I had told myself since 2012 that if my Nationals ever made the WS I would go to it. Went to Game 4 of the 2019 WS in DC. That place was wild. Best money I ever spent.
2014 should be a tier higher for Game 7 alone. As a neutral there was something so nerve wracking about seeing Madison Bumgarner come out the bullpen when he did, I can’t even imagine what it felt like as a Royals fan. There’s also that hit by Alex Gordon in the 9th and being 90 feet away from home when Salvador Perez (ON ONE LEG MIND YOU) came up to bat. it was that tense that you could cut it with a knife. Felt bad for KC in that moment but was awesome to see how the “90 feet away” mantra became the driving force to win it all the next year.
Hot take: Even as a Giants fan, I actually agree with where it was put. Game 7 is one of the best in the history of the game, and Bumgarner had one of the most legendary, iconic performances of all-time. But the rest of the series was pretty bad. It’s pretty much a one game-series.
@@JSelby From the Giants perspective, 2014 was the year when they got some fantastic production out of old vets Tim Hudson and Jake Peavy, but their arms were just dead at the end. I think Hudson got used up with his 8+ innings in the NLDS, and he was decent, but not as lights out the rest of the way. Peavy was just terrible in the World Series.
As someone rooting for the Royals it was pretty comforting knowing it had to take someone doing something that hadn't been done in 100 years for us to lose 😂 Bumgarner was an absolute dawg in that series
@@MrBgood84 I watched game 7 with a Royals fan, and afterwards I told him they'll get next year because they wont have to worry about the Giants in an odd year. One of my best predictions ever.
I literally watched almost every game that year I was a freshman in highschool and it’s probably why I fell so much in love with baseball. I was aware and proud of 10 and 12 but I remember 14 I kinda became a baseball nerd.
@@MrBgood84the amount of stress I had, sitting in my room listening to Gordon hit that triple, bro. Took something that hadn’t been done in 100 years and we still nearly blew it.😭
Game 7 of 2016 is the most accelerating baseball game I have ever watched. I was living with my Dad at the time. He was never the biggest baseball fan in the world. But when that rain delay late in the game came, he knew damn well he couldn’t go to bed. So we both stayed up late knowing we had to work the next morning to see the Cubs end that curse
I think 2002 deserves to be in S tier. Two wild card teams stunning all, bonds, insane comebacks, scrappy small ball team wins it all. Rookie starts and wins game 7. It’s the pinnacle of “this is why we love the game.” Great vid!
Yeah seriously, Angels down by 6 runs in Game 6 and come back to win it late on the brink of elimination and then it goes 7..... that's definitely an S tier for sure
Wasn't old enough to know baseball existed in 2002, but my favorite thing from the highlight was that camera shot of Bonds in the dugout after they lost. Like something out of a movie.
The 2019 World Series for me is unforgettable, I live in Virginia and that was the only time I’ve ever seen EVERYBODY talk about sports. We even got school off the day after game 7
The ball was juiced in that 2017 World Series. That is also why there were 25 home runs hit combined. Go look up Justin Verlander's quote: "Mr. Manfred says the balls haven't changed. I think there's enough information out there to say that's not true."
@@emoney6657 That is why I said "also." Scooter Gennett hit 27 home runs in 2017. MLB broke its home run record by more than 500 home runs. Not including that as a factor would be disingenuous.
@@emoney6657Bruh, it’s literally been proven there was no cheating in the post season, not to mention the fact that the Red Sox and Yankees both had their own cheating scandals swept under the rug. You can hate the Astros, that’s your choice, but you can’t lie about a series when the facts have already been dealt.
@@matthewhall7052 I’m not sure what drugs you’re taking, but god damn you’re delusional. Evan Gattis admitted they cheated. Must be nice to be this oblivious.
I feel like '22 is one of the few 6 game series that belongs in S tier because it was just such a rollercoaster ride. The Astros came into the World Series 7-0 and already playing multiple crazy postseason games and the Phillies were the team that everyone hoped would beat them. The game 1 comeback win followed by the Astros tying it up at home was a good start. Then the Phillies destroying the Astros in game 3 had everyone thinking they could really win it all. Javier's no-hitter was not only historic but a huge turning point for the series. Game 5 was beautiful and puncuated by McCormick's catch of the year. All for the Astros to win it Game 6 at home following Yordan 3-run nuke to center field. By far one of the most entertaining World Series ever.
As a Giants fan since 07, all of their world series are S tier for me haha that was the best time to be a Giants fan. My guy Lincecum getting basically postseason MVP in 2010 and his best start of his career against the braves in the nlds, 2012 was just pitching dominance from Cain, Zito, Vogey, and the bullpen, and 2014 was the scrappy title where every series was a bulldog fight. Madbum is a legend forever because of 2014! (And yes I remember Gregor Blanco, he was so underrated!!) Those teams were all very special and all those players from that era hold a dear place in my heart
2012 was such a crazy playoffs for the Giants. Down 0-2 to the Reds in the NLDS, come back and win 3-2. Then down 1-3 to the Cardinals in the NLCS, came back and won 4-3. Then sweeping the Tigers (who had a triple crown winner in Miggy that year) in the WS. Insane!
@@anthonyt1082 ya the first two series were incredibly stressful dude! I remember thinking Zito was gonna lose us the run but he put on the game of his life to save us haha it was so sick. The sweep was our reward for those nail biters
@@rushrush1209 Had potential but the Mets blew Games 4 and 5. Game 1 could've gone either way being an extra inning game but after blowing out KC in Game 3 they had leads late in Games 4 and 5 and their defense/bullpen blew it. Royals were just way more polished and poised. I think it had the potential to go more than 5 and get bumped up a tier but the Royals were just better
I think that the Indians and the Cubs was objectively the best world series. You got two teams that haven't one a World Series since the stone age, it went to seven games, clutch hits, electric crowds, both teams were well liked and stocked with talent and personalities, the tension was unreal, and the final game went into extra innings. Just a perfect World Series.
100%. This series had it all. Two wild card teams and the small ball angels slay bonds and the Giants. 7 games, multiple comebacks. It’s the epitome of why we love the game.
This Angels team made me fall in love with baseball as a kid - beating the scary ass Yankees, emerging closer KRod, the comebacks. The Spiezo HR, Troy Glaus, one of the coolest HRs ever by Bonds, epic epic epic. Miss this type of Angels team. No stars, just solid players all around
2019 not getting S tier is CRAZY all the comeback clutch hits. Soto and Bergman trading non bat flips. Struasberg dominating the best offense Howie Kendrick being so clutch. It’s so unforgivable that it truly deserves S tier
Loving the shout outs to 2005 in the comments, I don't think it was objectively great, but listening to it on the radio after first getting my license was when I fell in love with baseball.
I was born and raised in Arizona, and was in 3rd grade during the 2001 WS. People don’t understand what that title means to us. It’s the only pro sports title our state has. We had only been a team for 3 years, and despite the Yankees going for a four-peat, everyone was rooting for them after 9/11. Not only the win, but the stories and the way we won, I think it’s the greatest WS ever. I was in my parent’s room watching Game 7 with my dad and sister, and the entire neighborhood was outside banging pots and pans. My dad took my siblings and I to the parade, and it’s a time I’ll never forget.
What keeps 2001 from being among the VERY very best is that Game6 was a rout, over in 3 innings. Game1 was also dull. I have it the 11th best playoff series ever. (9th among WS)
The White Sox breaking an 88 year streak with 4 close games, one of the biggest grand slams ever, walk off homerun by a guy who hit no home runs in the regualr season, Mark Buehrle coming in for the save after drinking some beers should not be bottom tier.
Even as a Cubs fan I agree. I was rooting for the Sox. Wasn't about to cheer for a Cubs division rival at the time. And like you said. It was 88 years. I just wanted to see a Chicago World Series title
4 games is somewhat boring as far as posterity is concerned... close games sure but a sweep makes it look non competitive. He was like 5 years old at the time so doesn't remember it. Was a good Sox team no doubt. But 6 or 7 games is obviously a better series, even with big margins of victory in the games
In 2005's defense, all four of those games could have gone either way. All were close nailbiters. Some great pitchers duels. Extra inning dramatics. You had heroes on both sides, from Joe Crede to Jose Vizcaino. And especially Scott Podsednik, who hit a walk off homer in game 2 after hitting zero during the regular season. Yeah I'm biased, but it was a great series.
Perhaps the most exhilarating sweep in sports history. In general, I find it interesting when series in any sport end quickly, but have all the games be close nail-biters. (A good example that comes to mind being the 2014 Stanley Cup Finals)
@@LiNK52500or even an Astros sweep. 4 game sweep but the white Sox only scored 6 more runs the entire series, 2 of those runs were in the extra inning game that the Astros could have won with one swing. It may be the closest sweep we ever see.
Game 7 of the 2016 World Series. Two things I will never forget: 1.) In the bottom of the 5th, David Ross (catching in his final game) gives up a throwing error and a passed ball/wild pitch, resulting in two runs scored. Then he comes up to bat in the top of the 6th, and hits a home run in his final at-bat. This game had insane momentum swings. And 2.) The rain delay, in between the 9th and 10th innings, came out of nowhere and had not been mentioned or forewarned at all on the broadcast. It was absolutely shocking. It only magnified the weight of this moment. We had two teams who each hadn't won a World Series in 100 years, and we were tied in extra innings, and the baseball gods themselves were going to make us wait a little longer. It's like when Prince played at the Super Bowl and played Purple Rain during the downpour. You can't make this stuff up.
I think 2001 has to be the greatest World Series of all time. After Sept 11th the entire country was watching this World Series which is something I don't think will ever happen again.
I remember listening to the game 7 radio broadcast of the '01 World Series as 10yr old in the middle of nowhere Arkansas rooting for D'Backs in my uncles' hunting cabin...it hooked me on baseball for life!
My diamondbacks didnt win last year and might have looked bad but the nlds 4 homers in a row against the dodgers will be the most memorable part of that run for me
I think you were way too harsh on 2005. Yes, it was a sweep. But it was about as entertaining of a sweep to be. All four games were close with the White Sox getting the edge in different, dramatic ways: - a walkoff homer -a pinch hit home run from an assuming bench player in extras -a pitchers duel that ends 1-0 Really fun series. Underrated series.
The thing about 2005 is all the games were super tight and engaging. So many big ones inpact moments on both sides. i think it at least deserves shrug.
2002 deserves the top tier. Game 6 is arguably the best WS home win that wasn’t a walk off. It was the biggest comeback win for a team facing elimination. The Angels on the brink of elimination came back from 0-5 to win 6-5 with 3 runs in the 7th and 3 runs in the 8th. The Giants had a good bullpen in that series too, but the Angels beat them in that game to give themselves back the momentum after losing game 4 and 5 in SF. Each team lead that series twice. 4 of the games were decided by 1 run. It was back and forth from game 1 and very exciting to follow. It also had the iconic moment with Daren Baker needing to be rescued in game 5.
I shed a tear at the mention of the 2016 WS. Spent $3k to get a seat at Wrigley for the Cubs lone home WS win. Best money I ever spent and the series was the best sports memory of my lifetime
2002 World Series deserves to be in S Tier. If you break it down, the story, the games, the comebacks, it is absolutely incredible. Hell, the postseason leading up to it was iconic as well.
Not to be that guy but as a dodger fan The 2014 World Series was a very good World Series. It had 1. Playoff atmospheres at both home stadiums 2. Both pitchers duals and offense popping off 3. Benches cleared twice….. or once 4. Whether you were a giants fan or a royals fan, it had everyone at the edge of there seats and blood pumping wondering WTF was going to happen next
2014 WS should be S tier. It was the greatest superhuman feat we had ever seen of a baseball player since Barry bonds. That was the best playoff performance of any pitcher in MLB history
My bias says 2002 is S tier, but I get A tier. Both were the Wild Card teams, Barry and the Giants, the Angels were a bunch of underdogs, but other than game 6, there weren’t really memorable games like the others had
Cmon that 2002 Series was a war! Two wild card teams climbed their way past the Yankees and Braves, and then went on to have a 7 game David V Goliath battle. Every game had dramatics. Easy S Tier
Yeah, 2004 might be the one instance where everyone remembers one of the LCS's far more than the actual World Series. Even as a Red Sox fan I honestly kind of struggle to remember how those 4 games went... we won them all, that's all that really mattered. 20 years on I still remember almost every inning of that ALCS though, nevermind the games.
I've ranked all 1,792 post-season games using PBP data, and 366 playoff series Here is my ranking of the last 24 World Series Tier 1: 2011, 2001, 2017, 2016 Tier 2: 2002, 2019, 2020, 2014, 2003 Tier 3: 2013, 2105, 2005, 2000, 2018, 2022 Tier 4: 2009, 2008, 2021, 2006, 2023 Tier 5: 2010, 2004, 2007, 2012
Came here after the Dodgers clinched a World Series berth. Judge vs. Ohtani in their MVP years. Mookie Betts and Juan Soto right behind them. Los Angeles vs. New York. Managed by playoff heroes in Dave Roberts and Aaron Boone. Tens of millions of Japanese fans tuning in. This has the potential to be one of the greatest series ever.
I've been following baseball since the '50s and the 2016 Cubs/Indians series is by far the best I've ever seen. In fact it was so good you could make a case for never having to watch baseball again because what could ever top it. And I say this from the prespective of someone who is neither a Cubs or Indians fan, just someone who appreciates good baseball.
Game 7 in 2016 is one of the greatest baseball games ever played. It would have been legendary in Game 2 of a division series. Sucked for Cleveland (hope they get one soon) but we may never again see the pure euphoria Cubs fans felt afterwards. Literally once-in-a-lifetime.
@@acelm8437As a diehard Tigers fan I had allegiance to neither team. But given Detroit's history with each team I did have a great deal of appreciation for how dearly they both wanted to win. This allowed me to watch the series entirely without bias or any emotional investment in one side winning over the other. And I saw it as stupendous matchup. I've never seen two teams going at it that were hungrier. And until the very last out you did not know who was going to win. They were the most equally matched teams I've ever seen. I agree it was sad that one of them did eventually have to lose. But maybe after what they just went through to beat my Tigers, the Guardians will finally see the end of their terrible drought.
My earliest memories of watching the World Series is the '97 Marlins-Indians series. Growing up near Montreal, I never had the chance to celebrate an Expos playoff run but I was proudly rocking my teal Marlins hat at that time. That was the next best thing for me!
My biggest one I disagree with is rays-dodgers. Yes, looking back no crowd is odd. But like the Stros dodgers, you have to look at it with the hindsight from 2020. Having no sports and baseball with no fans for that entire season, a series with fans at the very least was great. Then baseball having just such a good showcase of what sports are and how they bring us together in tough times was what makes it S tier for me, no matter how weird of an S tier it is
Glad to see others commenting the same thing. The 2019 World Series was epic and full of theatrics. Easily one of the best of all time and a cap to perhaps the greatest World Series run of all time by a team.
This is going to be a hot take: 2023 should've been in the top tier. When you consider the Rangers previous history (2010/11 comes to mind), and how they got to where they were (Adolis Garcia comes from the cardinals who beat the rangers in 2011, Bruce Bochy was the manager of the dominant giants in 2010 and started their dynasty), literally all of the pieces came into place for the Rangers redemption arc. And meanwhile, you have a Diamondbacks team that is rolling red hot for the first time since 2001. I just don't understand how a series with arguably the greatest opening game to a World Series and all of these potent plot lines can go into the meh category. And I didn't even mention all of the plot lines, I only mentioned two. Adolis Garcia's post season heroics and record breaking hits along with Corey Seager's performance is another that made this series so wonderful to watch even as a regular baseball fan.
Top tier is way too far. This list is mostly about the entertainment so storylines can only take it so far. Hard to give a 5 game series huge credit. I'd say 3 of the games was actually good. Game 1,3, & 5. Only Game 1 I'd look as a classic, and Game 5 I could put in the great category because of Eovaldi's and Gallen's weird duel. The series had a slew of great defensive plays but by Game 5 I'd say a good chunk of the audience checked out.
Definitely a hot take, most of that series outside game 1 was a snooze fest. Rangers just looked pretty much Dominant. The ALCS matchup was way more entertaining than the WS
I'm putting this video in "Missed Potential to be Great" simply due to USING A MIX OF WORLD SERIES CHAMPION LOGOS AND OFFICIAL WORLD SERIES LOGOS???? Jolly! I expect more!!!
I think 2014 should go back up. Game 4 was a close game before it was a blowout. The rallies in that game were crazy. Game 7 was a classic. In my opinion, it was more than just MadBum holding things down
2014 should be moved up a tier solely because of game 7. I was lucky enough to be there and I will never forget the impending doom that I felt once Bumgarner went on the mound, the glimmer of hope that Gordo gave us (KC folks still have conversations to this day about whether we should have sent him home or not), and the soul-crushing despair of the last out. A part of me died that day 😂
I've had those conversations too. :-D As a Giants fan, I can say that Gordon being sent home would have been a huge mistake. His speed wasn't bad, but he wasn't a crazy speedster, and there was no one in baseball with a better infield arm than Brandon Crawford. Gordon was rounding third when Crawford got the ball, and his arm was crazy accurate -- it wouldn't have taken a fast throw, just an accurate one. Royals made the right call, especially with Perez coming up, the only person on the team who had an RBI against Bumgarner. I still wonder if Perez's knee was bothering him in that at-bat; he just couldn't lay off high heat.
If the 2017 world series is tainted, why don't we ever talk about the 2018 world series? The Red Sox got in trouble for the exact same thing...and the 2019 Yankees, though they didn't get in trouble and there were probably a lot of other teams doing something similar. I say this as a Mets fan, btw
Correction to the 2020 world series, but there was a crowd. They played it in Arlington, Texas, and they were allowed about 11,000 per game. Not a normal crowd, or as loud, but there was at least some atmosphere compared 90% of baseball games that had no fans that year. Otherwise, I agree with your list.
As a Giants fan I always end up going back and rewatching that 2014 World Series about every year lol. Still vividly remember watching Bumgarner walk out of that pen in game 7 knowing there was no human on earth I would rather have the ball in this moment.
I've gone back and watched game 7 probably more than 10 times in the last decade. Watching them let the Royals score those early runs and then Affeldt comes in to shut them down and Madbum, a starter, gets a 5 inning shutout save on 2 days rest. It's so ridiculous that if they would have written this as a story line in a baseball movie, we'd rip it apart for being unrealistic. Not to mention his performance in the other WS games and the playoffs overall.
@@Scotter4536 I don't think it was that unrealistic! Affeldt had the 3rd-longest playoff scoreless streak in history at that point, and Bum was just a monster (their only monster pitcher...)
@@ianwestc I think those two points illustrate just how unrealistic or improbable those two things happening in the same postseason and the same game are. Both are incredibly rare. The probability of Affeldt having another consecutive scoreless inning goes down every inning. And Bumgarner set the record for most innings in a postseason. Unrealistic doesn't mean they can't happen, but that they're so exceptional and outliers that it seems far fetched.
I'm going with S tier for 2002. It was the greatest moment for my Angels in franchise history. I was 12 years old when they won it. Giants thought they had it game 6 but the Angels came back and won game 6 then won game 7 also at home. It was a great year for me in sports. I got to see the Angels win their first, I got to see the Lakers 3peat and then I got to see my home country get 4th place in the world cup in their own country. I want a Halo do over in 2007/ 2008 (screw the red sox) and especially 2005 and 2009 which was supposed to be a fwy world series (thanks Yankees and Phillies). 2014 is a forgettable year for the Angels (Thanks A's for blowing it against the Royals).
Angels till we die, I was 14 haha still remember like it was yesterday, Santa Ana resident and remember ppl from house to house just jumping around like kids. Memorias as hell
2:12 my dad is from queens and moved to my native north texas when he was 17, he hasn’t watched a full baseball game in a decade and even he won’t let me say Benitez
2002 Angels Troy Glaus wasnt a star player? Wtf dude was in backyard baseball 2003? Garret Anderson had a highly under rated career and placed 4th in the MVP voting and they had John Lackey and Troy Percival Tim Salmon was the unsung hero
I think 2017 is the perfect “missed potential to be great” in a different way. The games themselves were GREAT. But the cheating scandal is what everyone is going to remember it (plus there was that Yuli Gurriel “incident” with Yu Darvish). The series could’ve been great BUT everyone will always remember it for something outside of the games played
I went to two of the home games in Houston, that place was so loud. Impossible to hear anything banged on except the fans on the back of the seats lol. People claiming the Astros cheated in the playoffs are just sore losers
Not only was the sign-stealing thoroughly investigated and confirmed, several people involved openly admitted it. You guys are just flagrant reality deniers. The Astros cheated to win, and their 2017 championship will always wear a big asterisk.
If I may make an appeal for 2014 to be in the A Tier (Royals Fan Perspective) Game One: MadBum dominates and it sets the tone for the rest of the series. Game Two: Hunter Strickland Blowup because he got donged on by Omar Infante of all people. Game Three: Classic 2014 Royals. 1 Run lead in the 7th Herrera, Davis, Holland for the Win. Game Four: The actual deciding game. Royals get out to a lead and are set for a repeat of game three but blow it big time. Game Five: Classic MadBum. Game Six: Yordano pitching for his fallen countryman and giving us foolish Kansas Citians hope for game seven. Game Seven: Great double play saves the Giants. Classic MadBum. Royals don’t send Gordon (right call BTW) and Salvy misses on a pitch he’s cranked over the fence many times after this game.
From a Giants fan perspective..... "Hunter Strickland blowup because he got donged on by of all people" was distressingly common. I've never seen an MLB player with that many temper problems. He wasn't THAT great either, just really fast, at his best he'd be C-tier today. When he got frustrated and punched a door in the dugout, breaking his hand, I was totally done with him.
Great list! I would lobby for the 2005 Series to be higher than El Stinko. All four games were close and there were some memorable moments. Konerko's statue is modeled after one of them.
15:45 Man I remember watching this game at my dads house with my family when I was 8 years old. As a dodgers fan, when we lost after all that chaos, all I remember is stoically walking up to my room devastated. That, the 2019 game 5, and the 2023 NLDS game 1 (which I went to) will never escape my memory as the worst games I’ve ever watched
7:52 its weird when you realize Kazmir pitched more recently than Hamels Only thing I didn't like was how Jolly didn't consider storylines for ALL the World Series. Like the Red Sox curse breaking team didn't get the same treatment as the Cubs curse breaking team
Kyle Schwarber in the 2016 WS wasn't mentioned but it was probably the best story of the whole series. 2nd game of the season he tore his ACL, dealt with trade rumors all season, then played a couple AFL games and jumped right into the WS like he never missed a game. Heroic.
@jadenfoster7729 i said half-decent six or seven game series, but even an all-blowout seven game series is better than nearly any sweep due to the back-and-forth or reverse-sweep nature of almost every seven game series
I was a very uncultured kid when it came to baseball back in 2001. I watched every single game of that Yankees v Diamondbacks with my brother on the tv. I had no idea that was considered and would still be considered one of the most legendary World Series in history.
2002, 2014, and I'm sorry Jolly but 2015 all deserve to go up a notch. 2002 was a hell of a run for both teams, 2014 was storybook thriller right up to the end, and 2015 was the kind redemption you can only hope to achieve... and I'd knock down the 2020 WS. Covid shorten season and no fans kinda made that entire thing feel like a birthday party without cake or your friends 😅
The Phillies run of 08-12 is a masterclass in regression. They went from winning the world series to losing the world series, to losing the NLCS, to losing the NLDS to not making the playoffs at all. 2010 was the best for me as a Giants fan, sorry you guys weren't entertained but after seeing my Giants fail twice in my lifetime and over 40 years of not winning it meant a whole lot to us in NorCal. And yes, I remember Gregor Blanco, every Giants fan who watched Matt Cains perfect game remembers Gregor Blanco because he made the most important play in the field when he tracked down a fly ball headed for triples alley and he made a spectacular diving catch to save the perfect run.
Changes I would make - 2005 - Missed potential. If the Astros could have squeaked out game 2 or 3 it would’ve been a much longer series. 2006 - Shrug. Not a terrible series but not super entertaining. Couple of good games. 2014 - Are you not Entertained. Games 1-6 were OK but game 7 elevated it a bit. 2015 - Missed potential. Mets blew a lot of opportunities to make this a longer series by not being able to close out games. 2017 - Are you not Entertained. Games 1-5 were great with two classics, but 6 and 7 weren’t very memorable. 2018 - Missed potential. Dodgers seized control with the Puig HR in game 4. If they win that game it’s a different series.
The White Sox ended an 89 year World Series drought with a few amazing, down-to-the-wire games throughout the postseason, White Sox starting pitchers DOMINATED, not appreciating this series is not appreciating baseball, putting the Cubs series above it is targeted White Sox hate
Don’t forget the fact that Schwarber came back from what should’ve been a season ending injury for the postseason and played a huge vital role in that 2016 win for the Cubs
Top 5 WS since 2000… 5: Nationals over Astros 2019 4: Angels over Giants 2002 3: Cardinals over Rangers 2011 2: Cubs over Indians 2016 1: DBacks over Yankees 2001
Agreed! I remember listening to the game 7 radio broadcast of the '01 World Series as 10yr old in the middle of nowhere Arkansas rooting for D'Backs in my uncles' hunting cabin...it hooked me on baseball for life!
It sucks seeing 04, 15, and 19 below top tier. You’re right in your ranking. Their moments happened before the WS. They are definitely S tier in another video.
I'd argue 2019 had some huge moments during the series itself too. But I think he's right in that several of the games were more or less blowouts and so it's an insane series overall but only some of the actual games were barnburners.
I had told myself since 2012 that if my Nationals ever made the WS I would go to it.
Went to Game 4 of the 2019 WS in DC. That place was wild. Best money I ever spent.
So jealous. Was a great series too. Shame Storen choked in ‘12. I think they had a great chance to win it all had they gotten through the DS
Too bad all the wins were on the road that series lol but awesome you got to see them in a packed frenzied atmosphere
@@YoureNotReet yeah 2012 hurt quite a bit, but I knew that with the talent we had, we'd contend for years.
Yeah I went to game 3. It’s too bad the away team won every game. Stay in the fight✊🦈
One of my biggest regrets is that I didn’t go to any of them - stings a little less knowing they lost all 3 and I was able to be at the NLCS clincher
2014 should be a tier higher for Game 7 alone. As a neutral there was something so nerve wracking about seeing Madison Bumgarner come out the bullpen when he did, I can’t even imagine what it felt like as a Royals fan. There’s also that hit by Alex Gordon in the 9th and being 90 feet away from home when Salvador Perez (ON ONE LEG MIND YOU) came up to bat. it was that tense that you could cut it with a knife. Felt bad for KC in that moment but was awesome to see how the “90 feet away” mantra became the driving force to win it all the next year.
Hot take: Even as a Giants fan, I actually agree with where it was put. Game 7 is one of the best in the history of the game, and Bumgarner had one of the most legendary, iconic performances of all-time. But the rest of the series was pretty bad. It’s pretty much a one game-series.
as a royals fan, it sucked. big time. it was heart wrenching after the fifth inning
@@JSelby From the Giants perspective, 2014 was the year when they got some fantastic production out of old vets Tim Hudson and Jake Peavy, but their arms were just dead at the end. I think Hudson got used up with his 8+ innings in the NLDS, and he was decent, but not as lights out the rest of the way. Peavy was just terrible in the World Series.
2014, Giants and Royals. It went seven games, full of drama, and the star you had to watch, Madison Bumgarner
Yup. And 2016
As someone rooting for the Royals it was pretty comforting knowing it had to take someone doing something that hadn't been done in 100 years for us to lose 😂 Bumgarner was an absolute dawg in that series
@@MrBgood84 I watched game 7 with a Royals fan, and afterwards I told him they'll get next year because they wont have to worry about the Giants in an odd year. One of my best predictions ever.
I literally watched almost every game that year I was a freshman in highschool and it’s probably why I fell so much in love with baseball. I was aware and proud of 10 and 12 but I remember 14 I kinda became a baseball nerd.
@@MrBgood84the amount of stress I had, sitting in my room listening to Gordon hit that triple, bro. Took something that hadn’t been done in 100 years and we still nearly blew it.😭
Game 7 of 2016 is the most accelerating baseball game I have ever watched. I was living with my Dad at the time. He was never the biggest baseball fan in the world. But when that rain delay late in the game came, he knew damn well he couldn’t go to bed. So we both stayed up late knowing we had to work the next morning to see the Cubs end that curse
I remember watching it too
Exhilarating?
As a giants fan, I do remember Gregor Blanco lol. He also had the perfect game saving catch for Matt Cain. I will always remember him fondly ❤
One of two plays I will never forget Gregor Blanco for, the other was that last hit the Royals made in 2014. One great play, one not so much.
@@SteefPip Him and Juan Perez taking years off my life in that moment
White shark is a forever giant no doubt
I think 2002 deserves to be in S tier. Two wild card teams stunning all, bonds, insane comebacks, scrappy small ball team wins it all. Rookie starts and wins game 7. It’s the pinnacle of “this is why we love the game.” Great vid!
Yeah seriously, Angels down by 6 runs in Game 6 and come back to win it late on the brink of elimination and then it goes 7..... that's definitely an S tier for sure
Mariners fan, and I agree.
01 and 02 are two of the very best
Cannot agree with you guys more, the whole series was nothing but excitement! Amazing series just memorable
"Oh my god, that is the furthest ball I have ever seen hit."
-Tim Salmon reacting to Bonds HR game 2 2002 WS
Wasn't old enough to know baseball existed in 2002, but my favorite thing from the highlight was that camera shot of Bonds in the dugout after they lost. Like something out of a movie.
No mention of Howie Kendrick in the 2019 WS is criminal
Daaamn did this bum me out before watching
The crowd going sclient and all you could hear is the foul poll echo
The Clunk Heard Round the World is what I call it.
I think we all know that the 2019 World Series belongs in S tier and it isn’t particularly close
2014 WS was unbelievable, definitely top two tiers
The 2019 World Series for me is unforgettable, I live in Virginia and that was the only time I’ve ever seen EVERYBODY talk about sports. We even got school off the day after game 7
I will never forget Gregor Blanco. Love White Shark.
Anyone who watched Matt Cain's perfect game will never forget Gregor Blanco. That catch was absolutely out of this world.
I remember he’s was always a ground out hitter but so clutch when it mattered.
Not to be that guy Jolly but the Yankees actually had 2 separate 4 peats. 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939 and 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953.
The 2024 white Sox would have swept all 8 of those teams.
Thanks for being that guy so I didn’t have to be that guy 😂
@@kenw2225 I don't know those Yankee teams actually cared about what they were doing
Anyone still alive to talk about those?
☝️🤓
The ball was juiced in that 2017 World Series. That is also why there were 25 home runs hit combined. Go look up Justin Verlander's quote: "Mr. Manfred says the balls haven't changed. I think there's enough information out there to say that's not true."
The fact that the Trashros knew what pitches were coming might have contributed as well...
@@emoney6657 That is why I said "also." Scooter Gennett hit 27 home runs in 2017. MLB broke its home run record by more than 500 home runs. Not including that as a factor would be disingenuous.
@@emoney6657Bruh, it’s literally been proven there was no cheating in the post season, not to mention the fact that the Red Sox and Yankees both had their own cheating scandals swept under the rug. You can hate the Astros, that’s your choice, but you can’t lie about a series when the facts have already been dealt.
@@matthewhall7052 I’m not sure what drugs you’re taking, but god damn you’re delusional. Evan Gattis admitted they cheated. Must be nice to be this oblivious.
@@emoney6657 Cry.
2014 is an S tier one. MadBums performance is too insane to not bring it there
I feel like '22 is one of the few 6 game series that belongs in S tier because it was just such a rollercoaster ride. The Astros came into the World Series 7-0 and already playing multiple crazy postseason games and the Phillies were the team that everyone hoped would beat them. The game 1 comeback win followed by the Astros tying it up at home was a good start. Then the Phillies destroying the Astros in game 3 had everyone thinking they could really win it all. Javier's no-hitter was not only historic but a huge turning point for the series. Game 5 was beautiful and puncuated by McCormick's catch of the year. All for the Astros to win it Game 6 at home following Yordan 3-run nuke to center field. By far one of the most entertaining World Series ever.
As a Giants fan since 07, all of their world series are S tier for me haha that was the best time to be a Giants fan. My guy Lincecum getting basically postseason MVP in 2010 and his best start of his career against the braves in the nlds, 2012 was just pitching dominance from Cain, Zito, Vogey, and the bullpen, and 2014 was the scrappy title where every series was a bulldog fight. Madbum is a legend forever because of 2014! (And yes I remember Gregor Blanco, he was so underrated!!)
Those teams were all very special and all those players from that era hold a dear place in my heart
You guys lost in 02 but that was a great world series too!
i agree completely, but his criteria was about the series as a whole so i think his rankings were mostly accurate
In 2012 the Reds just collapsed in the NLDS
2012 was such a crazy playoffs for the Giants. Down 0-2 to the Reds in the NLDS, come back and win 3-2. Then down 1-3 to the Cardinals in the NLCS, came back and won 4-3. Then sweeping the Tigers (who had a triple crown winner in Miggy that year) in the WS. Insane!
@@anthonyt1082 ya the first two series were incredibly stressful dude! I remember thinking Zito was gonna lose us the run but he put on the game of his life to save us haha it was so sick. The sweep was our reward for those nail biters
Both 2014 and 2015 deserve to be higher on this list
2015 wasn't a good series. Pretty one-sided when KC beat the NY Mets.
@@rushrush1209 Had potential but the Mets blew Games 4 and 5. Game 1 could've gone either way being an extra inning game but after blowing out KC in Game 3 they had leads late in Games 4 and 5 and their defense/bullpen blew it. Royals were just way more polished and poised. I think it had the potential to go more than 5 and get bumped up a tier but the Royals were just better
@@lairofmedi3421another reason why it’s on the shrug list
@@OfficialBillC exactly. I agree with the placement. Had potential but the Mets fumbled and KC just out performed them in tight spots
I think that the Indians and the Cubs was objectively the best world series. You got two teams that haven't one a World Series since the stone age, it went to seven games, clutch hits, electric crowds, both teams were well liked and stocked with talent and personalities, the tension was unreal, and the final game went into extra innings. Just a perfect World Series.
Gotta say, 2002 deserves to be in the “This is Why We Love the Game” tier
Giants fans disagree
@@SteefPip Even after the three titles, I still can't fully get over that series. Why did Dusty start Livan in games seven over Woody?!?
100%. This series had it all. Two wild card teams and the small ball angels slay bonds and the Giants. 7 games, multiple comebacks. It’s the epitome of why we love the game.
This Angels team made me fall in love with baseball as a kid - beating the scary ass Yankees, emerging closer KRod, the comebacks. The Spiezo HR, Troy Glaus, one of the coolest HRs ever by Bonds, epic epic epic. Miss this type of Angels team. No stars, just solid players all around
@@dbbang The 2002 Angels and 2013 Red Sox were basically the same teams. a 1 + 1 = 6 type of ordeal
2019 not getting S tier is CRAZY all the comeback clutch hits. Soto and Bergman trading non bat flips. Struasberg dominating the best offense Howie Kendrick being so clutch. It’s so unforgivable that it truly deserves S tier
Loving the shout outs to 2005 in the comments, I don't think it was objectively great, but listening to it on the radio after first getting my license was when I fell in love with baseball.
Among all 95 playoff sweeps, it was the best.
Even tho I’m an Angels fan, I think 2002 is an easy S tier because of the game 6 comeback where they scored 7 consecutive runs. Forgotten classic imo.
I was born and raised in Arizona, and was in 3rd grade during the 2001 WS. People don’t understand what that title means to us. It’s the only pro sports title our state has. We had only been a team for 3 years, and despite the Yankees going for a four-peat, everyone was rooting for them after 9/11. Not only the win, but the stories and the way we won, I think it’s the greatest WS ever. I was in my parent’s room watching Game 7 with my dad and sister, and the entire neighborhood was outside banging pots and pans. My dad took my siblings and I to the parade, and it’s a time I’ll never forget.
What keeps 2001 from being among the VERY very best is that Game6 was a rout, over in 3 innings. Game1 was also dull. I have it the 11th best playoff series ever. (9th among WS)
02 is absolutely S tier, it has so mant iconic moments. Bonds homeruns, the kid on the basepath, dusty giving the gameball to the starter early
The White Sox breaking an 88 year streak with 4 close games, one of the biggest grand slams ever, walk off homerun by a guy who hit no home runs in the regualr season, Mark Buehrle coming in for the save after drinking some beers should not be bottom tier.
100 percent agree, it was a amazing series. Every game was tense. I don’t understand this ranking.
Even as a Cubs fan I agree. I was rooting for the Sox. Wasn't about to cheer for a Cubs division rival at the time. And like you said. It was 88 years. I just wanted to see a Chicago World Series title
4 games is somewhat boring as far as posterity is concerned... close games sure but a sweep makes it look non competitive. He was like 5 years old at the time so doesn't remember it. Was a good Sox team no doubt. But 6 or 7 games is obviously a better series, even with big margins of victory in the games
In 2005's defense, all four of those games could have gone either way. All were close nailbiters. Some great pitchers duels. Extra inning dramatics. You had heroes on both sides, from Joe Crede to Jose Vizcaino. And especially Scott Podsednik, who hit a walk off homer in game 2 after hitting zero during the regular season. Yeah I'm biased, but it was a great series.
in 2005's defense, the White Sox had the best team in MLB and went out there and promptly spanked ass
Perhaps the most exhilarating sweep in sports history. In general, I find it interesting when series in any sport end quickly, but have all the games be close nail-biters. (A good example that comes to mind being the 2014 Stanley Cup Finals)
Astros fan here, I agree. The 2005 WS was a few swings away from being a memorable 6 or 7 game series.
@@LiNK52500or even an Astros sweep. 4 game sweep but the white Sox only scored 6 more runs the entire series, 2 of those runs were in the extra inning game that the Astros could have won with one swing. It may be the closest sweep we ever see.
Thank you for this comment, exactly my thoughts as a Sox fan
Game 7 of the 2016 World Series. Two things I will never forget: 1.) In the bottom of the 5th, David Ross (catching in his final game) gives up a throwing error and a passed ball/wild pitch, resulting in two runs scored. Then he comes up to bat in the top of the 6th, and hits a home run in his final at-bat. This game had insane momentum swings.
And 2.) The rain delay, in between the 9th and 10th innings, came out of nowhere and had not been mentioned or forewarned at all on the broadcast. It was absolutely shocking. It only magnified the weight of this moment. We had two teams who each hadn't won a World Series in 100 years, and we were tied in extra innings, and the baseball gods themselves were going to make us wait a little longer. It's like when Prince played at the Super Bowl and played Purple Rain during the downpour. You can't make this stuff up.
I think 2001 has to be the greatest World Series of all time. After Sept 11th the entire country was watching this World Series which is something I don't think will ever happen again.
Being at the Stadium for games 4 and 5 was indescribable - experience of a life time.
I got so sick of having to explain to non baseball fans why I wasn't rooting for NY.
@@gdbalck You were there? I was watching these games live on TV in Korea. It was nuts. The Korean closer blowing back to back games.
I remember listening to the game 7 radio broadcast of the '01 World Series as 10yr old in the middle of nowhere Arkansas rooting for D'Backs in my uncles' hunting cabin...it hooked me on baseball for life!
But this was based on the game, not the fact that 9/11 happened
My diamondbacks didnt win last year and might have looked bad but the nlds 4 homers in a row against the dodgers will be the most memorable part of that run for me
I think you were way too harsh on 2005. Yes, it was a sweep. But it was about as entertaining of a sweep to be. All four games were close with the White Sox getting the edge in different, dramatic ways:
- a walkoff homer
-a pinch hit home run from an assuming bench player in extras
-a pitchers duel that ends 1-0
Really fun series. Underrated series.
a series that almost everyone forgets
The thing about 2005 is all the games were super tight and engaging. So many big ones inpact moments on both sides. i think it at least deserves shrug.
2002 deserves the top tier. Game 6 is arguably the best WS home win that wasn’t a walk off. It was the biggest comeback win for a team facing elimination.
The Angels on the brink of elimination came back from 0-5 to win 6-5 with 3 runs in the 7th and 3 runs in the 8th. The Giants had a good bullpen in that series too, but the Angels beat them in that game to give themselves back the momentum after losing game 4 and 5 in SF. Each team lead that series twice. 4 of the games were decided by 1 run.
It was back and forth from game 1 and very exciting to follow. It also had the iconic moment with Daren Baker needing to be rescued in game 5.
The 2016 Cubs do deserve their own tier
The greatest game ever was played in Cleveland on a a Wednesday
I shed a tear at the mention of the 2016 WS. Spent $3k to get a seat at Wrigley for the Cubs lone home WS win. Best money I ever spent and the series was the best sports memory of my lifetime
2002 World Series deserves to be in S Tier. If you break it down, the story, the games, the comebacks, it is absolutely incredible. Hell, the postseason leading up to it was iconic as well.
I'd promote 2005 to Shrug. Yes, it was a sweep, but it never really felt like it was over until it was over.
2019 and 2022 were some great WS, not absolute top tier, but def the 2 best WS in recent memory
Not to be that guy but as a dodger fan
The 2014 World Series was a very good World Series. It had
1. Playoff atmospheres at both home stadiums
2. Both pitchers duals and offense popping off
3. Benches cleared twice….. or once
4. Whether you were a giants fan or a royals fan, it had everyone at the edge of there seats and blood pumping wondering WTF was going to happen next
2014 WS should be S tier. It was the greatest superhuman feat we had ever seen of a baseball player since Barry bonds. That was the best playoff performance of any pitcher in MLB history
everyone forgets about Lance Berkman in game 6. Cards were down to their final out for a second time and he got a base hit
Who are you to say everyone does anything?
My bias says 2002 is S tier, but I get A tier. Both were the Wild Card teams, Barry and the Giants, the Angels were a bunch of underdogs, but other than game 6, there weren’t really memorable games like the others had
Cmon that 2002 Series was a war! Two wild card teams climbed their way past the Yankees and Braves, and then went on to have a 7 game David V Goliath battle. Every game had dramatics.
Easy S Tier
Yeah, 2004 might be the one instance where everyone remembers one of the LCS's far more than the actual World Series. Even as a Red Sox fan I honestly kind of struggle to remember how those 4 games went... we won them all, that's all that really mattered. 20 years on I still remember almost every inning of that ALCS though, nevermind the games.
love these kinds of videos, you should do tier lists of NLCS/ALCS or just playoff years in general
2014 in missed potential and 2019 not being S tier is absolutely insane, two of the greatest world series I've seen
As a Chicagoan, I can tell you the 2016 Word Series was like a religious revival or something. It was an absolutely magical time.
Fuck the cubs
was buzzin for weeks!
If anyone doesn’t love the 2016 world series they are just sick
I've ranked all 1,792 post-season games using PBP data, and 366 playoff series
Here is my ranking of the last 24 World Series
Tier 1: 2011, 2001, 2017, 2016
Tier 2: 2002, 2019, 2020, 2014, 2003
Tier 3: 2013, 2105, 2005, 2000, 2018, 2022
Tier 4: 2009, 2008, 2021, 2006, 2023
Tier 5: 2010, 2004, 2007, 2012
2001 is my favorite. Schilling and Johnson are the greatest 1/2 punch ever imo
You clearly never saw 2019 James Paxton and Domingo German.
@@gavinvanhouten2063Literally any Giants WS rotation clears them
@@shoukatsukai it was a joke. Like you know a satirical statement meant to humor someone?
@@gavinvanhouten2063 Except 2019 James Paxton was very very good, so idk what you meant 🤷
2005 was actually a good one even though it was a sweep, an 88 year drought was broken and all the games were close.
Came here after the Dodgers clinched a World Series berth. Judge vs. Ohtani in their MVP years. Mookie Betts and Juan Soto right behind them. Los Angeles vs. New York. Managed by playoff heroes in Dave Roberts and Aaron Boone. Tens of millions of Japanese fans tuning in.
This has the potential to be one of the greatest series ever.
And it flopped 😂
@ Yankees choked so hard.
I've been following baseball since the '50s and the 2016 Cubs/Indians series is by far the best I've ever seen. In fact it was so good you could make a case for never having to watch baseball again because what could ever top it. And I say this from the prespective of someone who is neither a Cubs or Indians fan, just someone who appreciates good baseball.
Game 7 in 2016 is one of the greatest baseball games ever played. It would have been legendary in Game 2 of a division series. Sucked for Cleveland (hope they get one soon) but we may never again see the pure euphoria Cubs fans felt afterwards. Literally once-in-a-lifetime.
@@acelm8437As a diehard Tigers fan I had allegiance to neither team. But given Detroit's history with each team I did have a great deal of appreciation for how dearly they both wanted to win. This allowed me to watch the series entirely without bias or any emotional investment in one side winning over the other. And I saw it as stupendous matchup. I've never seen two teams going at it that were hungrier. And until the very last out you did not know who was going to win. They were the most equally matched teams I've ever seen.
I agree it was sad that one of them did eventually have to lose. But maybe after what they just went through to beat my Tigers, the Guardians will finally see the end of their terrible drought.
"What could ever top it?"
Unless you're a Cleveland fan...in which case this series was yet another gutpunch.
@@itt23r Your team had an incredible run too; I still don't know who let the Tigers get hot. 🤣 Excited to see how they follow it up!
well im a cubs fan and i agree 😆
2002 is arguably the best Series on this list. Deserves S tier
As a a rangers fan last year's world series was very memorable to us
13:17 certified playoff dawg Joe Panik
Hell yeah !!
And yes, we remember Gregor Blanco. Dude had a good mlb career, weird person to "who is this?" if you're running an MLB account.
3:40 in 2003 we almost had a Cubs vs. Red Sox series with both teams trying to break their losing streaks
I wanted that so badly that year.
My earliest memories of watching the World Series is the '97 Marlins-Indians series. Growing up near Montreal, I never had the chance to celebrate an Expos playoff run but I was proudly rocking my teal Marlins hat at that time. That was the next best thing for me!
Fellow Canadian. 97 was awesome. I am partial to 92 and 93 though.
My biggest one I disagree with is rays-dodgers. Yes, looking back no crowd is odd. But like the Stros dodgers, you have to look at it with the hindsight from 2020. Having no sports and baseball with no fans for that entire season, a series with fans at the very least was great. Then baseball having just such a good showcase of what sports are and how they bring us together in tough times was what makes it S tier for me, no matter how weird of an S tier it is
The Nats 2019 WS not being in the perfect tier is a crime punishable by rawdogging the entire white Sox 2024 season with no breaks.
Cant be s tier if you cant even win in front of your own fans 😂
@ wtf r u smoking
Glad to see others commenting the same thing. The 2019 World Series was epic and full of theatrics. Easily one of the best of all time and a cap to perhaps the greatest World Series run of all time by a team.
This is going to be a hot take: 2023 should've been in the top tier. When you consider the Rangers previous history (2010/11 comes to mind), and how they got to where they were (Adolis Garcia comes from the cardinals who beat the rangers in 2011, Bruce Bochy was the manager of the dominant giants in 2010 and started their dynasty), literally all of the pieces came into place for the Rangers redemption arc. And meanwhile, you have a Diamondbacks team that is rolling red hot for the first time since 2001. I just don't understand how a series with arguably the greatest opening game to a World Series and all of these potent plot lines can go into the meh category. And I didn't even mention all of the plot lines, I only mentioned two. Adolis Garcia's post season heroics and record breaking hits along with Corey Seager's performance is another that made this series so wonderful to watch even as a regular baseball fan.
Top tier is way too far. This list is mostly about the entertainment so storylines can only take it so far. Hard to give a 5 game series huge credit. I'd say 3 of the games was actually good. Game 1,3, & 5. Only Game 1 I'd look as a classic, and Game 5 I could put in the great category because of Eovaldi's and Gallen's weird duel. The series had a slew of great defensive plays but by Game 5 I'd say a good chunk of the audience checked out.
Definitely a hot take, most of that series outside game 1 was a snooze fest.
Rangers just looked pretty much Dominant.
The ALCS matchup was way more entertaining than the WS
2002 Anaheim vs San Francisco was a hard S tier series without a doubt.
I'm putting this video in "Missed Potential to be Great" simply due to USING A MIX OF WORLD SERIES CHAMPION LOGOS AND OFFICIAL WORLD SERIES LOGOS???? Jolly! I expect more!!!
15:00 There never was a “lead change” in Game 7. Cleveland never led in any of those WS games after being up 1-0 in Game 5 at Wrigley.
I think 2014 should go back up. Game 4 was a close game before it was a blowout. The rallies in that game were crazy. Game 7 was a classic. In my opinion, it was more than just MadBum holding things down
Right? Game 7 alone brings it up a tier for me
2014 not getting S Tier is INSANE
It is the worst 7-gamer of the lot. The WORST 3 games of the entire 2014 playoffs are games 1,5 and 6 of the world series.
2014 should be moved up a tier solely because of game 7. I was lucky enough to be there and I will never forget the impending doom that I felt once Bumgarner went on the mound, the glimmer of hope that Gordo gave us (KC folks still have conversations to this day about whether we should have sent him home or not), and the soul-crushing despair of the last out. A part of me died that day 😂
I've had those conversations too. :-D As a Giants fan, I can say that Gordon being sent home would have been a huge mistake. His speed wasn't bad, but he wasn't a crazy speedster, and there was no one in baseball with a better infield arm than Brandon Crawford. Gordon was rounding third when Crawford got the ball, and his arm was crazy accurate -- it wouldn't have taken a fast throw, just an accurate one. Royals made the right call, especially with Perez coming up, the only person on the team who had an RBI against Bumgarner. I still wonder if Perez's knee was bothering him in that at-bat; he just couldn't lay off high heat.
4:51 You literally emoted the expression for the tier and then didn't place the thing in that tier...
If the 2017 world series is tainted, why don't we ever talk about the 2018 world series? The Red Sox got in trouble for the exact same thing...and the 2019 Yankees, though they didn't get in trouble and there were probably a lot of other teams doing something similar. I say this as a Mets fan, btw
Because we have to pretend the Astros were the only team cheating. (It was more than just the Sox and yankees too)
People view it as different types of cheating
Funny how you don’t mention 2000 and 2009 as tainted since the Yankees were rampant with steroid use.
Correction to the 2020 world series, but there was a crowd. They played it in Arlington, Texas, and they were allowed about 11,000 per game. Not a normal crowd, or as loud, but there was at least some atmosphere compared 90% of baseball games that had no fans that year. Otherwise, I agree with your list.
As a Giants fan I always end up going back and rewatching that 2014 World Series about every year lol. Still vividly remember watching Bumgarner walk out of that pen in game 7 knowing there was no human on earth I would rather have the ball in this moment.
I've gone back and watched game 7 probably more than 10 times in the last decade. Watching them let the Royals score those early runs and then Affeldt comes in to shut them down and Madbum, a starter, gets a 5 inning shutout save on 2 days rest. It's so ridiculous that if they would have written this as a story line in a baseball movie, we'd rip it apart for being unrealistic. Not to mention his performance in the other WS games and the playoffs overall.
@@Scotter4536 I don't think it was that unrealistic! Affeldt had the 3rd-longest playoff scoreless streak in history at that point, and Bum was just a monster (their only monster pitcher...)
@@ianwestc I think those two points illustrate just how unrealistic or improbable those two things happening in the same postseason and the same game are. Both are incredibly rare. The probability of Affeldt having another consecutive scoreless inning goes down every inning. And Bumgarner set the record for most innings in a postseason.
Unrealistic doesn't mean they can't happen, but that they're so exceptional and outliers that it seems far fetched.
I love that even though you're not a Cubs fan, you rated the 2016 world series so highly.
Hoping for your sake that the Mets' Seymour Weiner Hawk Tuah McGrimace Magic can continue and the 25th World series will include your Mets.
I'm going with S tier for 2002. It was the greatest moment for my Angels in franchise history. I was 12 years old when they won it. Giants thought they had it game 6 but the Angels came back and won game 6 then won game 7 also at home. It was a great year for me in sports. I got to see the Angels win their first, I got to see the Lakers 3peat and then I got to see my home country get 4th place in the world cup in their own country. I want a Halo do over in 2007/ 2008 (screw the red sox) and especially 2005 and 2009 which was supposed to be a fwy world series (thanks Yankees and Phillies). 2014 is a forgettable year for the Angels (Thanks A's for blowing it against the Royals).
Angels till we die, I was 14 haha still remember like it was yesterday, Santa Ana resident and remember ppl from house to house just jumping around like kids. Memorias as hell
@@lonestar7938 I was happy to see them win it all right before I temporarily moved back to Korea. I want to experience this in my lifetime again.
2:12 my dad is from queens and moved to my native north texas when he was 17, he hasn’t watched a full baseball game in a decade and even he won’t let me say Benitez
2002 Angels Troy Glaus wasnt a star player? Wtf dude was in backyard baseball 2003? Garret Anderson had a highly under rated career and placed 4th in the MVP voting and they had John Lackey and Troy Percival
Tim Salmon was the unsung hero
You're crazy for this! Thank you for the time you put into this man! 🙏
I’m so very biased but 2013 World Series (despite it going only 6 games) was so unbelievably weird that it would make S tier for me
I think 2017 is the perfect “missed potential to be great” in a different way. The games themselves were GREAT. But the cheating scandal is what everyone is going to remember it (plus there was that Yuli Gurriel “incident” with Yu Darvish).
The series could’ve been great BUT everyone will always remember it for something outside of the games played
im just gonna stop you at the 2nd sentence bc you already contradicted the criteria of the list.
@@shoukatsukai “in a different way”
I went to two of the home games in Houston, that place was so loud. Impossible to hear anything banged on except the fans on the back of the seats lol. People claiming the Astros cheated in the playoffs are just sore losers
@@monicawhitm9335 Agreed. No way the Stros cheated in the postseason. They were just better.
Not only was the sign-stealing thoroughly investigated and confirmed, several people involved openly admitted it. You guys are just flagrant reality deniers. The Astros cheated to win, and their 2017 championship will always wear a big asterisk.
5:45. Ozzie Guien just smooching his bench coach. wtf😂😂
If I may make an appeal for 2014 to be in the A Tier (Royals Fan Perspective)
Game One: MadBum dominates and it sets the tone for the rest of the series.
Game Two: Hunter Strickland Blowup because he got donged on by Omar Infante of all people.
Game Three: Classic 2014 Royals. 1 Run lead in the 7th Herrera, Davis, Holland for the Win.
Game Four: The actual deciding game. Royals get out to a lead and are set for a repeat of game three but blow it big time.
Game Five: Classic MadBum.
Game Six: Yordano pitching for his fallen countryman and giving us foolish Kansas Citians hope for game seven.
Game Seven: Great double play saves the Giants. Classic MadBum. Royals don’t send Gordon (right call BTW) and Salvy misses on a pitch he’s cranked over the fence many times after this game.
Not to mention the first overturned call in WS history on Hosmer by a hair. Soul crushing, but the play from Panik to Crawford was legendary.
From a Giants fan perspective..... "Hunter Strickland blowup because he got donged on by of all people" was distressingly common. I've never seen an MLB player with that many temper problems. He wasn't THAT great either, just really fast, at his best he'd be C-tier today. When he got frustrated and punched a door in the dugout, breaking his hand, I was totally done with him.
Great list! I would lobby for the 2005 Series to be higher than El Stinko. All four games were close and there were some memorable moments. Konerko's statue is modeled after one of them.
man nostalgia is a powerful drug, i remember 06 and still hold it as this magical series, but also i was a kid who was a fan of the cardinals so ...
I believe the 2004 World Series is the only World Series where the winning team never trailed
The 02 WS should be S Tier Game 6 had one of the greatest Comebacks in World Series history
15:45 Man I remember watching this game at my dads house with my family when I was 8 years old. As a dodgers fan, when we lost after all that chaos, all I remember is stoically walking up to my room devastated. That, the 2019 game 5, and the 2023 NLDS game 1 (which I went to) will never escape my memory as the worst games I’ve ever watched
How can you not remember Gregor Blanco. Constant figure through those Giants teams.
7:52 its weird when you realize Kazmir pitched more recently than Hamels
Only thing I didn't like was how Jolly didn't consider storylines for ALL the World Series. Like the Red Sox curse breaking team didn't get the same treatment as the Cubs curse breaking team
Kyle Schwarber in the 2016 WS wasn't mentioned but it was probably the best story of the whole series. 2nd game of the season he tore his ACL, dealt with trade rumors all season, then played a couple AFL games and jumped right into the WS like he never missed a game. Heroic.
2005 was a nearly perfect sweep, at least A tier
sweeps aren't as entertaining
@@fiercedeitylink2019it was close though for every single game
@jadenfoster7729 doesn't matter, no sweep is as entertaining as any half-decent 6 or 7 game series
@@fiercedeitylink2019a 6 or 7 game series can be all blowouts and routs that doesn’t make it better just because they exchanged beat downs
@jadenfoster7729 i said half-decent six or seven game series, but even an all-blowout seven game series is better than nearly any sweep due to the back-and-forth or reverse-sweep nature of almost every seven game series
even if youre not a cubs fan like me, 2016 was simply magical. an enormous moment for all of sports.
I was a very uncultured kid when it came to baseball back in 2001. I watched every single game of that Yankees v Diamondbacks with my brother on the tv. I had no idea that was considered and would still be considered one of the most legendary World Series in history.
As far as content goes, this content is good content.
2002, 2014, and I'm sorry Jolly but 2015 all deserve to go up a notch. 2002 was a hell of a run for both teams, 2014 was storybook thriller right up to the end, and 2015 was the kind redemption you can only hope to achieve... and I'd knock down the 2020 WS. Covid shorten season and no fans kinda made that entire thing feel like a birthday party without cake or your friends 😅
The Phillies run of 08-12 is a masterclass in regression. They went from winning the world series to losing the world series, to losing the NLCS, to losing the NLDS to not making the playoffs at all. 2010 was the best for me as a Giants fan, sorry you guys weren't entertained but after seeing my Giants fail twice in my lifetime and over 40 years of not winning it meant a whole lot to us in NorCal. And yes, I remember Gregor Blanco, every Giants fan who watched Matt Cains perfect game remembers Gregor Blanco because he made the most important play in the field when he tracked down a fly ball headed for triples alley and he made a spectacular diving catch to save the perfect run.
Prewatch better see the 2005 WS in S tier cuz that’s all we have now
Changes I would make -
2005 - Missed potential. If the Astros could have squeaked out game 2 or 3 it would’ve been a much longer series.
2006 - Shrug. Not a terrible series but not super entertaining. Couple of good games.
2014 - Are you not Entertained. Games 1-6 were OK but game 7 elevated it a bit.
2015 - Missed potential. Mets blew a lot of opportunities to make this a longer series by not being able to close out games.
2017 - Are you not Entertained. Games 1-5 were great with two classics, but 6 and 7 weren’t very memorable.
2018 - Missed potential. Dodgers seized control with the Puig HR in game 4. If they win that game it’s a different series.
The White Sox ended an 89 year World Series drought with a few amazing, down-to-the-wire games throughout the postseason, White Sox starting pitchers DOMINATED, not appreciating this series is not appreciating baseball, putting the Cubs series above it is targeted White Sox hate
Don’t forget the fact that Schwarber came back from what should’ve been a season ending injury for the postseason and played a huge vital role in that 2016 win for the Cubs
Top 5 WS since 2000…
5: Nationals over Astros 2019
4: Angels over Giants 2002
3: Cardinals over Rangers 2011
2: Cubs over Indians 2016
1: DBacks over Yankees 2001
Agreed! I remember listening to the game 7 radio broadcast of the '01 World Series as 10yr old in the middle of nowhere Arkansas rooting for D'Backs in my uncles' hunting cabin...it hooked me on baseball for life!
It sucks seeing 04, 15, and 19 below top tier. You’re right in your ranking. Their moments happened before the WS. They are definitely S tier in another video.
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I'd argue 2019 had some huge moments during the series itself too. But I think he's right in that several of the games were more or less blowouts and so it's an insane series overall but only some of the actual games were barnburners.
Charley Morton pitches on a broken leg and its considered missed potential, Mets bias showing. But also the camera just for Gregor Blanco is amazing