+TokiMcNoodle Nah, you could see Yadi was even having fun with it. I may be wrong, but it looked like he may have told Morse "You should swing." Plus you could see him laughing behind the mask as Morse came home. At that point, I don't think it was a bench clearer.
It was a grand slam and the umps missed it. They then caught it on the replay which is cool. Per the rule book they had to run the bases and complete the play.
When my girlfriend, who is totally unfamiliar to baseball, first saw the National's uniform she asked me why they had the Walgreens logo on their uniform when the few other team's she'd seen prior had no sponsorship logos on theirs.
This is so weirdly awesome, I totally love it! I especially love the return to the batter’s box, the swing with the air bat, and the home run call with no baseball in flight 😁
@@maestrobjwa90 random number generator. it's modern slang for randomness or 'fog of war'. baseball has randomness for example by having to guess the next type of pitch. chess has 0 randomness because the best move is always determined by the board state assuming your opponent isn't dumb and makes rational moves
I thought it was pretty classy and cool that Morse went all the way back and swung at absolutely nothing and then ran all the bases following the Video Review
This is the best baseball highlight I ever seen. And everytimer they say that cliche of "You never know what you will see. Just when you think you seen it all in baseball..blah blah blah." It makes no sense because all the years and all the baseball games you think We have seen everything. But man, that saying is true. So many times something new happens its ridiculous. I LOVE BASEBALL the way I love my dad and United States of America.
+juanloko2 That's cause MLB 15 the show doesn't doesn't have the ground rules for that stadium correct. That's the fault of the computer game, not the Major League rules.
Funniest moment in major league history right here folks, michael getting tagged out and his hair flying all over hell and back, him rounding the bases, then rewinding and rounding them in reverse (he should have ran backwards),that fake swing, the announcers calling the homer, i mean it doesn't get better than this.
Yadier Molina is the true hero is this clip. Watch carefully - it was his idea for Morse to make a phantom swing. Shows a true love for the game and a sense of humor….
On September 29, 2012 playing in Busch Stadium against the St. Louis Cardinals with the bases loaded, Morse hit a line drive to right field that bounced off the top of the fence. The ball was initially called in-play and Morse was tagged out trying to take second base. The play was eventually reviewed by the umpires, who ultimately overturned the call and pronounced Morse's line drive a grand slam home run. To ensure that none of the runners passed each other on the basepath, Morse was instructed to round the bases clockwise back toward the batter's box at home plate, take a mock swing at a nonexistent pitch, and then run counter-clockwise around the bases, like a usual home run.
CC Brown If the field has a defined height of the wall, such as Busch (like the video says, in the ground rules), there is no need for a yellow line. Parks such as Fenway have the yellow line.
That was hilarious how he had to go back to the batters box and fake swing lol. That's so bizarre. Never seen that in my life. I love how the commentator was dying haha. That was good. Yeah he should have called his shot and then done a bunt xD
Kavi Farr That call, if it would have been made correctly, would have won the Cardinals the World Series. Obviously other things happened after the call was missed but that would have been the final out of the World Series. Devastating call at the time.
That is one of the craziest things I've ever seen in baseball, thank goodness they had instant replay. hilarious that he had to go back to home plate, I don't think we'll ever see that again.
Morse didn't have a hall of fame numbers career but he very much had two memorial home runs the tying home run in the NLCS against the Cards & a grandslam which was overturned from a single which he had to go back to home plate against the same Cards.
As a Giant fan I'll always be thankful for Mike's pinch hit HR to tie the game in the 8th against the Cards in the playoffs to eventually send us to the WS . Morse forever a Giant in fans eyes
As a Cards fan when I first saw this and there was confusion, I said, "Yeah. That's a home run. It's no different than the home runs over the yellow line and into the billboards at old Busch." And yes. Even I thought having Morse do the whole process again was hilarious. xD
I believe that the hitter would have been out if he had passed a base runner. This happened to Tim McCarver in a game on July 4th 1976 when he was with the Phillies he was called out on a Grand Slam that he hit after he passed a base runner.
@@howardthealien7961 Not within the same at-bat.... once you establish a side of the plate to hit on, you must stay on that side for the entire at bat (same with "switch pitchers").
Molina is not giving him the finger, watch it again. Molina pissed at first (U really cant tell even after giving up a grand slam) then here comes the laughter part. you can see Morse is happy as fuck but then confused as hell. (like they really want me to go back to home plate). so if you go back to where Morse goes back to home plate Molina is messin with him. he's telling him to swing his fake bat.
When I was 12 the same thing happened to me! The 14 year old field was behind ours in left field and had a taller fence and I hit that fence and it bounced back to our field. They didn't make me swing but I had to go back to the batter's box. It was also only a three run and not a grand slam.
Imagine someone tuning in at the exact moment he fake swings and the announcer calls the homer. They would be like wtf is this.
Anytime, I was chuckling myself as I thought of it
just right at 3:32
imawesome30000 Now imagine they know nothing about the sport or they are just learning it.
+Kyle Raymer lol yeah
Omfg can someone please make that a video 😂
When Morse had to go back to the batters box,he should have pointed to right field and called the shot! Would have been classic.
1gallimaufry lmao I can see benches getting cleared for that
+TokiMcNoodle lol me too Stls:Hey! that's bad sportsmanship!
+TokiMcNoodle Sure! But i would do it anyway LOL
+TokiMcNoodle Nah, you could see Yadi was even having fun with it.
I may be wrong, but it looked like he may have told Morse "You should swing." Plus you could see him laughing behind the mask as Morse came home.
At that point, I don't think it was a bench clearer.
I thought the exact same thing.
a grand slam without a bat, epic
It was a grand slam and the umps missed it. They then caught it on the replay which is cool. Per the rule book they had to run the bases and complete the play.
Game Footnote: F - STL 9 - WSH 7 (STL wins the NLDS )
Sean P. Are you 4 ft tall? Cause that shit went right over your head r/woooooosh
@@Liam-zo4jm bro its ironic you just got R/whoooshed
@S A thoughts Why? Just why
That's definitely a home run. And wow the announcers, man. I couldn't stop laughing at this.
+The Engie That Cried Nope Same.
The Engie That Cried Nope ya lmao i was laughing so hard
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that’s fp santangelo for you
That’s how you know you got good announcers
A homer he'll never forget.
Go Blue Jays!
Zachary Jones what does that need to do with the nats and cardinals
@@nifytoaster3140 english
Orca Jr. most likely, you don’t look any better
@@nifytoaster3140 his pfp
He should've air bunted lol
AnsonDMC THAT would've been hilarious!
It should of then not counted hahaha
You'd end up with a whole new replay. *Migraine*
LMFAO they'd prob make him go back
Hahaha yes
the most memorable home run of his career lol
That title probably goes to his game tying one in the 8th inning of game 5 of the 2014 NLCS with the Giants
Dominic Gullotta You must be fun at parties.
Dominic Gullotta aaaand the Giants won anyways.
@@leokupperman7320 Ironic how people who incorrectly spam this dumb phrase to oblivion are the buzzkillers.
I guarantee you that he gets asked about this grand slam more than any other home run he ever had.
The announcers' reaction is priceless.
smittykins ya that’s the nationals announcers I hear them every day
What a fine sense of humor of Mr. Morse with the backwards bases and new swing
pmccservices he had to run the bases backwards, but the swing was on his own
When my girlfriend, who is totally unfamiliar to baseball, first saw the National's uniform she asked me why they had the Walgreens logo on their uniform when the few other team's she'd seen prior had no sponsorship logos on theirs.
That's hilarious I've actually seen that logo and thought that it looks like the Nationals logo before.
That is pretty damn funny
That’s funny. Lol
LOL🤣
Couldn’t agree with her more lol
This is so weirdly awesome, I totally love it! I especially love the return to the batter’s box, the swing with the air bat, and the home run call with no baseball in flight 😁
I love the fake swing he does before running the bases, LOL.
nice last name
Start the video at 3:32 and be utterly confused, lol.
Missed opportunity to call the shot
Aaron Kemp
Easily the gayest thing in MLB history, making him re-create that from home.
When he ran back to home and took that fake swing, I thought the pitch was low and outside. He should have waited for the next fake one.
He's just that good.
Nah, he wanted to be the fake Vladimir Guerrero.
JUUUUUUUUST a bit outside!
is this supposed to be funny? 😒
this is one of my favorite plays. just the circumstances and the announcers make it so great
I've seen this video about 3 or 4 times now, and I always stay for the ending xD!!
And It Happens To Involve Michael Morse Of All Players LOL
I just love it when baseball becomes absurd formality
its a gentleman's game afterall
@@simunator More or less so than chess?
@@Wired4Life2 I'll say less because chess doesn't have rng
@@simunator Rng?
@@maestrobjwa90 random number generator. it's modern slang for randomness or 'fog of war'. baseball has randomness for example by having to guess the next type of pitch. chess has 0 randomness because the best move is always determined by the board state assuming your opponent isn't dumb and makes rational moves
LOL at some comments. Air bunting and pointing to right field. That would be hilarious!
Hyper Fuze shouldve bat flipped😂
Should have taken the hit by pitch into his backside, and charge the mound :-)
He just hit a Wii home run
He should have air-guitar-ed a home run lol
I thought it was pretty classy and cool that Morse went all the way back and swung at absolutely nothing and then ran all the bases following the Video Review
It looked funny when Morse swung without the bat.
I felt the same way lol
Lol yup
Same
Red Card One of the many reasons why he was a fan favorite here in Washington.
This is incredible. A Grand Slam review, reverse babes, and the guys from MASN calling the best air Grand Slam. This is why we love baseball ⚾️
This is the best baseball highlight I ever seen. And everytimer they say that cliche of "You never know what you will see. Just when you think you seen it all in baseball..blah blah blah." It makes no sense because all the years and all the baseball games you think We have seen everything. But man, that saying is true. So many times something new happens its ridiculous. I LOVE BASEBALL the way I love my dad and United States of America.
One of my favourites is Hunter Pence throwing his bat at the ball and getting an RBI single... love this game.
The pitcher throwing behind John Olerud and hitting his bat while it was on his shoulder. And the ball went in play.
TheTrwebster What about Miguel Caberera's hit on what was supposed to be an intentional walk?
...and this is why I hate the new intentional walk rule.
Geotpf ya
Nearly 4 decades as a MLB fan and I know enough to know I’ll never see it all in baseball. Round bat + round ball + spin = infinite possibilities
The umps wanted to Morse to experience the GS in it's entirety. Good call.
great re-enactment of the hit
That's bullshit, I hit a ball right at that same sign but it was ruled a double in MLB 15 the show :/
Lol
+juanloko2 That's cause MLB 15 the show doesn't doesn't have the ground rules for that stadium correct. That's the fault of the computer game, not the Major League rules.
+Simone G It was a joke lol
+juanloko2 bruh im dead lol
Haha im dying😂😂
My favorite play in all of sports history.
This is the greatest thing since robin Venturas grand single for the Mets against the Braves in game 5 of the 1999 NLCS.
I remember watching this game, Bob and F.P. did an awesome job announcing it!
longest home run trot ever
Matthew Ortega longer than Bartolo's
He ran to 2nd, back to 1st, back to 2nd, back to 1st again, back to the plate, then all the way around the horn..
Even as a Cardinals fan, I found this to be quite comical
Because you Cards fans are the best!
Same. Go Cardinals!
Kenny Kreidell Must have sucked as a Cardinals fan, but it sure was memorable and amusing.
It was hilarious, go cards
Right there with ya!
No matter how many times I watch this, it never gets old. 😂😂😂
Funniest moment in major league history right here folks, michael getting tagged out and his hair flying all over hell and back, him rounding the bases, then rewinding and rounding them in reverse (he should have ran backwards),that fake swing, the announcers calling the homer, i mean it doesn't get better than this.
Yadier Molina is the true hero is this clip. Watch carefully - it was his idea for Morse to make a phantom swing. Shows a true love for the game and a sense of humor….
Nats announcers=Funniest in baseball
have you listened to kruk and kuip
they suck
jacob crater I agree with edgar Kruk is not very good.
You both have been listening to Joe Buck for way to long.
jacob crater
Joe Buck is trash.
On September 29, 2012 playing in Busch Stadium against the St. Louis Cardinals with the bases loaded, Morse hit a line drive to right field that bounced off the top of the fence. The ball was initially called in-play and Morse was tagged out trying to take second base. The play was eventually reviewed by the umpires, who ultimately overturned the call and pronounced Morse's line drive a grand slam home run. To ensure that none of the runners passed each other on the basepath, Morse was instructed to round the bases clockwise back toward the batter's box at home plate, take a mock swing at a nonexistent pitch, and then run counter-clockwise around the bases, like a usual home run.
👍 My Compliments
You don’t say..
Lol he had to pretend swing 😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂
Call shot, air bunt and bat flip cause it even looked like a few fielders were laughing, if the umpire wants to make it ridiculous, then make it funny
@@brandondirocco9816 yeah....really missed an opportunity there.
That's the greatest thing the game announcer ever seen ?? Wow
He looks like Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men.
friendo
1:49 lol
Beau Bourne I literally had that exact thought, looked up at him to verify, then saw your comment lmao
OMG YES!
Should have flipped a coin ..
Here from the Threads app 😂 had to make sure it wasn't a real "invisible swing" moment 😂
lmao this is the greatest thing I've ever seen
That was awesome! Watching this on TH-cam is a reason to love Mass Media.
3:12 "He's running backwards to touch all the bases, ladies and gentlemen!"
The narrator makes it even more interesting by narrating it like as he would in real time... One for history!
Morse looks like young buff Nicholas Cage with long hair lolz
I was thinking he looked a lot like The Rock with hair.
+Luis Quintana & +Paul Robison Mike Morse looks like both Nicholas Cage AND The Rock combined -- with long hair
@@Keith_McDaniel Or Nick Cage *in* The Rock (1996) 😉
Or Nicholas Cage in Con Air basically lol.
We Love You Precious Hearts!! Michael Morse Nation!! Much Love and Many Blessings and Many And Awesome Playful Days!!
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Where is the yellow line? Most fields have a yellow line to legitimately define in and out of play.
CC Brown the foul pole?
thatoneguy285
No. You know how some fields have a mark line on the outfield wall, and if the ball lands above it, it's out?
hadmiar8 Oh I know what you mean. I guess some fields just don't have it.
CC Brown If the field has a defined height of the wall, such as Busch (like the video says, in the ground rules), there is no need for a yellow line. Parks such as Fenway have the yellow line.
Not all fields have it. Basically the ad is the yellow line.
That’s some great baseball. Good to see some of the boys again. LaRoche, Morse, Werth, Espinoza....
Starting the video without context at 3:32 would be incredibly confusing and amazing
One of the best parts is the narrator calling the grand slam! Hahaha!! Mad funny! LOVE BASEBALL! :D
My favorite part of the video was Michael Morse's fake swing
That makes two of us!
A "Phantom Grand Slam". Best thing I've heard...AND SEEN this year. 😂
It was 5 years ago
That was hilarious how he had to go back to the batters box and fake swing lol. That's so bizarre. Never seen that in my life. I love how the commentator was dying haha. That was good. Yeah he should have called his shot and then done a bunt xD
Probably one of the most entertaining moments in my life as a Nats fan.
Wow. The cards didn't get a call for once!
Johan santana no hitter
Kevin Davis this.
Kevin Davis Have you ever heard of the 1985 World Series? Historically awful call against the Cardinals.
Kavi Farr That call, if it would have been made correctly, would have won the Cardinals the World Series. Obviously other things happened after the call was missed but that would have been the final out of the World Series. Devastating call at the time.
Someone a salty Cubs fan??
Gotta love that call, “There it goes!”
He should've done his 2nd swing left handed...
That is one of the craziest things I've ever seen in baseball, thank goodness they had instant replay. hilarious that he had to go back to home plate, I don't think we'll ever see that again.
Me: I'm missing the game need to watch it. (turns on tv at 3:33) Me: WTF?!?!
RangerHunter Hah
Lol!! That woul be tripping!
Morse didn't have a hall of fame numbers career but he very much had two memorial home runs the tying home run in the NLCS against the Cards & a grandslam which was overturned from a single which he had to go back to home plate against the same Cards.
Zimmeran totally made me laugh when the umps came out of the dugout, and just froze there.
I like the conversation with the cathcher, "oh yeah you've gotta swing"
That was the most anticlimactic grand slam in MLB history lol
I will never EVER get tired of watching this video 😂😂😂😂
I'm wondering why they don't have a yellow line on top of the wall so its more clear what wall is in the field of play
Busch stadium is weird...
makes too much sense
Phantom Grand Slam just sounds awesome.
I love how Busch Stadium is always quiet when the Cardinals are losing it gets dead silent
So does any other park, what's your point
+Sam Howell There are ZERO road fans at Busch stadium like ever while everywhere else you can kinda still hear them
Ok still don't get it but go cards!
+Andy P funny because the cards are amazing we have the second most World Series so you can't talk
+Grant Bolten lmao he never said anything about them being bad
Best homerun trot and call of all time
This was so flipping hilarious
Craziest sequence I have ever seen in the MLB
As a Giant fan I'll always be thankful for Mike's pinch hit HR to tie the game in the 8th against the Cards in the playoffs to eventually send us to the WS . Morse forever a Giant in fans eyes
Awesome!! LOL, I was at that game.
I'm a Cardinals fan, but this is so funny. LOL
we beat u guys at world series XD
+BSC ROCKS -_-
+xGolden Glitchx u cardnals fan to?
BSC ROCKS No I'm a rangers fan, and I have nothing but respect for the Cardinals
So glad this guy is on the Pirates now. If he does this at PNC Park, he will be an MLB legend.
And two seasons later, he hits one of the most important HRs in Giants History.
That was fun. I love baseball. Greatest team sport ever in the history of the world.
there should be a yellow line to indicate the top of the wall, really
I'm a Cardinal fan, but this is incredible. My dad used to say, "the truth will out." Good review. ⚾️ 👍
It's right field. It is deep. See you later!!! Nice!
As a Cards fan when I first saw this and there was confusion, I said, "Yeah. That's a home run. It's no different than the home runs over the yellow line and into the billboards at old Busch."
And yes. Even I thought having Morse do the whole process again was hilarious. xD
3:09 the fun starts
With context, the announcer is right. This is the greatest thing I've seen(in baseball) in my life! 😆👍
Anyone else getting this recommended???
The calmest reaction to a grand slam ever
it actually wouldn't matter if a runner passed another runner. At least in this situation. Their movements were dictated by an in correct call.
I believe that the hitter would have been out if he had passed a base runner. This happened to Tim McCarver in a game on July 4th 1976 when he was with the Phillies he was called out on a Grand Slam that he hit after he passed a base runner.
Shoulda pulled out the bat flip.
What a wild home run
he should have batted lefty lol
+controlhogger8 hahahaha!
he can't. if he did, the at bat wouldn't have counted and he would be out.
+Andrew “S4ntos” Karkane holy shit! thats a good point!
@@howardthealien7961 Not within the same at-bat.... once you establish a side of the plate to hit on, you must stay on that side for the entire at bat (same with "switch pitchers").
You haven't seen a lot of great things in your life if that's the greatest thing you've seen...
lol at 3:33.. molina flipped off morse xD
The best "what till the end" moment
Anyone notice at 3:33 when Molina flipped off Morse? lol
If you pause it you can see that it was his index finger :)
aplawin I was watching it on full screen. lol.
Molina is not giving him the finger, watch it again. Molina pissed at first (U really cant tell even after giving up a grand slam) then here comes the laughter part. you can see Morse is happy as fuck but then confused as hell. (like they really want me to go back to home plate). so if you go back to where Morse goes back to home plate Molina is messin with him. he's telling him to swing his fake bat.
He did the home run sign
I noticed at 3:33 when Molina didn't flip off Morse.
Imagine how many games, how many teams, would have different stories and endings if replay review existed for the entirety of both eras of baseball.
That is hilarious!!
This... This is beautiful.
That is the greatest thing you have ever seen in your life?
Sorry about that dude
never heard of hyperbole huh
It even hit the Energizer sign *BEFORE* it hit the wall !
Thats is just 2 funny
I was geekin when he did the fake swing omg😂😂
He shoulda Called where he was hitting it
3:32 HAHAHA
thag was so stupid
Dammit, I miss this team!
This is already AMAZING...but I really wished he had literally ran backwards for the commentators 'hit rewind' mention
When I was 12 the same thing happened to me! The 14 year old field was behind ours in left field and had a taller fence and I hit that fence and it bounced back to our field. They didn't make me swing but I had to go back to the batter's box. It was also only a three run and not a grand slam.