1991 WS Gm7: Twins get out of 8th with double play

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10/27/91: With the bases loaded, one out and the score tied, the Twins turn a 3-2-3 double play to get out of the top of the 8th inning
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@dakotabillyone 7 жыл бұрын

Greatest World Series ever!!

@rjdodgerz2776 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing WS but the 2001 diamondbacks vs Yankees was the greatest ever.

@anaxagoras25a 3 жыл бұрын

@@rjdodgerz2776 haha, not a great joke

@garongribble3936 2 жыл бұрын

@@rjdodgerz2776 hahaha 😂 right

@katherineberger6329 4 жыл бұрын

This was the play that won the World Series.

@brandonallen3289 3 жыл бұрын

I never thought of it that way. Had this resulted in any scoring runs the outcome would have been a completely different.

@deanladue3151 3 жыл бұрын

Yep, the Braves never got another baserunner on for the rest of the game after that. Morris slammed the door shut and locked it.

@jimnfl7134 7 ай бұрын

I was scared, thinking for sure Braves would score a run. Thank you Knoblauch and Hrbek for keeping it 0-0.

@Terribleathletes 18 күн бұрын

Absolutely. If the Twins don't make this double play, Atlanta wins.

@RuffRyder_43 3 жыл бұрын

Greatest double play in World Series history!

@jameslisle7775 Жыл бұрын

*baseball history

@Oscar3 8 ай бұрын

Greatest WS in baseball history

@Weebs82589 7 жыл бұрын

How often do you see a 3-2-3 double play? That was awesome from Hrbek to Harper back to Hrbek!

@themyriad0574 3 жыл бұрын

@MANCHESTER UNITED F.C And yet here you are watching this obscure Baseball video. Glad even the soccer hooligans are fawning over baseball on KZfaq!

@morefiction3264 Жыл бұрын

@M Don't care. If 4 billion of your friends were walking off a cliff, would you follow them?

@jasonkadela6204 Жыл бұрын

Soccer is simply sports unevolved and horrendously boring.

@deanladue3151 3 жыл бұрын

That was Atlantas biggest chance to score some runs in the game, and they came away with nothing. They never got another baserunner on again. After that, it was the Twins game to win.

@jayNicks10 3 жыл бұрын

No kidding.while the Twins went on the get guys on base for the last 3 innings, the Braves would either have to turn a double play or the Twins would score.

@Steve-lq5wt 2 жыл бұрын

As a life long Twins fan..I have seen the good and the bad... 1991 was the best ever What a year! What a series!! Love the Twins..win or lose

@patrickgray5633 4 жыл бұрын

I went nuts cause I was a big Jack Morris fan when Buck said "Out there, out there." I yelled

@bobbob465 Жыл бұрын

We'll debate Joe until after he's worm lunch, but Jack Buck was SO good at what he did. Never sounded rehearsed, never sounded bored, got so much across with so few words.

@hehegone4499 4 жыл бұрын

Greatest WS ever

@tdavidg9176 5 жыл бұрын

That was awesome Herbie!! One of the forgotten plays of that game!

@StFidjnr 3 жыл бұрын

And the key defensive play of the game

@SarahPalinQuit 3 жыл бұрын

22nd-highest change in winning percentage of all world series plays ever.

@Whoopdido777 3 жыл бұрын

@@SarahPalinQuit Sorry, what does this statement mean?

@overnightdelivery 2 жыл бұрын

@@Whoopdido777 Basically according to questionable computer analysis, the odds of a team winning the game before and after the double play happened.

@Whoopdido777 2 жыл бұрын

@@overnightdelivery Ah ok. I get it. I can see that. It was tied 0-0 in the 8th inning of game 7. Braves had guys on 1st and 3rd and the Twins walked David Justice to get to Sid Bream, so the bases were loaded. Bream was slow as molasses, so I don’t know why the Braves didn’t pinch hit for him but it was an awesome play by the Twins. Absolutely perfect throws by Hrbek and Harper.

@mdntcowboy6500 3 ай бұрын

That play was badass. I remember watching it.

@ThePCgamerworldify 7 ай бұрын

You could look at a lot of plays that game and say "That saved the game". To me it was this play and then Gladden streching the single to a double.

@nels7347 Жыл бұрын

Kent Hrbek is so underrated and I think he should be in the Hall of Fame because it shouldn't always be about numbers he was in the nucleus of two world series championships in 4 years

@alexvoigt6946 Жыл бұрын

He looked like he was on a HOF track in his prime, but his peak didn’t last long enough and he was always behind someone else in the conversation for best 1B in the AL (first Cooper and Murray, then Mattingly, then Dwight Evans and young guys like Joyner, McGwire and McGriff.

@timward276 Жыл бұрын

Still one of the greatest World Series ever. 5 one-run games, 3 games into extra innings including the last 2.

@machalot 10 ай бұрын

And 4 walk offs

@quietcorner293 5 жыл бұрын

As a Minnesota native, this brings tears to my eyes. Mainly because I feel that my state will never be at this level ever again. I'm giving up on the Vikings as they constantly let me down. Also Wolves, Wild & Twins are nowhere to be found.

@buckfuttler2877 4 жыл бұрын

twins are doin ok this year id say!

@SwitcherooU 4 жыл бұрын

Twins and Vikings are both good right now, but neither team has a truly special player like Puckett (you could also make a case that Gladden and Hrbek belong on that list too). Until both teams have a Puckett, they're not going anywhere.

@katherineberger6329 4 жыл бұрын

@@SwitcherooU If he could stay healthy, Byron Buxton would be a more valuable player than Puckett in his prime. Buck's only 26, too - he's the same age Puck was when he got hot.

@Whoopdido777 3 жыл бұрын

@@katherineberger6329 Buxton could be awesome. He just needs to stop running into walls.

@ddellwo 2 жыл бұрын

And we won’t even discuss the “Woke Disaster” the Twin Cities have become……☹️

@patrickgray5633 3 жыл бұрын

3 World Series stand out to me as the very best Reds Red Sox in 1975, Arizona NY 2001 & this one 1991 Braves vs Twins.

@billschipper1718 4 жыл бұрын

That's exactly how you turn a 3to 2 to 3 double play.

@burntsider8457 3 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful memory.

@hmhm856 3 жыл бұрын

wow, to throw home AND to get bag to the bag from where he threw it. Amazing play by the first basemen

@deanladue3151 3 жыл бұрын

The mark of a Tom Kelly managed baseball team has always been first and foremost, defense. Kelly often stated that a teams defense could either win, or lose a game. In this case, the Twins defense won this game in the 8th inning. They deked Lonnie Smith to prevent him from scoring, and then absolutely masterful 3-2-3 double play, and made it look routine.

@jacobjones5269 7 жыл бұрын

When's the last time you've seen a 10 inning shut out?.. I'll give you a hint...

@timvanderlindevanderlinde7866 6 жыл бұрын

Jacob Jones 1893

@jacobjones5269 6 жыл бұрын

Tim Vanderlinde Vanderlinde No, Tim.. it was this game.. The last major league pitcher to throw a 10 inning shutout was Jack Morris, game 7, 1991 World Series..

@timvanderlindevanderlinde7866 6 жыл бұрын

Jacob Jones it's called a joke. did they even play baseball in 1893?

@jacobjones5269 6 жыл бұрын

Tim Vanderlinde Vanderlinde Yes, they played baseball in 1893..

@iamhungey12345 3 жыл бұрын

@@timvanderlindevanderlinde7866 "...did they even play baseball in 1893?" Out of curiosity, was that post a joke as well?

@efrain926 3 жыл бұрын

Hrbek second to only Keith Hernandez defensively all time. And this is coming from the biggest Mattingly fan ever.

@Whoopdido777 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah Hrbek was good. Mattingly won the Gold Glove for the American League basically every year around that time period except for 1990. Mark McGwire won it that year. Hrbek never won one.

@bobbob465 Жыл бұрын

@@Whoopdido777 Gold Gloves have been criticized many times over as popularity contests at times. I don't know if Hrbek really was as good as Efrain is saying, but GGs are sadly not the best indicator.

@davidmata9952 Жыл бұрын

You can even make an argument for Sid Bream being the best defensively during this era.

@mikebennis77 2 жыл бұрын

Nowadays there would be 7 pitching changes

@JRHYT409 Жыл бұрын

For the Twins to pull off the dummy throw to 2B to fool such an experienced player like Lonnie Smith and then to stay cool and execute that double play, I mean it's really the kind of moment where you look at it and say, yeah the Twins were great champions.

@kootybear Жыл бұрын

just the emotions after the double from Hrby, than to see Knobby. I didnt see that view before. Awesome

@doughazzard2532 2 жыл бұрын

Thank u sid bream for trying to pull that outside pitch!

@SwitcherooU Жыл бұрын

And for being literally the slowest human being to ever play baseball.

@Daxtarr1 2 ай бұрын

Jack Buck was so great.

@dakotabillyone Жыл бұрын

Greatest Twins team EVER!!!!!!

@redmustangredmustang Жыл бұрын

Lonnie Smith costs the Braves the World Series. If Lonnie Smith doesn't hesitate and keeps running he scores.

@RJN8580 Жыл бұрын

Yep!!! Like Jack Buck said “ Lonnie’s on third when he should be on the bench “ meaning he should have scored in Terry Pendleton double

@brandeneby2604 3 жыл бұрын

And that, lady's and gentlemen is heads us baseball.

@josericardomartinezromero9569 2 жыл бұрын

Buenas noches esa serie inolvidable la mejor de todos los tiempos Atlanta merecia ganar la serie mundial lo ke no entiendo porque boby Cox tenía a bream como 5 bat si bateaba pura basura hay debió estar por encima de él lemke , Hunter y olson

@evansjohnc 3 жыл бұрын

Man, just a fly ball to the outfield would have most likely given the Braves the World Series title.

@ericw3229 Жыл бұрын

Morris was a master of the split finger fastball or forkball which dropped and forced a lot of ground balls. Break beat that right into the turf

@brianrajala7671 Жыл бұрын

Forgot that, a heads up by Herbie!

@halloween9007 11 ай бұрын

if Sid Bream is not at the plate- that might not turn 😮

@duhmainmang 6 жыл бұрын

No pinch hitter? Anyone in the world was faster than sid

@davidmata9952 5 жыл бұрын

I would say that Cecil Fielder was the slowest runner in baseball during this era.

@MNsportsnut 5 жыл бұрын

Sid hit one to the Rightfield Wall in the 11th Inning the previous night but had to hold at 1st with a Single. Keith Mitchell came in to Pinch Run but was Caught Stealing on the 1st Pitch.

@deanladue3151 3 жыл бұрын

Thats where the suspension of Otis Nixon came back to haunt the Braves. Ironically Nixon would play for the Twins for a couple of seasons in the late 90s.

@GhostTownSooner 3 жыл бұрын

There is no 10th inning if Smith scores...

@katherineberger6329 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe, the Braves got an equally nasty double play in the bottom of the 8th but this was a game of nerve and Bobby Cox flinched first - he pulled Smoltz instead of letting him work himself out of the jam the way Kelly did Morris. After mid-8 the Braves had no runners; after mid-8 the Twins had traffic in every inning. Sooner or later the Twins were going to walk it off.

@StFidjnr 2 жыл бұрын

The braves will run no more on the twins

@gregtorrez6860 6 жыл бұрын

Will never be able to figure out what Lonnie Smith was looking at that he stopped at 2B instead of running around the bases and scoring on that play. What is more important than watching the ball? Cost him the opportunity to win a World Series playing for FOUR different teams. Phillies, Cardinals, Royals, Braves.

@RobertO-kc5yw 5 жыл бұрын

Greg Torrez he definitely was not looking at the 3rd base coach like he should have been.

@evanschmitt2830 5 жыл бұрын

He was looking to see where the ball went and he lost it

@quietcorner293 5 жыл бұрын

Hey I hear you. Now as a Minnesota native, I'm all to used to my teams blowing it too. Like our kicker, perfect on the year, misses a field goal allowing Falcons to come back on us and they go to the Super Bowl. If Favre just runs for it, he gets us close to kicking a field goal sending us to the Super Bowl. No he makes a stupid throw right into the arms of the Saints.

@jayNicks10 5 жыл бұрын

of course you could argue that the play never should have even happened. on the previous Pitch, Pendleton "foul tipped" it into the dirt. But it looked like to me that he completely missed it and struck out.

@katherineberger6329 4 жыл бұрын

@@RobertO-kc5yw The 3BC missed the ball, too. If you watch his hand signals on the play, he had no idea where the ball was. The Twins dodged a bullet in the 8th.

@memorymixer6168 5 жыл бұрын

Two absolute studs went head to head. We will NEVER see A starter go 9 and give up 0 (Smoltz) while the other starter pitches a 10 inning shut out in a regular season game much less game 7 of the series. Jack Morris is a HOF'er in my opinion. To bad he's not in.

@aapold 5 жыл бұрын

He was inducted last year.

@jayNicks10 5 жыл бұрын

Also, Smoltz got removed in the 8th inning. pitched 7 and 1/3 innings without giving up a run.

@davidwalker8948 6 жыл бұрын

I’ll nev

@bumpnscore 3 жыл бұрын

Sid “The Snail” Bream

@katherineberger6329 2 жыл бұрын

And yet he beat a Barry Bonds throw to home to get here. ;)

@patrickallan481 3 жыл бұрын

No bunt? Ugh.

@willp.8120 Жыл бұрын

Kent Hrbek, the one who pulled Ron Gant off the bag and should not have been allowed to stand. That could have been the seciding factor in the series. Lonnie Smith's poor base running also could have been a contributing factor.