Big Tiger fan here and I was 20 in 1984. I remember being very disappointed when I found out that we were going to face the Padres. This was before the internet, ESPN was in its infancy, and the Padres were in a different time zone. Most of us only knew what the other players looked like because of baseball cards. Here in Detroit, we knew nothing of the antics, and heroics of that Padres team until they came back against the Cubs. With that being said, this documentary was moving, brilliantly done, and a testament to the toughness of that team. Knowing the story now, I wish somehow, that they would have won a championship with that core group of guys! Just not against us.

That 1984 Detroit Tigers team was very good: 104 wins. A legendary manager in Sparky Anderson. Also on that team was a one Alan Trammell, who went to Kearny H.S. here in SD.

1984 one of the best brawls in MLB history- Padres at Braves

I was born and raised in San diego. I love baseball and I love the padres. Though I don't live in San Diego anymore I will always have a deep love for my hometown of San Diego and the padres.

That was an amazing year, 1984. It was only the second above .500 season in Padres history. It was a fun season and fun team watch. The summer of '84 was a dark time in San Diego as the city was hit with a mass murder in a San Diego McDonalds that July where 21 innocent men, women, children and babies were senselessly murdered by a crazed gunman. It was a time when mass shootings rarely happened, so it was horrifying and incredibly sad. I was only 13 that year and I remember the images of boys only slightly younger than me lying dead next to their bikes. But our Padres brought joy back to our city in the midst of that tragedy with their greatest season ever. They couldn't get passed those Tigers, who had an incredible season (35-5 start), but they are still champions in my heart. Thank you 1984 San Diego Padres! RIP Alan Wiggins, Eric Show and Mr. Padre, Tony Gwynn.

Absolute masterpiece for Padres fans to watch and enjoy.

Lifelong Dodger fan. That was a badass Padre team. Great documentary, remember it like it was yesterday.

I watched the 1984 Tigers from start to finish, mostly because my father is such a huge fan. And that was a special team and a special year. But this documentary has given me a new respect and appreciation for what a special team the Padres were too. And yes, even though I was rooting for the other side I too loved those uniforms lol.

My most prized piece of memorabilia: I have that SPORT mag and, it took almost 30 years, but I was able to get Garvey and Goose to sign it. No clue if it's valuable, but it's priceless to me. "Mr Clean and Mr Mean!"

I'll always remember Sparky Anderson egging Goose Gossage on when he saw that Goose didn't want to walk Kirk Gibson in the WS. "Don't walk him, don't walk him".

I'm so glad the Padres went back to this color scheme starting here in 2020 should've never gone away from the brown, orange, and yellow combo.

Padres during my childhood in Escondido. What a year. 1998 was awesome too. Gwynn is one of the greatest hitters of all time. 8 NL batting titles!!!!

W/o question the greatest call of all time is by a legend Don Drysdale. "Deep right field, way back, Cotto going back to the wall, it's gone, homerun Garvey, & there will be tomorrow". Epic!!!!

Absolutely wonderful documentary. So many interesting moments/ twists during their triumphant 84 season! Rip to Wiggins, Show and Gwynn!

Garvey deserves to be in the Hall of Fame.

If there's any city who deserves a WS Champions it's San Diego. When the Padres pull it off it will be for everyone who wore the Brown and Yellow. Especially Tony Gwyn❤️❤️❤️❤️

Only problem is that they met one of the best baseball teams of all time in the World Series

Growing up in SD I remember this post season so very fondly. Bitter sweet of course. I was depressed for a week when it all ended. Anyone remember the cheesy "You're Our 10th Man" song the Padres came out with soon after?

I'm a Tigers fan and in all honesty, I was rooting for a Tigers-Cubs Series because it would've been the fifth time those teams played each other in the Post-season. But I tip my cap to the Padres for winning the '84 pennant. Some people fail to realize how difficult it is to win a pennant. Our '06 AL champs had the samwe thing happen. Only 3 years removed from losing 119 games, we went to the Series. The Padres won the NL in '84 because they gave everything they had. They will always be a champion.

1984, I was 16 and lived down the street from Jack Murphy Stadium. This team was an amazing show. Great documentary. Was at Game 5 of the Cubs' series, and Game 2 of the WS! Greatest baseball summer of my life. ❤❤❤ RIP to Show and Wiggins (Wiggins was my favorite '84 player 😢).

Reds fan here this documentary was outstanding thank you for posting it. Alan Wiggins talented so sad Eric Show smart away from the game. RIP Tony Gwynn as well.

You always hear about that book "The boys of Summer" or something like that about that year involving the three NewYork teams. How about 1984 though? Special if you ask me. You had Harry Caray going crazy every day in front of millions on WGN, you had a little underdog story in Kansas City...who in all actuality gave Detroit a run for their money only losing by a run in each game they were swept in (But yes..Detroit was better that year). Then you had SanDiego who showed why you play the game and shocked pretty much everybody in that NLCS...the Garvey homerun, and then of course the famous Gibson homerun which was preceded months before with that 35-5 Tiger start. There was something very magical that year in baseball. Ive always thought that.

MLB Network should make the 1998 Padres. that was definitely a Trial and Triumph

Great story, and I am a Giants fan from Northern California, so I have never really rooted for the Padres for any reason. Also, I was born in 1983, so I didn't learn about this team until later in life, and it was my HS basketball coach who was from San Diego who taught us about it. It was Spring of 2000, and we were in a battle with one of our rivals, Folsom HS, for our league championship, and they were a game ahead of us with 3 games left. However, they lost a game they weren't supposed to lose to Ponderosa HS, and our coach came into practice the next day yelling, "We're still in it!" He then explained that he hadn't yelled that since 1984 when Garvey hit the home run against the Cubs to win Game 4. Seeing this reminded me of him. On a side note, we ended up winning the League Title.

Craig Lefferts, the unsung hero of that team. Watched every game that year and he did more in relief as the setup guy than Gossage, or anyone.

I love those uniforms... love them

Very talented team.Had they not faced the Tigers in the World Series they would have won it all.

That brawl with the Braves was epic awesome. Love it its following "The Code."

Love this. Miss you Tony

I had heard the agent who called Jack McKeon to say Wiggins wanted to see him. He said in a newspaper article that none of the 84 Padres attended Alan Wiggins funeral besides Steve Garvey I hope it's not true.

My Tony Gwynn autographed bat is one of my most prized possessions. RIP, buddy. You should have won at least one. I cheered for you in 1998, but unfortunately The Yankees were The Team of the '90s, not The Braves.

This was such a great documentary. I used to have it saved on my DVR, and lost it when it crashed on me. MLB Network hasn't had it on in a while. So thank you for posting this.

I love this documentary. Such an interesting look back, I remember this team. And loved the uniforms too.

As weird as those uniforms were, I miss them. They were unique, and I wish the Padres had never changed them.

Padres should have kept those uniforms. They were epic.

That 1984 Padres was special team and got off to a great start in 1985. At the AllStar break they were leading a tough NL West division and had sent 6 players to the AllStar game, amazingly 5 Padres started in the 85' Allstar game. But they fizzled out after the Allstar break as many veterans had poor 2nd half seasons. And those 1984 uniforms were epic, they went to the blue uniforms after the 1988 season but are now back to those 1984 unis. Thanks for this video AGENTARMES RIP: Ray Kroc, Alan Wiggins, Eric Show, Dick Williams, Greg Booker, Champ Summers, Mario Rameriz, Jack Krol and Norm Sherry.

That bastard Kirk Gibson got the best of 2 of the most intimidating HOF closers Gossage and Eckerseley

In 1984 at Jack Murphy Stadium, with Eric Show on the mound, I was 12 and concentrated as hard as I could to make him drop the ball as he went to make his next pitch. Don't know why. Weirdest thing. I put all my might into it. He went to make a pitch and the ball falls out of his hand on the ground. I couldn't believe it. Damnedest thing that ever happened to me and nothing like it has happened since.

Kurt Bevacqua played 15 MLB seasons and hit .236 with 27 HRs. Only once did he hit better than .260 for a season, while 4 times he hit .200 or worse. Despite batting only .200 with 1 HR in 1984, the 37-year-old Bevacqua started every World Series game as DH vs Detroit, batting .412 with 2 HRs, including a game-winning 3-run HR in Game 2.

I went to those two games in Chicago with my dad and a group of SD fans. We sat between 1B and the right field pole - great seats. I was interviewed by a Milwaukee TV station, got my picture in the Union Tribune, got Reggie Jackson's autograph in the airport and a bunch of batting practice balls from the coaches. We sat in shock watching the smoke bomb, Sutcliffe's HR, the two bad losses and worse how the Chicago fans mocked the death of Ray Kroc after game two. I had some Padres stuff grabbed from me an burned by jerks in the stands. Other than that, a great trip. Karma is a bitch. The Cubs got it x 3 in SD. What an incredible season that ended with a thud.

The only time we ever made it to the world series , we had to face what some called the top five teams of all time. The 84" Tigers and the 98" Yankees. Damn it Also My SD Chargers played one of the best football teams ever. One of thess years.......

This is truly a great documentary. Thank you for this!

Great times, childhood memories. I think the Padres are due for another season like 84.

Not a Padres fan here but this was absolutely incredible. Just fantastic.

The uniforms were so cool in the 70s early 80s . So colorful. Ya know !

Life long Tigers fan ... but also very much a baseball fan. Great documentary.

The BOOM that came from Garvey's HR in game 4 and the BOOM that came when Flannery's grounder followed by Gwynn's rocket past Sandberg have never been heard since. The noise crowd could be heard for miles. The most famous play in SD sports history was Garvey's HR.

Show, Wiggins and Gwynn all went relatively early in life.

I remember the 1984 season. It was the year of the Cubs. I'm a Dodger fan and my Dad was not a baseball fan at all and still isn't. But there was an excitement and thrill with watching the Cubs that year in 84. My Dad would put on the Cubs games almost daily and became a big fan of Ryan Sandberg and admired how he played. Harry Carey brought a passion into those broadcasts too...then the Padres beat the Cubs and the party was over. I went back to being a Dodger fan and my Dad went back to never watching a season baseball game again. I don't recall watching the World Series that year.

This is awesome. Thank you for posting it. Truly.

Great, thanks for placing that online. It was my first year as a Padres Season Ticket holder. Nothing ever will beat that Cubs homestand in the playoffs.....

Great video. I was in college in San Diego from 1983-1987 and remember this season and the Murph fondly.

An awesome story about a team I previously cared almost nothing about! Very well done!

as much as I wanted the Cubs to win in 84 I knew this Padres squad was superior

Tommy Lasorda always hated Kurt Bevaqua, lol!

Alan Wiggins Donnie Moore & Eric Show just to name a few back then played the game with so much heart I believe they blamed themselves back then & took it personal & very serious when they lost back then ( blaming themselves ).....not like today's player's nope they just care about the money $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

thank you for uploading this.

This was a great documentary!! Thank you for posting!! Lmfao!! That pool story was great!!!😂😂😂

RIP Dick Williams in 2011

Gibson sealed 2 world series championships should be hall of famer.

One of my earliest sports memories is sitting in the middle of the living room floor watching Gibby's homer go into the upper deck.

Excellent documentary. I collect all of the cards (up to 1990) of the following '84 Padres: Gwynn, Nettles, Gossage, Kennedy, Templeton, Bochy, Whitson, Hawkins, Dravecky, Bevacqua, McReynolds, Williams, Garvey, Show, Lefferts, and Wiggins.

Garvey was Superman to me. He looked like him too.

PADRES WE TAKING THIS 2022… RIP TONY GWYNN RIP JOHN COLEMAN

This was Great. Thank you

"Welcome back to...guerrilla baseball...from Atlanta."

I just bought Mario Ramirez's BP from 84. A beaut! NEVER should have changed in 85 and later to blue?! Go Pads! With Tatis Jr am sure a WS crown is on the horizon!

One other thing that may have been a precursor to the ultimate fate of this team is the fact that, before the season, Ray Kroc, the team's owner and the founder of McDonald's, passed away. Then during the middle of the season, the San Ysidro McDonald's Massacre takes place while the team is playing the Cubs in Chicago on July 18. That's tragically ironic because of the franchise's ties to McDonald's. Then just more than three weeks after that took place came the game which gave the team and the sport a black eye, the brawlfest in Atlanta on August 12. (Several players involved in that mess, including Alan Wiggins, Pascual Perez, and Donnie Moore all met tragic fates.) And of course, after winning the NL West, they have to return to Chicago, where they would lose the first two games, including the most lopsided Game 1 loss in MLB post-season history, before coming home. But you wonder with what happened in Games 4 and 5 if Ray Kroc and those lost in the McDonald's Massacre didn't have a role in some of what went on (remember that they were in Chicago when that happened), particularly the Cubs collapse in the fifth and sixth innings, especially the ball going through Leon Durham's legs and Alan Wiggins scoring all the way from first on Tony Gwynn's 2-run double. Of course, they were never getting past the Tigers in the World Series, because that '84 Tigers team was probably the best team for one season that entire decade.

The Tigers were a much better team but the Padres were great.

As good as the Padres were, the Tigers were a team of destiny that year. The Padres were dysfunctional as hell but found a way to win. Dick Williams best managerial season. The only man to win pennants in each league in three different divisions (Boston: AL East, Oakland: AL West San Diego: NL West) and almost came close with Montreal in the NL East losing to the Dodgers

22:51, "Secret weapon's here". Kurt Bevacqua could hit! I was at Game 2 of the World Series in 1984. As DH Kurt hit a 3 run HR....they were the game winning RBI's.

RIP Tony Gwynn.

wish i could find a copy of that Atlanta Padres game on video . miss Tim, Dave and Jerry

Famous last words "I can strike him out."

Wow this goes back but it's an awesome watch!

you either loved or hated those uniforms and I loved them. from a Cubs fan

I like to make comments and a favorite one of mine is from the 9th inning atlanta brawl. Bevacqua always came out a the dugout swinging so my comment was bevacqua came out swinging for the fences and connected with nothing but air. This is such a great story having been born and raised in san diego and growing up playing and loving baseball. Before 84 the only thing I had to look forward to in padre games was watching Tony Gwynn bat 5 times a game. Ive never seen a player consistantly hit the ball harder than Tony. Unfortunately it'd be right at someone. With luck he could of hit .375. From all the players to the manager and of course to the colonel Jerry Coleman, this will always be the greatest padres season. And yes goose you should have pitched to gibson. Thats why youre a hall of famer. Long live the p⚾️dres. 💘

Gwynn seemed like he didn't have an ounce of mean in him.

Pasqual Perez for hall of fame

The 1984 Padres summed up in 5 words..."He don't wanna walk you!" Sorry...Tigers fan. Couldn't resist.

I'm a Cubs fan, and I can't tell you what a gut punch this Padres team gave Cub Nation that year. I'll say this though, if Wrigley Field had lights in '84, that deciding game would've been played in Chicago, and there's no doubt in my mind the result would've been different.

Dang, Coleman, Gwynn, Williams are all gone. I miss Colemanisms. Especially miss TG.

The 1984 Padres were a very good team.

I never knew Gwynn played basketball and was drafted by the Clippers!

During the delay to honor Rose, Show sat on the mound with his arms folded.[1] In The Ballplayers: Baseball's Ultimate Biographical Reference, Mike Shatzkin wrote that Show was "disgruntled (perhaps rightly so) at the lengthy interruption of the contest."[4] Padre Garry Templeton later called Show's actions "bush."[5] Then Show got into a dugout shoving match with left fielder Carmelo Martínez over a ball that fell for a single and led to the game-winning run. Finally, Show refused to stay to answer the post-game questions, leaving his teammates to criticize him in his absence. "I'm tired of hearing about his unlucky luck," said Tim Flannery. "That's been at the root of the problem all year. If something goes wrong, he quits. That's why runs aren't scored for him. Guys don't want to play for him. One guy got tired of hearing it."[5]

This team had heart. As they proved during the season, they would not only fight you, they would fight each other. Maybe bringing Machado aboard in 2019 will give them a spark.

Doesn't it seem really unfair that that Tony never was on a World Series???? What a class act!

Rip Tony Gwynn

If you’re here for the braves brawl 30:01. You’re welcome 😉

if you haven't heard it, youtube Tommy Lasorda Kurt Bevaqua.

There is definitely a disproportionate number of players from the 1984 World Series that have passed away early.

The 1984 San Diego Padres...Major League Baseball first mixed martial arts team. And they were one punch away from turning the Bean Brawl Game into the "Malice at Fullerton County Stadium" and lose out on the pennant.Plus Kurt Bevacqua the Padres equivalent of NBA player Stephen Jackson.

I love throw back Padres gear yesssssss

RIHeaven Tony Gwynn

Tragedy has been the theme of San Diego's pro teams for decades. When was the last time San Diego won a championship of any kind?

I fucking LOVE what they did against the Braves game, beaming the Atlanta batters!! Today’s game needs a bit more of this type of hatred for other teams!!

Man i remember that special yr i was 14

When Nettles charges the mound, he tackles ex-teammate Chris Chambliss.

love Tim and Dave D.

I was too young to see gossage play but he looked like he threw 98 mph gasoline w cut on it 99% of the time nasty Craig Kimbral type approach