1982 WS Gm3: Willie McGee makes AMAZING catch to rob a homer in the WORLD SERIES!

10/15/82: Willie McGee makes an incredible leaping catch in center to rob Gorman Thomas of a home run in Game 3 of the World Series
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[@crownj01]

One of my favorite players. I have a Cardinals hat that Willie, Ozzie Smith and Vince Coleman signed for me when I was 9 years old in 1988.

[@cards1985]

2 homers and 2 catches. Willie had the game of his life. What a great Cardinal.

[@americangiant1003]

Could made strong case Willie McGee should been MVP of the 1982 world series. This showcase was the difference in otherwise really close series and the Brewers winning in '82. This '82 series is so underrated among the best fall classics of the last 50 years (going back to the 1960's)

[@coltsman6373]

AmericanGiant100 who won the MVP of this series?

[@americangiant1003]

Catcher Darrell Porter.Don't mistake it, Porter also had an outstanding series but McGee show in this game should have been enough to win series MVP. Sadly Porter is best known besides the 1982 series mvp for being one of the first MLB players in the early 1980's that admitted to a cocaine/drinking. He had a good career but substance abuse ruined a possible excellent one. Porter died in the early 2000's. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Series_Most_Valuable_Player_Award

[@dciccantelli]

And....Porter started his career with the Brewers. He was part of the trade with the Cardinals in 1980 that brought Ted Simmons to Milwaukee. Ironic that two years after that trade, both teams faced off in the WS.

[@americangiant1003]

Excellent point Dave. Thanks for bringing it up. It sad that the 1980's ruined great careers including several possible Hall of Fame ones like Porter, Dwight Gooden, Strawberry and dozens more.

[@jimsmith6603]

I don't see why we can't get the 1982 World Series on a Blu-ray collector's edition set.

[@BassHitter]

To be in a game of this magnitude, McGee looks like a kid having fun on the block 😉 #PreparationMakesItLookEasy

[@ThunderLips730]

I remember watching this guy as a kid and liking his style of play. From a Cubs fan also.

[@andrewfosbinder2826]

I attended the 82 world series games 3-4-5

[@randyedwards7049]

Agree!!

[@hehhehhuhhuh7014]

Only a world series win by the current Brewers could help to ease the sting that Brewer fans like me still feel from that 1982 world series. McGee was still killing us 16 years later in 1998 whenever the Cardinals came to Milwaukee.

[@MrErictyrones]

I was 10 years old when I saw this at my uncles house. Willie McGee is the greatest centerfielder the Cardinals ever had. Without question.

[@928pcar]

McGee and Jim 💯

[@carymiller2403]

Humble. Unassuming. Just a great person and outstanding baseball player

[@danallsup8538]

Nothing was more exciting than watching McGee leg out a triple. He would just sail around then bases.

[@shawndully2487]

One of the fastest from 1st to 3rd... incredible base running skill.

[@robloxvids2233]

Yep, he looked like a greyhound

[@laughnsal]

Welcome to This Week in Baseball ( Mel Allen's Voice)

[@gsandy5235]

Many times I witnessed Willie McGee spending time with fans giving autographs before games.

[@ReaLityBlue]

Fantastic memories of Willie McGee.

[@vincentrobinson9645]

Willie was a very underrated player, but he was great under clutch situations

[@randyedwards7049]

Willie Mcgee is my baseball hero. When I played the game, I wanted to be just like him #51.

[@rcbeamer]

Red Sox fans have their "F*cking Bucky Dent" from the '78 tie-breaker game. Well, I was at that game in '82 and I STILL say "F*cking Willie McGee". Four homers all year and he hits 2 that night and earlier he robbed Paul Molitor of at least a double. It still stings me.

[@marthajane6596]

Sorry/Not Sorry ya gotta love Willie

[@ozarkman1478]

Yeah he didn’t need them Thru the year !!!!!

[@CrowT]

Crowd got quiet in a hurry lol

[@derricdueker64]

Love you Willie.

[@rosiedebevc1952]

What a great catch.

[@NordicAnim]

Wille is the ozzie of the center fielders

[@pondababa4197]

I found his baseball card on the floor of a McDonald's 1987.

[@wadegarrett2053]

392 power alley wow

[@thabeaststl3703]

Willie...Willie...Willie...

[@jerrybear6440]

Wow......

[@germansanchez1291]

buena. atrapada yo. la. recuerdo. 1982

[@tw5139]

The greatest defensive outfielder of all time. You were not gonna hit it into the gap on Willie Mcgee. While other outfielders are making diving catches on long drives into the gap, Willie is standing there waiting on the ball.

[@dougcody-nk2fp]

Snatched his glory!!! Yeah Willie

[@eandsm4620]

I was there for game # 6. It rained and rained more. Yet the Cards won game 6, and went on to win game 7, too!

[@DGE787]

Awesome. That the fans did not interfere.

[@jimskenadore1791]

Way to bring back terrible memories 😢

[@franzschubertv2874]

Like a basketball player going up for a rebound off the fast break.

[@mitchc6040]

Excellent World Series. McGee was a one man show and so fast around the bases. Brewers could not close the deal.

[@blazingbattlehawk9626]

That crowd has the vibe of a Renaissance painting

[@cathyhorn963]

Willie McGee Night!

[@editorman2112]

The epitome of “baseball player.”

[@deanknowles1631]

I was a freshman at Marquette. Still have the ticket stub. $ 8.00 dollar standing room ticket for a World Series game.

[@ousamaabdu794]

With inflation that is $25 today.. Crazy to pay that low of price for a World Series game. Here in the DC area where I live, in 2019 when they made to the WS, tickets were STARTING off at $250.00

[@user-cu6sd3iz7r]

SAY HEY ITS THE NEW WILLIE THE KID!

[@joey2729]

Loved McGee.. if Coleman plays the twins in the World Series with that speed, they win! They were unstoppable on the base pads.

[@atibbs14]

*Royals

[@zeefly226]

Willie bleepin McGee!

[@jarrodbarkley9061]

Bruce Sutter thought it was out of there.

[@greedyd5524]

These days people would be grabbing at the ball

[@JR-vi4rl]

Willie saved Bruce Sutter from giving up another homer.

[@artt9717]

I remember watching this game as a kid. I thought he would be a star and started hoarding his rookie baseball cards.

[@christansdad]

He was a star. Willie was rookie of the year (1982), MVP (1985), won two batting titles, and won three Gold Gloves. Pete Rose didn't do that. Pete Rose had one MVP, two batting titles, and just two Gold Gloves. Willie McGee > Pete Rose.

[@928pcar]

Exactly. I view McGee as one of the best Cardinals trades of all time

[@bengaljam4550]

@@christansdad Pete Rose is the Hit King. 4192 hits. No one has come even remotely close that that. Willie Mcgee is really ugly too.

[@chrischar9428]

​@@christansdad not ROTY

[@metaphoria3]

All athleticism got up pretty good considering he didn’t use the wall

[@ashleyp3662]

Go redbirds

[@turtleflegel6816]

Not sure there's ever really been a better catch.

[@Greasyspleen]

Looks like it might have just bounced off the yellow line. He saved the ump from a controversial call.

[@ozarkman1478]

My favorite team of all time Coleman McGee Herr Clark , VAN Slyke , Pendleton , Pena , Smith and Tudor or Andujar on the mound . With todays rules I believe Coleman would have stolen over 200 bases a year

[@desertfox3917]

It seems like the ball wasn't going out of the park but rather hitting the protective glass or the yellow tube and going for a double.

[@leorc564]

And Who hit the ball? Who was the batter? Excellent defense Willie!!😂😂

[@CatStanleySpaceDemon]

Gorman Thomas.

[@rmartin7558]

I don't think that ball makes it over the wall if he doesn't catch it. It would have been for extra bases, but not gone.

[@JMC786]

That might not have gone out if McGee didn’t catch it, he wasn’t against the wall when he jumped

[@privatepenguin3137]

Yeah - robbed a double...but definitely saved a run there.

[@ProfessorIgor]

E.T. GO HOME !!!

[@thomasseal8221]

As a lifelong Redbird's fan, I have seen, grimly, most of my Cards games in Shea in the 1980s. Had to hear the obnoxious Mets fans (who were often also my friends...) yell "ET..." all the time. So guess who is my favorite Cardinal of all time? Yep. Watching him run was like watching a gazelle at full speed.

[@diamonddog13]

Looked like the ball would have fallen just short of a homerun. Willie had some room between him and the wall when he caught it.

[@MikerodRod]

Didn't know that Flavor Flave played for the Cardinals

[@Ihatecabinetmoths]

Wasn't going over

[@craigarsenault2978]

J Bird are you fucking blind or just don't like the cardinals?

[@craigarsenault2978]

look again goof

[@craigarsenault2978]

shut up? or what?

[@craigarsenault2978]

grow some hair and buy some decent clothes..you look like a loser living in your mom's basement

[@stevenk6113]

Thanks Willie! It was an honor to watch you play.

[@privatepenguin3137]

Great catch....but every angle there showed McGee about 2-3 feet from the wall. That ball would have hit that padding and not even that top rail section. Tony Kubek said "the ball is over the yellow line, in the seats"....hahaha...some good 80s weed in Milwaukee apparently.