1986 NLCS, Game 3: Astros @ Mets

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  • Houston Astros 5 at New York Mets 6, F -- Game 3 in a series tied 1-1 are always critical momentum changers. Mets' starter Ron Darling was shaky early, allowing four runs in the first two innings, but settled down after that. The Mets got back into the game in the 6th, tying it on Darryl Strawberry's three-run shot. Ray Knight committed the Mets' only error of the series in the 7th, allowing the Astros to regain the lead, 5-4, and it stayed that way until the bottom of the 9th. With Astros' closer Dave Smith on the mound, Wally Backman bunted his way on, benefiting from a controversial runner-out-of-the-baseline call. He advanced to second on a past ball, but it would not matter. One batter later, up stepped fan favorite, firebrand Lenny "Nails" Dykstra, who struck out in his first at-bat as a pinch-hitter in the 7th. Not known as a power hitter, Nails got ahold of one and enjoyed the two-run walk-off, as the Mets took the game 6-5, and lead in the series, 2-1.
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  • @joer.5196
    @joer.5196 Před 4 lety +11

    I remember being on a bus on Main St. and Roosevelt Ave. in Flushing Queens when Lenny Dykstra hit the game winning homer. The bus was full of folks from all walks of life, Chinese, Indians, Pakistanis, Korean, Latino, Irish, Italian, Japanese ... you name it. When Dykstra hit the home run everyone in the bus yelled in excitement ! Everyone ! Even the old Indian lady in her Sari and the old Chinese old sitting in her seat wearing her traditional Chinese gear. It was the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen.

  • @ptauagpt
    @ptauagpt Před rokem +4

    I met Lenny that year ( 1986 ) mid season in Cincinnati before the ball game. He was eating icecream and agreed to give me an autograph before he got into a cab on the way to the game. I opened the cab door to let him in...but would not close that door.! I let him close it....did not want ANY CHANCE of him getting hurt ! Great guy and competitor !!!

  • @letfreedomring6906
    @letfreedomring6906 Před 4 lety +16

    RIP Mel Stottlemyere, Yogi Berra, Ed Koch, Gary Carter, and Keith Jackson. God bless your souls. You’re all deeply missed.

    • @johnnyg2049
      @johnnyg2049 Před 4 lety +7

      Ironically Joe West is the only surviving umpire from that series, and yet is still active. Bill Robinson also is gone.

    • @geraldsanchez581
      @geraldsanchez581 Před 3 lety +4

      Dave Smith and Aurelio Lopez. Also coaches Dennis Menkie and Les Moss.

    • @bluebird925
      @bluebird925 Před rokem +4

      Tim McCarver is gone too.

    • @bluebird925
      @bluebird925 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Bud Harrelson passed away last month (January 2024).

    • @ericradford2142
      @ericradford2142 Před 2 měsíci

      @@johnnyg2049he’s retired now.

  • @andrewpadaetz5549
    @andrewpadaetz5549 Před 10 lety +34

    Best line from this game...when asked about the last time he'd hit a "walk off" homer, Dykstra said "it was playing Strat O Matic baseball against my brother"...

  • @ptauagpt
    @ptauagpt Před rokem +6

    1986 was the Mets greatest comeback team. They just would not lose !!

    • @TOCC50
      @TOCC50 Před rokem +2

      Boston had them for dead

    • @MrBmick79
      @MrBmick79 Před 23 dny

      down in the series and down early in the games. They just kept fighting. What a squad.

  • @craigjohnson5590
    @craigjohnson5590 Před 2 lety +4

    Whoa Nelly!!! The GREAT Keith Jackson, man did he know how to call a game...any game. RIP sir, you made my childhood, adolescence and adult life better.

  • @aj-runner
    @aj-runner Před 3 lety +9

    This was just a beautiful thing!
    Lets go Mets- great memories from that year and the 5-7 year span of time.

  • @FMD321
    @FMD321 Před 6 lety +8

    Keith Jackson, the legendary voice of college football for more than half a century, passed away Friday night at the age of 89. RIP

  • @bradlewis6514
    @bradlewis6514 Před 3 lety +6

    I can still vividly remember where I was sitting and watching Dykstra's first magic at-bat of his career post-season success! I was 14 at the time and in my freshman year of HS October 15, 1986! That team had an unflappable resolve and uncanny ability to make up any deficit they faced! The '86 Mets were so good they we're never out of a game

  • @williamdiemert2116
    @williamdiemert2116 Před 6 lety +28

    Rest in peace Keith Jackson

  • @ckendall67
    @ckendall67 Před 9 lety +5

    - Didn't begin following baseball until the start of the '90s( when the Blue Jays were just about on the cusp of their back-to-back World Series championship runs ), but I've heard so many stories from fans & writers about how dramatic the 1986 postseason was. It's great that we can watch these classic games on CZcams. Y'know what, people weren't kidding around...been watching some of these games, & they really WERE classics! Baseball is a fun sport to watch, but it's OCTOBER where the sport is at its finest.

  • @Mrcatlistening
    @Mrcatlistening Před 10 lety +7

    Dykstra and Strawberry were my favorite Mets (though, I loved them all), so this had to be the most satisfying game I ever watched.

  • @barcelonaguayaquil9213
    @barcelonaguayaquil9213 Před rokem +1

    I grew up in Elmhurst 10 minutes away from Shea Stadium, i miss Shea Stadium, even the atmosphere was better back in the day,the commentators brings back memories. greetings from Queens,New York ✌️

  • @StukInBuf
    @StukInBuf Před 10 lety +8

    "Let me tell you about Lenny Dykstra!"
    Great announcing by Keith Jackson.

  • @Jtitoj0923
    @Jtitoj0923 Před 8 lety +8

    This is when I fell in love with Baseball and my Brother kissed the floor because he promised he would if Dykstra hits a homerun. Baseball like it oughta be!

  • @ParTroyPic
    @ParTroyPic Před 10 lety +22

    I was at this game, sitting in the upper level. The stands were shaking after that Dykstra HR. The fans were going nuts!!

    • @tommyhendo
      @tommyhendo Před 7 lety +6

      I was there too..sitting to right of the right field foul pole. Two of the greatest homers in team history..I've never forgotten it.

    • @terranceannese7772
      @terranceannese7772 Před 5 lety +4

      @@tommyhendo I was also there behind the RF foul pole!! I has Sat/Sun plan tix in the Mezz (green seats) and the Mets stuck us up there for the playoffs.

    • @bkmarine1
      @bkmarine1 Před 4 lety +2

      Oh snap, I too was there sitting to the left of the left field fou...naaaaahh, I wasn't there but instead watched it from home.

    • @arthurcooperman3106
      @arthurcooperman3106 Před 4 lety

      My dad was there with my sister (I wasn’t born yet) and they were sitting behind first base.

    • @edmondwynn174
      @edmondwynn174 Před 4 lety

      @@terranceannese7772 me and my Dad (RIP) had a Thursday/ Sunday plan and they in the upper box behind home plate and I was SARDINED INTO THE RIGHT field FOUL pole upper deck in the middle on the end of the ROW by the stairs as you know the right fielder is blocked out when Dykstra hit the ball me and a FEW OTHER FANS RAN TO THE railing you look down and you see the bullpen when we saw Kevin Bass put his HEAD down we knew it was GONE and Ed Hearn the bullpen catcher caught the BALL!!!!! Good times THEN I'm a Yankees fan now When Darryl Strawberry left then Gooden and Dykstra and Hernandez ( Mex) left I was DONE !!!!!!!

  • @TheVCRTimeMachine
    @TheVCRTimeMachine Před 6 lety +30

    I love the way announcers like Keith Jackson, Vin Scully, and Pat Summerall handled big game ending moments. They called it "GONE!" and then they shut their mouths and let the pictures and the sound do the talking.

    • @Cubroncs03
      @Cubroncs03 Před 4 lety +3

      Well Tim McCarver was there, too, making sure that idea of silence was going to die a very noise death. 35 years of that guy never letting any minor talking point pass him by.

    • @cartwright77
      @cartwright77 Před 4 lety +1

      i thought the call was terrible lol.....you can be quite but he doesnt even say mets win until way after....say GONE METS WIN 6-5!!! then shut up lol

    • @irar4665
      @irar4665 Před 3 lety

      @@cartwright77
      Exactly- gotta says Mets win.
      (I love Bob Murphys call of this home run)

    • @billny33
      @billny33 Před 2 lety

      @@Cubroncs03 I think Cosell was worse than McCarver in that regard. I felt like Tim knew how to make his points quickly and concisely enough to let the game breathe. But Cosell was in this exact situation with Jackson in the '76 ALCS. Walk off HR, Jackson says gone and Cosell launches into his "Chris Chambliss has WON! The American League pennant. For the New York Yankees. In a dramatic, thrilling finish! What an incredible way for the American League season to end! etc etc etc" Although to be honest, I kinda liked the flavor Cosell added to that Chambliss HR. But he definitely really liked the sound of his own voice.

    • @nattyps3160
      @nattyps3160 Před rokem

      @billny33 people got annoyed by McCarver I recall my cousin annoyed how he would say " I was a catcher once " alluding to his catching Days of course but McCarver doesn't bother me. The bucks ugh. Joe & maybe as a Mets fan I listened to the " great " jack buck who called the Mets monumental moat watched all time come back when that famous ball went through Buckner I wanted to hear the national call & jack buck had all the enthusiasm of a may nothing game ender. So a bunch of people were commenting it was b/c jack was a st Louis announcer & hated the Mets b/c of the n.l. rivalry. So that sorta sux to have a bias announcer for a ws game for the entire country of baseball fans to hear a crappy call. I get a red sox announcer on radio being lackluster but a national radio game for everyone w/ a transistor radio in the 80s deserved better. Lol. Joe buck I think maybe pushed in this newer error to not stfu & immediately grab 20 players to interview from sideline reporters. Which is annoying. Everyone has add & must be stimulated. I'll say the best 2 game ending world series calls were Vin scullys call of the Buckner play as I think every baseball fan recalls it by heart it was so good & coincided w/ the most replayed ending of a game in history to scape goat poor victim Buckner who didn't lose the series! It was pretty much lost by the relief pitchers & the wild pitch tied it which just deflated the sox. Plus they still had a game 7. It wasn't the end of the series. Also the other call that gives me chills is the call of Joe carter's walk off home run to win the ws which is the moment every kid dreams of " touch em all Joe you'll never hit a bigger home run in your life " literally gives me chills.

  • @manuginobilisbaldspot424
    @manuginobilisbaldspot424 Před 5 lety +18

    1:39:36 perfect time for fresh Strawberry

  • @UnleashTheGreen
    @UnleashTheGreen Před 6 lety +3

    the camera angles and direction was so much better than today. 4.3 is much better than 16.9

  • @sjang816
    @sjang816 Před 6 lety +11

    i miss the redbirds. I miss the old main st station. I miss hearing willets point/shea stadium, not citi field. I miss being a kid basically

  • @Colin_1977
    @Colin_1977 Před měsícem +1

    Keith Jackson remains my all time favorite baseball broadcaster.

  • @mikedarrah6945
    @mikedarrah6945 Před 4 lety +4

    Awesome how it goes from being 4-0 to being all tied at 4 in a matter of seconds. Mercy!

    • @TheLuscious
      @TheLuscious Před 4 lety +2

      Mike Darrah Mets in 1986 had 39 come from behind wins

    • @adriangaushausindahaus20
      @adriangaushausindahaus20 Před 2 lety

      For 30 years I say to myself every time.." in a New York Minute"

  • @txmetalhead82xk
    @txmetalhead82xk Před 6 lety +7

    Love watching the Mets! Thank you for the video.

  • @pronkb000
    @pronkb000 Před 10 lety +8

    I know he didn't much care for the game, but Keith Jackson was a very solid baseball announcer. Simply being a professional goes a long way.

  • @swaugertim
    @swaugertim Před 10 lety +37

    i love baseball. i love you tube. what else could anyone ask for?

  • @WolvesBaseballNine
    @WolvesBaseballNine Před 7 měsíci +1

    This team was so damn scrappy. To go down 4-0 in pivotal game 3 and still win late is just straight guts and determination.

  • @LetsGetMikey982
    @LetsGetMikey982 Před 8 lety +24

    The 80s was a weird decade where the Mets owned NY and the Yankees played in front of many empty seats and were second fiddle

    • @chrisuncleahmad
      @chrisuncleahmad Před 8 lety +11

      +Michael Boles And it's not like these Yankees had bad teams. Hell, they had a lot of decent teams in the mid-80s and technically were the winningest team of the decade.They were stuck in an uber-competitive AL East

    • @manuginobilisbaldspot424
      @manuginobilisbaldspot424 Před 8 lety +9

      +Chris Kreager Very true...would've been a wild card if it existed in 1985 and 1986. Won 91 games in 1983 and 87 in 1984. They were hardly an also ran until Steinbrenner's meddling basically eradicated all of their resources by 1988

    • @manuginobilisbaldspot424
      @manuginobilisbaldspot424 Před 8 lety

      +Daniel Roberts Re-signing Cespedes can only help. It's just a matter of keeping those young arms healthy. The Cubs were set up to be the same way a decade plus ago, but Prior blew his arm out.

    • @Gorilla_Jones
      @Gorilla_Jones Před 5 lety +1

      Nothing weird about that at all. NY is an NL town at heart.

    • @incarceratedbob2228
      @incarceratedbob2228 Před 5 lety +1

      @@Gorilla_Jones That was a poorly told myth... as you can clearly see the last 25+ years

  • @Gorilla_Jones
    @Gorilla_Jones Před 5 lety +6

    The greatest series in baseball history.

    • @DanielSong39
      @DanielSong39 Před 2 lety +1

      We were denied the greatest series in baseball history when the Mets won Game 6
      Would have loved to see Mike Scott in Game 7

    • @nattyps3160
      @nattyps3160 Před rokem

      @DanielSong39 well that's why we got won of the greatest games ever in game 6 , 16 innings b/c of just that the Mets wanted no part of the dreaded Mike scott. I'd never seen a pitcher dominate like that for an entire game. Scott was the reason Houston won only 2 games. Also rare to see a pitcher go 9 innings. If clemens pitched 9 innings in game 6 I don't think the Mets were winning Game 6 so it depends on who u believe McNamara who said clemens asked out & clemens said he never did they both agree on ge had a blister tear & couldn't throw a slider. So I think clemens Said he had the blister so McNamara took him out. I don't think clemens at 24 & throwing gas into 7 asked out. That was the problem for the red sox not poor scape goat Buckner. That game was lost when Stanley threw the wild pitch & it was tied plus it wasn't the end their was a game 7 !plus shiraldi blew it allowing 3 straight base hits & he also blew a 3 run lead in game 7 why isn't he the " goat" when it was a bad term. Now #goat is of course the highest compliment. I figured that when I saw so many posts years ago calling Jordan the # goat & I was confused lol. Now should we say the heel for the person who gets blamed or blows a big play?

    • @MrBmick79
      @MrBmick79 Před rokem

      3 of these games are the best baseball games I've ever watched.

  • @cards1985
    @cards1985 Před 10 lety +5

    Kevin Bass impressions, pretty cool.

  • @josephconnor2310
    @josephconnor2310 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Another great come from behind Mets game!

  • @robjontay5052
    @robjontay5052 Před 5 lety +10

    Say what you want about Dykstra off the field.. The guy was NAILS ON IT!

    • @travismcdonald6576
      @travismcdonald6576 Před 4 lety +3

      Rob Jontay Mets should have never traded him.

    • @2010metsfan
      @2010metsfan Před 4 lety +1

      @@travismcdonald6576 The trade of Mitchell hurt the heart of the team. McReynolds was a decent hitter but he lacked the fire that Mitchell brought. The Bonia and for Juan Samuel were train wrecks.

    • @DanielSong39
      @DanielSong39 Před 2 lety

      @@travismcdonald6576 Well at least they got a World Series with Dykstra and Mitchell, lots of talented teams never win one

  • @FMD321
    @FMD321 Před 4 lety +2

    Saturday, October 11, 1986
    Start Time: 12:20 p.m. Local
    Attendance: 55,052
    Venue: Shea Stadium
    Game Duration: 2:55
    Day Game, on grass

  • @brianhurley3197
    @brianhurley3197 Před 2 lety +2

    As a die hard Mets fan, it saddens me a bit to know that (a) Lenny corked his bat (admitted it later on), and (b) instant replay today would have punched out Wally Backman for running out of the baseline.

  • @joeboo629
    @joeboo629 Před 6 lety +5

    The Mets management messed up by trading Mitchell for McRenolds. Trading Dykstra and Backman. Traded too many of the key pieces.

    • @travismcdonald6576
      @travismcdonald6576 Před 5 lety +2

      joeboo629 They shit the bed in the NLCS in 88. In 89, they started dismantling.

    • @2010metsfan
      @2010metsfan Před 4 lety

      So true! Those guys were the heart & soul of the team. Knight left in free agency & the Bonia, Samuel moves were train wrecks too.

  • @jmpiazza86
    @jmpiazza86 Před 9 lety +2

    This is the day I was born. I was about 10 hours old when this happened.

  • @nymike06
    @nymike06 Před 8 lety +7

    That's a really funny Sammy Davis Jr. and Keith Jackson Impersonations by Houston's Kevin Bass at 4:17-5:11

    • @JohnSmith-kz8yo
      @JohnSmith-kz8yo Před 8 lety +1

      +nymike06 It's too bad Bass was such a lousy clutch hitter. Seems like a cool guy.

    • @nymike06
      @nymike06 Před 8 lety

      John Smith I agree!

  • @8avexp
    @8avexp Před 9 lety

    Love seeing those beloved Redbirds again! I remember this game - and that season - very well.

  • @kevindwyer2064
    @kevindwyer2064 Před 4 lety +2

    The first reaction after the walkoff is not so much as a roar but a collective jubilant shrill of a cheer. The whole stadium, all at once, went bonkers

    • @TOCC50
      @TOCC50 Před rokem

      Bonkers in Yonkers

  • @Brooklyn3955
    @Brooklyn3955 Před 5 lety +7

    1:39:35 My goodness Straw has such a sweet swing.

    • @67magiccity
      @67magiccity Před 4 lety +1

      Damm damm damm why did he have 2 get hooked on that 🌨 1st ballot HOF if he didn't smh

    • @2010metsfan
      @2010metsfan Před 4 lety +2

      The Straw's stroke was so smooth & natural. If only he & Doc had stayed clean. We probably win it all in 1988. But they were so young & suddenly stars in the media capital of the world on a dominating team. They needed someone to watch out for them and protect them from hoes and drugs. Not to mention "friends" & family hanging on like leeches for 💰💸 & 🍻🍺🍸

  • @SuperPinto1974
    @SuperPinto1974 Před 3 lety +1

    I truly miss the roar of Shea. Loved that place.

  • @johnnyg2049
    @johnnyg2049 Před 6 lety +3

    These were great days...no sponsors for every damned stat like they do now. The weather, starting lineups, call to the bullpen, and even behind home plate. Plus all but Yankee, Fenway, and Wrigley have stadium sponsors.

  • @1burnman
    @1burnman Před 8 lety +12

    that Mets team was going to own New York anyway Yankees had no shot no chance

  • @MrAitraining
    @MrAitraining Před 5 lety +13

    The Astros were Tough AF in this series. Great pitching. Mets were lucky to get out in 6. Mike Scott was set for game 7 and it would have been goodnight Irene for the Mets

    • @DrLuke49
      @DrLuke49 Před 4 lety +2

      The Astros should have swept the Mets in the middle three NLCS games in New York but for Craig Reynolds error opening the floodgates in the 6th inning of Game 3 plus Dave Smith was never able to solve the Mets.
      Then Craig Reynolds beat the throw to first base in Game 5 but Keith Hernandez tricked Fred Brocklander into calling Reynolds out.
      Darryl Strawberry hit the game winning homer in extras.
      Hal Lanier removes Bob Knepper from the 9th inning of Game 6 far too late.
      To quote the late great Paul Harvey, Sr.
      " . . . . and now you know the REST of the story."

    • @TL2354
      @TL2354 Před 4 lety +1

      Louis Casas what the fuck are you talking about? Strawberry didn’t hit any game winning home runs in extra innings or any in general in this series. No need to make shit up

    • @ADEAL918
      @ADEAL918 Před 4 lety +2

      Louis Casas your facts are all true and with those alone, yes, the Astros should have won. But you're forgetting one very important factor here. It's very likely Mike Scott was scuffing balls in his two wins in this series. That throws a bit of a monkey wrench into that calculation.

    • @2010metsfan
      @2010metsfan Před 4 lety +3

      @@ADEAL918 cheating Astros back then too.

    • @ADEAL918
      @ADEAL918 Před 4 lety +2

      Lucas McCain except then it wasn't a whole team effort, it was just Scott. Actually that Astros team was largely considered a bunch of choir boys (and super religious guys as well). Also included Nolan Ryan--a true gentleman who I guarantee you never cheated in any way. Very admirable characters, mostly--in large contrast to that Mets team for the most part. But Scott was a known scuffer and no one really knows why nothing was done about it.

  • @alexanderestrada2499
    @alexanderestrada2499 Před rokem +1

    Strawberry's game-tying homer: 1:39:33
    Dykstra's walk-off homer: 2:28:08

    • @TOCC50
      @TOCC50 Před rokem

      Shea stadium’s hot dogs & beer

  • @letsgomets07
    @letsgomets07 Před 4 lety

    Very interesting introduction

  • @tommyhendo
    @tommyhendo Před 7 lety +5

    All three hitters before Strawberry's homer should have been out. That inning was Buckner-esque...Backman should have been called out before Dykstra's homer..man when it's your year...GRIND IT OUT!!

    • @KnickKnack07
      @KnickKnack07 Před 5 lety +1

      There is NO WAY any umpire would have called Backman out for that. Not even with replay today. He was able to touch the bag without making any move back with his legs.

    • @DrLuke49
      @DrLuke49 Před 4 lety

      @@KnickKnack07 he still ran illegally outside the first base path.
      What also worked in the Mets favor was the fact that they were Dave Smith's daddies.

    • @DanielSong39
      @DanielSong39 Před 2 lety

      @@KnickKnack07 That and he was safe by a mile, no chance to make a tag

    • @KnickKnack07
      @KnickKnack07 Před 2 lety

      @@DrLuke49 No, he didn't run outside the base path. If you can touch the base in the path you are in, you are not outside the base path. At NO time in the entire history of baseball would that have EVER been called running out of the base path.
      It just always amazes me that there are people who say "I am a MUCH bigger expert n the baseball rules than ALL these professional Major League umpires who were so good at their jobs during that seasons that they were chosen to umpire the league Championship Season. Therefore, I know what constitutes running out of the baseline more than they do!" I mean...do you not realize how incredibly fucking stupid that sounds?

  • @manhbx96
    @manhbx96 Před 3 lety +3

    The Mets were GOD that year

  • @kevindwyer2064
    @kevindwyer2064 Před 4 lety +1

    God I miss Shea! That 4 run inning and then the Walk Off? Jeeeez I wish I was there

  • @1220LOUIE
    @1220LOUIE Před 4 lety +3

    I love Citi Field, but I miss Shea Stadium a lot.

  • @sha9infinite450
    @sha9infinite450 Před 9 lety

    Bass and mccarver at the beginning was funny. I love keith Jackson. Also the ABC & NBC baseball coverage. My favorite Mets were Strawberry, Dykstra and Keith Hernandez.

  • @texanperry
    @texanperry Před 3 lety

    Kevin Bass was very entertaining with the impressions. I forgot about that.

  • @kapten32
    @kapten32 Před 9 lety +4

    Keith Jackson and Tim McCarver called this game for ABC.

  • @kraken138
    @kraken138 Před rokem

    I remember being in Masters department store on Staten Island watching this in the TV department along with a big group of people. I was 8-years old and everybody started screaming. A drunk guy kept screaming "The Little guy did it--The Little guy!" and then he started picking me up because I looked like Lenny--it was a little scary, but awesome.

  • @boogitybear2283
    @boogitybear2283 Před 3 měsíci

    I think it’s neat that the Mets and Islanders have the same colors.

  • @GLee-oe3op
    @GLee-oe3op Před 8 lety +3

    What sucks is they got rid of the red trains on the 7 line and replaced them with the newer models

    • @8avexp
      @8avexp Před 5 lety

      The Redbirds suffered greatly from corrosion. I still remember when the R-36s still sported their original teal and white paint scheme.

  • @BobcatJoeGutfeld
    @BobcatJoeGutfeld Před 9 lety +21

    Not many people know this, but the Mets were supposed to have had home field in the 1986 playoffs. But, the Houston Oilers who were also playing in the Astrodome, had a game on Sunday which was the same day as game 4. So, the NFL told MLB to swich the playoffs. So the Mets got screwed once again.

    • @toppdogg2815
      @toppdogg2815 Před 9 lety +2

      BobcatJoeGutfeld You are 100% right. Back then they alternated home field advantage between division winners. It was the the Mets turn for winning the NL East because the Dodgers had it the year before when they won the NL West

    • @anonymousguy2568
      @anonymousguy2568 Před 9 lety +3

      BobcatJoeGutfeld I wouldn't say they got screwed. They won two of the most exciting playoff series in MLB history and their last two games are considered the greatest World Series games of all time.

    • @cjs83172
      @cjs83172 Před 7 lety +2

      In fact, 1986 marked the third consecutive year that the NL West champion had more home games in the LCS than the NL East champion had. What you mentioned about this series, with the Astros having four scheduled home games, compared to three for the Mets, as well as the Dodgers having four scheduled home games compared to three for the Cardinals in 1985 is true. But let's not forget that in 1984, the Padres also had the advantage of having three home games against the Cubs, compared to two games in Wrigley Field, an advantage that proved decisive as the home team won all five games in the 1984 NLCS. It ended up not mattering in '85 or '86, as the Cardinals and Mets won Game 6 in their respective LCS wins.
      When the Cardinals had four home games in the 1987 NLCS, it marked the first time since 1983 that the NL East team had home field advantage in the NLCS. And that would prove decisive in the 1987 NLCS, as the Cardinals beat the Giants in the full 7 games.

    • @cjs83172
      @cjs83172 Před 7 lety +3

      What ultimately screwed the Mets (and later the Oakland A's) in 1988 was the fact that the Dodgers had Orel Hershiser, who probably had the greatest second half of a season any modern pitcher has ever had, and nobody was going to beat the Dodgers when he pitched in that post-season. The Mets blew their big chance in Game 4 when Dwight Gooden walked John Shelby and then gave up a game-tying HR to Mike Scioscia in the ninth inning. And then the combination of Kirk Gibson and Orel Hershiser slammed the door in the 12th inning of that fateful game. The Dodgers then took Game 5 and Hershiser took over in Game 7.

    • @tommyhendo
      @tommyhendo Před 7 lety +7

      Randy Myers should have closed that game against Scioscia...Mets up 3 games to 1, but it's history now

  • @DJ_DKBGD
    @DJ_DKBGD Před 4 lety +1

    Game 3 was the nail in the coffin. Sure Mike Scott returned to win Game 4 and even it up. But the Mets took 2/3 at Shea. Orosco was a Lefty killer and the Astros just didn't have what it took to beat the eventual World Champions. What a series! I remember watching it and was sure that the Mets were done for. Honestly I expected the Mets to lose especially since the Astros had home field advantage. Since the Mets tended to play sloppy fielding on artificial surface, I was convinced that the Mets were doomed. Moreover, the Astros were one of the few teams in the NL that had the Mets number during the '86 season. Of course, the Mets have always had the tendency to lose to substandard teams like the Astros. But not that year.

  • @1burnman
    @1burnman Před 10 lety +6

    This was agreat Series everything a baseball fan could want

    • @VancouverChokers
      @VancouverChokers Před 9 lety +2

      And this upload wasn't even the best game of the series...that was game 6, which was basically game 7 considering that Scott was all but untouchable. Even the Mets admitted they couldn't hit him.

    • @ek347194
      @ek347194 Před 9 lety +3

      VancouverChokers yeah but Scott was scuffing the balls. Wally Backman kept over a dozen balls after the game that were scuffed the same way.

    • @VancouverChokers
      @VancouverChokers Před 9 lety +2

      ek347194 Scuffed or not, as the Mets said themselves, Chub Feeney wasn't going to do anything about it. And yeah, I'd say he probably scuffed. Just from interviews he gave, he probably knows it too.

    • @ricklozano4658
      @ricklozano4658 Před 9 lety +4

      86 the best postseason ever

    • @VancouverChokers
      @VancouverChokers Před 9 lety

      Rick Lozano I'd say 2004 gives it a run for its money but yeah it's hard to beat 86.

  • @djn3131
    @djn3131 Před 11 lety

    Amen. Saw Nancy Lopez alot in this post season as well.
    Wife of Ray Knight

  • @tommyhendo
    @tommyhendo Před 11 lety +1

    I was at this game...12 years old...I clearly remember being upset because a lefty was starting so Dykstra and Backman weren't starting....little did I know

  • @8avexp
    @8avexp Před 3 lety

    The Redbirds on the 7 had been rehabbed only a few years earlier. Chris Berman tagged Bass as Kevin Smallmouth Bass.

  • @beakt
    @beakt Před 5 lety +2

    Kevin Bass is so cool.

  • @MichaelAstorga-iw4qo
    @MichaelAstorga-iw4qo Před měsícem

    The Mets were lucky in 86. They should have lost to the Astros that year. Won the pennant while only hitting.148 as team. This was our first big opportunity to win a WS

  • @jackdavis8596
    @jackdavis8596 Před rokem

    Kevin Bass with a great Jackson impersonation @ 4:59

  • @swaugertim
    @swaugertim Před 10 lety +4

    should keith hernandez be in the hall of fame? when you look at the whole body of work for his career, a strong case can be made. anyone have any thoughts on that?

    • @rm1133
      @rm1133 Před 10 lety +1

      I love Keith Hernandez, one of my top 3 favorite players of all time, but it really is not even a question that when it comes to the hall of fame, he falls far short. He simply does not have the numbers that are worthy of a hall of famer. He has almost 2200 career hits, 162 HRs, 1071 RBI, lifetime average of .296; not hall of fame numbers. What does he have going for him.....obviously people point to his 11 gold gloves and while Keith is often regarded as perhaps the best fielding first baseman of all time, that doesn't get you into the Hall. First base is not a defensive position like SS is. You can't compare him to someone like Ozzie Smith who is in the hall largely on his defensive abilities because SS is such an important defensive position. Keith does have an MVP as well but he just didn't put the numbers that get you into the hall. Having said all that, if there is a situation where I could chose 1 guy to get a hit or get on base for me in the most important of games, I would probably choose Keith. The guy was unbelievably clutch and rose to the occasion so often. What a player

    • @swaugertim
      @swaugertim Před 10 lety +2

      rm1133 i think there's way too much emphasis on pure statistics. keith hernandez was always a good and clutch left handed hitter and we all know he's one of the best defensive 1st baseman ever. i hope he's still on the hall of fame ballot and eventually gets in.

    • @stephenvincent
      @stephenvincent Před 10 lety +1

      Hernandez was the best 1st baseman of his ear...and possibly the best fielding 1st baseman of alltime....a true HOFer....sorta like Gil Hodges...ooops...

    • @goback3spaces
      @goback3spaces Před 10 lety

      d'accordo

    • @thirdlantern
      @thirdlantern Před 10 lety +1

      No doubt Hernandez should be in. He was clutch, consistent, won 2 rings, 11 Gold Gloves and an MVP. Perhaps even more importantly, he redefined 1B from the place you put big, unathletic Boog Powells to a dynamic, game-changing presence. Look at those who followed in his mold: Clark, Grace, Mattingly, Palmiero, etc. If Mazeroski got in on his leather and .260 average, then how is Keith NOT qualified?

  • @benstephenson8993
    @benstephenson8993 Před 5 lety +2

    that 80's era when the Astros only had ONE uniform. Not even a road uniform

    • @josecarranza7555
      @josecarranza7555 Před 5 lety +1

      Ben Stephenson I just checked and they did have different uniforms for home and away.

    • @dskyyksd
      @dskyyksd Před 4 lety

      From 1975-1979, "rainbow guts" was the only uniform they wore. From 1980-1986, it was their home uniform only. They're wearing the standard gray uniform in this game.

  • @thomasgalvin4069
    @thomasgalvin4069 Před 11 lety +1

    Darryl Strawberry bomb at 1:39:36 and Lenny Dykstra at 2:28:08

  • @hamburg1306
    @hamburg1306 Před 5 lety +1

    Forgot about bunt single in top of 9th and Mets getting a favorable call there. Now instant replay second guess and 50-50 if he’s called out.

    • @DanielSong39
      @DanielSong39 Před 2 lety

      Backman was safe by a mile, they almost never make the call in that situation
      If the fielder was right in front of him and he did a Billy Hamilton pirouette to avoid the tag it's a different story

  • @EnlightenedRogue
    @EnlightenedRogue Před 4 lety +1

    27 Astros fans didn't like this!

  • @djn3131
    @djn3131 Před 11 lety +4

    BOY DO I MISS SHEA!
    NOT ONE WINNING SEASON AT CITI FIELD

  • @BudSchnelker
    @BudSchnelker Před 4 lety +1

    Three left-handed hitters due up in the 9th and the Astros don't bring in a lefty to face them. That would never happen today.

    • @dennismiddlebrooks7027
      @dennismiddlebrooks7027 Před 2 lety

      The Astros had no lefty relievers that year. I know that one of the Atlanta Braves team the Mets played in the 1980's had no lefty pitchers, period. That hurt them against the Mets as well.

  • @jameslisle7775
    @jameslisle7775 Před rokem

    2:24:24 Inside pitch going to the back stop where the Mets are down to their final outs. Where have I seen this before?

  • @vinman5432
    @vinman5432 Před 5 lety

    Right after Nails fouled-off the first pitch [at 2:27:43], the plate umpire went around to dust off home plate. It seemed like that was a pretext to talk to the Astros catcher. I wonder what they talked about.

  • @andrewpadaetz5549
    @andrewpadaetz5549 Před 10 lety +1

    Robert the woman shown in the video is Lenny's wife Terri. Right before the HR there's a graphic shown identifying her.

  • @ChristineCAlb1
    @ChristineCAlb1 Před 11 lety

    Citibank Field has only been the Mets' home since 2009-give it/them some time & I'm sure some great memories will be made. LOL at Mrs. Darling and the woman on the subway with their eyeliner. It's WALK like an Egyptian, not look like one!!! :)

    • @KnickKnack07
      @KnickKnack07 Před 5 lety

      Citifield is another example of how the Mets simply don't get it. There will never be lasting memories with the Mets as long as they continue their current "Pitching wins championships!" delusions...which has NEVER been true, but is even less so in the says with every pitcher will go on the extended DL at some point and even when they are in, they pitch just 5-6 innings.
      If pitching won championships, then the Braves would have won more than one World Series in the 90s/early 00s.

  • @connecticutguy8895
    @connecticutguy8895 Před 5 lety +1

    McCarver is speechless at the end: he rarely had anything good to say about the Mets

    • @75aces97
      @75aces97 Před 4 lety +6

      He was actually the Mets' regular color man on WOR in those days.

  • @benedettomansueto4016
    @benedettomansueto4016 Před 3 lety +1

    Let's Go Mets Baseball ⚾🇺🇸❤️🙏✝️

  • @tommyhendo
    @tommyhendo Před 8 lety +2

    Was Backman more than three feet away from the base line to avoid the tag on the bunt?
    7.08
    Any runner is out when --
    (a) (1) He runs more than three feet away from his baseline to avoid being tagged unless his action is to avoid interference with a fielder fielding a batted ball. A runner’s baseline is established when the tag attempt occurs and is a straight line from the runner to the base he is attempting to reach safely;

    • @JerichoMile4
      @JerichoMile4 Před 8 lety +2

      +Thomas Henderson - - Backman should have been called out !
      I truly despise the Mets since their playoff runs of 1969, 1973 and 1986 .

    • @KnickKnack07
      @KnickKnack07 Před 5 lety

      There as no tag attempt. Just a guy chasing him.

    • @KnickKnack07
      @KnickKnack07 Před 5 lety +1

      Cruise Control...yeah! How DARE a team be good once or twice a decade!

  • @kenyongray2615
    @kenyongray2615 Před 5 lety +1

    What a great baseball team those 1986 Metropolitans were. But what problems some players had after this season. Everything from drugs. wife-beating and whatever Lenny Dykstra ended up being into. Shows that baseball players are human and flawed like the rest of us. Plus, you can't go wrong watching this game with the great Keith Jackson doing the play by play.

  • @johnnypolo1983
    @johnnypolo1983 Před 2 lety +1

    Nails at 2:27:11

  • @joselopezmoya9786
    @joselopezmoya9786 Před rokem

    DANNY WALLING PLAYED IN PUERTO RICO FOR THE BAYAMON COWBOYS.

  • @chefrick
    @chefrick Před 11 lety

    What happened to Glenn?

  • @m.alexanderzagorski3868
    @m.alexanderzagorski3868 Před 5 lety +1

    Those Mets had chutzpah!

  • @stevepisano2612
    @stevepisano2612 Před 2 lety

    I miss the old redbird trains.

  • @75aces97
    @75aces97 Před 4 lety +1

    A LCS that concluded before nightfall in eastern time? When's the last time that happened?

    • @travismcdonald6576
      @travismcdonald6576 Před 4 lety

      75 aces Good question.

    • @paulsonj72
      @paulsonj72 Před rokem

      @@travismcdonald6576 ABC had a college football game following this and then had Game 4 of the ALCS that night.

  • @Landis_Grant
    @Landis_Grant Před rokem

    Lenny Dykstra’s game winning HR looked like a one arm swing much like Kirk Gibson’s.

  • @johnsonwaite9865
    @johnsonwaite9865 Před 10 lety

    After his career fell apart during his stint with the Orioles, he played in Kansas City's Minor League System then went to Japan and now serves on the City Council in Columbus Georgia.

  • @mromarimack
    @mromarimack Před 3 lety +1

    The 7 was a legend due to not having graffiti...
    There was a subway line in the 80’s with no graffiti? Lol 😂

  • @robertcourson8002
    @robertcourson8002 Před 2 lety +1

    The Astros literaly choked away 3 games in this series that they should have won

  • @elparcero1220
    @elparcero1220 Před 3 lety

    0:17 I miss the Redbirds...

  • @ckendall67
    @ckendall67 Před 9 lety +2

    - This is the only game of the '86 NLCs entirely available on CZcams, I wonder if someone could upload Game 6.... ;)

  • @mortimerzilch2608
    @mortimerzilch2608 Před 5 lety +1

    watch it with the sound off or music on and avoid the oppressive McCarver.

    • @jaliscodiss
      @jaliscodiss Před 4 lety +1

      He is kind of annoying but be brings a lot of knowledge to the game as a former player

  • @sfgiantsfan921
    @sfgiantsfan921 Před 11 lety +1

    Epidemic during 1980s sports broadcasts: The unending cutaways to the wives of the players. Goddammit.

    • @DrLuke49
      @DrLuke49 Před 4 lety

      I believe they were actually the team groupies and mistresses since Kevin Elster was the biggest horndog on that 1986 Mets team.

    • @2010metsfan
      @2010metsfan Před 4 lety

      @@DrLuke49 A lot of the players had side chicks. 🍓 had some and Doc too.

  • @isaachaaze3
    @isaachaaze3 Před 3 měsíci

    Mets are 0-4 so far so as usual I’ll just reflect on the beautiful past

  • @paulyoda4576
    @paulyoda4576 Před 10 lety +5

    It was great when games didnt have all the writing all over the screen like they do now

    • @KnickKnack07
      @KnickKnack07 Před 5 lety +1

      Yes..but a simple score wouldn't have killed them!

    • @joedebaun4547
      @joedebaun4547 Před 5 lety

      But it is great that the camera no longer pans to show the players wives.

    • @KnickKnack07
      @KnickKnack07 Před 5 lety +2

      Not a big difference. The camera still shows the crowd way too often and at the most ridiculous times. It is amazing how sports directors think. TV is supposed to be the substitute for our eyes if we were actually at he game. And I guarantee that NO ONE after a big home run, or great play, or whatever, is looking around at their fellow fans in the stands cheering. They are focused on the players celebrating. Yet TV constantly cuts away to show fans.
      It is like when they show a fly ball by zooming in on the ball! Making it impossible to tell if it is a 460 foot home run, or a 180 foot popout. All we see is a baseball and sky. As before, I guarantee that no one is in the stands with binoculars watching just he ball in flight. (Golf telecasts are guilty of this too. Zoom in on the ball so we don't know if it is a perfect 325 drive down the middle of the fairway or a 180 yard slice that will end up in the water. Not until the ball actually lands.
      TV sports has become a matter of showing fans what they CAN do with modern technology..not what they SHOULD do to make the experience of watching the game the best of viewers.
      And don't get me started on dugout/sideline interviews taking place DURING LIVE ACTION! And they often actually cut to the interview or maybe put the live action in a small picture in picture. As if we need to SEE the people talking rather than just hear it.

  • @commanderg.l.r8689
    @commanderg.l.r8689 Před 9 lety +1

    Why can't someone upload Game 6?

    • @ckendall67
      @ckendall67 Před 9 lety +1

      - I'd LOVE to watch that one; only can see a few clips from it now.

  • @Batman1989King
    @Batman1989King Před 4 lety

    2:28:10 Walk off homerun

  • @hivicar
    @hivicar Před 2 lety

    Hernandez has few instincts of the base paths.

  • @petepyeatt6909
    @petepyeatt6909 Před 3 měsíci +1

    2:19:34

  • @drrayl
    @drrayl Před rokem

    Def at least a min amount of 1 kilo of coke in the Mets clubhouse here