1987 ALCS, Game 1: Tigers @ Twins

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8 жыл бұрын

In Game One of the 1987 ALCS, Minnesota rallied from a 5-4 deficit to score four runs in the bottom of the eighth and dump Detroit, 8-5. This is an edited broadcast of the game from Classic Sports.

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@simonolson7695 9 ай бұрын

In my opinion, all the ALCS games involving the Minnesota Twins from 1987 and 1991 should be released onto DVD!

@tjparsports 8 жыл бұрын

Outstanding, I was a very excited 12 year old kid back then, with no idea the crappy Twins would ever "make the playoffs". 1987 will live forever in Minnesota!

@conductorinblack 8 жыл бұрын

There's nothing more jawdropping than hearing the Metrodome crowd in full roar with the camera trained on Sparky Anderson. The expression on his face is one of powerless futility: there's absolutely nothing he can do to reverse the situation. Once I saw this, I knew the Twins had a chance.

@dzanier 7 жыл бұрын

costas and kubek were both fantastic broadcasters.

@travismcdonald6576 4 жыл бұрын

Daniel Zanier Yes they were. Vin Scully and Joe Garagiola were the A team for NBC with Costas and Kubek as the B team. Doesn’t get any better than that.

@sominboy2757 7 жыл бұрын

how dare bob Costas call the legendary homer hanky a "fad" it brought the concept of a piece of cloth being a valuable asset in a playoff run in baseball

@ckendall67 6 жыл бұрын

- This game served as an omen for the Tigers; after a bitterly contested division race with Toronto, finally overtaking the Blue Jays on the last day of the season to clinch the AL East, they ran into an unexpected buzzsaw in the form of the Twins. Sure, the Twins had dropped their last 5 games of the regular season but that was AFTER they'd locked up the AL West; they didn't have anything to play for those last 5 games & probably rested a lot of their starters to keep them healthy for the playoffs. They were ready inspite of the fact they finished on a 5-game losing skid. They were well-rested...meanwhile the Tigers had to scrap & claw their way into the postseason, & then once they finally got there...BAM. They hit a wall vs the Twins in the ALCS.

@deanladue2327 5 жыл бұрын

And it showed, clearly the Minnesota Twins had an extra gear that the Tigers did not. They won the '87 ALCS practically outright, and therefore could rest up for the Cardinals. Who had to go the full 7 games against San Francisco.

@crocoboxer 7 жыл бұрын

Hard to believe it's been 30 years.

@zacharybinx8642 5 жыл бұрын

Frankie "Sweet Music" Viola! One of my favorite Twins.

@Tasermaxx 7 жыл бұрын

Thanx for the upload. This brings back some great memories.

@Weebs82589 4 жыл бұрын

Twins scoring plays: 10:11 Gaetti’s Home Run 14:06 Gaetti’s 2nd Home Run 17:31 Brunansky’s RBI double 23:02 Gladden’s RBI single 56:55 Puckett’s RBI double 1:06:34 Baylor’s RBI single 1:08:58 Brunansky’s 2 run double

@calebthespy 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for uploading this!!!

@cominghometorome811 6 жыл бұрын

Wow That season of 87 with the Minnesota Twins record there were 8 teams in baseball that had a better record than they did and if they played in the Tigers division they would have finished in 5th place and would not have even made the playoffs so glad that they changed the rules in baseball playoffs because of this 87 playoff season now the team with the best record gets home field advantage throughout the playoffs and in the World Series still pisses me off to this day that they were favored and had home-field advantage in the playoffs and World Series.....something to think about!

@StFidjnr 7 жыл бұрын

the 1st of 6 home playoff wins in 1987

@deanladue2327 5 жыл бұрын

Little did Sparky Anderson and the Tigers know what a hornets nest the Metrodome would become in this series.

@favsa5015 2 жыл бұрын

I miss espn classic

@paulsletten8985 4 жыл бұрын

Gary Gaitti was the man.

@travismcdonald6576 4 жыл бұрын

Viola was a great pitcher. Shame his arm gave out in the early 90’s.

@jordonvanzile4131 7 жыл бұрын

i know you prolly do games Twins win but could you upload the 2003 and 2004 ALDS vs Yankees

@jackdavis8596 7 жыл бұрын

The Tigers gave up John Smoltz for Alexander and they couldn't even win Game 1. One of the worst trades ever.

@bitterangrydrunk 7 жыл бұрын

At the time it was a great deal for Detroit. They don't get to the '87 postseason without Alexander. And considering Detroit was never really close to contending thereafter, Smotlz wouldn't have done them much good.

@paulsonj72 7 жыл бұрын

Both teams got what they were looking for. Detroit needed another starter to get over the top in the Al East that year and the Braves got another young pitcher to help in the rebuilding. Bobby Cox knew what he was doing as GM and without Alexander As stated the Tigers don't win the AL East.

@dallasbrubaker6054 6 жыл бұрын

Stick to tiddlywinks because you know nothing about baseball.

@deanladue2327 5 жыл бұрын

The Twins came after, and stung Alexander early. And he didn't look very sharp, hung a lot of pitches that the Twins jumped on. Which forced Alexander to be a finesse type pitcher, and that was an even bigger mistake.