the largest in World Series history by a team *facing elimination.* For those that know baseball history, the 1929 Philadelphia Athletics overcame a larger deficit (rallying from an 8-0 scoreline against the Cubs in Game 4 to win 10-8), but they were leading 2-1 in the series at the time, so they weren't facing elimination. They held that lead to go up 3-1, then used a ninth inning rally to win the Series 4-1 on a walk-off single the next day.
In left field stands..I really thought it was over..Greatest Angels game I ever saw
I was so lucky to be at that game. Inconceivable!
I remember crying after game 7.
Angels fan till the end
Martin Ornelas aka Brisk same
My dad knew Scott Spiezio in High School, he played with him on the Varsity Baseball team in Illinois.
My Angels of Anahim
I was at this game, the best ball game of my entire life
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6:28 and 7:40 - Barry Bonds loses the WS all by his lonesome. Did it again in game 7. His speed masked his complete incompetence, and this is the glorious result of the wheels being gone. And his arm was a noodle from the start. Know why Andruw Jones is the best defensive center fielder of all time? He made it look easy because he was almost always positioned correctly. Bonds was clueless.
He directly allowed the Angels to win with his awful D. A competent outfielder would have made the plays. His team did not let the runs in, he did. So, yes, by his lonesome.
SF Giants Dynasty dusty baker is one of the best managers of all time
Rip Rory Markus. One of the greatest commentators I ever heard.
Dusty Baker should have never taken Ortiz out of the game... I guess he did't do his homework... The Angels that year had something like 48 come from behind wins that season... Meaning you had better have a damn good reason for taking your starting pitcher out of the game because these guys feasted on their opposing teams bullpen... That is an incredible stat.... So again Dusty Baker elected to go to his bullpen with a 5-0 lead... Not a very good idea.... I think he took Ortiz out to soon... Just my opinion though...
Well, 2 straight hits on Ortiz, he probably thinks he'll give up at least 2-3 runs on that inning.
***** Just a very stupid move in my opinion.... You don't take your starting pitcher out especially when he was just dominating that Angels line-up he had something like 8 strikeouts & was pitching a shutout.... even at that point had he loaded up the bases & given up a grand slam the Giants still would have been up by a run.... The Angels had the best hitting average in the majors against relief pitching... If Dusty Baker had left Ortiz in to finish the inning at least The Giants would more likely then not have won the World Series...
ogrebattle22763 How many pitches did Ortiz have during the 7th inning? I think about 95 or something, and Felix Rodriguez was one of their consistent relievers, just bad timing, I suppose.
***** You worry about pitch count during the regular season NOT during the playoffs & World Series... Ozzie Gullien's White Sox won the World Series on old school managing... How many times during that World Series did we see his White Sox starting pitching get into jams but Guillen never panicked & never worried about pitch count & his starting pitching manged to get out of jams... My theory is you ride your starting pitcher unless he tells you he doesn't have it anymore that's different but with a 5 run cushion a grand slam & they were still up a run it makes no sense.... to me anyway... Samething with Jim Leyland last year he took out his starting pitching when he really shouldn't have & it cost him the playoff series because of it...
ogrebattle22763 But the gamble might or might not pay off, you never know what can happen with each decision. Like fast forward to the 2003 ALCS, in the eighth inning, with the Red Sox leading 5-2, things unraveled for Boston. Sox manager Grady Little left a tiring Martinez in for the eighth, a controversial move, and what happened? 5-5.
The largest comeback in WS history for a team facing elimination!
Daniel Golus wow, really even to this day?
5:45, when Russ Ortiz puts his water bottle down, it looks like he’s saying in his mind while looking at the big hitters for the Angels, “Oh shoot the big hitters for the Halos are up” 😮😮😮😳
Still bittersweet to listen to Rory with all these great calls... still miss listening to that guy
I was in Berkeley during this Series. A friend of mine was a diehard Giants fan, and we were watching one of the games at a sushi bar. My friend, of course, wanted the Giants to crush the Angels, they were favored to win after all, they haven't won in decades (yeah, the Cubs and Angels would like a word), and as I later learned, Giants fan gonna Giants fan, they can be rather... militant (granted, sample size of 2, but both of them were "win at all costs even by playing dirty" levels of fanaticism). I said to her, "Well, look at it this way, if the Angels come back and make it a 3-3 series, you're watching a full 7 game World Series." Naive me, thinking she would enjoy the _ballgame_ rather than simply enjoy winning.
And then the Halos went on to win it all. I do feel a little bad about that.
“Belted into right field, home run!” is so nostalgic. Go halos forever
Figgens speed 🔥🔥 how could I forget
Beautiful... Just beautiful!!
just like Braves vs Dodgers of this year 2020 , from 3-1 to 3-4 game 7 then against with the Tampa Bay game 6 Dodgers won!! wohoooo!
I was 9 years old live in the city of Anaheim wow man is was different
This team had me a believer and they showed what it means to believe and not say die. I was young when they came back and was stoked for a movieliek finish
People forget how great of a series this was
throughout the season, angels grinded out wins. a never give up attitude. games always loooked like angels were playing from behind but destiny was always on their side. GOOOO ANGELS!
I'm here after watching the SB Nation Bonds video.
I used to watch Eckstein take infield practice, and he actually jumped to throw the ball to first. Crazy.
I WAS THERE! Best game ever
Pursy to date is the greatest closer in Angels history.
Spezio's HR was IMO the Series changer. The floodgates opened after that. And this team was NOT a team that you let get one ounce of momentum, because as we saw they will tear you to shreds (Ask David Wells, etc)