Michaels: "When you write the story of this game, where in the world do you begin?" Perfect.

Lasorda saved the game when he ran out in the bottom of the 12th to tell Orosco to challenge Strawberry and throw strikes. Not many managers today will do that in the middle of an at-bat. I really hate the new rules limiting mound visits. They are part of the game. Who cares if baseball is too slow? It’s supposed to be a slow game. No clocks in baseball, only innings. It’s a timeless sport.

@svetcovladich9996

Жыл бұрын

Definitely. Lasorda knew how to manage his players and game situations. "What's the matter with you? Throw f*ckin strikes... " Exit Lasorda, and Orosco gets Strawberry on a pop up.

@kevinmcdonald403

Жыл бұрын

Exactly right. People want to change it because it's not fast paced enough, like everything else is becoming these days. I'll miss the old rules

@blackfinjrblackfinjr3555

Жыл бұрын

So much for no clocks in baseball…

@brandonvandelden7972

Жыл бұрын

A curtain call in the 4th inning. 100% STUPID.

Unsung hero John Shelby: knocks in 2 runs in the 1st, works a walk in the 9th (the reason Scioscia's HR tied it, otherwise they still lose by 1), then makes a great play to record the final out.

Give credit to Alejandro Pena-3 shut out innings in extra innings to keep the game tied⚾️💯

This could be the greatest MLB game ever considering all the circumstances and how it ended

That home run Mike Scioscia hit in the 9th off Gooden flipped the entire series over.. never gets the credit for just how huge that was.. Dodgers were about to go down 3 games to 1… what a season that was

3:37:14 -- Been a Dodger fan since 1980, and this moment was, to me, maybe Lasorda's most impressive managerial moment. Got into Orozco's face and essentially challenged his manhood, to go after Strawberry

@placekicker1

7 жыл бұрын

Agreed. As basically, that was Lasorda in a nutshell. Goes without saying that It just gets me every time that by the time Dempsey makes it to the mound, Tommy is done making his point. Cheers.

@dimbulb1178

4 жыл бұрын

Two quick points: The unsung heroes of this game were John Shelby (drawing a walk from Gooden after falling behind 0-2 in the ninth) and Alejandro Peña, who pitched three scoreless innings leading up to Gibson's home run.

@FlipTrojan

4 жыл бұрын

@@dimbulb1178 That was part of the improbable 9th inning comeback -- a player, Shelby, who was never a selective hitter and rarely walked draws a walk; a non-power hitter hitting a homer; all off of Dwight Gooden.

@artieboy24

4 жыл бұрын

In today's game the manager would be fired!

@ckendall67

4 жыл бұрын

Yes 'cowboy' because Millenials suck, right? They're less than human in your eyes now, aren't they?

Gibby belongs in the hall of fame for being CLUTCH at all times!

@Rayburn58

4 жыл бұрын

Hershiser too. john smoltz is a first ballot HOF, and Hershiser is shunned? What a joke. smoltz could never stand in the Bulldog's shoes from 1984 to 1989. Even beyond after Bulldog recovered from injury.

@dwedge914

3 жыл бұрын

While he was a great leader. He had no business winning the 88 MVP over Strawberry

@gilbertkellywilson6325

3 жыл бұрын

@@Rayburn58 1q++

@patrickhamblin3393

3 жыл бұрын

@@dwedge914 LOL. Okay

@thefrase7884

3 жыл бұрын

Clutch at all times? …..did you happen to see the 87 ALCS?

Fell in love with the Dodgers in "74" when they signed Jimmy Wynn after losing the division to the Reds every year. There is hands down my favorite Dodger game of all time. Closet thing to a heart attack watching Orosco pitch to Hernandez and Strawberry.

@t-bo-lesotho

Жыл бұрын

Makes me respect how dominant Alejandro Peña was for the previous three innings all the more.

Rob Manfred needs to watch the bottom of the 12th inning. Under his dumb rule change of pitching to 3 batters min this classic will never happen again.

Will always be my favorite Dodger game of all time. It will never get old. Never been more exci

@hannasolo7005

Жыл бұрын

Right on, this game is amazing. Scocias homer gives me chills. I listen to it at work once a month or so lol

Never thought much of Lasorda, but in this amazing game the guy showed LEADERSHIP. That chew-out of Orosco! Masterful handling of his pitchers here, but most of all, he seemed to convey calm and confidence to his players. The little Dodgers here never seemed to panic even though they seemed doomed. How did the Mets lose this game and series? 1988 proved (L.A. went on to easily slay the 'roided A's as well) there is much to say about sunniness in a leader.

@mike6845

3 жыл бұрын

Lasorda used Hershiser like a mule through this Series and the next. Lasorda played to win. Probably trashed Hershiser's arm, but pulled it off. It took 32 more years and Covid for the Dodgers to win a World Series - with several better teams.

@robertleyve6150

3 жыл бұрын

@@mike6845 and two cheated out World Series astros and the ‘sox

@TL2354

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertleyve6150 huh?

@raejae2338

2 жыл бұрын

Lol no. It was Johnson making one of the dumbest decisions ever by not having Meyers close out the ninth. It’s 3-1 NY and the series is over.

@longshot7601

2 жыл бұрын

@@mike6845 I watched an interview with Hershiser where he told the story of the NCLS Game 4. He was sitting in the dugout watching the game. The bullpen was spent. He took it upon himself to head down to the bullpen. He told the bullpen coach to warm him up. The coach thought that Lasorda sent him down there. When Orosco was having problems Lasorda called down and asked "Who do we have left?" The bullpen coach said "Hershiser". There was silence on the other end then Lasorda said "Who?" The bullpen coach said "Orel Hershiser" Lasorda sighed into the phone and said "Well send him in."

Great ballgame, the dodgers the team of destiny in 1988!

Me and my brother were at this game and when it was over the whole crowd of Met fans emptied the stadium in total silence, nobody said a word.It was a painful loss to a team we beat up on all through the regular season.

@graciemaemarie11jones16

4 ай бұрын

AWWW

If there was an unsung hero in this game, it was Alejandro Peña. Everyone talks about Hershiser, Scoiscia, and Gibson. But what if they didn't have Peña piling up goose eggs (three scoreless innings against the best offensive lineup in baseball that year).

@thorrfgump

7 ай бұрын

Agreed. I'd also add Shelby.

I didn't even realize that the Mets adopted their colors from the Dodgers and Giants. Love em or hate em you have to admire the Met franchise for filling the void in NY.

@amazinmets8439

5 жыл бұрын

And the pinstripes are also a nod to the Yankees, believe it or not. So the Mets have incorporated all 3 NY teams into their uniform. Kinda neat.

@michaelmanous7567

3 ай бұрын

Never truly filled that void, but I get it.

"How about that" , "Oh boy", "Wow". I miss that type of baseball. I know things must change but boy do I miss it.

Thank you for uploading this classic. What a joy watching this entire game tonight!

baseball is so cool...huge crowd is silent with tension, then suddenly erupts in a massive cheer for a swinging strike.

Met fan here.Was at this game. Bringing in Hershiser, the best managerial move in post season history!

@dimbulb1178

4 жыл бұрын

@Ludvig Borga In 1999?

@alexistorres2425

4 жыл бұрын

Lasorda out managed Davey Jhonson

@artieboy24

4 жыл бұрын

Was the crowd really as quiet as Al Michaels described when Gibson hit the HR?

@craigmckenzie5466

4 жыл бұрын

The irony was that Lasorda did NOT want Hershiser to even pitch. Orel pulled a fast one by trotting out to the bullpen and telling the bullpen coach Tommy wanted him to warm up. Absolute lie but it worked!

@svetcovladich9996

4 жыл бұрын

@@craigmckenzie5466 Exactly. That is how Hershiser has related it over the years. He knew that given the circumstances with no other right hander available to pitch to the right handed hitter McReynolds, Lasorda would have no other choice but to use him after Orosco got the left handed Strawberry to pop out . In the end, who else would Lasorda have wanted in there with the game on the line anyway! Yes, the Bulldog!

Loved Kirk Gibson on the ‘84 Tigers, hated him on the ‘88 Dodgers. This game still kills the 7th grade Mets fan in me.

@caveman3096

Жыл бұрын

James France. Loved Gibby in both circumstances but as a Tiger fan we sure missed Gibby in the summer of 88 after winning the AL East in 87. We finished one game back of Boston in 1988, second place and without Gibson in the lineup, definitely not a coincidence! He was a dominant catalyst when healthy and in his prime

This game is the most classic interaction between one of the greatest broadcast crews in all of baseball history. And yes, I know people rag on Tim McCarver, especially when he was teamed up with Joe Buck and felt like he had to do it all. But as part of a team with Michaels and Palmer, this was a thing of beauty. It really was a team with those three, and you could tell how much they loved what they were doing, and really enjoyed each other's company. They play off each other so well.

@quitwhining1

8 жыл бұрын

+Alexander Adams-Leytes That's because Palmer knew what he was talking about. This balances out McCarver's stupidity.

@alexanderadams-leytes8263

8 жыл бұрын

Again though, it's a lot more than that. McCarver was an absolutely integral part of this team. I think the bigger issue was when he was with Joe Buck he had no one to balance him out or to play off of, so he started feeling the need to do everything, and that's how the overkill started. I still found him quite informative even then, though yes, he would sometimes overanalyze. But with this team with Michaels and Palmer it was just the right balance and oh, the chemistry between these three. They were like a comedy trio!

@pronkb000

8 жыл бұрын

+Alexander Adams-Leytes I think McCarver started losing the plot when he went to CBS, where it was in the executives' heads and consequently McCarver's that he was to be baseball's version of John Madden. That's not him, or at least it shouldn't have been.

@dub22aa

7 жыл бұрын

Alexander Adams-Leytes They Were a Very Good Trio

Lol, Lasorda sprints out to the mound to scream at Jesse Orosco for not throwing strikes 3:37:00 Lasorda also takes out Orosco and puts in Hershiser to close the game, the same Hershiser who threw 111 pitches the DAY before with no other pitcher available other than the starter for the next game 11 hours later.

@hyuggie

8 жыл бұрын

Today, managers don't even let a pitcher try to complete a perfect game after 89 pitches. I'm sorry I didn't appreciate Tommy back enough in the day

@jeffcupp1

7 жыл бұрын

A different era for sure.

@bbigjohnson069

7 жыл бұрын

If you watch video "Battle Lines '88 WS" Hershiser went down to the bullpen on his own sometime after Gibson's HR and told Mark Cresse that Lasorda sent him, which was not true. Cresse calls Lasorda and Lasorda says to warm him up. Perranoski tells Lasorda that he's sticking his head into a guillotine. What happens if they tie the game. Win or lose you burn up Hershiser because he's all there is. Lasorda says, 'I don't care. I'm putting it all on the Bulldog.' Gibson was amazing. He hit just .290 (low for an MVP) didn't even lead the team in RBI (76) but he had 18 go ahead hits and won some other games with his glove and a few on the base paths. He would find a way to get on, steal second and somehow score. One night he scored the game winner coming all the way from 2nd base on a WP. Whatever it took to win he did it over and over that year. Sparky Anderson said it best: 'People say he's not a hall of famer and I won't argue with that. But everyone wishes they wanted to win as much as he does.'

@joejohnston5872

7 жыл бұрын

It just happened last night. Kershaw gets the last 2 outs in NLDS clincher against the Nationals!!!

@pronkb000

3 жыл бұрын

I mean...Lasorda was really out of options, because he had a 9-man staff to begin with and then his closer got suspended for having pine tar in his glove. This was the end of Jesse Orosco in LA. He pitched I think 1 more game in the entire postseason and got shipped off to Cleveland, which at that time was the baseball equivalent of being sent to a Siberian gulag.

"It wasn't the home run, it was the walk!" Shelby walked after going down 0-2 with no outs in the ninth, down 4-2. He helped make this comeback possible, just as Mike Davis did in game one of the World Series. Great at-bat for Shelby to set up the Scoiscia home run.

@patrickgray5633

6 жыл бұрын

Strawberry pop up was a killer.

@attaboi8110

6 жыл бұрын

He also made a great catch in this game and Game 5. This HR by Gibson was more important than the one he hit in the World Series. The Dodgers' season probably dies if he doesn't hit it out in Game 4.

@m.alexanderzagorski3868

5 жыл бұрын

Davey Johnson should have put in Randy Myers for the ninth!

@robertosso5210

5 жыл бұрын

randy myers should of pitched to sciosa not gooden

One day fans of today’s game will be enjoying replays today’s playoffs as much as people in their 50s and beyond are enjoying replays of these games. There’s just something beautiful about that.

We still have bad memories of that Dodger team in Oakland. We had the best team in baseball that year but Hershiser, Gibson, and Lasorda did everything right in the World Series

@gillrestaino252

3 жыл бұрын

Big Met fan here this was the worst loss in met history in my lifetime. We should of easily won this series I wanted so bad for us to play you guys Straw Big Mac bs Canseco Mcguire 2 best closers in Eck and meyers Doc Cone u guys had Dave Stewart and a great rotation. Series would of been epic but we both failed

@michaelmanous7567

3 ай бұрын

And for many of us Dodgers fans, both series combined for the greatest moments of our baseball fandom. Even all these decades later, I still get goosebumps thinking about October of '88.

3:45:38 "Not only that, he's going to be back to start Game Seven, if it's necessary." Yup. And he pitched the pennant-clinching shutout! Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Hershiser W(1-0) 9 5 0 0 2 5 0 35

One of the greatest games in baseball playoff history and not recognized enough for being so,in my opinion. ALCS game 5 1986 is the greatest playoff game in baseball history,from my standpoint.

@mike6845

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. ALCS game 5 is one of the top baseball games ever. I could watch it over and over again and I'm not a Red Sox fan. Amazing game.

@michaelmanous7567

3 ай бұрын

If that's the Donnie Moore game, it has a sad conclusion. I believe Moore ended up committing suicide some years later. I always wondered if he would still be alive if he had closed out that game.

Two lefty hitters due up to start the ninth (three out of 4 counting Alfredo Griffin) and Davey doesn’t even have Myers warming up in the pen. That was the series right there.

Dodgers were 1 out away from being down 3-1 and on the brink of elimination. Gooden was being his dominant self against the Dodgers. He had dominated them all year long that season. But just like that, a walk to Shelby and Scioscia hits an unexpected homer to tie it. The rest of the NLCS and World Series is history. Give credit to Lasorda (RIP) for pushing all the right buttons in the playoffs and WS, and most importantly instilling confidence and a never say die attitude in his players. This took them all the way in '88. Gotta love baseball!

@tallguy1963

Жыл бұрын

Shelby strikes out at 2:05:44 with no appeal to 3B Ump. Mets win the series if they get the call right.

@thorrfgump

7 ай бұрын

@@tallguy1963 Nah! play in slow mo...didn't go around. Not really even that close which probably why Carter didn't appeal.

@graciemaemarie11jones16

4 ай бұрын

gooden was a loser.pure and simple.a LOSER

Thanks KZread, one of the nightmares of my childhood !

Kirk Gibson, the home plate umpire motioning to both players

Oh I remember this game well because I was driving home from a wedding reception and it was the ninth inning and Doc was on the mound. Yes he gave up that homer to tie the game, then we lost it to Gibson's homer but the thing that got me very angry is that it was later revealed that Doc would go into the clubhouse between innings and snort some of that white power. You could see him sweating bullets when on the mound in the ninth inning. Yes he did not care bout the fans or his team mates and only himself. THANKS DOC, we would have had a commanding lead in the series!

@febrizey

3 жыл бұрын

why didnt they bring the closer in. Up 4-2 in the ninth isnt that the closer time to shine?

Gosh this game is epic.

I wish the dodgers can bring those grey road throwback jerseys for 2019 like it when it’s double stitched on the jerseys ! go dodgers :)

The Dodgers won with that line-up because you win the game on the field NOT on paper!!!

@azumpire

4 жыл бұрын

Yessir, and I still have my ticket stubs from game 1 of the 1988 world series in LA. Paid $250 each for box seats 5 rows up from the Dodger Dugout. But this game here, this is the one people forget about, and its unfortunate.. Mike Scioscia was the lifesaver here.

That 4th inning was the key inning, they should have rocked Tudor out of the game, they win the series in 6 games.

Without a doubt the greatest game in the history of the Dodgers including all the years in Brooklyn. You could write a book on this game alone. In my eyes the last great NLCS the way baseball was meant to be played.

For the Mets, this series very much mirrors the '06 NLCS against the Cardinals as the start of a decline. Both featured key homeruns from catchers not known for their power (Scioscia and Molina) and both times the Mets were heavily favored. The Mets still have not recovered from the NLCS loss to the Cardinals.

@rye2437

Жыл бұрын

Also, in both instances, in their last at-bat, the Mets loaded the bases with two outs.

@TL2354

11 ай бұрын

What decline starting in 2006? They didn't do anything leading up to 06

The epitomy of a momentum change was exemplified in this series by the fact that starting with Scioscia's home run, the Dodgers in games 4 , 5, and 7 (not counting the game 6 loss to David Cone) outscored the Mets 16-4 . So itt's not just that the Dodgers came back on the Mets, but rather the Dodgers became the Mets in the latter half of the series!

This game should have been in the MLB's Networks 20 Greatest Game (of the past ~40 years) series.

@ 3:32:47 back in the days when catchers didn't wear helmets. And hitters wore helmets without ear flaps. My favorite era of baseball.

Thx for video 😊,I remember that while watching on TV in '88, manager ran to, swinging his belly while he's celebrating.😂🤣😂😁

When the commentator said you can hear Dutch in Montauk 😂

While the Mets on paper were prohibitive favorites, the reality was that the Dodgers were an extremely tough opponent. The Dodgers pitching was every bit as good as the Mets, and the Mets offense relied too much on the home run, certainly far more than in 1986. Playoff baseball demands small ball because the pitching you are facing is top notch and you got to scratch and claw for every run. The Mets, unlike 1986, were not that type of team anymore.

@MrBmick79

3 жыл бұрын

Losing Kevin Mitchell, then Dykstra, and Hernandez, and Knight and Carter hastened that decline. That window for titles was a very small one.you're right tho. Station to station teams usually don' t win World Series

@pomerlain8924

2 жыл бұрын

That's why Kashen should have resigned Ray Knight to the 2-year deal he wanted, and he shouldn't have traded Kevin Mitchell after 86. The Mets were more resourceful and their pitching was more reliable. Remember, they won the NLCS against the Astros with a combined .189 BA, which meant they had to be very resourceful and rely on small ball instead of the long ball. Losing Mitchell and Knight changed the chemistry drastically.

@brianleetch7415

Жыл бұрын

Ironic you say that, as it was not one but TWO Dodgers home runs that killed the Mets in this Game 4.

My father & I were at the game and left to go home after the bottom of the 8th to beat the crowd out of Shea and we made it to the parking lot behind the left field fen ce and he heard a loud groan come from inside the stadium sure enough it was Scoscia's game tying home run

Probably my favorite game of all time.

@mike6845

3 жыл бұрын

Best one in the postseason for '88. Game 1 of the WS had a great ending but this one made it happen.

When it came time for Gooden (9th inning) and Strawberry (12th inning) to shine in this game, they both laid an egg. The story of their Mets' careers. Partying definitely took its toll on this team very fast.

@TheMrKobeBryant2012

5 жыл бұрын

Lol. Must be the coke

@criminalnchief5989

2 жыл бұрын

That's because THE DOC pitched 8 strong innings and randy Myers should have closed out the 9th inning putting the mets up 3 games to 1 going into game 5 again at shea stadium but Davey Johnson gave game 4 away and the series along with it

@criminalnchief5989

2 жыл бұрын

In fact going into the 9th inning Davey Johnson didn't even have randy Myers warming up in the bullpen. Davey Johnson sucks BIG TIME

@criminalnchief5989

2 жыл бұрын

I would have had randy Myers and rick AGUILERA warming up in the bullpen by the top of the 7th inning

This game went against the law of averages for sure. Everything pointed to the Mets pounding the Dodgers as the game went on and the Dodgers just hung on in the bottom of the 6th after Carter got to 3rd on the triple and didn't score. Then the Mets didn't score after having runners on in the 9th, 10th, and 11th innings. The Dodgers really only threatened in the top of the 9th when 2 runners got on after the very unlikely Sciossia home run against Gooden. The Dodgers didn't look like they could score in extra innings until there were 2 outs and no one on and Gibson gets a fat 0-1 pitch. The Dodgers were very fortunate to win starting a hittable Tudor vs. Gooden.

Greatest game I have ever seen. Best managerial job by Lasorda as well

Nice Short compact swing by Scioscia got that homer out of here⚾️

This was almost as stressful as the first time I watched it (live). I swear ... when McReynold's hit that ball, I was 100% sure it was a GW single. I still can't believe it stayed in the air long enough to be caught. This was when baseball was baseball. No DH. Pitchers going 9. Managers (well, Lasorda) managing from their gut rather than being enslaved to analytics. Baseball was so good back then. I loved this.

I always thought Davey Johnson was a buffoon of a manager and this series proved it as he was totally outmanaged and outclassed by a one of the greats in Tommy Lasorda and many others in the upcoming years.

I saw Strawberry hit many hard homers in his time with the Mets, but I don't think he ever hit a ball that left the park faster than that one.

@rjperfetto584

4 жыл бұрын

And he really didn't get that one that good, marginal for him

I always wondered who the PA guy at Shea Stadium was from 88 till the early 2000's.

Do love this channel glade it's free on KZread

The Boys in Blue baby

All Davey had to do was what he did in every other similar situation the whole season up until that point..bring in Randy Myers against that AAA lineup and everyone goes to bed early

@hannasolo7005

3 жыл бұрын

AAA lineup did pretty well against both the Mets and the A’s.

This was everything any fan could ever want. Two teams fighting their asses off. You can tell everyone on the Mets and the Dodgers was all the way in, personally. Someone was going home hurt after this.

The facial expressions from Tudor after Strawberry and McReynolds home runs are hilarious!

The best game I saw live

great game, one of best i've ever seen.

It was the MVP hitting of Kirk Gibson and Cy Young pitching of Orel Hershiser that carried the team.

Love Ya Blue! Love Ya Lasorda!

@LEETCH_2

6 жыл бұрын

Fat fuck Lasorda can kiss my ass. I was so happy he got to witness the Dodgers CHOKE away the World Series last year. Now he can go drop dead.

Jefferies not getting that bunt down in the bottom of the 12th one of many turning points, but that was huge

A great classic game, the reverse of1986 getting all the breaks, here they didn't wirh almost the same cast of players

Que recuerdo Innolvidables yo la ví en vivo esa gran serie

Late 80s baseball was the best

I envy those that actually witness Doc at his prime!!!

@graciemaemarie11jones16

6 жыл бұрын

he never was in a prime...he was a one trick pony...

@dissinfo6358

6 жыл бұрын

He was unhittable in '85 and would never come close to matching that season.

@MrJsfingers

5 жыл бұрын

Diss Info not many had or have come close to that season.

@MrJsfingers

5 жыл бұрын

TheLaughingMan712 I’ve seen him in his prime. Shea would literally be rocking when there was strike 2.

@TheMrKobeBryant2012

5 жыл бұрын

His prime lol. He had like four good years, and that's all she wrote.

1988 was a charmed year for the Dodgers. They might have been the biggest over-achieving team in MLB history.

@dylanchangedeverythingfore1312

3 жыл бұрын

MAGIC INDEED... that's what makes baseball and Sports in general so special!!!

@mike6845

3 жыл бұрын

True. The Mets should have beat the Dodgers along with the A's.

@letfreedomring6906

3 жыл бұрын

@@mike6845 The better team won.

@mike6845

3 жыл бұрын

The Dodgers beat two great teams with grit and tenacity. Lasorda wanted the wins and he played it right.

@thefrase7884

3 жыл бұрын

It was either them or the 87 Twins

What a great game!

If the Dodgers lost this game, never would have made it to the World Series. Scioscia's home run was unbelievable. I saw this game live. Never forget it.

Lasorda pushed all of his chips to the middle of the table! Nerves of steel bringing in Hershiser.

just hit me that that is the voice of Starting Lineup Talking Baseball

Great series , proof the biggest better team DOSEN'T ALWAYS win!!! 1988 WAS DESTINY for the Dodgers, Hersisher had a better year in 88 than any other pitcher in history!!! the dude was a fucking beast on the mound..

@MIKIEEYEZ1975

4 ай бұрын

He was NO BEAST IN THESE PLAYOFFS!! He came up SMALL & WEAK AGAINST THE METS!! HE REALLY SUCKED!!!

Best teams don't always win. Team that plays the best does.

@amazinmets8439

5 жыл бұрын

no, the LUCKIEST team wins. Mets were lucky in 1986 (and good, winning 108 games) but in 1988 luck was on the Dodgers side. Along with bonehead decisions from Davey Johnson.

Orosco,in my estimation,is a borderline Hall of Famer!

Was a team effort, timely an lucky hitting and DOMINANT pitching.

OREL-SAX !!

At least McCarver had a competent, strong play-by-play man in Al Michaels (unlike Joe Buck) and Jim Palmer (whose calmer, more mellow persona I guess, balanced things out from an analysts stand-point) back in the ABC days.

@hannasolo7005

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah this is the most tolerable I’ve ever heard McCarver be. He’s still a kook.

@rjperfetto584

4 жыл бұрын

Great 3 man team they had in the booth then.

@mike6845

3 жыл бұрын

Al Michaels is great. He called a great game in '86 ALCS game 5 too.

@pronkb000

3 жыл бұрын

@@hannasolo7005 McCarver didn't really become insufferable until CBS got the TV contract and signed him, pushing him as the star of the broadcast team with the intent of making him MLB's version of John Madden.

I really watch these games like they are brand new. Thumbnail ruined it for me but we are checking in anyway lol

Biggest surprise in this series is the lack of runs from the Mets the Dodgers pitching shut them down

How the Hell did the Dodgers win anything with that line-up?

@kennetratcliff5587

4 жыл бұрын

They hit the ball.

@gillrestaino252

3 жыл бұрын

We took them for granted dont forget Keith and Gary were done at this point. And Davey should of put Myers to start the 9th.

@redpillfreedom6692

Жыл бұрын

Because baseball games aren't played on paper.

This Mets team never was the same after this game. If Sciocia doesn’t it that game tying HR off Gooden the Mets are up 3-1 in the series and likely win the pennant. Everything changed that night w this franchise. Gooden was obviously tired and done and w lefty Randy Myers the closer ready in the bullpen there was no reason Davey Johnson shouldn’t have made that move.

@thefrase7884

3 жыл бұрын

@Kingdom of the Son of God …….nah…..the real reason is their coke dealer got busted

Gibson is so soft spoken and mellow a tiger's game works better than any sleeping pill

The curve Tudor threw Strawberry to strike him out and end the fifth took balls to throw.

@rjperfetto584

4 жыл бұрын

Yes it was and was a borderline call.

Kirk Gibson, with one bad leg for 4.5 games then two bad legs for the little he played after his Game Five injury, hit three game-winning home runs in the 1988 postseason.

As a Yankee fan..I LOVED this series..the Yanks were terrible and I was sick and tired of hearing about the Mets..the Dodgers shut them up...i wasn't aware that Orosco had become a Dodger...the Mets blew it big time...I also HATED the A's..so Hershiser made me very happy beating those ass hats too..

@VaikeTiib

8 жыл бұрын

+David Meyer Hershiser pitched 67 consecutive scoreless innings in 1988.

@VaikeTiib

8 жыл бұрын

+Lprochees trump Hershiser was just as good in 1989 but his arm gave out at the beginning of the 1990 season. Then Ramon Martinez became the ace but he started having problems in the second half of the 1991 season. Then Pedro Martinez came along and they traded him (boo!). Pedro started having injury probs after the 1999 All Star Game. Not many pitchers don't have significant injuries in their careers. Greg Maddux was one of the very few.

@jpowers55

7 жыл бұрын

So he's okay with his career being cut short?

@amazinmets8439

5 жыл бұрын

Nobody cared about the Yankees in the 80's. Mets ruled New York. I can see why you hated them.

The Dodgers had the hot streak going. Both the Mets and Oakland were teams that some thought destined to be dynasties. They both fell short of expectations, with only one championship each respectively. So it would have been interesting to see the two meet in the '88 series.

Off the bat, the ball looked like it would drop and the Mets would score 2 runs and win the game in dramatic fashion. Shelby just barely got to that ball from the look of the replay but in real time he didn't look that worried. Probably the most important catch in Dodger playoff history.

what manager in there right mind would have there starting pitcher pitch to the tying run at the plate in the 9th inning especially when they have one of the best closers in baseball in the bullpen

@pronkb000

3 жыл бұрын

You saw the plus side and the downside of the WHEN MEN WERE MEN era of guys pitching until their arms fall off, all in the same game. Orel Hershiser comes in to get the last out after throwing 111 pitches the night before...Dwight Gooden surrenders a game-tying HR with not one but two viable closers (Myers and McDowell) sitting on their butts in the bullpen. In the modern game there's no way Gooden even starts the inning, and certainly doesn't face the tying run. Maybe the closer blows the game anyway but you at least have the fresh man in the game.

What a big money AB by Shelby leading off the 9th at 2:23:08. The Scioscia HR either doesn't happen or is just a footnote without the BB. Might be one of the bigger turning-point ABs in the history of the game. So many aspects make this one of the classics in the modern era: it was the swing game in the series, the Howell suspension, that Belcher was at the hotel for a short turnaround to Game5 making Hershiser the last option in the pen. "Lasorda's worst nightmare is a tie after 12. Well, second worst, but you know what I mean."

Que bueno con estos juegos nos traen muchos recuer dos para motivar otros prospectos

@thefrase7884

3 жыл бұрын

Montiga

2:06:34 Mike Scioscia....still haunts me to this day........-Mets fan

I was at this game. This is the absolute truth....in the bottom of the ninth, a guy behind me says "Gooden better be careful, Scioscia may hit one out". I turn around and say "What? Scioscia can't hit his way out of a paper bag". Next pitch, tie game. 32 years later I am apologizing to every Mets fan for opening my Big mouth.

@mike6845

3 жыл бұрын

That is what made the home run amazing. Scoiscia wasn't a great hitter and almost never hit home runs. The Mets dominated the Dodgers in the regular season and pulled off this series win.

How did we ever watch games without the score bug in the corner. Never know what's happening in the game.

It could of been Mets second WS in 3 years.

uh, why are they playing 'New York, New York' after the Dodgers won? Where's my I LOVE LAAAA! lol

@TheMrKobeBryant2012

5 жыл бұрын

Then the Yankees started doing that. Lol

2:06:16 Mike Scioscia 9th inning HR

@godfrey_of_america

4 жыл бұрын

Damn Mike Scioscia

@mike6845

3 жыл бұрын

Everybody talks about Gibson's HR in game 1 of the WS. Wouldn't of happened without Scioscia's in this one.

In those days. we had to pay attention. :-D