I remember watching this live on T.V. and was blown away by how loud the crowd was for each strike thrown by Berenguer in the 9th. The World Series later that month at that place might've been just as loud, but I didn't see the same pitch-by-pitch frenzied reaction as in this ALCS 9th-inning, Berenguer craziness!
Gladden's remembered for his WS game 1 slam in 87 and his bloop hustling double in game 7 of '91. But that hit at 1:26:30 or so was SO clutch. He had just taken 4 balls, but the last two were called strikes. Then he fouls a couple of those same pitches off. What a great at bat. Could have lost focus, but he delivered.
Not a twins fan but I will never forget this. I was 12 and me and my buddies imitated Senor Smoke for an entire week after this in school. The following summer in little league the Smoke fist pump was a staple of the league. One of if not the loudest crowds I have ever heard.
Twins moments: 38:40 Gaetti’s double 42:11 Brunansky’s RBI double 45:39 Laudner’s 2 run double 54:49 Lombardozzi’s infield single 1:09:05 Bush’s single 1:09:57 Bush steals 2nd 1:11:12 Bush steals 3rd 1:26:30 Gladden’s 2 run single 1:38:29 Hrbek’s Homer 2:28:07 Twins are half way to the World Series
The finest opening to a baseball game or series ever! It begins with the little boy lying on his bed with his dog while tossing a baseball into the air and catching it in his glove. On one toss he misses catching the ball. The ball then rolls under his bed. Peering under his bed, as the ball rolls under, the world and history of baseball is unveiled to him and all of us. He lick up the baseball on the other side and it is glowing as he exclaims… “Wow!” I wish that I could see all of it again. This was a magical vignette that has never been equalled, showing the wonder and joy of baseball. I was in college when this was first used. It has never lost its magic! ⚾️ WOW!
Not a Twins fan but the Berenguer appearance is one of the most vivid recollections I have of baseball (not TOO vivid, though. My recollection was that he struck out all 5 batters). I'd never seen a relief pitcher take over a game like that before. Never seen it since, either. The only thing that comes close energy-wise was when Mitch Williams walked the bases loaded in his Phillies debut, then struck out the next 3 batters for the save.
Juan Berenguer throw 6 innings in the ALCS that year while giving up only 1 run on 1 hit and 3 walks. El gasolino was huge for the twins this series. Also how can you not love his glove slap after strikeouts. 2:25:40
Man Juan was fired up. He mowed down those hitters like it was batting practice. Love the glove slap.& arm pump like hes saying GIMME ANOTHER ONE YOU CANT HIT IT.
A strong Tigers team that year that held off a strong Toronto team.It was surprising how the Tigers were easily done in the ALCS. But despite a rather mediocre regular season record for a division winner, no doubt the Minnesota Twins were that good.
The Twins lost their final 5 games, but had already clinched the AL West and Kelly was resting his starters for the Series. Whereas it came down to the final day of the season for the Tigers, and Sparky had pretty much used everyone in the Toronto series. And it showed in the ALCS, the Twins were clearly the fresher looking team from the outset.
Jack Morris 1:08:10 to 1:08:17. 1:23:54 to 1:24:03 This is the same pitcher who would throw 10 innings in Game 7 of World Series four years later? On top of that, pitching for the other team? Truth is stranger than fiction!
I always seem to forget that the Tigers also made the postseason in 1987. Maybe because they lost pretty quickly against the Twins, including being down 2-0 after 2 games. When I think of the Tigers and postseason pre-2006, I only think of their amazing 1984 season that started with 35-5 and won the WS, and also their amazing 1968 season which included an impressive WS comeback against the Cards. Both Tigers teams winning over 100 games. I guess mainly because 1987 is mostly remembered in the AL East as one of the three times that Toronto choked during their era of 1985-1993
What's with the crowd noise? Either NBC had the background audio amped up to a ridiculous degree or the fans were uninterruptedly screaming at the top of their lungs for nine innings.
If you've ever watched a baseball or football game in there, it's a different kind of noise. It's very powerful, and it reverberates. That's why it caused so much trouble with the Cardinals, ABC Sports had placed a decibel meter in the right field balcony in game 6. The noise was so powerful it broke the decibel meter!
Exactly! 🙄😁 Sparky Anderson Looks Like He Is 37! Where Tom Kelly Looks Like He Is The One Who Is 54! ( Sorry 😐😔 Sparky! 🤔) I Am Typing This 👇🏻 At 10:16 a.m. , March 5, 2024.
Ya he was pissed; you ddin't see shwoing up like that back then, at least not from any Minnesota teams. But Sparky was nothing but class in the post game interviews.
Sparky Anderson Looks Like He Is 37!😳🧐 Where Tom Kelly , Looks Like He Is 54 Years Old! 😳🧐 Cannot Believe That The Manager Who Is 54, Looks Like He Is 37. And The Manager Who Is 37, Is In Reality 54 Years Old! ( Sorry 😐😔 Sparky. Rest In Peace ) ( Sorry 😐😔 Tom. ) I Am Typing This At 10:22 a.m. , Tuesday Morning 🌁🛤️🛣️🏙️ , March 5, 2024.
It's this: th-cam.com/video/uhu_-YLImKY/w-d-xo.htmlh7m48s Hrbek named it. Really was an extraordinary play, and important since a Whitaker HR followed.
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I remember watching this live on T.V. and was blown away by how loud the crowd was for each strike thrown by Berenguer in the 9th. The World Series later that month at that place might've been just as loud, but I didn't see the same pitch-by-pitch frenzied reaction as in this ALCS 9th-inning, Berenguer craziness!
Got to love Berenguer's infectious energy at the end of this one.
Gladden's remembered for his WS game 1 slam in 87 and his bloop hustling double in game 7 of '91. But that hit at 1:26:30 or so was SO clutch. He had just taken 4 balls, but the last two were called strikes. Then he fouls a couple of those same pitches off. What a great at bat. Could have lost focus, but he delivered.
Not a twins fan but I will never forget this. I was 12 and me and my buddies imitated Senor Smoke for an entire week after this in school. The following summer in little league the Smoke fist pump was a staple of the league. One of if not the loudest crowds I have ever heard.
Twins moments:
38:40 Gaetti’s double
42:11 Brunansky’s RBI double
45:39 Laudner’s 2 run double
54:49 Lombardozzi’s infield single
1:09:05 Bush’s single
1:09:57 Bush steals 2nd
1:11:12 Bush steals 3rd
1:26:30 Gladden’s 2 run single
1:38:29 Hrbek’s Homer
2:28:07 Twins are half way to the World Series
Twins strikeouts:
9:34 Blyleven K’s Evans
12:59 Blyleven K’s Gibson
52:02 Blyleven K’s Gibson again
1:03:46 Blyleven K’s Sheridan
1:47:16 Blyleven K’s Trammell
1:58:53 Blyleven K’s Lemon
2:14:02 Berenguer K’s Gibson
2:22:44 Berenguer K’s Nokes
2:25:26 Berenguer K’s Lemon
2:28:07 Berenguer K’s Sheridan
I love interviews with Sparky.
The finest opening to a baseball game or series ever! It begins with the little boy lying on his bed with his dog while tossing a baseball into the air and catching it in his glove. On one toss he misses catching the ball. The ball then rolls under his bed. Peering under his bed, as the ball rolls under, the world and history of baseball is unveiled to him and all of us. He lick up the baseball on the other side and it is glowing as he exclaims… “Wow!”
I wish that I could see all of it again. This was a magical vignette that has never been equalled, showing the wonder and joy of baseball. I was in college when this was first used. It has never lost its magic! ⚾️ WOW!
Great opening. NBC did a good job with baseball.
Not a Twins fan but the Berenguer appearance is one of the most vivid recollections I have of baseball (not TOO vivid, though. My recollection was that he struck out all 5 batters). I'd never seen a relief pitcher take over a game like that before. Never seen it since, either. The only thing that comes close energy-wise was when Mitch Williams walked the bases loaded in his Phillies debut, then struck out the next 3 batters for the save.
Or Andrew Miller taking over the 2016 AL playoffs.
Juan Berenguer throw 6 innings in the ALCS that year while giving up only 1 run on 1 hit and 3 walks. El gasolino was huge for the twins this series. Also how can you not love his glove slap after strikeouts. 2:25:40
Twins scoring plays:
42:12 Brunansky’s RBI double
45:39 Laudner’s 2 run double
1:26:30 Gladden’s 2 run single
1:38:29 Hrbek’s Homer
Man Juan was fired up. He mowed down those hitters like it was batting practice. Love the glove slap.& arm pump like hes saying GIMME ANOTHER ONE YOU CANT HIT IT.
As a Tigers fan, this was a tough pill to swallow. The Twins just took over in this series.
Jeff Benedict as a Blue Jays fan, you want to talk about tough pills to swallow...
A strong Tigers team that year that held off a strong Toronto team.It was surprising how the Tigers were easily done in the ALCS. But despite a rather mediocre regular season record for a division winner, no doubt the Minnesota Twins were that good.
NO PATS JIM ask any Jays fan old enough to remember, that collapse STUNG. especially after the 85 Series
The Twins lost their final 5 games, but had already clinched the AL West and Kelly was resting his starters for the Series. Whereas it came down to the final day of the season for the Tigers, and Sparky had pretty much used everyone in the Toronto series. And it showed in the ALCS, the Twins were clearly the fresher looking team from the outset.
Sparky was still a great manager
Is there any chance of getting game 4 uploaded?
Jack Morris 1:08:10 to 1:08:17. 1:23:54 to 1:24:03 This is the same pitcher who would throw 10 innings in Game 7 of World Series four years later? On top of that, pitching for the other team? Truth is stranger than fiction!
I always seem to forget that the Tigers also made the postseason in 1987. Maybe because they lost pretty quickly against the Twins, including being down 2-0 after 2 games.
When I think of the Tigers and postseason pre-2006, I only think of their amazing 1984 season that started with 35-5 and won the WS, and also their amazing 1968 season which included an impressive WS comeback against the Cards. Both Tigers teams winning over 100 games.
I guess mainly because 1987 is mostly remembered in the AL East as one of the three times that Toronto choked during their era of 1985-1993
What's with the crowd noise? Either NBC had the background audio amped up to a ridiculous degree or the fans were uninterruptedly screaming at the top of their lungs for nine innings.
That was the norm for the Metrodome.
If you've ever watched a baseball or football game in there, it's a different kind of noise. It's very powerful, and it reverberates. That's why it caused so much trouble with the Cardinals, ABC Sports had placed a decibel meter in the right field balcony in game 6. The noise was so powerful it broke the decibel meter!
The Twins were hot and super tough in the Homer Dome.
More shocking , 3:05 Sparky Anderson is only 54 years old , 2:28:56 or Tom Kelly is 37 years old ?
Exactly! 🙄😁
Sparky Anderson Looks Like He Is 37!
Where Tom Kelly Looks Like He Is The One Who Is 54!
( Sorry 😐😔 Sparky! 🤔)
I Am Typing This 👇🏻 At 10:16 a.m. ,
March 5, 2024.
Were there any public comments from Kelly as to why he let Berenguer go for the save in the 9th instead of Reardon? Great decision of course haha.
Sparky Anderson is looking at Juan Berenguer like, "this is fucked up." 😕
Ya he was pissed; you ddin't see shwoing up like that back then, at least not from any Minnesota teams. But Sparky was nothing but class in the post game interviews.
It would be sweet if you had the WCCO audio for these games since you can barely hear the commentators over the Thunderdome crowd.
I love how Costas foreshadowed how the Twins would win at 1:41:00.
36 years ago today
Berenguer Boogie!!!!!!
Why was Kirk Gibson left?? Weak arm should have been in right I feel like. I'm not an expert though
Stronger arm always plays right for the throw to third.
Sparky Anderson Looks Like He Is 37!😳🧐
Where Tom Kelly , Looks Like He Is 54 Years Old! 😳🧐
Cannot Believe That The Manager Who Is 54, Looks Like He Is 37.
And The Manager Who Is 37, Is In Reality 54 Years Old!
( Sorry 😐😔 Sparky. Rest In Peace )
( Sorry 😐😔 Tom. )
I Am Typing This At 10:22 a.m. ,
Tuesday Morning 🌁🛤️🛣️🏙️ , March 5, 2024.
44:53 - Camera man with no railing.
What is the couch potato play?
It's this: th-cam.com/video/uhu_-YLImKY/w-d-xo.htmlh7m48s Hrbek named it. Really was an extraordinary play, and important since a Whitaker HR followed.
Also see: th-cam.com/video/dpDNbdKLFKg/w-d-xo.htmlm32s
Just good baseball.
The umpires in this game were horrible.
Such an inconsistent strike zone
Yeah well thats the 80s and 90s for ya...
Time for a “digital strike zone”
Borderline hall of famer vs borderline hall of famer.