Trailing 5-2 in the 5th inning of game 6 of the 1987 World Series, the Minnesota Twins mounted 2 4-run innings in a row to not only comeback, but blow the Cardinals out in the end.
They also had that killer instinct. When they had a team down, they stomped on them. Which was just great! Something that has seriously been missing from the twins teams who failed in the playoffs
That’s really cool dude. I heard that Hrbek’s grand slam broke the decibel meter. Maybe they should have listened to Al Michaels when he said “forget the decibel meter, get the Richter scale.” Lol
That dome was the hugest home field advantage in sports. The Twins won the WS in '87 and '91 and lost every single game on the road. But they were 8-0 at home.
The dome was certainly an advantage, but give most of the credit to the teams themselves. The dome was like 0 for 8 at the end of its life. Kirby, herbie, and jack! Havent seen there likes in 30 years.
Never gonna forget this game. Sitting with Denny, Seanie and Rugsy 20 rows from the field down the rightfield line...directly in front of the outfield umpire. Herr had just quieted the noisy throng in the top half of the inning with a screaming liner off the football press box. Our boys did what they'd been doing all series long. Took the Cards best shot, then counterpunched with big Don Baylor providing the equalizer by musceling out a change up off the tops of his shoelace. So happy for the big kid at firstbase coming thru with his granny, but without Donny B's clutch bomb...there might never have been an opportunity for Herbie's heroics. Oh, and Puck was on base following every other AB during this entire post-season. Chills, tears and gratitude for these 87 Twins.
Honestly, this game is actually my favorite. A lot of action. Heck, 15 hits for the Twins. Tudor was not shutting them down at all. Despite 3 straight scoreless innings. Then his luck ran out in the 5th. 4 hits in his last 6 pitches. Of our 4 pitchers, Berenguer pitched the best that day. Making up for his abysmal outings in games 2 & 3. That game had 3 MVP’s I think, Puckett, Hrbek & Baylor.
Unreal how since the 1981 strike, the Twins managed to get two World Series titles in there. Perhaps the most surprising mini-dynasty I have ever seen. And how similar both World Series were, with the Twins winning all home games and losing all road games. Just 85 wins in 1987 And then to be able to win the AL West in 1991 over Oakland and the WSox And to think that MLB wanted to contract them in the early 2000's
@@hmhm856 True that. I remember how horrible my Yankees played down the stretch in 2000, but once the playoffs started they hit the switch. As far as this series goes, my guess is that if the entire series was played on a neutral field, the Cardinals win in 6, and if Jack Clark wasn't hurt, possibly only 5. The Cards were the better team in 85 and 87, but lost both series. The Twins in 87 played in the Metrodome about as great as the Larry Bird, mid 80s Boston Celtics played in the old Boston Garden.
During the NLCS and ALCS I was in Negril Jamaica with my girlfriend and some friends. We ran into a bunch people from St Louis and we were all watching the games and talking baseball. One of the guys from St Louis was a black bartender and he and I started talking about how great it would be if our teams went to the World Series. We exchanged phone numbers, this was 1987, not a lot of cell service, I had a pedestal based unit in my car not even a pager. Any way we would talk every day, talk smack about our teams and of course neither of us was soundly ahead. I remember calling him after the Twins won the series and he said he'd send me a check. He did! I won the hundred that we had been volleying back and forth the whole time. I wish I had stayed in touch with him, we would have had a lot of fun wagering.
Not sure what convinced Whitey Herzog to keep Tudor in the game. It was either his blazing 83 mph fastball or his confident shrug after each Minnesota line drive.
Don Baylor's homer led a lot of fans, especially Red Sox fans, to wonder about the 1986 World Series, "What if John McNamara had sent Don Baylor to bat for Bill Buckner?"
0:40 Don Baylor. Forever in our hearts. I remember when watching a Yankees game (when he played for the Yanks) a fan held up a sign "Don Baylor Is A God"
Sorry, that's where it gets too much emphasis, he's not a god, he plays a kids game as a grownup man, I loved Don Baylor as a player, but for anyone to make a sign and hold it up that he's a god is an idiot
Tudor's strategy of throwing the exact same pitch every time didn't work. They were sitting on his slow outside corner crap so hard they were all able to pull it lol. He got shelled in Game 7 in 1985, too.
Yessir. Tudor had “scattered” seven hits entering the 5th inning. He pitched to four batters in the 5th and retired none. Bob Forsch, who won G4 in relief, would’ve been a good choice to come on. Forsch almost got out of a bases loaded jam in the 6th but Herzog brought in Dayley to face Hrbek who hit his first pitch for a Grand Slam.
Which pitcher you talking about? They went through 4 different pitchers in the 5th and 6th. Tudor who gave up 4 hits in his last 6 pitches. Horton who retired 3 of the 5 he faced. Forsch who walked 2, retired 2. Daley who gave up the grand slam, but retired the next batter.
I mean Al Michaels (many years later), did claim that there was artificial crowd noise in the metrodome. I still strongly prefer him and Jim Kaat over McCarver or any of the Bucks.
@@doughazzard2532 Playing in that building where the cards were reeling most of the time and the home team would not just take gm 6 and 7 that World Series. They would never lose a game in the 91. Series. They never lost a ws game in the metronome and i believe they only lost one or two games in the entire postseason history of the metrodome . Amazing!!
Lol. I don’t know if I would call steroids the 80’s so much. I mean the A’s of the late 80’s and early 90’s did have Mark McGuire and Jose Canseco. And the Pirates had Barry Bonds. But he didn’t appear to be on roids until he was a Giant. Literally. But c’mon, Don Baylor, Kent Hrbek and Tom Herr were definitely not on roids. Lol.
Just beautiful. Twins fan can relive the past glory and hope for more.
That Twins team just never quit. This was an unbelievable comeback in a game they had to win. They were so clutch that entire postseason.
They also had that killer instinct. When they had a team down, they stomped on them. Which was just great! Something that has seriously been missing from the twins teams who failed in the playoffs
it was those damn rally rags!
There should be a rule you have to win at least one road game to become world series champions. The Twins kind of cheesed out both times.
man, there was NOTHING like doing a game at the dome.... Twins or Vikings.... it was always INSANE the crowd noise....
It was so great how they pumped in the sound
@@markfox3083 You mad, bro?
That dome was honestly the Twins second best player in 87 and 91
@@markfox3083 You gotta be some kind of baby when your excuse for losing is the noise the other team had to go through to.
Was at this game, my ears are still ringing from Hrbek's grand slam 34 years later.
That’s really cool dude.
I heard that Hrbek’s grand slam broke the decibel meter. Maybe they should have listened to Al Michaels when he said “forget the decibel meter, get the Richter scale.” Lol
@@jayNicks10 Kind of an ironic comment from Al Michaels considering what happened in 1989
Was at this game, too ... holy CRAP it was LOUD --
Dan gladden hit the first grand slam in 17 years for a World Series just six days before Hrbek hit this one.
That dome was the hugest home field advantage in sports. The Twins won the WS in '87 and '91 and lost every single game on the road. But they were 8-0 at home.
You can also contribute that to
DH vs pitchers batting.
The dome was certainly an advantage, but give most of the credit to the teams themselves. The dome was like 0 for 8 at the end of its life. Kirby, herbie, and jack! Havent seen there likes in 30 years.
It was the Homer Hankies
Never gonna forget this game. Sitting with Denny, Seanie and Rugsy 20 rows from the field down the rightfield line...directly in front of the outfield umpire.
Herr had just quieted the noisy throng in the top half of the inning with a screaming liner off the football press box. Our boys did what they'd been doing all series long. Took the Cards best shot, then counterpunched with big Don Baylor providing the equalizer by musceling out a change up off the tops of his shoelace.
So happy for the big kid at firstbase coming thru with his granny, but without Donny B's clutch bomb...there might never have been an opportunity for Herbie's heroics.
Oh, and Puck was on base following every other AB during this entire post-season. Chills, tears and gratitude for these 87 Twins.
Honestly, this game is actually my favorite. A lot of action. Heck, 15 hits for the Twins. Tudor was not shutting them down at all. Despite 3 straight scoreless innings. Then his luck ran out in the 5th. 4 hits in his last 6 pitches.
Of our 4 pitchers, Berenguer pitched the best that day. Making up for his abysmal outings in games 2 & 3.
That game had 3 MVP’s I think,
Puckett, Hrbek & Baylor.
Unreal how since the 1981 strike, the Twins managed to get two World Series titles in there. Perhaps the most surprising mini-dynasty I have ever seen. And how similar both World Series were, with the Twins winning all home games and losing all road games.
Just 85 wins in 1987
And then to be able to win the AL West in 1991 over Oakland and the WSox
And to think that MLB wanted to contract them in the early 2000's
They kinda remind me of Tom Coughlin’s Giants. (2007-2011)
Winning it all twice in 5 years in similar fashion with a head coach/manager named Tom.
@@jayNicks10 true. Just 10 wins in 2007, and just 9 wins in 2011
@@hmhm856 Both the Giants and Twins proved the best team doesn't always win.
@@keenakaur6314 And also just how meaningless the regular season is when many teams are allowed to make the postseason
@@hmhm856 True that. I remember how horrible my Yankees played down the stretch in 2000, but once the playoffs started they hit the switch. As far as this series goes, my guess is that if the entire series was played on a neutral field, the Cardinals win in 6, and if Jack Clark wasn't hurt, possibly only 5. The Cards were the better team in 85 and 87, but lost both series. The Twins in 87 played in the Metrodome about as great as the Larry Bird, mid 80s Boston Celtics played in the old Boston Garden.
Kent Hrbek in that moment, was every midwestern kid
As a Kid, that Grand Slam out him in Minnesota Lore forever!
During the NLCS and ALCS I was in Negril Jamaica with my girlfriend and some friends. We ran into a bunch people from St Louis and we were all watching the games and talking baseball. One of the guys from St Louis was a black bartender and he and I started talking about how great it would be if our teams went to the World Series. We exchanged phone numbers, this was 1987, not a lot of cell service, I had a pedestal based unit in my car not even a pager. Any way we would talk every day, talk smack about our teams and of course neither of us was soundly ahead. I remember calling him after the Twins won the series and he said he'd send me a check. He did! I won the hundred that we had been volleying back and forth the whole time. I wish I had stayed in touch with him, we would have had a lot of fun wagering.
That one swing was why they picked up Baylor late in the season.
I believe Hrbek broke the bat boy's wrist after the grand slam. I need confirmation. Insane moment. :)
lol wow. What did Hrbek NOT break when he hit that grand slam?
A. The decibel meter
B. The bat boy’s hand
C. The Cardinals will
D. His bat
Look at those open air dugouts! beautiful
Kirby was always red hot in the post season. Not many players you'd rather have on your team in the playoffs or WS.
Everyone forgets how guys like Alex Rodríguez and Barry Bonds absolutely stunk in their first few postseasons. Puckett was clutch.
Not sure what convinced Whitey Herzog to keep Tudor in the game. It was either his blazing 83 mph fastball or his confident shrug after each Minnesota line drive.
0:40... Don Baylor played in 3 straight World Series for 3 different teams 1986-1988... Red Sox- lost, Twins- won, A's- lost.
Ok, I can start my day now.
They scored 8 runs in the 6th!
Actually, they scored 4 in the 5th and 4 in the 6th.
They were also down in the 5th in game 7, I believe. Not as much, but like 2-1.
Indeed. I made a video about that too.
czcams.com/video/i9gs4xyv2uc/video.html
It was 2-0 St Louis after two innings
Don Baylor's homer led a lot of fans, especially Red Sox fans, to wonder about the 1986 World Series, "What if John McNamara had sent Don Baylor to bat for Bill Buckner?"
0:40 Don Baylor. Forever in our hearts. I remember when watching a Yankees game (when he played for the Yanks) a fan held up a sign "Don Baylor Is A God"
Sorry, that's where it gets too much emphasis, he's not a god, he plays a kids game as a grownup man, I loved Don Baylor as a player, but for anyone to make a sign and hold it up that he's a god is an idiot
Tudor's strategy of throwing the exact same pitch every time didn't work. They were sitting on his slow outside corner crap so hard they were all able to pull it lol. He got shelled in Game 7 in 1985, too.
Yessir. Tudor had “scattered” seven hits entering the 5th inning. He pitched to four batters in the 5th and retired none. Bob Forsch, who won G4 in relief, would’ve been a good choice to come on. Forsch almost got out of a bases loaded jam in the 6th but Herzog brought in Dayley to face Hrbek who hit his first pitch for a Grand Slam.
The announcers aren’t giving spin rates and exit velocity
The series win was the franchise’s first in 63 years (1924 when they were the Washington Senators and Walter Johnson was the winning pitcher)
Don Baylor...GONE! First time I ever said fuck in front of my dad. True story.
damn rally rags!
They did not lose a World Series game in that building
Could the Cardinals have had a more anemic pitcher? Dude was serving soft serve ice cream.
Which pitcher you talking about? They went through 4 different pitchers in the 5th and 6th.
Tudor who gave up 4 hits in his last 6 pitches.
Horton who retired 3 of the 5 he faced.
Forsch who walked 2, retired 2.
Daley who gave up the grand slam, but retired the next batter.
@@jayNicks10 The first one actually but they all sucked.
@@luvfreedom1470 haha. Yeah. I figured. But “soft serve ice cream” I genuinely find funny 👍🏻
And we will see you tonight. 😂
Just think, if Joe Buck And McGarver was calling the game, they would be asking for a investigation
I mean Al Michaels (many years later), did claim that there was artificial crowd noise in the metrodome.
I still strongly prefer him and Jim Kaat over McCarver or any of the Bucks.
5th inning is not a comeback, just a lead change
How is it not a comeback?
Sorry. This is a comeback. Get a clue...
@@doughazzard2532 Playing in that building where the cards were reeling most of the time and the home team would not just take gm 6 and 7 that World Series. They would never lose a game in the 91. Series. They never lost a ws game in the metronome and i believe they only lost one or two games in the entire postseason history of the metrodome . Amazing!!
The 1980’s mlb
Steroids and homer domes
Lol. I don’t know if I would call steroids the 80’s so much. I mean the A’s of the late 80’s and early 90’s did have Mark McGuire and Jose Canseco. And the Pirates had Barry Bonds. But he didn’t appear to be on roids until he was a Giant. Literally.
But c’mon, Don Baylor, Kent Hrbek and Tom Herr were definitely not on roids. Lol.
@@jayNicks10
I agree
I should have separated the two
HomerDome
American League West (A’s) and select players in the National League
@@rolfbernserke4735 I’ll agree on the Homer Dome part for sure though. Haha
Absolutely GRAND❤❤❤❤❤❤