Reliving the Greatest World Series Ever Played

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  • Five one-run games. Four walk-off winners. Three extra-inning battles. The greatest catch in Twins' history, and perhaps the greatest pitching duel in baseball history. The 1991 World Series between the Atlanta Braves and Minnesota Twins might've just been the greatest we will ever seen.
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  • @JollyOlive
    @JollyOlive  ปีที่แล้ว +678

    Glad to report that I am indeed a doofus and Kirby Puckett is (very deservedly) in the Hall of Fame.

    • @matthewhenningervonada9914
      @matthewhenningervonada9914 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Also, the 1992 nlcs was a world series in itself.

    • @g00b3r7
      @g00b3r7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Almost commented this. Great video, gotta have some catharsis after seeing my Twins drop the DS.

    • @BaseballPlayer0
      @BaseballPlayer0 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Don't crop the 4:3 footage, pls. Can you reupload with the full picture

    • @twinsfan1040
      @twinsfan1040 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Such a great series!!

    • @DrAnarchy69
      @DrAnarchy69 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah I was about to say

  • @ferdinandfoch7816
    @ferdinandfoch7816 ปีที่แล้ว +525

    My favorite anecdote from this WS is that after Jack Morris pitched his 9th scoreless inning in game 7, manager Tom Kelly approached him and told him that he would be taken out for the 10th, Morris flat out refused to be removed from the game. In response to Morris's intransigence, Kelly replied "Ah hell, it's only a game" and sent his starter out for the 10th.

    • @jcarwash31
      @jcarwash31 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      That's great. My favorite is that in game 6 Puckett didn't like facing Leibrandt so he told Chili he was going to bunt. He knew Chili could hit him. Then Chili got all existential about how maybe this moment wasn't made for Chili Davis, but maybe it was made for Kirby Puckett to win the game. Then he hits the walk-off.

    • @bwellstv4927
      @bwellstv4927 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      I've also heard Jack Morris told Tom Kelly that if he puts somebody else in there would be 2 pitchers on the mound.

    • @nicholasherrald2866
      @nicholasherrald2866 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      They don't show the video of Kelly and Morris' conversation. There is a clear scene of Morris EMPHATICALLY TELLING Kelly no.
      What's even more crazy is that when interviewed years later, Morris stated that the Twins didn't even offer him a contract.for the 1992 season in the off season- they just let him walk. THATS insane!!!

    • @richardlug6139
      @richardlug6139 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@nicholasherrald2866 I do not think that is correct I think they offered him one they just did not come back with another offer after the Blue Jays offer to meet or beat that offer.

    • @JoshGibson-fb7mf
      @JoshGibson-fb7mf ปีที่แล้ว

      He would’ve never pitch that many innings against a good lineup

  • @brewii4991
    @brewii4991 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    Such an amazing series. After game 7 even Mark Lemke said, "The only thing better would have been if we stopped after nine innings and cut the trophy in half."

    • @lawrencemarocco8197
      @lawrencemarocco8197 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      As one pundit put it, "It may not have been great baseball but it was great theater."

    • @michaeldoran4367
      @michaeldoran4367 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      EENUS AND ANUS BROTHERS BBQ

  • @jonathansoucek1396
    @jonathansoucek1396 ปีที่แล้ว +198

    Kirby Puckett was a first ballot hall of famer (2001), but it is a shame that most people have forgotten him because his career was cut short.

    • @jaimelannister1797
      @jaimelannister1797 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Well there’s also the domestic violence…

    • @alexlegge
      @alexlegge ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@jaimelannister1797 Shhhh, we like to forget that he made some pretty gross mistakes. Let's erect more statues of him outside Target Field.

    • @Kornelli98
      @Kornelli98 ปีที่แล้ว

      Best player rver

    • @Kornelli98
      @Kornelli98 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Sad that is what you remember

    • @glennhubbard5008
      @glennhubbard5008 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tony Gwynn is the same. But he played 20 years.

  • @Strathaczar
    @Strathaczar ปีที่แล้ว +93

    I was at Game 6 in Minneapolis. I'm originally from Iowa, and was living in Charles City at the time and my step-father surprised me with the tickets one day. You can imagine what that would do to a 12 year old baseball fan! So my step-father and I were both watching the series very closely, hoping to god there'd be a Game 6. Anyway, the game was nuts man. Had me on the edge of my seat. It was the loudest thing I think I've ever witnessed. When Kirby Puckett got up and nailed that home run, I couldn't hear myself think. I was yelling to my step dad, and I couldn't even hear what I was saying or feel if my vocal cords were vibrating. It was THAT loud. Greatest sporting experience of my life! I STILL have the program somewhere in my items in Iowa. I need to try and find that the next time I'm there!

    • @michaeldoran4367
      @michaeldoran4367 ปีที่แล้ว

      MASSIVE NON ERECT GIRTHY KOCK FLOPPED ONTO A KITCH TABLE. KOCK SLAMS DOWN AND CAUSES THE PROPERTY TO SHAKE. 23 MILLION DOLLARS OF PROPERTY DAMAGE CAUSED

    • @thejmc4074
      @thejmc4074 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      What a story. Glad you got to experience it.

    • @johnnypinestead7879
      @johnnypinestead7879 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      wow, I was 10 at home in Maine. I had to wait 13 more years to jump in excitment.

    • @Cory_Springer
      @Cory_Springer 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The Metrodome was loud!

    • @Strathaczar
      @Strathaczar 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Cory_Springer loudest thing I've ever been to. Has never been beat.

  • @Itswebbgaming
    @Itswebbgaming ปีที่แล้ว +130

    “And we’ll see you tomorrow night!” Still gets me. 😢

    • @michaelrodriguez2784
      @michaelrodriguez2784 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Greatest call in World Series history.

    • @CubeApril
      @CubeApril ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It’s amazing how we see it now, it was widely criticized as the time. But I agree, it’s the perfect call and letting the crowd roar afterwards was pure magic.

    • @christiangonzales8807
      @christiangonzales8807 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@CubeAprilI never knew it was criticized at the time, why was that?

    • @jaimelannister1797
      @jaimelannister1797 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@christiangonzales8807people said it was unenthusiastic and didn’t match the moment

    • @davidmcmahon5809
      @davidmcmahon5809 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@christiangonzales8807. Put it this way. If Atlanta had hit that homerun (and ignoring the fact that of course they were the road team), Buck would have gone nuts. Just listen to his calls of other moments that were great for the Braves vs great for the Twins.

  • @backsgl
    @backsgl ปีที่แล้ว +25

    One more neat bit about Morris’ performance: he’s a Saint Paul guy. This is his hometown team. While he’ll always be remembered as a Tigers legend first, I think there’s something very special in the hometown hero showing up big when it mattered most. I wish Joe Mauer had that kind of opportunity, but alas.

    • @northstarjakobs
      @northstarjakobs หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's only a 20 minute drive in St. Paul from Dave Winfield's high school, to Paul Molitor and Joe Mauer's high school, to Jack Morris's high school

  • @shaylarz
    @shaylarz ปีที่แล้ว +40

    This was the year a 6 year old me, a relatively new resident of Minnesota, discovered and fell in love with baseball. I’ve been a Twins fan ever since. I’m still not entirely sure how baseball entered my life as my family does not care about sports, but I’m so grateful that I did and this was a great year for it to happen.

    • @JoeyMPLS
      @JoeyMPLS ปีที่แล้ว

      Same for me (except 7 years old). Die hard Twins fan since, albeit the late 90s were not so great!

  • @BernieForLifeBFL
    @BernieForLifeBFL ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Appreciate you throwing in the John Gordon call for Kirby's walkoff. His signature line was 'Touch em all' after a Twins player hit a homerun and the only time he said it twice was for the game 6 walkoff.

  • @markbucher7609
    @markbucher7609 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I was stationed in the Netherlands and watched the series on AFN Soesterberg. When Gladden scored in Game 7 to win it, I was outside at 0530 yelling at the top of my lungs. My next door neighbor looked at his wife and said "well we now know the Twins won it". Best sports memory of my life.

  • @grife3000
    @grife3000 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    People are naming other "famous moment" series, but the biggest clincher about this series is how bloody competitive it was in almost every game. The cute line about it is "in 5 of 7 games the game was decided in the winning team's last at-bat." Games 3 (12 innings), 4 (9 innings), 6 (11 innings), and 7 (10 innings) were all walkoff wins and game 2 had the go-ahead run in the bottom of the 8th by the Twins.

  • @jasongray9696
    @jasongray9696 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This series made me love baseball, but realize how it can break your heart. I was allowed to stay up late for the first time ever on school nights to watch this. We lived about 4 hours from Atlanta and my Dad and I would see the Braves at least once a year (oh...they use to give discount coupons at GA welcome rest stops for Braves' games in the late 80s). Part of what makes it great, if you watched in '91, is that the last two games were both so close. The great dramatic end.....P.S. Kent Hrbek is on my 'enemies' list.

  • @jkfecke
    @jkfecke ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Jack Morris in Game 7 was the greatest performance by a pitcher that I've ever seen.

  • @SeriouslyLarry
    @SeriouslyLarry 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I clicked on this video to see if you made the correct choice for best World Series ever. You did. I watched every pitch of this series with no rooting interest & it was unforgettable.

  • @CarlSolovox
    @CarlSolovox ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Two other cool facts: It was the first (and I think only?) time that both teams in the WS went from Worst to First in one season. Also: the hometown won each game. I was living in Georgia at the time, and unless you grew up in Atlanta in the 1980's you can't understand what 1991 felt like. The Braves were so bad (like the video explains) that it felt like they ceased to exist. No one talked about them. But then they started not just winning, but winning in miraculous fashion. The 91-93 teams had more comeback victories than any team I've ever seen, or at least it felt that way. Also, there were no Florida Marlins back then, so it wasn't just Georgia that was in a fever dream and tomahawk chopping their brains out: it was the entire South. Unless you were there you just can't understand how electrifying it was to have a team be sooo bad for so long and then suddenly become a freaking dynasty. But you also can't fathom how absolutely crushed we were to make it to extra innings of game 7 in the World Series only to lose. But hey--the dynasty had begun. Great video, thank you.

    • @johnnypinestead7879
      @johnnypinestead7879 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I like the "1st team to come back from 0-3 to when a 7 game series." Not WS, but who cares. Thats my favorite fact.

  • @emptyhand777
    @emptyhand777 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    1987 and 1991, I watched every pitch of both series. I was in high school in 87 and college in 91. Now I can't make time to sit through one game. Great memories.

  • @jrodlange8099
    @jrodlange8099 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The 91' Twins are and always will be my favorite pro team in any sport ever. So many elements to the series I don't where to begin. One thing the young man brought up in the video which was astute, and largely forgotten, is the fact the Twins got to set their rotation. That, along with literally another half dozen reasons, was the difference in the series. I can vividly remember crapping my pants before Game 6. Steve Avery, at that moment in time, was the Braves starter I feared the most. Once we got through that game I felt pretty good about our chances. Of course, I had no idea the 3-4 hours during Game 7 would be the most excruciating sports hours of my life. Holy smokes what a series.

  • @JSR_
    @JSR_ ปีที่แล้ว +22

    This World Series was literally the first exposure to baseball I ever had as a kid. I was 7.
    I've been hooked ever since.

  • @robertcrist6059
    @robertcrist6059 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The sequence starting at 12:18 with the pitcher getting ready, delivering the pitch, falling out of frame, and the runner then coming into frame from the direction the pitcher left was super cool for some reason

  • @bookerlo1977
    @bookerlo1977 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I agree with you wholeheartedly. 1991 was the best world series in recent memory.

  • @Tallhandsome77
    @Tallhandsome77 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I was a 14 yr old kid in northern Minnesota in 91. An amazing time to be a twins fan!

    • @jimnfl7134
      @jimnfl7134 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      was the same age, about 30 miles from Minneapolis at the time. AMAZING!

    • @Tiredashelljoe107
      @Tiredashelljoe107 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Mauer killed it in that series!

  • @TheDanezone
    @TheDanezone ปีที่แล้ว +37

    As a lifelong Twins fan, so thankful for this Jolly, great job man!

  • @staringatthesun861
    @staringatthesun861 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is the greatest World Series of _modern times_ . But the greatest World Series EVER is the 1924 World Series, in my opinion. Between the Washington Senators and the New York Giants. Four of the games were decided by 1 run, one by 2 runs (with the bases being loaded as the game ended), one by 3 runs (with the tying run at the plate), and one by 4 runs (though it was a 1-run game in the 8th inning).
    Games 1 and 2 each featured 9th inning comebacks, while Game 7 featured the Senators trailing 3-1 in the 8th inning and tying it, and proceeding to win it 4-3 in the 12th (the longest Game 7 in World Series history). Walter Johnson, perhaps the greatest pitcher who ever lived, entered Game 7 in relief as an 18-year veteran. One ONE DAY of rest after a complete game loss in Game 5, he pitched 4 shutout innings of relief -- the 9th through 12th innings -- escaping multiple jams. And he won 4-3, defeating a Giants team that had just won its fourth consecutive pennant. It's the only title the Senators won during their time in Washington.....and the funniest part is, that team went on to become the Minnesota Twins.

  • @johnscustomsaws
    @johnscustomsaws ปีที่แล้ว +19

    As a lifelong Twins fan growing up playing little league in Minnesota thru the 80s/90s... I can tell you the series was nothing short of the best sporting event in HUMAN HISTORY 💯
    ... especially if you were a human from Minnesota

  • @orestes8312
    @orestes8312 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Touch em allllll Kirby Puckett!" Still brings a tear of joy to my eyes!

  • @christianharter1434
    @christianharter1434 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I am a White Sox fan that dated a twins fan for a few years. Even her father who was in attendance couldn’t have described - in detail - the way Jolly does! This was amazing and I felt joyous when watching them win it!

  • @thomasdimarcantonio956
    @thomasdimarcantonio956 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I think for best World Series in our lifetime, the argument is between 2014 and 2016. Both were wild series and a joy to watch. Though I will say, if Alex Gordon went home on that final play it could’ve been the most exciting finish we’ve ever seen.

  • @zackaryhaselius2226
    @zackaryhaselius2226 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    This series was so insane there were a million other things you could have also added. Mark Lemke would have been WS MVP had Atlanta won. In the fifth inning of game 4, Brian Harper stopped 2 men from scoring with terrific plays at the plate. Lonnie Smith had a 3 game homer streak in the world series. Also his 4 different different team he was in the world series with.
    Before game 6, Kirby walked into the clubhouse after admittedly having a down series to that point and announced to the team "climb on my back tonight boys!"
    Game 2 and game 3 started the exact same way with Dan Gladden reaching base with miscommunication on a flyball involving David Justice.
    In game 7, the 8th inning (top and bottom of the inning) the bases loaded with 1 out, and both sides got a massive, unconventional double play.
    Terry Pendleton lost 8 straight world series games in the metrodome.
    The 2013 redsox are the only team since to finish in last, and win it all the next year.
    They are the only current minnesota based team win a championship.
    In game 3, the two teams used
    Almost every player on their teams.
    And Tom Kelly was forced to pinch hit Closer Rick Augilara eigth the bases loaded and 2 outs in the top of the 12th. And he hit a rocket to CF that was caught.

    • @kenw2225
      @kenw2225 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thanks for sharing.

    • @ztoxtube
      @ztoxtube ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well, the Lynx have 4 championships, but yeah the rest of the teams have had so many letdowns. Proud of the Twins' push this year.

    • @user-kj4mo2ii9k
      @user-kj4mo2ii9k ปีที่แล้ว +2

      LMAO. WNBA knowledge dropped! I guess that counts as a professional team, albeit one not too many care about. Well played

    • @billhicks808
      @billhicks808 ปีที่แล้ว

      Aguilera was actually a very decent hitter for a pitcher and had been a starter in the national league so hed had plenty of major league at bats. Kelly had used Rick as a pinch hitter previously throughout the season, though only on nights he wouldn't be expected to pitch.

    • @asawhitemanidjustliketosay
      @asawhitemanidjustliketosay ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think the commissioner’s daughter got hit in the head with a foul ball in game 1 or two

  • @PaoloJairo
    @PaoloJairo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    First and best World Series I have ever seen. Basically fell in love with baseball because of this series ❤❤❤ Also kicked off a lifetime of memories watching World Series with my family.

  • @robertharrie4513
    @robertharrie4513 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I have only been to one World Series game in my life and my wife and I were lucky to attend game 6 in 1991. What a phenomenal game!! It was so loud in the Metrodome that may ears were ringing for several days afterwards. Puckett was clutch!!

  • @mrsinister8943
    @mrsinister8943 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    These were the days. As an 11 yr old in 1991 i remember this series very well. Lemke was on fire and that Kirby walk off hr was epic along with the game 7 pitching duel. Early 90's baseball was just magical.

  • @carlosalbertosantiago6404
    @carlosalbertosantiago6404 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    What a ride! I wish I was alive to witness that series. What a true back-and-forth contest between these two teams. I loved the 2010s Giants dynasty series wins, but this 1991 series is head and shoulders above those. I hope we get a World Series as exhilarating as this one soon (or at least as crazy as the 2016 one)!

  • @astrostar49
    @astrostar49 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm just here for the piano outro music at the end. Seriously though, great spotlight on an awesome World Series. Thanks, and cheers.

  • @Mattyman1987
    @Mattyman1987 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Kirby Pucket was put into the Hall of Fame back in 2001. Great video though my guy!

  • @RadioMarkCroom
    @RadioMarkCroom ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Down memory lane we go ( as Twin Cities radio icon Dark Star used to say). I was livid at management when they traded Frankie V after the '87 Series win but they proved they knew what they were doing by the time that '91 season played out. The Series was as electric as you describe and an hour documentary could be filled with stories and highlights I'm sure. Thanks for the fun review.

  • @airiqtibbits2387
    @airiqtibbits2387 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've got the whole series on VHS!!! His name is pronounced Greg GAG-KNEE... It is spelled exactly like former wrestler Greg Gagne... Gant's momentum helped Hrbek pull him off of 1st base...

  • @thomasj3701
    @thomasj3701 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    I think its pretty obvious that Gant fell off the bag. Its a good thing Herby was there to catch him in fact, could've been injured!

    • @KingJ64
      @KingJ64 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dude, I was an angsty 17 year old obsessed with baseball. That call was a travesty. It was an ugly outcome to an obvious play. I'll leave it at that.

    • @thomasj3701
      @thomasj3701 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @KingJ64 I was a bit younger at 12. Kent Hrbek lived in the neighborhood (must stop for trick or treating). I'm just glad he was there to ensure Gant wasn't hurt. I wonder why he fell in the first place? Must've been lost in the moment I guess.

    • @CubeApril
      @CubeApril ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The so called “T-Rex tag” is why I rock a Twins custom jersey with 14 and “T-Rex” on it, to this day.

    • @donwhiteley3293
      @donwhiteley3293 ปีที่แล้ว

      The only worse call in World Series history was Denkinger in '85, but that was an honest mistake. Coble's call was pure stupidity.

    • @docbradleydc
      @docbradleydc ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Saved Gant from potential injury. That's Minnesota Nice.

  • @Deeplycloseted435
    @Deeplycloseted435 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember watching this series. Game 7, 10 shutout innings is insane. Great video.

  • @AC_282
    @AC_282 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As a lifelong Twins fan that was born in ‘85 I was aware that it was a special series but this is the first deep dive into it that I have seen.
    Loved the video!

  • @nevylwinkelman4091
    @nevylwinkelman4091 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is without a doubt the best series. So many firsts happen in this series with it also being the loudest recorded

  • @hardyworld
    @hardyworld ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My first memory of watching baseball on tv is watching the 1991 WS (I was 8 at the time). I think that series started my lifelong love of the game and MLB.

  • @silmarian
    @silmarian ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I was 15 when this series happened, and a twins fan, and it was pure magic. Especially that game 7.

  • @KingJ64
    @KingJ64 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fantastic Video. I could not agree more. I was 17 and watched every pitch of that series. I lived in Southern California, had TBS, and was rooting for the Braves 100%. I've maintained this ever since. 94 Jays, 2001 Backs, I'd say the Cubs v. Indians was one of the best. I'd say the Giants V Angels was too. However, Morris pitching a 10 inning Shutty. Was all piss and vinegar, and guts. Plus, I met Kirby once and I loved it.he remembered my name. He was a badass, may he rest in peace. The only thing missing, (and I understand the cultural sensitivity and choice not to glorify) was "The Chop". This was after Sid Bream beat a wet noodle arm Barry Bonds to the plate running like a 3 toed Sloth. The Chop was iconic. It was loud and awesome and transcended Baseball and become its own thing. I am sorry if I offended anyone by my joy I took in it, however it gives me goosebumps remembering watching 50,000 Braves Fans doing this in every scoring opp. I wish there was a clip. It was intense and completely original to the year and moment. I loved it and the passion it was used.

  • @eddieanderson9399
    @eddieanderson9399 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I watched this series and was siding with the Braves not cause I didn't like Minnesota but because I related a lot with the Braves talent. Like I felt they were the slight underdogs not having the homefield advantage and yet felt they could of deserved to win it. The Twins I didnt really know anybof their players except Kirby Puckett. I think I was also pulling for the Braves cause of their dramatic wins to comeback in the series after I felt the Twins had the 2-0 edge. Dramatic series ending game though I'll never forget. This Twins World Series reminded me of the Washington Redskins championships who won the chip those same years too... 1987 and 1991. Ironic.

    • @arneanderson187
      @arneanderson187 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And I was a Twins and a Redskins fan so those were two great years.

  • @patrickaker4380
    @patrickaker4380 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’ll agree. I was 9. I was a sports fan, in the simplest definition. I remember watching this and falling in love with The Braves because of it. I was baseball obsessed after.

  • @OhioRox
    @OhioRox ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Over the spring I had a sick day and sat down to watch this game 7, I would’ve loved to have watched this one live! What a way to cap off a fantastic series.

  • @Pocketrocket-pj1us
    @Pocketrocket-pj1us ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Don't mess with Hrbek.
    There were two players in this World series, who might have made the NHL and one of them was drafted by the L.A. Kings!!
    Trivia time, who knows the answer and how many of you, originally got the info from a Trading card, (I can't remember if it was baseball or hockey but I collected both and I'm leaning towards a Donruss Baseball card, because they almost always, had the longest write-ups, on the back!
    Just don't ask them for more than 5 or 6 seasons of stats, no room left for that.. lol
    Cheers.

  • @NightRogue77
    @NightRogue77 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wasn’t QUITE yet in high school - I lost SOOOO much sleep all the way through to the end of that WS, sneaking under my covers nearly every night to listen to the legendary voice of Skip Carey, gritting my teeth through anxiety filled comeback win night after night as we clawed our way towards the end of the regular season 😁…. And while it took me until my later years to appreciate just how legendary that series was, it still was never anything but fond memories, even the memory of being rounded up by the red dog squad of the GBI because my mother listened (for once) to the pleas of the two boys, and straight up spider-womaned up the side of a building with a group of men who then came down and opened the door, allowing us to watch the parade from the roof. (they let us go :D) Aaaaaand then we just happened to be a few hundred feet away from the shooting that happened later at Underground….
    I loved every minute of it and it’s one of the most glorious memories of my childhood

  • @spiked200
    @spiked200 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember pretty much everything from that series even though I was a month shy of my 8th birthday. Puckett's catch and blast, Morris' pitching, Larkin's bloop winner, and my school decked out in Twins gear waving Homer Hankies and pennants parading through the neighborhood while teachers blew whistles. Then watching the big parade at school on tv. One the most fun times of my life.

  • @JohnDyer-jc9xc
    @JohnDyer-jc9xc ปีที่แล้ว

    As a young guy and always watching baseball a sport I dearly love and miss terribly, I went through my childhood watching pretty much only the Reds,and the braves as both teams were the only teams covered locally by a couple of the TV stations were i live. I have very fond memories of rooting on the two teams I watched and followed the most. Other than the year I followed one of the best teams to my recollection The Red Sox in the early to middle 90s I had my two teams The Reds, and The Braves, watching those teams battle it out in person as a kid, even witnessing on one occasion in Cincinnati, my late father take off after a Brett Butler foul ball diving in the isle and catching the foul ball, this was captured by many cameras and on TV as well that ball set in my families restaurant for many years as a reminder of a very good time spent with my late father, boy I sure do miss those times , it was a time of great wholesome baseball experiences.

  • @SwingStateStories
    @SwingStateStories ปีที่แล้ว

    Dude - super well done. Baseball is my favorite sport for the very reasons you so amazingly outlined in this video: the drama, the intrigue, and the fact that there is no other game on earth where those little intangibles can all of a sudden become the way you win a championship.

  • @bobma6342
    @bobma6342 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There were 2 World Series I saw that I would pick as the best. 1 and 1a.
    1972 and 1975, although for me the wrong team won both times.
    My favorite World Series was 1984.

  • @joevanweedler
    @joevanweedler ปีที่แล้ว

    thank you for this trip down memory lane. i was 4 years old when this happened and have fuzzy memories of watching baseball and celebrating, but not really understanding what was going on. also enjoyed the appreciation of kirby puckett. truly a one of a kind player and one of my childhood heroes.

  • @Jesseyoutuber
    @Jesseyoutuber ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So nice to see someone acknowledge how incredible the 91 WS truly was. Game 6 and 7 ... Just wow.

  • @ThiKu
    @ThiKu ปีที่แล้ว

    Brought me right back to 1991 and age 11. As a Blue Jays fan the next two years were so special largely because of this series! That Jack Morris performance pops in my head sporadically and I barely watch baseball anymore. It was very special.

  • @mhub3576
    @mhub3576 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When I saw the title of the video I was like, "If he is calling a WS the greatest ever and its not 1991 then he's utterly CRACKED!" So good job! Of course I'm probably a bit biased since I'm a Twins fan. But objectively speaking NOTHING will ever top Black Jack Morris' 10 inning 1-0 game 7 shutout. Again, TEN INNING 1-0 GAME 7 SHUTOUT!!!

  • @timbober1
    @timbober1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for this, as a partisan Twins fan this has always been my favorite World Series. There were many legends, Black Jack Morris will always be remembered, but it was a team effort.

  • @ritchie909
    @ritchie909 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When i started watching this video because of the title, I wasn't expecting to see this series as the subject. I was a 12 year old. The twins became a part time favorite of mine after the 87 series. THe braves were my favorite though (Thank you TBS) I had been watching them since I was like 8. Dale Murphy was my favorite, but this was my first time seeing the braves have a playoff run.

  • @samkaufman1889
    @samkaufman1889 ปีที่แล้ว

    @JollyOlive: I love your content and I love how you don’t even try to hide how deeply you love the Game. Respect, brother.

  • @FTLnovaKid
    @FTLnovaKid ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This World Series was fantastic according to what my family has told me about it and the clips I have seen. I do hope to see a championship during my lifetime as a Twins fan. Or any championship from one of Minnesota’s men’s sports teams. 😅

  • @ConsummateGamer
    @ConsummateGamer ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Loved this. I was fortunate to be in attendance at both Games 6 & 7 of this series. Minnesota sports teams seem to live under some sort of ongoing curse (Vikings & Timberwolves are great examples) but if that is the cost for having played in/won this series... it was probably worth it.

  • @campbellj20
    @campbellj20 ปีที่แล้ว

    I absolutely loved this magical season! Lifelong Twins fan that has since relocated. When I heard the announcer say "touch em all Kirby Puckett" It immediately took me back. For years after that, WCCO would play that line when Twins games would come on. As an odd clash, my stepdad's family lived in Atlanta, so they didn't share our enthusiasm.

  • @patrickdoring7149
    @patrickdoring7149 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was 8 years old when this Series happened. It was the first time my parents let me stay up late to see the end of each game. Though not a Twins fan (and definitely not a Braves fan, lol), no other Series comes close to that one.

  • @stephenpenrice1230
    @stephenpenrice1230 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was in a temporary position at Emory University in Atlanta where I shared an office with a visiting professor from Poland. He knew absolutely nothing about baseball at the beginning of the playoffs but every day we would spend 10 or 15 minutes talking about the rules and what he had seen in the previous game. By the end of the series he was a knowledgeable, albeit disappointed, Braves fan. What a way to learn baseball!

  • @rrb4kids1
    @rrb4kids1 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was just out of the military in Sept of 91, moved back home to minnesota and witnessed this WS... For me it was my first as I was going through basic training in 87 and I didn't get to see any of that game. Nail biter the whole way through. Great vid!

  • @frederickd.provoncha8671
    @frederickd.provoncha8671 ปีที่แล้ว

    I absolutely 100% agree that the 1991 WS was the best one in recent decades. When I saw the title of this video I was wondering, hoping that this was going to be about the 1991 Series and you did not disappoint. Great great choice, in fact, it is the only right choice. Every game was close, every game had drama, every game was a nail-biter. It was thrilling to watch.

  • @RedlineR1S
    @RedlineR1S ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was 8 and I got to go to every game in Minneapolis of the ‘91 series. We sat on the field in the 3rd base box. Pretty lucky that my dad worked for Topps for 40 years. All I really remember was the sound. It’s as so loud.

    • @JasonLawrenceJones
      @JasonLawrenceJones ปีที่แล้ว

      That would be amazing! My Grandpa had season tickets for 2 different spots on the lower level for every year that I can remember from my childhood. He had seats right behind first base (13th row) and center field (first row) right above the 408 sign on the fence. I didn't get to see any of the playoff games that year, but I did get be there for any other game that I wanted to attend. Your dad and my grandpa probably crossed paths at some point.

  • @derksforeal7960
    @derksforeal7960 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great vid! Watched game seven in 2020 when mlb vault was showcasing games. That was a great series, the vault. Jm should look into highlighting past games and maybe even streaming the “greatest games” of our sport and doing a live commentary to give it a modern feel. Too many great games and series are forgotten sadly. You guys are now the ambassadors for the next generation and they need to know where it comes from to understand where it is going.

  • @dylanowens9880
    @dylanowens9880 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The catch by Greg Olson was freaking phenomenal! The toss from his glove to his hand was perfect 👌

  • @chadlewis4079
    @chadlewis4079 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's hard to describe just how improbable the Atlanta Braves' rise was. I grew up Georgia assuming that the World Series was an annual event in which the Braves weren't invited -- that only professional teams could consider. And then, suddenly, in a single season, they broke through.

  • @JBullock54
    @JBullock54 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for uploading this, man! I’ve heard the talk about it, but didn’t know too much about it. I needed more context, along with footage itself, and you did a great job of that! After watching this, I fully agree this is the greatest World Series ever. My top 5 would be:
    1991
    2001
    2016
    2011
    2017

  • @peterharris6409
    @peterharris6409 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    That Yankees Diamondbacks series was nuts too

    • @DwayneABryan
      @DwayneABryan 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The only one that I think comes close... Amazing! Mystique and Aura...appearing nightly.....

  • @darrellmccullough9222
    @darrellmccullough9222 ปีที่แล้ว

    born and raised in northern minnesota..i watched every minute on the edge of my chair,even sweeter was my sister was a braves fan

  • @xelaju8
    @xelaju8 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I remember exactly where I was when I was listening to that game on the radio. I will never forget it. What a game, The best. I wanted the Braves to win.

  • @mafatchu569
    @mafatchu569 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a great video. Thank you

  • @komickaze85
    @komickaze85 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I remember reading a book called World Series Classics, which had the top 5 (in the author's opinion) back when I was maybe12 or 13 (back in the late 1990's). 1991, 1975, 1947, 1924 and 1912. It's a bit dated (written by Dan Gutman), but I found it such an amazing read back then. I do think it made some great points and went through each series game by game. Great video, and I hope you put the deek in Game 7 in there. I'll find out in a minute.

  • @natedoseck6824
    @natedoseck6824 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    brian harper was my coach during club ball. wonderful coach and even better person!

  • @joshuamarrone732
    @joshuamarrone732 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was born during this world series it will go down as probably the greatest series in MN sports history. Brings a tear to my eyes!

  • @RobbbbC
    @RobbbbC ปีที่แล้ว

    I was turning 8 during this series, and it is one of my earliest baseball memories. Great video.

  • @WiffGiff
    @WiffGiff 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    For me game 6 between Cubs and Cleveland is the best WS game
    But this one is probably the better overall series

  • @kootybear
    @kootybear ปีที่แล้ว

    Born and raised in southern MN and was 10 in 87 and 14 in 91. I fell asleep during both game 7s only to be woken up by yelling and screaming. It may be that I am a MN fan, but the 91 series is the best Ive watched. I have watched virtually every series since but 91 is still the best just based off the teams and the drama the games had. I have the 91 series on DVD and its nice to go back and watch it in all its glory.

  • @rodellis2836
    @rodellis2836 ปีที่แล้ว

    Here to relive it one more time. Thanks for posting!

  • @thoughtfulstargazer
    @thoughtfulstargazer ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Game 6 will forever live on in the memories of everyone who was there that night. Touch'em all Kirby Puckett, touch'em all.

    • @shaylarz
      @shaylarz ปีที่แล้ว

      “And we’ll see you tomorrow night” still gives me goosebumps after all these years.

  • @xjdfghashzkj
    @xjdfghashzkj ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You deserve more subscribers, brother man. Great stuff you got here

  • @JohnGregory-o8f
    @JohnGregory-o8f ปีที่แล้ว +2

    In World Series history there have been only 2 series where the home team won all games.
    The first was Twins-Cardinals in 1987, and the second is this series - ‘91 Twins-Braves.
    Frank Viola was amazing in 87, but Jack Morris’s effort in game 7 of ‘91 was one of the greatest games ever pitched, and certainly the best I’ve ever seen.
    Great pick for your best series ever.

    • @swpickle2859
      @swpickle2859 ปีที่แล้ว

      The home team won all 7 games in the 2001 World Series also when the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the New York Yankees.

  • @Caideyn.Ferrell
    @Caideyn.Ferrell ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video, always heard about and watched replays of these games growing up, definitely one of the best WS of all time. Gene Larkin was my baseball coach in travel ball for many years really nice and down to earth guy.

  • @kenw2225
    @kenw2225 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was good. So was 2011, 2016, 97 , 01. Maybe throw 1960 and 1954 in there but before my time. 1960 is wild since Yankees crushed pirates in runs scored but still lost.

  • @mixmyclips
    @mixmyclips ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice job! I lived it and you summarized the best moment in MN sports very well! We don't have much to hang our hats on... so this was and still is big for us!

  • @TheTEN24
    @TheTEN24 ปีที่แล้ว

    What an electric start from morris. Didn’t know much about this series, really enjoyed this one jolly

    • @redred222
      @redred222 ปีที่แล้ว

      He is so underrated he went on to help the Bluejays win the series the next year guy was un hittable in the playoffs a true hall of famer

  • @Pranaynaynay
    @Pranaynaynay ปีที่แล้ว +7

    16:55 that line is ingrained in my head as one of Joe Buck's best calls ever. Had no idea presumably his dad made the same call here. hell of a callback by joe buck

    • @shoukatsukai
      @shoukatsukai ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Fun fact: In the 4th Inning of 2011 WS Game 6, the FOX broadcast brought up the question "How many World Series Game 6's ended up as a walk off win?" Tim Mccarver talked with Joe Buck how he remembered one: his father Jack made the "We will see you tomorrow night" call in 1991. Sure enough, when David Freese hit that walk off, Joe Buck paid tribute to his father by making the same call.

    • @TMC1982Part2
      @TMC1982Part2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's correct, Jack Buck was calling the 1991 World Series on CBS television alongside Tim McCarver, who would 20 years later, be in the booth with Jack's son Joe on Fox, when David Freese hit his walk off home run in the World Series.

    • @alexlegge
      @alexlegge ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, Joe has now done *two* famous spin-offs of daddy Jack’s legendary call:
      -“And we’ll see you later tonight!” (2004 ALCS)
      -“And we will see you tomorrow night!” (2011 WS)
      He still hasn’t nailed it though. In my mind, the contraction “we’ll” rolls off the tongue way better than “we will.” And “tomorrow night” feels so much more poetic than “later tonight.”
      Perhaps this old Twins fan is a little biased.

  • @mtlikelyausten5564
    @mtlikelyausten5564 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1960 world series is the only world series to be walked off, game 7 walk off homerun for the Pirates. But my favorite is 2011 because I am a cardinals fan!

  • @asdfaeou
    @asdfaeou ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Twins fans out there utterly salivating over this video.

  • @distemic
    @distemic ปีที่แล้ว

    I grew up in minnesota. 87 was my first sports memory when I was 6. I loved 91. I have an 8x10 of gladden at home plate and Greg olsons head stand signed by Dan. My parents wouldn’t let me stay up and watch game 7 so my dad recorded it for me. I still have the tape. Jack signed it for me at their annual winter meet and greet tour in 2020

  • @firmlygrasp7270
    @firmlygrasp7270 ปีที่แล้ว

    The MLB power pros music is the chefs kiss on a great video. Good stuff Jolly!

  • @stuffbenlikes
    @stuffbenlikes ปีที่แล้ว

    13 year old me got to go to one of those games. Atlanta hadn't had a truly good team of any sort in so long, it was magic in that city.

  • @kriskoppy2753
    @kriskoppy2753 ปีที่แล้ว

    Watched the entire series and still have the game program, a Homer hanky, and the newspapers from the World Series win. Amazing series.

  • @josephippolito3788
    @josephippolito3788 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Long time Jon Bois fans like myself knew that the Lonnie Smith baserunning blunder was going to be mentioned. I can still hear Jon banging his table telling Lonnie to keep running.

  • @bakermob29
    @bakermob29 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’ll never forget that series. I grew (and still am) I big Tiger fan. I wanted Jack Morris to win and I grew up playing against Steve Avery and it was crazy to see a guy I played against pitching in the World Series. There were so many individual performances that won and lost it for their teams. Jack pitched the best game 7 we will ever see. Deservingly finally made it into the HOF. 👏👏👏👏👏

  • @prestoncarr3452
    @prestoncarr3452 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mike Stanton at 15:31 is wild

  • @danashton584
    @danashton584 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Crazy you only have 86k subs my man best baseball content on yt keep up the great work man shits awesome