I was there for the Eckstein grand slam that they showed in the highlights. I miss this era of the team, not that I am unhappy now, but there was just something special about these guys! Go cards!!
Me and 6 of my friends went to a summer day game with T A G U C H I on our chests ..with S O O O O O O on our backs... I was the G and an 0! Although I love the current roster...there is no one I would do that again for... 04 and 05 were my 2 favorite cardinal squads
I remember watching that Eckstein walk off live with my dad when I was 8 years old. Same as the Gary Bennett walk off grand slam on ESPN a few years later. Some great STL memories.
I was there too. Everyone stood in unison in that ball park when that was hit. Well except for the trash talking Braves fans sitting behind me. They were crazy silent for some reason.
I was there too with my dad, uncle and cousin. Sat down the third base line. We had people calling us after the game asking if we left early and of course we did not! Great memories.
@@RinkoDinko Who didn't do their job? He won gold gloves every year and we averaged 95 wins when he was a catcher. As a manager he has a higher winning percentage than even Tony LaRussa and Whitey Herzog. Please tell me what more you wanted... other than the fact that we won more when he was here than any other Cardinal in the post-WWII era.
+matt patches After watching this video and another similar one that was just as long, I got so nostalgic I could almost smell the hot dogs and stale beer in the air!
@@Goldywannabe New Busch is great, but old Busch still has a ton of great times and moments.....and for a cookie cutter stadium from the 60's and 70's it always had a little moe personality wth the Arches!!
Dan McLaughlin sounds SO different in this game. At times you can tell it's definitely him, but for a lot of it he sounds like another man. Pretty amazing!
I was 27 at the time this happened. I also remember Albert Pujols wearing #68 (and briefly #36) in spring training 2001. Cant find images of him in a #36 jersey but the #68 can be found.
I'm a Cards fan. When Rolen's homer got robbed by Endy Chavez, I nearly threw my remote through the TV lol then almost had a heart attack when Beltran came up to bat with bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th. Man, what a series that was and how scary were the Mets that year?
Current Cardinal manager Mike Matheny was catching for the Giants. I believe he retired in '05. This was a pretty good team. Why we couldn't beat the Astros in the NLCS, I still haven't figured out. Pitching, aside from Carpenter, wasn't that great, but we hit a ton most of the year. Just nice to see this awesome comeback!
He was with the Cardinals in 2004, and that team with its 105 wins was setup to go all the way. In 2005 the Astros who had lost the NLCS to the Cardinals in 2004 had more desire to win. Rematches like that usually case the more hungry team to win- look at the 2003/2004 ALCS's and notice how 2003 was epic between Boston and New York, and in 2004 Boston pulled off the epic comeback against New York. That was one reason. Another is that Mulder who lost game 6 of the NLCS was another Moneyball player. He'd put up good/very good stats in the regular season where there's no pressure to win, but come crunch time in the playoffs, he folded, and some say it's because he was injured, but others say he just wasn't a good pitcher when it came to post season. Either way, the 2004 and 2005 Cardinals were 100 or more win teams and fell short of winning it all, and in 2006, despite it being most of the players from 2004 and 2005 only won 83 games, yet took home the championship, but of course the playoff experience of 2004 and 2005 obviously played in their favor as they were cool, calm and collected in the World Series, unlike Detroit who was choking horribly.
It's Matheny, he won't play the small ball when it calls for it! He needs to be somewhere else if they want to win, maybe pitching coach or something, because clearly as a manager he took LaRussa's 2011 champions and lost everything that made them good, especially after 2015!
yes, the former Cardinals catcher from 2004 went to San Francisco. He was the Cardinals catcher in 2004, and left because the team had this young kid named Yadier Molina who kind of smoked Matheny when it came to everything defensively. Matheny was the better bat, but Molina was the better glove.
Cardinals have had great players over the years but it's sad that the enhancing drug use among the players in a lot of the teams had tainted the game. I became disenchanted with the Cardinals with the controversy surrounding Mark McGwire. I was a big fan during days of Lou Brock. Ole Ozzie Smith was another great player for the Cardinals. He was born to steal those bases.
they all had cheaters, St Louis was no different. Pitchers juiced, batters juiced, all teams had at least one player on the juice, it's why that era is being debated on how to treat it when it comes to keeping the stats, do they put an asterisk, do they eliminate them, what do they do? It's going to be interesting to see how the future looks back and remembers that time period...
He's top tier of maybes. The only thing that would push him in would be his defensive prowess. He was a decent hitter, but not good enough to make it in solely on that.
This, dear children, is why you never give up.
I love the little back foot hop Edmonds does when he hits a ball well.
I LOVED Jimmy Edmonds! Best cf ever!!
Best cardinals CF but I mean best CF is Willie Mays.
04 and 05 teams were amazing. Really fun to watch.
Both years the Cardinals won at least 100 games and also had the best record in baseball in both years as well. They were great to watch.
What about 06?
@@cyberpimp29 That’s the 83 win team that cashed it in.
I was there for the Eckstein grand slam that they showed in the highlights. I miss this era of the team, not that I am unhappy now, but there was just something special about these guys! Go cards!!
Me and 6 of my friends went to a summer day game with T A G U C H I on our chests ..with S O O O O O O on our backs... I was the G and an 0! Although I love the current roster...there is no one I would do that again for... 04 and 05 were my 2 favorite cardinal squads
The good ol days 😭 this lineup makes me so nostalgic it hurts
I remember watching that Eckstein walk off live with my dad when I was 8 years old. Same as the Gary Bennett walk off grand slam on ESPN a few years later. Some great STL memories.
I was there too. Everyone stood in unison in that ball park when that was hit. Well except for the trash talking Braves fans sitting behind me. They were crazy silent for some reason.
I live about 20 miles from Busch Stadium. I LOVE these videos..and Cardinal fans are the best fans anywhere, by ANY standard.
I was there, this was the first Cardinals home game I ever went to! Happy this video is up
Looks like you had a fun night, then. ^-^
I was there too with my dad, uncle and cousin. Sat down the third base line. We had people calling us after the game asking if we left early and of course we did not! Great memories.
Jim Edmonds was such a clutch player!!! Offense, defense... Just strong!!!
did anyone notice the catcher for the giants is none other than Matheny?
he was with the Cardinals the prior year (2004), he should have known the weaknesses of the Cardinals.
saw that. Was that really our Matheny? So long ago.....Nice little clip to watch.
Do you cheer when people lose their jobs? Cool!
@@mikedorsey7183 when they can't do them properly and are paid millions of dollars to do said job, yeah I applaud people losing their jobs
@@RinkoDinko Who didn't do their job? He won gold gloves every year and we averaged 95 wins when he was a catcher. As a manager he has a higher winning percentage than even Tony LaRussa and Whitey Herzog. Please tell me what more you wanted... other than the fact that we won more when he was here than any other Cardinal in the post-WWII era.
18:31 Vintage Edmonds. Beautiful swing. I loved this team.
I actually miss the old stadium now.
+Andrew S I miss the old Busch Stadium as well.
+matt patches After watching this video and another similar one that was just as long, I got so nostalgic I could almost smell the hot dogs and stale beer in the air!
Hell yes. I can 2.
The new one is better though
@@Goldywannabe New Busch is great, but old Busch still has a ton of great times and moments.....and for a cookie cutter stadium from the 60's and 70's it always had a little moe personality wth the Arches!!
It feels like baseball has changed so much the last 5 years.
Yadi without the tats. Vintage.
Yep...but this is still Molina before he became "Yadi" the guy he is now.....a legend!!!
Yadi has always been popular in St Louis. Great catcher, his tattoos suck. If I was his dad, I'd kick his ass for having those things.
Man, did I love me some 'Jimmy Baseball'. :)
Dan McLaughlin sounds SO different in this game. At times you can tell it's definitely him, but for a lot of it he sounds like another man. Pretty amazing!
I think it sounds like him
I’m 52, Ozzie, Albert, and Yadi!! Current top 3
I was at this game. I remember it well. It was the last game I attended at the old Busch Stadium.
Yadi wearing #41. Wow, this is going back a few years. Anyone else feel old now?
How old were you? I was 12 when this happened and I'm now 23.
I was 27 at the time this happened.
I also remember Albert Pujols wearing #68 (and briefly #36) in spring training 2001. Cant find images of him in a #36 jersey but the #68 can be found.
Yadi sure has changed his batting stance!!
I think I'm so young I forget about it
Remembering Yadier playing AA in your hometown is when you feel old.
Hell yeah, Edmonds Cranks it First pitch. incredible. I'll never forget his game winner against the astros in the NLCS
Damn Molina. Cost the Mets the 2006 NL Pennant.
I'm a Cards fan. When Rolen's homer got robbed by Endy Chavez, I nearly threw my remote through the TV lol then almost had a heart attack when Beltran came up to bat with bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th. Man, what a series that was and how scary were the Mets that year?
That Mets team had absolutely no time to breathe a dynasty, 2006 the one year between the Braves and Phillies dynasties
Yes he did
What a great comeback!
Current Cardinal manager Mike Matheny was catching for the Giants. I believe he retired in '05. This was a pretty good team. Why we couldn't beat the Astros in the NLCS, I still haven't figured out. Pitching, aside from Carpenter, wasn't that great, but we hit a ton most of the year. Just nice to see this awesome comeback!
He was with the Cardinals in 2004, and that team with its 105 wins was setup to go all the way. In 2005 the Astros who had lost the NLCS to the Cardinals in 2004 had more desire to win. Rematches like that usually case the more hungry team to win- look at the 2003/2004 ALCS's and notice how 2003 was epic between Boston and New York, and in 2004 Boston pulled off the epic comeback against New York. That was one reason. Another is that Mulder who lost game 6 of the NLCS was another Moneyball player. He'd put up good/very good stats in the regular season where there's no pressure to win, but come crunch time in the playoffs, he folded, and some say it's because he was injured, but others say he just wasn't a good pitcher when it came to post season. Either way, the 2004 and 2005 Cardinals were 100 or more win teams and fell short of winning it all, and in 2006, despite it being most of the players from 2004 and 2005 only won 83 games, yet took home the championship, but of course the playoff experience of 2004 and 2005 obviously played in their favor as they were cool, calm and collected in the World Series, unlike Detroit who was choking horribly.
I thought that after Pujols's home run off Brad Lidge in game five in 2005 the Cardinals would go ahead and wrap up the series, but it wasn't to be.
Wow has Yadi changed his batting stance. He looks like Scott Rolen here.
I was thinking the same thing!
Lmao was totally thinking same thing
One of my favorite Danny Mac calls of all time love that guy.
To this day hes still doing a great job. I think the Cards got the best announcer in the league in him. Love his passion for the cards
I was at that game with my fiance and another couple. None of them knew anything about baseball so they talked while I watched this awesome comeback.
Seeing Yadi then and now is insane.
Sad that we notched up 100 wins that year but couldn't win the pennant. Still, we made up for it the next year. Go the mighty Cards. :)
+Rob Vonk
Now we have this year! :)
Indeed we do! Would love our boys to go all the way again this year. :)
Yes sir! We just gotta get past the ole Cubbies first, I believe we'll shut em down.
That's right. We had a terrible game 2. I'm sure we'll turn it around. We'll be up against Arrieta next game though, should be interesting lol.
Let's hope Wacha can do what we know he is capable of.
Great memories
Ummm, is it just me going though withdrawal right now?😢
That's Dan McLachlan.
I'm a simple man, I hear So Taguchis name, I like the video
Woah, Cardinals used to play small ball? Wish we still did that.
It's Matheny, he won't play the small ball when it calls for it! He needs to be somewhere else if they want to win, maybe pitching coach or something, because clearly as a manager he took LaRussa's 2011 champions and lost everything that made them good, especially after 2015!
Last game I ever went to at Busch Stadium II
Mike Matheny is the Giants catcher.
yes, the former Cardinals catcher from 2004 went to San Francisco. He was the Cardinals catcher in 2004, and left because the team had this young kid named Yadier Molina who kind of smoked Matheny when it came to everything defensively. Matheny was the better bat, but Molina was the better glove.
This was my first game at Busch. I had flown in with my brother and father from SF. My Giant fan wife was very unhappy about not going... :)
The greatest organization in baseball!!! But I'm prejudiced. Mid September 2021 and I hope my Cards make it to the Series. Let's go Cards!!! 🥎🥎🥎🇺🇸
great comeback
4:34 - Taguchi - the unsung hero of game 7 of the NLCS of 2006...
I was at this game!!!
edmonds fuckin roped it all arms didnt even torque his body good lord
Amazing to see how many ‘pen guys were only barely throwing 88mph.
Just one of their 100 wins that season.
Still remember this like it was yesterday. I’m now 27.
Two most important rules in baseball:
Play a hard 9 innings - Tony La Russa.
It ain't over till it's over - Yogi Berra.
Hummm, Edmonds Hit of the wall reminds me of 2011 , eeeh.
Or when rick ankiel ran into that wall.
The giants and cardinals have always played each other hard. Always love watching my redbirds take them on. Still hate them for 2002 and 2012.
this team is on fire
Missing Cardinals baseball!
The very first Cards game I went to in St. Louis :)
I kinda miss old Busch. Closed stadium feels more intimate.
I love this video because I love seeing the Giants lose....
This game is so old Ozzie Smith was probably the shortstop
another player may wear 41 for the cards again,but number 4 in a few years will not.
Edmonds had one of the most beautiful swings in baseball!
I was at that game!
Old Busch!
Catch the baby face on Yadi :-)
they are still the best team
Molina wore No. 41 in both 2004 and 2005,
gas can Walker..pathetic he was ever called on to close out games..some lean years back then..
that's a good come back
The pitch clock is going to ruin moments like this. Everyone will be rushed :/
So Taguchi!
Go Cardinals
Cardinals have had great players over the years but it's sad that the enhancing drug use among the players in a lot of the teams had tainted the game. I became disenchanted with the Cardinals with the controversy surrounding Mark McGwire. I was a big fan during days of Lou Brock. Ole Ozzie Smith was another great player for the Cardinals. He was born to steal those bases.
they all had cheaters, St Louis was no different. Pitchers juiced, batters juiced, all teams had at least one player on the juice, it's why that era is being debated on how to treat it when it comes to keeping the stats, do they put an asterisk, do they eliminate them, what do they do? It's going to be interesting to see how the future looks back and remembers that time period...
Seems weird seeing Yadi without his stargate symbol on his neck.
Edmonds HOF consideration?
He's top tier of maybes. The only thing that would push him in would be his defensive prowess. He was a decent hitter, but not good enough to make it in solely on that.
Weird not seeing madbum in #40 for the giants
Alou left Walker in way too long. Terrible managing.
2005 what's Yadier Molina's rookie year 2022 will be his last year
I swear, Yadi looks like he's ten years old sitting on the bench
Mid 2000s; the Giants were old and boring. This was after Bonds and before Posey. That being said the 2010’s were right around the corner…
mathany is the catcher
matheny fired mabry fired cards aren't what they were I will root forever its frustrating tho bad defense offense
They were tops in all defensive categories last season - where have you been?
Albert pujos
don't like you but you did it
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