2003 ALDS Highlights | Boston Red Sox vs. Oakland Athletics
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- The 2003 American League Division series between the Red Sox and Athletics is a forgotten classic, featuring controversial calls, big hits, late rallies, and a dramatic comeback by the Red Sox, who at the time were in the midst of an 85-year World Series drought.
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Amazing how Foulke blew Game 4 for the A’s but yet was the centerpiece of the Red Sox’s bullpen the following year.
Yes, great point. Foulke was so critical in that Yankees series and came up huge.
Well...he didn't have to face David Ortiz anymore
The A's lost this series when they lost Game 3. Terrible baserunning decisions, bad fielding. I still don't know what the hell Eric Byrnes was thinking. Just touch home plate first, and then complain. And considering the A's previous playoff failures, they needed to win in 3 because the longer the series went on, they were starting to get that "Here we go again" vibe.
They also lost it in game 4 when Jermaine Dye really misplayed that David Ortiz hit
By this point, as an A's fan, I was just waiting for bad things to happen. It's amazing though how my teams seem to have this kind of thing happen...losing nine straight games from 2000-2003 where if you just win one, you're in the LCS. And then, after wildly overachieving with probably the least talented playoff team of the Billy Beane era in 2006, we've lost seven straight games win to advance games since 2012. I don't count that farce of a 'Wild Card' series in the asterisked 2020 season. One LCS trip in the Moneyball era despite 11 playoff berths. Unreal.
I would say that the 2005 team was the least talented of the MoneyBall Beane-era (1999-2006).
I don’t believe that the A’s use of sabermetrics was to their disadvantage in the playoffs. I just think that for winning their division eight times in the past 20 years and making the WC game three times to only get to the LCS once was just incredibly unlucky. The A’s should have won a world series during this period, but it just wasn’t to be. If the Astros didn’t leave the national league they probably would have won the division a few more times too.
Wow!!! I truly didn't realize that 😮
@@hmhm856they didn’t make the playoffs smart guy
@@manuginobilisbaldspot2 i was referring to their MoneyBall success era of 1999-2006. Even if they didnt make the playoffs in 1999-2004-2005, they were still good teams those 3 seasons, with 2005 being their least talented yet their most surprising team in terms of success from all those 1999-2006 teams. Given, the 2002 team is the glorified one even while having a very talented roster that season
I wasnt being “smart” with my original comment.
I actually admired that 2005 team with how they turned their season around and played elite after their horrendous start to the season, before they faded in September
Their most talented team I would say was 2001
Wow, thanks for posting this dude. I’m a Red Sox fan from SF and I had tickets to all three Oakland games. Except for Game 2, every game was outstanding, and Game 5 is the best game I’ve ever been to. Fully agree this as good as any League Division Series in history and it is forgotten, probably because of the epic LCS the Red Sox played in ‘03 and ‘04.
Thought your name was Fran Haggerdty
Great upload, thank you. It was one of the most exciting series I've seen in many years as a Red Sox fan. One of the most forgotten ironies is the fact that Grady played game 5 like he should have in NY game 7. In NY, he lost his nerve.
Game 3 of this series is the epitome of explaining how the A’s never won anything. They consistently were inferior to their opponents and thus made more mistakes. Love Eric Byrnes as a personality but that play at home cost them the series. So did Tejada’s baserunning. They would have been up at least 2-1 or 3-1 and would have held on for a sweep. And their baserunning probably cost them Game 5 too.
Game 3 could've gone either way...I went to the game, and it was nerve wracking as a Red Sox fan. The Red Sox played hard but were also very fortunate that the A's had their miscues. One big factor in the series was that suddenly Williamson and Timlin emerged and gave the Red Sox a huge shot in the arm in the bullpen, which had been shaky all year. It seemed that the downfall of the A's was that Zito and Hudson got cocky and partied after game 2. They were different pitchers in the next two games, and didn't have the same edge.
typical A's baseball. Plus that bases loaded no outs and 3 pop ups? Macha sealed his fate having Melhuse pinch hit for Dye. Just unbelievable.
@@mikegulliver4885 Hudson got injured in the first inning of game 4, Zito pitched well and did everything he could in game 5. Ultimately it was the base running and very un-clutch hitting that did them in. I remember this series well and it was very frustrating as an A's fan to watch.
@@catsnchords I "won" tickets to game 5 the day of the game and went(along w a co worker and our wives)in my business attire. It was BRUTALLY, off the charts frustrating. We were right behind the sox dugout and I could just watch them pitches that Zito threw to Varitek & Manny for homers. Ugh! 😒🥵
God was fenway a vicious place to play back then. Winning made the fans lose their edge which happens when you win as much as the red sox have recently
Fenway became too social
@@Redsoxking too many pussies who are fake fans and just want to wear the jersey and take a picture for Instagram
@@ajww1329 Pink hats.
@@clintfowler3856 bloom will build them into a winner. I seriously have no doubts about what he can do
@@ajww1329 "Pink Hats" is what they call em
My first date with my now wife was game 3 in the centerfield bleachers. Trot Nixon's walk off homer dropped about ten rows in front of us.
Do you recommend taking a girl youre not official with on a baseball stadium date?
That Derek Lowe pitch that went for a called third strike and the second out in the 9th in G5.....whoa boy that had *something* on it.
I remember my late grandfather calling me saying he had never seen a pitch move like that - I think about that every time I see it!
8:26 is when arguably started the greatest dynasty in North American sports for a city. The comebacks from 2003 until 2019 all of the Boston Sports had is insane and just too good to not respect
@Tim Jones True I forgot about that
@BOS37631you mean when the refs blew the AFC championship thereby birthing the abomination that is Brady.
That game 3 for the A's was the absolute worst base running by any team ever.
Yes I remember that it still lingers very 😠 😠 😠
It absolutely defies logic how a franchise as good as the A's for the past 20 years can blow it in the postseason over and over
They've become the new Red Sox and Cubs.
At least we won a playoff series now
2006 was the only other time they broke through, but then got swept in the ALCS.
@@KinkESizemore Similar to this year. Didn't get swept, but got run over by the Astros
Doesn’t defy logic at all. You need to buy your rings in today’s game, or tank to get high draftpicks. If the A’s tank, they’ll move away because nobody will come to the stadium that the owner refuses to replace/repair. Since they can’t tank, and the owner refuses to pay (despite being top 5 in MLB owner net worth) they’re forced to build playoff caliber teams at a rather impressive rate for a small market teams. These playoff caliber teams could be GREAT given $10-$20 million more, but Fisher REFUSES to pay. It’s not complicated really. Just the corruption of MLB’s structure.
Wow forget about that collision between Damon and Jackson.
Game 3 was WILD
With the exception of game 2, every game was wild
Amazing series. Another major notch on the belt for D-Lowe. Never forget that!
This series had some crazy scheduling; Games 2 and 4 were both 1:00PM local start times following night games that ran until midnight the night before, while the teams had to fly back across the country after G4 to play G5 24 hours later without an off day in between.
Just think, if Oakland, with those playoff teams they had from 1999-2006, and those two elite teams they had in 2001 and 2002, with just one WS title under their belt from the 1999-2006 era, Oakland would have definitely gotten a new stadium around the 2010's in California by now. Kinda like how the Padres were able to get a new stadium in California after their 1998 season.
With the exception of game 2, every game was as tight as you can imagine. 4 nail-biters
Jermaine Dye really misplayed that David Ortiz hit in game 4
As a Sox fan, it's cool to see the Moneyball players like Scott Hatteberg and Chad Bradford doing the little things to help them stay in the game.
Blame John Fisher for trying to make Oakland pay for his stadium. It's sad to see each team move out of such a classic American city, but I wouldn't want to pay taxes for a billionaire's stadium.
Ken Macha looks like Larry David
This was a great time for Boston!!! Awesome!!!
I love the dugout jackets from this era I'm an Angel fan and I have one with a 2002 World Series patch on it they are so cool and super high quality
I was gonna say I always wanted one of those
That’s David Ortiz’s 1st playoff hit for the Sox !
This is for 1988 and 1990.
Thank you for uploading!
man i'm fist pumping right now in 2023 with both of those Lowe Ks in the 9th!
If I was an A's fan, I would have been livid at Eric Byrnes
This series was revenge for the sweeps in '88 and '90
No incel, it was just Boston beating an Oakland team that perpetually chokes in the Moneyball era. What McNamara and Clemens and Boggs and Greenwell did has nothing to do with this.
@@manuginobilisbaldspot424
Who pissed in your Corn Flakes this morning, Princess?
The Sox and A's have met 4 times in the playoffs. 1975, 1988. 1990, and 2003. 2-2 overall. Sox won in 1975. 2003, A's won in 1988. 1990. All four of the series ended in OAKLAND and ALL 4 times. NEITHER TEAM went on to win the WS!!
Miguel Tejada and arguably Eric Brynes are both more talented than Varitek but i would pick Varitek for my team over them every time!
Game 4...where Big Papi as we know it was truly born.
If Tejada keeps running, the A's sweep the series.
The subtitle of the book could have been Moneyball: The Art of Losing Game 5.
those money-ball relievers stunk
A major choke by my A's for the 4th year in a row.
Oakland put it right in their lap. Just like NYY did the following year.
Game 2 was a bit of a dud but the other 4 games were all instant classics!
Oakland made a lot of mistakes on base running that probably cost them this game
It’s funny hearing the Red Sox announcer in 2003
That wasn’t their announcer. It was Jon Miller who was the espn broadcaster at the time.
@@nflpatsman8743 no he was the announcer for game 1
Jon Miller did the rest of the series after that
I could blame the Umps for game 3 but as a player you keep playing until the end. And Erick Burns and Miguel Tejada just gave up on the play and looked and the ump who already was giving the A’s calls for help.
A lot of mental mistakes for the A's, unbelievable
16:23 When pimping a HR was frowned upon. No longer the case.
2000-2003 A's man too much talent to never win a playoff series. And they lost all 4 years in 5!
That guy in the giant cowboy hat was a jerk !
I wished we could have won 1 championship with that amazing A’s team. The Burns tantrum and Tejada arguing the call always hunts me. Where I can’t finish watching this shit.
Just think, if Oakland, with those playoff teams they had from 1999-2006, and those two elite teams they had in 2001 and 2002, with just one WS title under their belt from the 1999-2006 era, Oakland would have definitely gotten a new stadium around the 2010's in California by now.
Kinda like how the Padres were able to get a new stadium in California after their 1998 season.
1:24 That's something you do in Ranked Seasons in The Show XD
I completely forgot the A’s did a suicide squeeze to end Game 1
The blown obstruction call on tejada literally cost the A’s the series. Wow
That bush league move by Varitek was very dirty. However Byrnes should have realized he hadn't touched the plate.
@@Surfer041 What is Bush League about tagging a guy that never touched the plate? Byrnes shoving is more of a case
@@bostonredsox49 he blocked the plate without the ball and tripped him.
@@Surfer041 .....that's bush league? Sounds garden variety catching right there. This was 2003
As imploded game 3
Derek lowe with the suck it
The fact that the announcers were ridiculing Manny for showing emotion in game 5 of the ALDS says all you need to know about baseball. The play by play guy Thom Brenneman fired for using a gay slur is probably the least surprising thing that happened in 2020. Used to love baseball but now it’s on life support.
Something about Brennaman and drives into deep left field...
Brennaman was a great announcer and was only fired because of this pussied down weak pc libturd decaying society we’ve become
@@nflpatsman8743 I agree that this cancel culture shit has gone way too far. One mistake that could've been taken out of context can end someone's livelihood and it has got to the point where people are almost searching for a reason to "cancel" you if they disagree with your views. With that being said there is no gray area with what Brennaman said. Can't say what he did on a TV and expect that he'll get away with it. I am pretty much apolitical and lean slightly to the right in some cases but this is definitely not one of those occasions.
@@jamescarlisle4023 LOL the way he matter of factly called that HR in the middle of his apology will never not be funny.
@@nicknorris2540 yeah it's definitely the brutally awkward backdrop interrupted by the guy having to do his job that makes it funny as there's a drive into deep left field by Castellanos, it'll be a home run. And so that'll make it a 4-0 ballgame.
Derek fucking Lowe. Just a big game pitcher.
Moneyball highlights 😅😅
That's the problem. You get these guys that play w "passion" but have no brains or do not use their heads. That is what happens when you try to get by on the cheap. Plus that one inning bases loaded no outs and 3 pop ups? No wonder Macha didn't last.
Man Hatteberg could run when he had to
Only player in history to hit into a triple play and hit a grand slam in the same game.
wooowww... the red soxs should have never made it to the yankees and the Oakland A'S should have won the world series that year.. what a bonk.
Must cancel Athletics for fat shaming 😂
Zito
Joe Morgan was so obviously rooting against the A’s this whole series. RIP to him, but I never understood why an Oakland native & former A’s player hated the team so much.
Maybe it was because the group he was part of that tried to buy the team was denied by MLB
because they overlooked him and didn't draft him
Morgan despised their moneyball style of play.
Umpires butchered game three.
@Lighthouse in the Storm combination of both. Varitek resorted to some bush league tactics to save the Sox.