[Wizard of Os]

Ah, baseball. Does any game (heck, anything at all) cause such nostalgia in the American male? And here it is, almost spring, almost baseball season again...

So i put the question to you: What is the greatest single game you've seen?

For me, it's pretty easy. 1991 World Series, Game Seven.

Wow, i can remember so much about that one. Jack Morris going ten shutout innings, five double plays in the 7th-9th to kill rallies on both sides...but most of all, i remember coming back from the commercial break after the bottom of the ninth and Jim Kaat on the screen with a big smile on his face saying, "For those of you wondering about the precedent for this, well, there is no precedent for this." In other words, 1991 marked the first time game seven went into extra innings.

(In second place, i'd probably put the 1978 Red Sox-Yankee playoff game. Although not a particularly great game in itself, the tension level was so high...you should have been in New England at the time. Sheesh.)

Incidentally, 1991 was definitely a banner year for championships. In January was an amazing Super Bowl (still the best in my opinion) between Buffalo and the Giants ("wide to the left!!!!"); in the summer, MJ, Dr. Phil and the rest took their first title by smoking the Lakers of Magic, Worthy and Perkins, effectively closing the books on one legend and beginning another.

Cheers, all.

[MVB]

The 2003 ALCS, game 7 was the greatest game ever played. The Yanks came back against one of the greatest pitchers baseball has seen. And then Aaron Boone steps up and crushes the game-winning shot off of Tim Wakefield.

[ThePundit]

Even though I'm a Yankee fan - I 'd have to say the 1975 Fisk HR game in the series against the Reds. That shot of Fisk waiving the ball fair started the isolated camera shots that are so commonplace today.

As the game was going on, Pete Rose kept saying to the Boston players "this is the best game I've ever played in."

[EmpireWF]

I've only seen that 1991 World Series game via highlights so I can't choose that.
The same goes for 1986 Game 6.

Some of my personal favorites:

-1993 World Series clincher w/ Joe Carter jumping like a big kid
-1997 Game 7...rooted so hard for the Indians...damn Renteria and Counsell
-2000 NLDS, Benny Agbayani's walkoff
-2003 ALCS Game 7, I was genuinely excited even though my team wasn't playing. The game lived up to all the hype.
-The regular season game last year or the year before between the Yanks and Boston which had the Jeter dive, the ARod confusing "triple play" (what an idiot Michael Kay is) and the game kept turning.
-Last season, Angels v. Mets...Marlon Anderson hit an inside the park homerun to send the game into extra innings. Cliff Floyd belted a HR to win it.

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by ThePundit

Even though I'm a Yankee fan - I 'd have to say the 1975 Fisk HR game in the series against the Reds. That shot of Fisk waiving the ball fair started the isolated camera shots that are so commonplace today.

As the game was going on, Pete Rose kept saying to the Boston players "this is the best game I've ever played in."

I am with you Pundit...I am a life long Reds fan... I was in Elementary School but stayed up to watch that one...Classic, Classic game...that game was A great one long beforeFisk came along..there was also a guy named Bernie Carbo that played a part...and if memory serves Dewey Evans as well...I was a Reds fan and hated the outcome , but it was fun to watch...and be up past my bed time....

[ThePundit]

The most intense game I ever saw was the '03 Yankee-Red Sox playoff game at Fenway when

1) Pedro through behind Kareem Garcia,
2) Manny overreacted to a Clemens inside pitch
3) Pedro threatens Jorge Posada that he's going to hit him in the head with a ptich.
3) Then Don Zimmer takes a run at Pedro and Pedro throws him to the ground by the head.
4) Later in the game, Jeff Nelson and Garcia hop into the bullpen and start fighting with a groundskeeper and are later charged with crimes.

That game was nuts - and the Yankees came back to win. In that game, the Yanks got down quickly but wouldn't you know it - Derek Jeter hit a homer to stop the momentum. Then Pedro foolishly threw behind Garcia which really got the Yankees fired up. Then Clemens pitched lights out the rest of the way.

[MVB]

-The regular season game last year or the year before between the Yanks and Boston which had the Jeter dive, the ARod confusing "triple play" (what an idiot Michael Kay is) and the game kept turning.

Michael Kay is one of the best baseball commentators there is! He's miles better then the lousy ESPN guys like Joe Buck. Everyone in the park thought it was a triple play except for the umpire!

Anyway, the game you're talking about took place on July 1st, 2004...

[CityofBrotherlyShove]

Ah, baseball. Does any game (heck, anything at all) cause such nostalgia in the American male?

Or, ya know, female.

Anyway, the best game I ever witnessed in person was the July 24, 2004 Red Sox/Yankees game in which Jason Varitek put his glove in A-Rod's teeth and Bill Mueller won it with a walk-off homer.

The best game I ever witnessed on television was a combo of two games: 2004 ALCS, games 4 and 5 at Fenway. The Sox, led by David Ortiz, won two games against the Yankees with their backs against the wall in extra innings. What made it even better was that both games happened within a few hours of each other. I didn't sleep, I didn't eat, I didn't work...I just watched baseball.

[blueandwhite]

sixth game 1993, phillie versus Jays.
Rickey henderson walks to first on mitch Williams.
Devo flies out.
beautiful paul Molitor gets a hit, again.
Then comes Joe. I was thinking (praying), he has to get a homer. And he does.
Jays win back to back titles, Joe carter becomes a hero and We are the Champions blares. me and a crowd at a pub in victoria are ecstatic and it rings across the country.

[DrCool]

1995 ALDS: Seattle, down 2 games to 0 comes back to beat the Yankees 3 straight. The 5th game where Edgar Martinez doubled in the 11th do knock in Joey Cora and Ken Griffy Jr. will be etched in my memory forever.

Just to get to that however the Mariners came back from something like 12 games down late in the year to force a 1 game playoff with the Angels. Randy Johnson put together one of the best pitching performances ever in that game on short rest and catapulted the M's into the playoffs for the first time ever. Magical

[pete_b]

Game 4 of the 1991 World Series Twins v. Atlanta. The Braves are down...Lemke triples and then scores to win the game. I've never seen a closer play at the plate. I think Lemke single handedly took them to and won the World Series for the Braves that year. WOW!

[desertrat]

Game 1 1988 World Series

Kirk Gibson in extreme pain hite two out bottom of the 9th inning pinch hit HR to beat the A's for the Dodgers. It was one of the most dramatic moments in baseball history.

Luis Gonzales with a 2-out bottom of the ninth base hit to beat the Yankees in game 7 for the Diamondbacks.


Anaheim Angels rally, down 3 games to 2 in the 2002 World Series with the Giants. Giants go up 5-0 in the 7th inning and are 6 outs away from winning. Angels break out the rally monkey one more time and score 3 in the 7th and 3 more in the 8th to win 6-5 and force game 7. Angels won game 7 in a blowout and clinch first ever world series in their 41 year history. I attended my first Angel game in 1974 and have been an Angels fan all my life. The Angels finally made it to heaven in 2002.

[Who Dey]

I think it was game three or four of the 89' series... I think it was 89'... Anyway it was the Dodgers and A's.
Dodgers trailed the entire game... Bottom of the ninth... Kirk Gibson with a pulled hamstring hits a walk off to win the game.

[Wizard of Os]

Originally Posted by CityofBrotherlyShove

Or, ya know, female.

Sorry Ms. Shove...i was actually considering your reaction when i wrote it, but i hadn't noticed your posts for a couple of days and wondered if you'd gone.

Good choices, by the way. Saw them all. Loved 'em.

[Wizard of Os]

Originally Posted by pete_b

Game 4 of the 1991 World Series Twins v. Atlanta. The Braves are down...Lemke triples and then scores to win the game. I've never seen a closer play at the plate. I think Lemke single handedly took them to and won the World Series for the Braves that year. WOW!

Excellent choice, Pete. How about Game Six of the 1991 series if you're a Kirby fan?

Or Game Three, where Tom Kelly used almost every single player on his roster and Bobby Cox damn near did the same, prompting Kelly's infamous "rocket science" comment about managing sans DH?

In that Series, there were five games decided by one run and three or four in the final at-bat. Crazy stuff. Also the most brilliant baseball i've ever seen.

Cheers, all.