5/17/98: David Wells' Perfect Game

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Minnesota Twins 0 at New York Yankees 4, F -- The season, up to this point, had not been an easy one for David Wells. Being yanked from his previous start in the third inning, despite a 9-0 Yankee lead, had Boomer openly contemplating retirement. Not an irrational thought for someone two weeks shy of his 35th birthday. But he didn't, of course, and on May 17 dragged his 5.23 ERA out to the Yankee Stadium mound to face the Minnesota Twins. 27 batters later, as Paul O'Neill squeezed the last out in right field, Boomer would drop to his knees, elated and overwhelmed... a member of baseball's immortal pantheon.

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@bballer191 9 жыл бұрын

The coolest part about this Perfect Game was David Wells' admission that he was extremely hungover before the game after a late night of heavy drinking lol. What a boss.

@Woodsy181 6 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sNp0ktKbrry1moU.htmlm42s Apparently he was out with Jimmy Fallon and some SNL crew the night before till around 5am.

@hrantesserian6439 4 жыл бұрын

Came here to say just this. All things considered , is this the most impressive performance in baseball history ?!

@joeinreallife6293 4 жыл бұрын

@@hrantesserian6439 Either this, or Doc Ellis' no-hitter on LSD

@aaronz9410 2 жыл бұрын

Could truly be it actually helped him... Made himself slow everything down mentally.

@destructocid 2 жыл бұрын

He actually later admitted that he lied about that.

@nysportsfan78 5 жыл бұрын

The 1998 Yankees will ALWAYS be my all-time favorite season!!! Nostalgia strikes again!!!

@GOPMAN71 2 жыл бұрын

@Lighthouse in the Storm What's not to be sure about? That team was absolutely incredible. 125-50 with a World Series sweep. Greatest single season team ever.

@KevinMiller-xn5vu 5 ай бұрын

@@GOPMAN71The 2001 Mariners had an even better season, going 116-46, but fell to these same Yankees in the ALCS.

@JoshDone 11 жыл бұрын

You are 100% right. How the city of New York didn't landmark the original stadium is beyond me.

@medguy12 10 жыл бұрын

The truly impressive part is that he did this WITH Chuck Knoblauch on the field!

@unclejemima2017 3 жыл бұрын

Block head

@albertamorino6405 2 жыл бұрын

Remember that hit to 2nd in the 8th inning when Chuck was gonna wing it to 1st? He took that extra step & lobbed it. The whole stadium released a big breath at the same time... Great Day.!

@christendo5733 2 жыл бұрын

This was before Knoblauch got the yips, he got it in 2000.

@NothingToPointOut24 10 жыл бұрын

Ahh classic Yankee Stadium..even as a Mets fan this gives me goosebumps. The energy in that place was incredible. If a Yanks pitcher threw a perfect game in today's Yankee Stadium the noise wouldnt reach half of what is was on this day. Shame really.

@jamilmccoy2994 5 жыл бұрын

They should have never got rid of the old Yankee stadium anyway.... too many memorable moments have happened there.. They could have turned it in to some historical artifact or something....

@hrantesserian6439 4 жыл бұрын

Even as a Red Sox fan I am forever regretting not going there before they closed it. A Magical place .

@GOPMAN71 2 жыл бұрын

I agree with the OP. The "new" Yankee Stadium is like a library compared to the old stadium. If the Red Sox are still playing in The Green Latrine after all these years, the Yanks should still be playing in the REAL Yankee Stadium.

@savary2185 8 жыл бұрын

He had stated after the game that he was nursing a "Skull Rattling" hangover the entire game. Who else could do that other than Wells? Such a full blown bad ass!

@leafyutube 7 жыл бұрын

Incredible what you can accomplish with potato chips and beer.

@PandionOsprey 5 жыл бұрын

Don't let anyone tell you it's not the meal of champions!

@southy98 4 жыл бұрын

He supposedly kept a bottle of Jack in the outfield lockers.

@courtgizzle 10 жыл бұрын

There will never, neeeeeever be another team like the 1998 Yankees. Period

@TRChamp08 10 жыл бұрын

I agree. 1998 was a special season for the New York Yankees from start to finish!

@voodoochef100 10 жыл бұрын

The '98 team was a product of a cap-less salary structure, which rendered many teams (like the Twins, Expos, Royals, Pirates, to name a few) to AAA minor league status. Although it was a really good team, I dont put them up as Greatest Team ever. If you recall. The Seattle Mariners won even more regular season games, just 3 years later in 2001. Proving how weak most MLB teams became, soon after '94 strike. It took luxury tax to help somewhat.

@joesakic91 10 жыл бұрын

voodoochef100 Let me see... 1998 New York Yankees: 125 wins (regular season and postseason combined) - Won a World Championship. 2001 Seattle Mariners: 120 wins (regular season and postseason combined) - Lost in ALCS to the Yankees. 1906 Chicago Cubs: 118 wins (regular season and postseason combined) - Lost in World Series to the Chicago White Sox. Saying the 2001 Seattle Mariners is the greatest team ever despite not winning a World Championship is like saying the 2007 New England Patriots are the greatest team ever.

@joesakic91 10 жыл бұрын

***** How dominant were the 1998 Yankees? They had to face one quality must-win game all season in that championship run which was Game 4 in the 1998 ALCS vs. the Cleveland Indians and won that game.

@joesakic91 10 жыл бұрын

voodoochef100 Stop complaining about the salary cap. The Yankees played by the rules just like everyone else. The 1998 team kept their own talent when George M. Steinbrenner put his own money back into their own team instead of their own backpockets like the Twins, Expos, Royals, Pirates and other small-market clubs. Had GMSIII didn't put money back into the team, Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams, Jorge Posada, Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera would've played somewhere else for an owner who put their own money back into the team.

@AmericanMade87 9 жыл бұрын

What gives me goosebumps is that Cone gives him a hug at the end..

@carlosmedinardz4943 4 жыл бұрын

Why?

@ynsimha7663 4 жыл бұрын

@@carlosmedinardz4943 Cone would pitch the next perfect game a year later on Yogi Berra day... July 18th, 1999

@carlosmedinardz4943 4 жыл бұрын

YN Simha I thought they didn’t get along or something like that!!!!

@prodigalsongod 21 күн бұрын

@@carlosmedinardz4943their lockers were next to each other. wells said coney told him he wreaked when he came into the locker room that day, and warned him to stay away from torre for fear of being scratched

@francisalbert1799 5 жыл бұрын

The 1998 Yankees the team of a lifetime.

@mastershake8018 7 жыл бұрын

I will never forget this game. I was 10 years old, I was so happy, I cried. Then I learned years later, he was hungover! That makes this, in my opinion, the single greatest achievement in baseball history! I've been hungover more times than I can count, and I can barely take a piss when I'm hungover... but this beast pitches a perfect game!? That is some superhuman shit, man! My dad was drunk during this game, and at that last out, he poured a beer over his head while jumping up and down! He then called his brother, who also poured a beer over his own head! After it was all over, my Dad and I went outside and lit off some fireworks in celebration! A little over a year later... Cone pitches a perfect game and literally, the same exact thing happens!

@thegame346 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you MLB Classics for making these iconic moments in history available.

@wwalter2911 10 жыл бұрын

I went to the next home start for wells, and he took another no no into the 7th or 8th inning. what a year it was. year after, I was supposed to go to Cones Perfecto, but it was rainy out, we thought they would call the game, so we stayed home to watch it... and was soooooo upset we missed history. go yanks! 2014

@EllaMaFeo 10 жыл бұрын

I went to Wells next game too! It was so cool. I think it only went to the 6th though...

@joeambrose3260 4 жыл бұрын

Grow up already

@chrislopez44 6 жыл бұрын

So Jimmy Fallon just told a story on Seth Meyers' show of how David Wells was out parting till 5:30am with Fallon and Seth and Horatio Sanz the night before this perfect game.

@kontube 4 жыл бұрын

I was there! Amazing! So nice to relive this memory :)

@GOPMAN71 3 жыл бұрын

As a lifetime Yankees fan, the mid to late 90's were an absolutely magical time. So many great players, so much total dominance, especially this 98 team who started 0-3 and finished with a combined record of 125-50. I know most Yankees fans loved Jeter the most but he was never in my top 10 favorite Yankees of those teams. David Wells was my favorite followed by Mariano Rivera, Scott Brosius, Paul O'Neil and Bernie Williams. Those teams really spoiled us Yankee fans. Ever since then, anything less than a World Series Title is unacceptable and one measly title in 20 years is absolutely unacceptable. They've got the horses to do it in 2021 so let's see what happens!

@Diversityandcompassion 10 жыл бұрын

I'm from Cleveland and HATED this team especially after the ALCS. But NO TEAM WILL EVER be as GOOD as this team!

@jpta162 9 жыл бұрын

I seriously would too. I'm a Cleveland fan, but I was only a year old at that time.

@afridgetoofar1818 Ай бұрын

The Indians could’ve beat them.

@jamilmccoy2994 5 жыл бұрын

It's amazin that he was able to shut down a hitter like Paul Molitor in this game the way he did . He was a tremendous clutch hitter....

@blackanesebeats 4 ай бұрын

Literally the comment I typed out but he was batting as I was doing so… he was only hitting .255 and they were saying it was due to a shoulder injury so I guess it was good timing for Wells lol

@frankiel5127 4 жыл бұрын

I love my team. May 17, 1998...i was 15 years old. I was in attendance. Never experienced anything like this ever before and still til this day. #YankeesForLife

@MIKIEEYEZ1975 2 ай бұрын

I’m was the same age then as you are now!! I’m getting old!! lol 😂

@PimpLenin 10 жыл бұрын

I was at this game. Before the game started, Wells was warming up in the bullpen and I shouted "Hey, Wellsy, you ought to toss a perfect game today!" and he stopped throwing, looked at me with a thoughtful glance, smiled, and said "I think I will." At the seventh inning stretch, Wells found out where I was sitting and he had me sent down to the Yankees dugout. He said "Man, I don't know if I can do it. My arm feels like it is going to fall off." I took his hand, looked into his eyes, and said "David, you CAN do this! Believe in yourself!" Then I poked him in the belly like the Pillsbury Doughboy and he chuckled. After the game, he gave me the baseball from the last out. Then I went out to the parking lot and flew home on my magical dragon named Snuffy. True story.

@sakser 10 жыл бұрын

lmaooooo

@TheAssailedTeacher 10 жыл бұрын

This is obviously a lie. There wasn't dragon parking at Yankee Stadium until 2002.

@gloriaespada8150 9 жыл бұрын

*****

@stephenm8725 7 жыл бұрын

ayyyyye

@taddypatty7923 6 жыл бұрын

I live in the same city as him, and I know his favorite restaurant, I'll ask him.

@albertamorino6405 2 жыл бұрын

I took my 10 year old daughter 4 nosebleed seats on Yogi Berra Day. While in line a young couple approached us & asked if we were buying tickets (thought a scam). He said his friends were going to come but game ready to start. They said giving us tickets because they didn't want to sit with roudy drunks. About row 15 behind home dugout (catered). DON LARSON threw 1st pitch to Yogi (last perfect game combo). I will never forget how great it was sharing a rare moment in baseball history. THANK YOU FOR THOSE TICKETS TO THAT COUPLE. If you ever read this both of us are Eternal Grateful to you...

@brycepunk1 11 жыл бұрын

I love that Wells had a raging hangover for this game and stated he was "half-drunk." I love David Wells.

@donnellevansjr.1423 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly 22 years ago on this date. David Boomer Wells tosses el perfecto against the Minnesota Twins. Big Yankee fan growing up. Dream come true! Very cool!

@Tom-V 7 ай бұрын

It's crazy how many athletes and celebrities came out of Gary Indiana. I've been there plenty of times. Rest in peace to that Angels pitcher though.

@pjg19751 2 жыл бұрын

1998: Sit down and let him go all the way. 2022: HE'S REACHED HIS PITCH COUNT! TIME TO GO TO THE BULLPEN!

@RealJeffTidwell Жыл бұрын

I can’t believe the people that want robo-umpires. The game is sanitized enough as it is. “Perfection” is a fallacy.

@bagofgroceries Жыл бұрын

It’s just been proven they’ll let him go when they get to this point. But unless it’s a no hitter, or perfecto, no real reason.

@mrodzindabuildin13 11 жыл бұрын

I was at this game and it was amazing! Yankee stadium was rocking after that last out! i missed a foul balll by 4 or 5 seats. Just seeing something this amazing in person is breathtaking! Well Well Wells

@brucewayne3602 5 жыл бұрын

... cannot stop watching ... more incredible baseball glory ... how deserving he is/was !!! ... book is xcellent too !!!

@firefighteremt66716 2 ай бұрын

I have an autographed ball from this game which I bought at a goodwill store. “David Wells PG 5-17-98” This is cool to see the game the ball is from.

@Laonda13x 5 ай бұрын

David wells under rated amazing pitcher. He had a godlike arm . Never any arm injuries. Just his weight and back. Legend says he was still throwing heat at 45 years old. He was hungover and still did it. That pitching crew had rivera , wells , andy pettite david cone and David wells. Plus el duke hernandez damnnnnn dude

@michaeldelzitti895 10 жыл бұрын

When he takes his hat off and pumps his fist as the crowd goes crazy is a feeling that if you could bottle it......u could own the world.

@delroyking5115 3 жыл бұрын

Went to this game will never forget

@jeremycastner2721 3 жыл бұрын

was at this game. my first game at yankee stadium. incredible!

@herbertstory812 4 жыл бұрын

I can not believe the things I've seen as a Yankees fan 🙏🏾🙏🏾

@sanebear68 11 жыл бұрын

It's nice to take a break from the Yankees' 2013 season and come here to relive some of the team's fonder moments...

@JBatts41 10 жыл бұрын

This Twins line up is like my men's slo-pitch team

@jacobrichardson1952 5 жыл бұрын

Twins are soft.

@RazorJamz 2 жыл бұрын

@@jacobrichardson1952 the Twins are the Yankees' bitch

@QuantumCANDRI 8 жыл бұрын

I was there! Unreal to witness

@oskarschindler68 11 жыл бұрын

This happened on my 30th birthday, what a treat......

@marc80s 8 жыл бұрын

1:52:38...that is UNHITTABLE. Babe Ruth couldn't hit that.

@Scott1433 4 жыл бұрын

I love the anticipation and electricity from the crowd just before it happens.

@matthewstorer8236 15 күн бұрын

Hungover perfection. A perfect game during a perfect season.

@JohnKatsanos1992 10 жыл бұрын

Great Moment in Yankee History

@OccasionalNASCARRaces 9 жыл бұрын

"Young LaTroy Hawkins" What

@ram3621 11 ай бұрын

When I see the Twins' lineup, just reiterates how special their Series' teams were. 1987, 1991

@Sixdays_aweek 3 жыл бұрын

That crowd is unbelievable!

@arturkazaryan4584 4 жыл бұрын

why am i watching it now????

@bretmchale8322 11 жыл бұрын

I am definitely not a fan of the Yankees but this gives me chills.

@atomicgiraffe250 10 жыл бұрын

START SPREADING THE NEWS........

@killme1990 10 жыл бұрын

I never noticed the song at the end. Sinatra lives on.

@SuperTugz 11 жыл бұрын

Wow without commercials a full baseball game can last as little as 2.25 hours.

@danielrivera2365 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting that David Wells and David Cone were sitting next to each other in the dugout.

@bbelem1987 12 жыл бұрын

i wish i could watch this game without knowing the result ... and what a great yankee team btw

@PtlRG1 3 жыл бұрын

Actually the best was George telling him he was too fat and needed to lose weight the day before. The ultimate F/U boss!

@johnsrous1616 6 жыл бұрын

Boomer just proved how a dominating performance can really galvanize a team.(Not that they need to be galvanized)lol

@jaybradbury597 6 жыл бұрын

Wells is a one of a kind type of guy

@sketchyold 3 жыл бұрын

What a year. 114-48 (125-50 overall) and they gave most of their starters lots of days off for the last 3 weeks of the season. They easily could’ve won 120 in the regular season if they had kept playing all out. That’s how Shane Spencer got so much playing time. I hoped they would, but why risk injury with an almost 30 game lead over Boston?

@brandon_e24 6 ай бұрын

Greatest team in baseball history

@1986SSMONTECARLO 5 жыл бұрын

Ahh, I was at this game.....

@PatClaeysGB 11 жыл бұрын

Correction on the announcer at 2:16:13 the second perfect game in yankee stadium, Don Larson pitched the first and only post season perfect game in yankee stadium back in the 50's to Yogi Berra

@jbloun911 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine if O'Neil dropped the ball?!?

@PerforatedPaperboy 2 жыл бұрын

From a rage the night before to the rager of his life

@courtgizzle 11 жыл бұрын

Its amazing David Cone pitched a perfect game one year after

@dimbulb1178 4 жыл бұрын

And was on the opposing team when Mike Mussina came within a strike of pitching one in 2001.

@VMan29397 7 жыл бұрын

2:10:35 wonder how ecstatic billy was after witnessing this game

@sammg2000 11 жыл бұрын

I was at this game! it was beanie baby day and i still have the beanie baby.

@VUclear Жыл бұрын

Bad no-call on fan interference on Darrell Strawberry's triple. Kelly had a genuine beef.

@rafaelgutierrez612 3 жыл бұрын

Caray cuanto tiempo con razón estoy viejo

@mgg8605- 6 жыл бұрын

This is how I remember it. I feel bad for people who heard it on the radio with Sterling. This is the real version.

@everdash Жыл бұрын

2:12:11 That was the first perfect game for a Yankee??? In 1998??? Holy shit.

@joeygonzo 9 жыл бұрын

What's more amazing is , how they were able to lift him on their shoulders. Strawberry must have been really high on coke.

@waydebaker7743 6 жыл бұрын

Jack Ridge that's great

@drakejoshsuperfan2024 2 жыл бұрын

2:14:18 - CHILLS

@stevenkoppell6230 7 жыл бұрын

I was there when I was 8 years old!

@WhosthatTeamAFC 9 жыл бұрын

I was there!

@charliestewart5693 9 жыл бұрын

WhosthatTeamAFC Thats sick

@taddypatty7923 6 жыл бұрын

I live in the same city as him

@cardmaster365 6 жыл бұрын

What did they give out like souvenir thing that day?

@joeambrose3260 4 жыл бұрын

Ur brother too

@impassable 8 жыл бұрын

That Twins lineup was close to AAA

@Tafsman 4 жыл бұрын

So which is? Was he drunk or hungover? I always thought he was drunk but now I'm hearing different.

@azusasleezstack8924 10 жыл бұрын

Both David Wells and Don Larson graduated from Point Loma High School in San Diego CA. GO YANKEES!

@ak47dragunov 10 жыл бұрын

Singleton sounds exactly the same!

@markb3572 4 жыл бұрын

2:15:23 Cone hugging Wells. One year later Cone throws a no-no. Yankees!!!

@konoq 10 жыл бұрын

i like how torre tries to hide in his jacket at the end.

@stephenm8725 7 жыл бұрын

wasn't that David Cone?

@jasonzee4561 5 жыл бұрын

I sean that game when I live in NY.

@IAmKdizzle 11 жыл бұрын

did i just see Ideki Irabu??

@gakkan21 10 жыл бұрын

Any member are young!

@TomWatsonB1 6 жыл бұрын

I wasn't there!

@generatorx 11 жыл бұрын

Ironic that David Cone encourages Wells to go out for an encore, less than a year later Cone himself pitches a perfect game.

@FierceDeityRick 8 жыл бұрын

I was at this game, I was 11... amazing but boring it was Beanie baby giveaway day along with a card think it's worth a decent amount still.

@FierceDeityRick 8 жыл бұрын

*Perfect game...he didn't walk anyone so yeah it was a long drawn out game so for an 11 year old it was boring yet awesome at the same time

@odalvarado 6 жыл бұрын

When he struck out Molitor in the 7th you knew he had it.

@jacobrichardson1952 5 жыл бұрын

People are right the '98 Yankees are a helluva team.

@stephenm8725 5 жыл бұрын

It was unreal as a Yankees fan to watch that season unfold. That team...you just knew they were going to win as if it was a forgone conclusion.

@jacobrichardson1952 5 жыл бұрын

Stephen M I’m an old soul die hard Yankees fan for the past 17 years. Been collecting a lot of caps

@stephenm8725 5 жыл бұрын

@@jacobrichardson1952 cool! How many you got?

@jacobrichardson1952 5 жыл бұрын

@@stephenm8725 19 hats Update: I got 23 hats

@jaycee5664 9 жыл бұрын

David Wells....... what a pitcher man....

@andjunglepunkthirteen760 4 жыл бұрын

Nobody Beats The Wi...Wells.

@dullsearake 11 жыл бұрын

david wells - greatest blue jay ever. he yelled at cito gaston.

@rafaelgutierrez612 3 жыл бұрын

Soy yankee fan desde 1957 tengo 72 años

@GitzenShiggles 7 ай бұрын

Unbelievable that Wells spent the previous evening power drinking till 3am with Jimmy Fallon at the SNL after party and then throws a perfect game the same day. Only Boomer could do this.

@nsd1901 11 жыл бұрын

Lol Tim McClelland had a VERY GENEROUS strike zone!

@christendo5733 2 жыл бұрын

Wells had like 2 or 3 generous strikes, 1 of them canceled out by a foulout. The Twins were also getting a few generous strikes.

@southsider3542 8 жыл бұрын

18 years ago today

@stephenm8725 7 жыл бұрын

How did you like Wells when he was on the White Sox?

@southsider3542 7 жыл бұрын

Hated him. might've cost us a playoff spot in '01, injured his back in July and even when he was healthy was very ineffective. Never was comfortable here in Chicago, but I do have to thank him for giving up the gopher ball to Tadahito Iguchi in 2005

@stephenm8725 7 жыл бұрын

southsider 35 yeah i feel ya. didn't last too long in Chicago that's for sure.

@PSPGAMERBASEBBALL 10 жыл бұрын

I Was there magical and it also first

@joeambrose3260 4 жыл бұрын

Sure u were

@ezequielbriones6943 3 жыл бұрын

This game should be resold with the radio broadcast included

@natemarx4999 8 жыл бұрын

You could so tell Boomer is on a hang over. 😂

@PSPGAMERBASEBBALL 11 жыл бұрын

I was there

@TheCatFather45 11 жыл бұрын

I wish the Yanks had a team like this today

@michaellove9547 Жыл бұрын

It's been 9 years since I look at that comment you made. 😩 I see you in 5 more years bud. I know how you feel. I don't know if the Yankees will ever have a team like this again. I miss George steinbrener. This was the best ever team in history.