2006 World Series (Tigers @ Cardinals) Game Five (Cards win first World Series Since 1982)

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5 жыл бұрын

It wasn't the most thrilling of World Series'.
In fact, if you weren't a Cardinals or Tigers fan, it was probably a tad on the boring side.
But, it didn't matter. Finally, after 24 years of waiting, the Cardinals were once again World Series Champions.
After failing to capture the title with what was undoubtedly the best Cardinals team since the 1940s in 2004, and again failing to do so with another 100-win team in 2005, the beat-up, knocked down, underperforming, somewhat undermanned, 83-win 2006 Cardinals somehow managed to take home the crown.
A personal anecdote: I called my brother the day the 2006 postseason started, and discussed with him how we thought the Cardinals would fare. Neither of us seriously thought that they'd be hosting a parade three weeks later, but I distinctly remember saying to him, "Wouldn't it be poetic justice if the 105-win '04 team, and the 100 team from last year can't get it done, but this 83-win piece of crap wins the whole thing?" We had a good laugh ... and then they actually did it.

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@drizzyovereverything 3 жыл бұрын

Keep coming back to rewatch these games just because I love my Cardinals so much

@Jacob-jt4el Жыл бұрын

I come back to watch this game every now and then because it was a very joyful spot in my life during a very dark year for my family, I had lost my great grandfather due to a staph infection, we lost my sister's dad just 4 days before my birthday due to something that should've never happened, I had my head busted open on accident and nearly died, all of this when I was 5 years old and I still somehow remember this entire playoff run, all I felt was joy because something that year went right, I went to my first ever cardinal game in 2006 as well but this was more special than one kid having a bad year could ask for, been a cardinal fan as long as I can remember.

@andyrue8086 2 жыл бұрын

What a great year in 2006 I will never forget watched the World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals my dream came true. Go Cardinals. Listen to Cardinals Nation.

@leemesecher3720 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for these games. 2006 was a very special year for me. I graduated from high school in June and i saw my favorite team win the world series in October. Thanks for bring back memories

@tanjiro20247 10 ай бұрын

I remember in 2006 World Series championships St. Louis Cardinals since 1982, St. Louis got a World Series winner

@guywithaname1 2 жыл бұрын

This game will forever be in my memories. I will probably make my kids watch it when I'm an old bat. It was a miracle to see it unfold infront of my eyes as a 8 year old kid. This and game 6 (absolute miracle) of 2011 bring back some of the greatest memories of my life.

@metalmanalishi 4 жыл бұрын

It doesn't get any better than this ! Downright resilience

@dylanbetts23 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the uploads man. First time I’d ever gotten to see my team win a World Series!

@DroneShotFPV 4 жыл бұрын

I remember this whole series, worried from the beginning, watching the Cardinals fumble their way into , well, nothing other than good luck and bad plays by other teams making their short comings seem like super stars. I remember thinking the Mets series was a disaster and the end, then I was surprised. Shifting worry to Tigers and Verlander, but watching their mistakes generate runs for us and opportunity, to then jump up in victory on that final pitch by Wainwright, thinking, "Man, that was a hard fought battle, and we did it!"

@frederickglass1583 5 жыл бұрын

"Overwhelming underdogs" Thats what our 2006 squad was

@TL2354 3 жыл бұрын

Their

@inlinechris 2 жыл бұрын

@@TL2354 our

@dc4690 Жыл бұрын

Steve Phillips said the tigers in 3

@ILLini61607 4 жыл бұрын

57:29 the fifth error by a tiger pitcher (one in each game), a WS record

@ivanpainter357 2 жыл бұрын

they were a great team done the impossible old man time has delt a hard hand like al l of old cardinal fans and we still love everyone and our hearts go out to the familys that have lost someone that couldn,t be their today i,m sure their spirits are their it was great seeing our baseball stars ivan from illinois.

@marilynb2439 2 жыл бұрын

Great game D!

@lmasper09 5 жыл бұрын

Are you gonna upload the 2011 world series?

@sawchiefs29 2 жыл бұрын

I read your description before I watched this video. It is ironic how in sports, teams who barely get into the playoffs come out as World Champions. 06 Cards, 2011 NY Giants, etc. Sports, IMO, has become less about who is the better overall team from start to finish and more about who gets hot at the right time. When you're a fan of a team and they're fighting for a championship, you forget about it but then, when you look back, there's like this feeling of "Was it legit?" It's a no brainer that the 04 Cards were the best of the 3 year stretch. Sadly, they went up against a Red Sox team that was on a hot streak.

@marilynb2439 2 жыл бұрын

Great

@yh3212 Жыл бұрын

８番レフト田口壮第１打席30:13　第２打席54:26　第３打席1:18:44　第４打席1:52:19

@RyansColoradoRailProductions Жыл бұрын

Where did you get the widescreen versions of all the games?

@horustubes 4 жыл бұрын

Good Times

@JayTemple 5 жыл бұрын

I'm curious what you plan on uploading next. There weren't a lot of highlights in 2007-08!

@cardinalsbaseballclassics 5 жыл бұрын

I've got a couple games from '07, and '08 that I'll be posting. In general, there weren't a ton of happy moments in 2007, but '08 wasn't as bad as you might think. They weren't expected to do anything that year, and yet they were in contention for the Wild Card (albeit loosely) until about two weeks were left in the season.

@mpacz9987 5 жыл бұрын

Super excited for any 2008 stuff onward, that was when I seriously started following Cardinals baseball. Thank you so much for all the work that goes into maintaining this channel, having an archive of these games is indispensable.

@JayTemple 5 жыл бұрын

The three highlights that come to my mind from those two years: 1) a big inning against David Wells in the latter half of the '07 season 2) last day of '07, a record number of pitchers in a nine-inning game, including the first-time starter with the most relief appearances before that 3) We were at the 6/21/08 game in Fenway Park when they beat up on Dice-K.

@vyb5670 Жыл бұрын

2:09:14 ending

@willsutter5207 3 жыл бұрын

Out of all the Cardinals teams since 2000, this Cardinals team had the 3rd worst record and yet somehow managed to pull together and win the World Series. You could argue that this team was the worst one because in 2007 and 2017 the Cardinals had a much more competitive NL Central to deal with. Even the 2008 4th place Cardinals had a better record. Nobody favored these guys to win and some people said the Tigers would win in 3 games.

@jakepoor2564 Жыл бұрын

Or they just couldn't beat my Red Sox lmfao

@dc4690 Жыл бұрын

The Red Sox wish they were the Cardinals,lol

@danzemacabre8899 4 жыл бұрын

This Cards team was much better than their record. Pujols, Rolen , Edmonds, all missed time, lost Isringhausen, etc. Having Carp healthy and getting Weaver at the deadline, plus bringing Waino up and Rolen (hurt, but playing) and Edmonds back made this team, by playoff time, better than the 100+ win teams of 2004 or 2005. Larussa managed like a damn wizard also. Labeling this team as worst to ever win a world series is laughable and anyone who studies and knows the game, knows this wasn't the case.

@cardinalsbaseballclassics 4 жыл бұрын

As a dedicated, life-long Cardinals fan, I gotta say ... I completely disagree with your assessment that this team was better at any point, or in any way, shape, or form, than the '04 or '05 teams. Those teams, especially the '04 squad, were juggernauts. The 2006 Cardinals showed serious signs of age-related decline all year, and while injuries definitely played a factor in their overall record, that just weren't that good to begin with. They had losing records against the 96-loss Cubs, the below .500 Reds, and the 82-80 Astros. They were 13 games under .500 on the road. They were 11 games below .500 from late July to the end of the regular season. They nearly blew a 7-game divisional lead with 11 games to play. They got 24.2 WAR from their offense, and 6.1 from their pitchers. By contrast, the '04 team got 31.4 WAR from their offense, and 16.0 from their pitchers. That's 17.1 more WAR for the 2004 Cardinals. There's no statistic, or eye test, that would tell you that the '06 team was better. When you win a World Series with a team like the 2006 Cardinals, it becomes a convenient narrative to say, "Oh, well, they weren't as bad as their record because of the injuries," but that ignores the reality that when healthy, most of the "big guys" had down years. There were five teams with better records than the Cardinals that didn't even make the playoffs. They played in, by far, the worst division in baseball, and would have finished no higher than 3rd in any other division. They got in, got hot at the right time, caught a few breaks along the way, had some young guys step up, and due to the magic of October baseball, pulled off a miracle. It was a fun ride, and I think the fact that they WEREN'T that good made it even more thrilling, and enjoyable. "Wait, the '04 and '05 teams didn't win the World Series, but this piece of shit team did?!" They're probably not THE worst team ever to win a World Series, but they'd be in my top 5 or 6, for sure.

@dmmamc 4 жыл бұрын

@@cardinalsbaseballclassics I remember a fan's write up of the Cards World Series appearances since he was a kid. It went something like this; 1982 - Cards win! It will be like this every year!! 1985 - We were robbed!!!! 1987 - We were deafened!!!! 2004 - Dude....where's my team? 2006 - Holy shit!!!!....the Cards won?! 2011 - The greatest series ever!!!!!!!

@normo2963 3 жыл бұрын

@@cardinalsbaseballclassics lol..like what you said in your intro...the 04 with 105 wins the 05 with 100 wins and 06 with 83 wins...such irony...go cards

@khaleefax9553 Жыл бұрын

*No game in the history can come close to the game 6 of this series 2011.*

@krog21 Жыл бұрын

Except, it was a 5 game series... Are you thinking of 2011?

@user-lp6bo9mv9d 4 жыл бұрын

1:20:00

@missgradenkoMC 3 жыл бұрын

1926 1928 1931 1934 1942 1943 1944 1946 1964 1967 1968 1982 1985 1987 2004 2005 2006 2011 2012 How it should’ve been.

@willsutter5207 3 жыл бұрын

You could throw a few more in there. In 1981 the Cardinals had the best record in the NL East, but given the players strike, the playoffs were structured different leaving the Cardinals and Reds out of the playoffs even though they had the best records in their divisions. (Fun fact: This is the Montreal Expos' only playoff appearance and it was only because of the adjusted seeding.) In 1996 the Cardinals were up 3 games to 1 in the NLCS against the Braves and they choked hard getting outscored 32-1 in the last 3 games. Nobody favored the Cardinals to win this series and many were even surprised the Cardinals made the playoffs because they had just started rebuilding the organization. 2013 was a year the Cardinals made the World Series, but we lost in 6 games. Some of those games ended in the most crazy ways like with interference and a pick off. Anything can happen though. It's fun to think about what could have been, but at the end of the day it's a crazy game where anything can happen. Thats why I love Baseball. I'm sure lots of people thought 2006 was going to be a subway series rematch, but in the end it was a Wild Card team vs a team with only 83 wins.

@zachmcnerney8770 3 жыл бұрын

Nah 85 was just right. Even if that call wasn't blown we still woulda scored and won the game. Go Royals!

@willsutter5207 3 жыл бұрын

@@zachmcnerney8770 I agree with this too, but for a different reason. Even though he was clearly out, the Cardinals completely fell apart afterward. Teams have to be mentally prepared for mishaps that happen. Just look at the 2003 Cubs in the NLCS.

@lynnerose7891 5 ай бұрын

@@zachmcnerney8770 Not remotely accurate bc that was the final out of the series.