Eric Davis,Chris Sabo,Barry Larkin,Paul O'Neil,Billy Hatcher,Jose Rijo,Tom Browning and the Nasty Boys. There were many others I didn't mention but this Reds team was unstoppable. Love this team.
That 3rd inning was like a dream. All Reds fans knew at that moment, that we were going to win a WORLD FRIGGIN SERIES!! To do that in their home stadium was incredible.
Once the Reds plated 7 runs on the board in that top half of the 3rd inning, it was pretty much a forgone conclusion that the Reds were on their way to a World Series, which was still shocking in the fashion that they did so.
They weren't the Big Red Machine of the 70's but this 90's Reds team might be one of the most underrated World Series winning teams. They swept a strong Athletics team that was in their 3rd consecutive World Series.
It was such a great A's team too, they brought back the '89 Championship team much healthier, Rickey won MVP, Welch won 27 games and the Cy Young, Stew won 20, and we got clobbered like that!
That Reds team was GOOD, if you go Wire to Wire you've earned a Ring. It's in Top 10 of Upsets in World Series History. Btw one of my favorite non A's teams I ever watched was the 1999 Reds team, they had great uniforms and played their asses off.
When Baines went deep in the 2nd (and man he crushed that ball), I remember my 10 year old self thinking...okay, here we go. Just had to get back home. I failed to realize how relentless that Reds bunch would turn out to be...
@Montana Roots The A's were already toast after Canseco screwd up in Game 2, although they very well could have sent the Series back to Cincy. But then, Moore would have started Game 6, and in Riverfront, they could have scord twice as many as they got at the Coliseum. He was brutal that year,not just in the postseason, and even though he had much better numbers in '91, he was so-so in '92, with two bad outings in the playoffs. With this game, the shot of him warming up in the bullpen, and looking like he'd rather be somewhere else, pretty much summed up the night for the A's.
I was at the game, and I'll never forget jumping up and down, hugging my dad, and thinking we might be able to pull out of it ... but it didn't last long.
@Montana Roots i was 12 years old at this time. There was no doubt in my mind that the reds were gonna beat the A's. I saw the reds all year thumping everybody pirates included. And led by eric davis and barry larkin , and with jose rijo and tom browning leading the pitching staff and the nasty boys in the bullpen i gave the A's no chance. Maybe i saw it that way because i was a young fella but i just felt the reds were the superior team. Legendary
Cincinnati Reds fans are so glad to have had the Houston Astros as a triple a team. After all, they gave us THE Joe Morgan, Cesar Cedeno, and Jack Bellingham in the 70's, and Billy Hatcher and Bill Doran for the 1990 WS season. Shame homeboy B. Doran was injured. A Cincinnati dp duo, Larkin and Doran.
The Red's pitching staff was really beefed up in 1990, going into post season play. Ron Dibble was a jackhammer with fastballs and sliders moving at 98 m.p.h. ☠️
Jack Buck was a delight to listen to his sports broadcasts. In contrast a sports broadcast by his son Joe Buck is equivalent to listening to an episode of a soap opera broadcast. David
I will always believe that this Reds team was one of the best to ever play. It was short lived, but man they killed 1990. If they didn’t beat you with offense they beat you with pitching and rock solid defense. The infield was legendary , outfielders were as athletic as they come. And the Nasty Boys held it down . Can’t ask for more.
Check out this pattern of World Series appearances by the A's throughout their history: 1905 - New York Giants (L) 1910 - Chicago Cubs (W) 1911 - New York Giants (W) 1913 - New York Giants (W) 1914 - Boston Braves (L) 1929 - Chicago Cubs (W) 1930 - St. Louis Cardinals (W) 1931 - St. Louis Cardinals (L) 1972 - Cincinnati Reds (W) 1973 - New York Mets (W) 1974 - Los Angeles Dodgers (W) 1988 - Los Angeles Dodgers (L) 1989 - San Francisco Giants (W) 1990 - Cincinnati Reds (L) They made 1 WS in a row once. Then they made 2 WS in a row twice. Then they made 3 WS in a row three times. No telling when they'll get back again, but if they do, it's gonna be a pretty sweet 4-year run for A's fans!
They showed in the beginning of this series that the A's had won 10 WS games in a row. Just behind the all time record of 12. After this series, the Reds have won 9 in a row. Game 7 in '75, 4 in '76, and 4 in '90.
The Oakland Coliseum was quite nice before Al Davis ruined it. I think it's still better than the Rays' park. It's open air, great weather, and natural grass.
Is it possible that the 1990 reds are the best team to ever play I think so Sabo was terrific also hatcher was as well the top 3 outfielder rating in baseball barry larkin was amazing Rio was amazing our bench players came thru and we had the nasty boys and a manager in lou pinella who punched all the right buttons,and not forget a great series from Eric davis
I'm confident that if Billy Hatcher isn't taken out by Dave Stewart's errant pitch to his hand during the top of the 1st inning in Game 4, then Hatcher is a no brainer for winning the 1990 World Series MVP instead of Jose Rijo.
What I can't figure out is why was Mike Moore pitching this game when he had a losing record and an off year during the regular season? Scott Sanderson, who came in relief of Moore, had a much better record and ERA. Why wasn't Sanderson starting I wonder?
I actually searched through newspapers.com hoping for an explanation. LaRussa's reasoning seemed...less than sound. Basically it was because Moore pitched so well in the '89 postseason, that they attributed some sort of "clutch" factor to him.
Thanks for the research. Wow. I know some managers think like that but that just seems... bizarre. It's especially odd because LaRussa always seemed more of a logical, by-the-numbers kind of guy.
When this game aired originally, I didn't get on the radio until all the scoring was over with. But Mike Moore's high ERA coupled with the Reds tendency to always score runs for Browning, I knew it would happen. Actually after game 2, I knew it would be a sweep. I would have put money on it. After game 2 they had beaten Stewart, beaten Eckersley, the A's couldn't get Billy Hatcher out. And I had forgotten how good a 3rd baseman Chris Sabo was. He was Brooks Robinson Junior in this game. In game 4 when Stewart beans Hatcher in the first inning, I knew they were really desperate. It was still a close game and it ended with a great pitcher's duel.
I always thought it was asinine that they gave the 1981 World Series MVP award to three Dodger players - why not just give it to the whole team, for crying out loud - but in this series it could justifiably have been given to three Reds players: Rijo, Sabo and Hatcher. Of the three, I think Sabo was most deserving.
Obviously the 3rd inning was the knockout blow that for all intensive purposes ended the series...a true team effort as I remember pretty much everyone on the roster somehow contributing thru the post season whether a hit..steal...rbi..sacrifice...or whatever it took...Nice defense (Sabo..) ... pitching (Rijo...Browning..) and one of the best bullpens ever....Charlton..Myers..Dibble
Umpires (Game 3) HP Jim Quick (NL) 1B Ted Hendry (AL) 2B Randy Marsh (NL) 3B Bruce Froemming (NL) (4th) LF Frank Pulli (NL) (Crew Chief) RF Rocky Roe (AL) Bruce Froemming replaced Larry Barnett who had the flu.
Man I miss these days!! Baseball was so great back then. The league ruined the sport trying to be "more appealing" by introducing interleague play. That simple move alone killed the mystique of the all star game and the World Series. The Indians changing their name was the absolute last straw for me.
I feel the same. Have'nt really watched much sports the last ten to twenty years. From listening to Steve Kerr talk about gun control, the Warriors refusing to visit the White House, interleague play in Baseball, name changes, woke lame commercials... I am done. Ain't getttin any more of my money.
@@djbeezy Just get into vintage stuff. Old games like this one, baseball cards, I don't collect anything past the early 90's, never buy new stuff. Vintage toys, vintage guns...Local sports is still ok to watch for me, high school, JC, maybe some D1 and D2 college level stuff as long as they stay out of politics...I have also been having fun going backwards in time with movies, have been really into the old detective movies/Noir stuff of late.
Either this Oakland team with Canseco, McGuire, Ricky Henderson, Dave Henderson, Welch, Stewart, & Eckersley were overrated or this Reds team with Davis, Larkin, Sabo, Hatcher, Rio, Browning, & the Nasty Boys were underrated. Either way, the Cincinnati Reds absolutely used, brused, and absused the Oakland A's in this World Series.
The A's were finished after Game 2 - they were a volatile bunch that didn't get along with one another and they lacked the collective fightback to rally back and make this a series.
A’s: Bottom of the 9th, two outs, losing by 5 runs. Jack Suck: The A’s still have a shot!! My god, he absolutely worshipped the A’s. It’s so tedious listening to that blowhard.
Kevin Walker that lady already rolling in her grave once she took one good look at Jason giambi contract once he left Oakland hell she rolled in her grave after Alex Rodriguez first 200 million dollar contract for the Texas Rangers
No, it's Rickey Henderson and most agree. Rose was a good hitter, but Henderson had tremendous speed and hit for power that Rose lacked. Plus, his OBP was off the charts. That's why he's the best.
Catchers framing pitches for strikes wasn’t a big thing at the time, but Steinbach was pretty bad at framing. Watch him in this game. He’s constantly stabbing at the ball, not giving his pitchers a lot of help.
@Logan Stryker a 100 plus winning season the A's had with that pitching and power in the line up in 1990 down already 3 games in the 7 game series? Reds blew them away like the Reds did the Yankees in '76
Jack Buck, class broadcaster of sports. Joe his son is subpar in my opinion. I only view old baseball contests. Not interested in MLB any longer. David
Eric Davis,Chris Sabo,Barry Larkin,Paul O'Neil,Billy Hatcher,Jose Rijo,Tom Browning and the Nasty Boys. There were many others I didn't mention but this Reds team was unstoppable. Love this team.
And Hal Morris ended up being a .304 hitter over 13 years!
I love how Jack Buck says, “and he corks another!” Talking about Sabo’s second home run... An interesting choice of terms.. LOL...
He said cracks not corks
That 3rd inning was like a dream. All Reds fans knew at that moment, that we were going to win a WORLD FRIGGIN SERIES!! To do that in their home stadium was incredible.
CAN'T TOUCH THOSE REDS 1990.
They didn't win the world series At home
@@buckeye8433 No, but the Reds won in the A's home ballpark, which is what the original comment was implying.
Once the Reds plated 7 runs on the board in that top half of the 3rd inning, it was pretty much a forgone conclusion that the Reds were on their way to a World Series, which was still shocking in the fashion that they did so.
I just love the intro to this
Miss that classic CBS Introduction
Millington Star best theme music ever!!
Thanks for the memories, had to work during every game with a lot of cocksure people who never gave the reds a chance.........HA HA.
I was 14 and sold my soul to the Devil for us to win this series. We haven't won jack shit since and I'm perfectly ok with that.
Such a special Reds team.
We need a team like this again
They weren't the Big Red Machine of the 70's but this 90's Reds team might be one of the most underrated World Series winning teams. They swept a strong Athletics team that was in their 3rd consecutive World Series.
@@owenfens2326 Only the 93 Blue Jays had more talent!
A's fan here. I watched this game in-person. To this day, I've never felt been more disappointed walking out of a stadium.
As a A's fan this one was stunning. The Red just simply swept and kicked the A's ass.
It was such a great A's team too, they brought back the '89 Championship team much healthier, Rickey won MVP, Welch won 27 games and the Cy Young, Stew won 20, and we got clobbered like that!
Life long Reds fan here. This was just a huge upset...probably the greatest in history. What do you think?
As a Reds fan who lived in Cincy at the time, I thought they had no chance against the A's. I was shocked to be honest with you.
That Reds team was GOOD, if you go Wire to Wire you've earned a Ring. It's in Top 10 of Upsets in World Series History. Btw one of my favorite non A's teams I ever watched was the 1999 Reds team, they had great uniforms and played their asses off.
The reds won in 1975 against the red Sox and they swept the New York Yankees in1976
When Baines went deep in the 2nd (and man he crushed that ball), I remember my 10 year old self thinking...okay, here we go. Just had to get back home. I failed to realize how relentless that Reds bunch would turn out to be...
@Montana Roots The A's were already toast after Canseco screwd up in Game 2, although they very well could have sent the Series back to Cincy. But then, Moore would have started Game 6, and in Riverfront, they could have scord twice as many as they got at the Coliseum. He was brutal that year,not just in the postseason, and even though he had much better numbers in '91, he was so-so in '92, with two bad outings in the playoffs. With this game, the shot of him warming up in the bullpen, and looking like he'd rather be somewhere else, pretty much summed up the night for the A's.
I was at the game, and I'll never forget jumping up and down, hugging my dad, and thinking we might be able to pull out of it ... but it didn't last long.
That was a beautiful home run
@Montana Roots i was 12 years old at this time. There was no doubt in my mind that the reds were gonna beat the A's. I saw the reds all year thumping everybody pirates included. And led by eric davis and barry larkin , and with jose rijo and tom browning leading the pitching staff and the nasty boys in the bullpen i gave the A's no chance. Maybe i saw it that way because i was a young fella but i just felt the reds were the superior team. Legendary
Cincinnati Reds fans are so glad to have had the Houston Astros as a triple a team. After all, they gave us THE Joe Morgan, Cesar Cedeno, and Jack Bellingham in the 70's, and Billy Hatcher and Bill Doran for the 1990 WS season. Shame homeboy B. Doran was injured. A Cincinnati dp duo, Larkin and Doran.
The Red's pitching staff was really beefed up in 1990, going into post season play. Ron Dibble was a jackhammer with fastballs and sliders moving at 98 m.p.h. ☠️
Jack Buck was a delight to listen to his sports broadcasts. In contrast a sports broadcast by his son Joe Buck is equivalent to listening to an episode of a soap opera broadcast. David
I will always believe that this Reds team was one of the best to ever play. It was short lived, but man they killed 1990. If they didn’t beat you with offense they beat you with pitching and rock solid defense. The infield was legendary , outfielders were as athletic as they come. And the Nasty Boys held it down . Can’t ask for more.
Fun to watch even in 2021, thanks for posting
Do we have intros like this in the WS or not anymore ?
Chris Sabo
Is there a more iconic intro than this? CBS did the baseball postseason the best. Also huge Reds fan!!!
eric davis had a terrific series
Yep, and how about Hatcher?
Check out this pattern of World Series appearances by the A's throughout their history:
1905 - New York Giants (L)
1910 - Chicago Cubs (W)
1911 - New York Giants (W)
1913 - New York Giants (W)
1914 - Boston Braves (L)
1929 - Chicago Cubs (W)
1930 - St. Louis Cardinals (W)
1931 - St. Louis Cardinals (L)
1972 - Cincinnati Reds (W)
1973 - New York Mets (W)
1974 - Los Angeles Dodgers (W)
1988 - Los Angeles Dodgers (L)
1989 - San Francisco Giants (W)
1990 - Cincinnati Reds (L)
They made 1 WS in a row once.
Then they made 2 WS in a row twice.
Then they made 3 WS in a row three times.
No telling when they'll get back again, but if they do, it's gonna be a pretty sweet 4-year run for A's fans!
2:18:42 blowing a bubble as you catch the 3rd out, total chad move
They showed in the beginning of this series that the A's had won 10 WS games in a row. Just behind the all time record of 12. After this series, the Reds have won 9 in a row. Game 7 in '75, 4 in '76, and 4 in '90.
The music that is used at the start of the broadcast is called "Finish Line (Trailer Music)" by Network Music Ensemble.
I guess I forgot what a beatdown Game 3 was. Holy smokes.
Gavin ...the only World Series game I went to and with my late best friend a lifetime A's fan.It was a long night .thanks.
Can you get the 1988 NLCS games? Mets vs Dodgers
The Oakland Coliseum was quite nice before Al Davis ruined it. I think it's still better than the Rays' park. It's open air, great weather, and natural grass.
Is it possible that the 1990 reds are the best team to ever play I think so Sabo was terrific also hatcher was as well the top 3 outfielder rating in baseball barry larkin was amazing Rio was amazing our bench players came thru and we had the nasty boys and a manager in lou pinella who punched all the right buttons,and not forget a great series from Eric davis
Billy Hatcher having the series of his life, Rijo and the bullpen made the 90 reds a team of destiny
Hatcher was just incredible.
I'm confident that if Billy Hatcher isn't taken out by Dave Stewart's errant pitch to his hand during the top of the 1st inning in Game 4, then Hatcher is a no brainer for winning the 1990 World Series MVP instead of Jose Rijo.
RIP Tom Browning.
That CBS sports theme song made me 😥
I had no reminiscence of this series : I honestly and genuinely thought the A's had repeat..... Let's wait game 4 to check this out ! Thx !
Old-fashioned run production by the Reds. At 1:09:42, we see the umpire pointing to the ground, which makes McCarver's point.
What I can't figure out is why was Mike Moore pitching this game when he had a losing record and an off year during the regular season? Scott Sanderson, who came in relief of Moore, had a much better record and ERA. Why wasn't Sanderson starting I wonder?
I actually searched through newspapers.com hoping for an explanation. LaRussa's reasoning seemed...less than sound. Basically it was because Moore pitched so well in the '89 postseason, that they attributed some sort of "clutch" factor to him.
Thanks for the research. Wow. I know some managers think like that but that just seems... bizarre. It's especially odd because LaRussa always seemed more of a logical, by-the-numbers kind of guy.
When this game aired originally, I didn't get on the radio until all the scoring was over with. But Mike Moore's high ERA coupled with the Reds tendency to always score runs for Browning, I knew it would happen. Actually after game 2, I knew it would be a sweep. I would have put money on it. After game 2 they had beaten Stewart, beaten Eckersley, the A's couldn't get Billy Hatcher out. And I had forgotten how good a 3rd baseman Chris Sabo was. He was Brooks Robinson Junior in this game.
In game 4 when Stewart beans Hatcher in the first inning, I knew they were really desperate. It was still a close game and it ended with a great pitcher's duel.
Loves this series as a Reds fan but can hardly stand listening to Jack Buck and Tim McCarver. Why couldn’t Vin Scully have done the games?
Vin Scully was doing the World Series with Hall Of Famer, Johnny Bench on CBS Radio.
Nbc had vin Scully cbs took over the baseball broadcast rights in 1990
@@williamdunphy352 Scully Hall of Famer also..
@@stevenkramer4762 67 years from 1950 to 2016. 1950-1957 in Brooklyn, 1958-2016 in Los Angeles.
Pathfinder767 they were very biased against Cincinnati.
In 1990 Mike Moore was 13-15 4.65 ERA
Scott Sanderson was 17-11 3.88 ERA
Why was Mike Moore the starter this game?
That's what I asked...
That CBS sports theme when sports was real
Tim McCarver sure loved to talk about Rickey. "what a talent!"
I always thought it was asinine that they gave the 1981 World Series MVP award to three Dodger players - why not just give it to the whole team, for crying out loud - but in this series it could justifiably have been given to three Reds players: Rijo, Sabo and Hatcher.
Of the three, I think Sabo was most deserving.
What about Eric Davis?
Four, Eric Davis
Obviously the 3rd inning was the knockout blow that for all intensive purposes ended the series...a true team effort as I remember pretty much everyone on the roster somehow contributing thru the post season whether a hit..steal...rbi..sacrifice...or whatever it took...Nice defense (Sabo..) ... pitching (Rijo...Browning..) and one of the best bullpens ever....Charlton..Myers..Dibble
Umpires (Game 3)
HP Jim Quick (NL)
1B Ted Hendry (AL)
2B Randy Marsh (NL)
3B Bruce Froemming (NL) (4th)
LF Frank Pulli (NL) (Crew Chief)
RF Rocky Roe (AL)
Bruce Froemming replaced Larry Barnett who had the flu.
Why would sabo let the ball roll foul,when he threw out the base runner by 2 steps,what a boneheaded thing to say Tim
48:51 to 1:12:07 Cincinnati's 7 run 3rd inning!!!!
What a great inning
Burnin Embers Official Yes it was!!!!
Yep. And that's when some of these people FINALLY started realizing that the Reds were for real and that the A's were going down.
@@secondstring You’re right about that!!!
Man I miss these days!! Baseball was so great back then. The league ruined the sport trying to be "more appealing" by introducing interleague play. That simple move alone killed the mystique of the all star game and the World Series. The Indians changing their name was the absolute last straw for me.
I hate the Indians new name,,,
I feel the same. Have'nt really watched much sports the last ten to twenty years. From listening to Steve Kerr talk about gun control, the Warriors refusing to visit the White House, interleague play in Baseball, name changes, woke lame commercials... I am done. Ain't getttin any more of my money.
@@joebauers3746 Same here. They sucked the fun out of it.
@@djbeezy Just get into vintage stuff. Old games like this one, baseball cards, I don't collect anything past the early 90's, never buy new stuff. Vintage toys, vintage guns...Local sports is still ok to watch for me, high school, JC, maybe some D1 and D2 college level stuff as long as they stay out of politics...I have also been having fun going backwards in time with movies, have been really into the old detective movies/Noir stuff of late.
@@joebauers3746 I am slowly going in that exact same direction.
Either this Oakland team with Canseco, McGuire, Ricky Henderson, Dave Henderson, Welch, Stewart, & Eckersley were overrated or this Reds team with Davis, Larkin, Sabo, Hatcher, Rio, Browning, & the Nasty Boys were underrated. Either way, the Cincinnati Reds absolutely used, brused, and absused the Oakland A's in this World Series.
Randy Myers was unhittable this post season.
The A's were finished after Game 2 - they were a volatile bunch that didn't get along with one another and they lacked the collective fightback to rally back and make this a series.
rip tom browning
Awesome video bro! 👍👍👍
Jose and Mark hit the roids hard after this disappointment.
Jack Buck... what a bore.
42:40 That ball is dead! 💀
I never could tell where the ball landed. lol
DESERVED HALL OF FAMER!!!!
A’s: Bottom of the 9th, two outs, losing by 5 runs.
Jack Suck: The A’s still have a shot!!
My god, he absolutely worshipped the A’s. It’s so tedious listening to that blowhard.
@Deacon Blues Joe Buck burner account verified
Oof, a bitter Cubs fan I suppose
Oakland Coliseum looked like a passable ballpark before Mount Davis.
SABO!!!!!!
That cruel comment from Buck, and that sarcastic cheer from the crowd 1:11:52 lol
I bet my best friend $100 on the reds to beat the A's and they did And he paid up
.Lady at 1:25 complains that World Series tickets were $40 and $50. 😂😂😂😂. Add a couple zeros to that now. She is rolling in her grave.
Kevin Walker that lady already rolling in her grave once she took one good look at Jason giambi contract once he left Oakland hell she rolled in her grave after Alex Rodriguez first 200 million dollar contract for the Texas Rangers
Pete Rose is the best lead off hitter ever, period
Great player. Horrible human. That aside, it would be interesting to see how many teams would trade Rose at his best for Henderson at his best.
No, it's Rickey Henderson and most agree. Rose was a good hitter, but Henderson had tremendous speed and hit for power that Rose lacked. Plus, his OBP was off the charts. That's why he's the best.
@@1981lashlarue yep. No leadoff hitter terrorized pitchers and catchers like Henderson.
Catchers framing pitches for strikes wasn’t a big thing at the time, but Steinbach was pretty bad at framing. Watch him in this game. He’s constantly stabbing at the ball, not giving his pitchers a lot of help.
He has them Frank Tamarro
Loved Lou Piniella.
59:44 5 - 2 Cincinnati.
A's never had a chance.
@Logan Stryker a 100 plus winning season the A's had with that pitching and power in the line up in 1990 down already 3 games in the 7 game series? Reds blew them away like the Reds did the Yankees in '76
37:10 59:50
Browning didn't even have to be perfect to win this one.
1hr : 12:49
30:40 did not help much
Oakland lost that Series in 3.😂
2:35:14, for sure he took roids..
Had either team made it back to the World Series since?
No, they have not. Playoffs, but not the World Series.
Unfortunately, 1990 is the last time Oakland or Cincinnati has won a pennant
No!!!!
Jack Buck, class broadcaster of sports. Joe his son is subpar in my opinion. I only view old baseball contests. Not interested in MLB any longer. David
Loved this series but the two announcers are total non Reds . Jerks total.