1984 NLCS Gm4: Garvey hits a walk-off homer

10/6/84: 10/6/84: Steve Garvey hits a walk-off home run against the Cubs to force game 5 in the NLCS
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[@vincentrobinson3078]

The pitcher Garvey hit that shot off of was HOF pitcher Lee Smith. He was and still is the all time saves leader on that team with 180 saves . I remember seeing him close out a game in 1983 when he beat my Phillies.

[@bladeduffer]

This was easily the best San Diego sports moment ever. Nothing else is even close. Man, I remember watching that game at home and almost hyperventilating from all of the screaming we did. Still gives me chills every time I watch this..

[@finally_startingtopost]

Congrats.....but do you realize what happened to us young Cub fans? We were traumatized...lol...congrats...honestly...but this hurt...really bad...the next game didn't help much either!!! LOFL...why was Game 5 not back in Wrigley? The Padres showed such balls in this series...the Cubs showed that they had them outgunned and the Padres just took in one game at a time.....and humiliated us Cubs...they deserved their win and we deserved to lose....I can't believe that I'm writing this but it's the truth...the Cubs still hung tough in Game 4 and 5..but the Padres jammed it in our asses......I admit that I hated the Padres and even the entire city of San Diego for years (yep...the whole city..lol) But now I've grown and give all the credit in the world for the Padres for NEVER giving up....you scumbags!!!LOL...congrats! Great city with great people too....I can't believe I'm admitting this!!....my Cubbies look good so far this year in 2016..maybe you San Diego folks could root for us? Maybe? LOFL

[@busarider29]

blade duffer, I remember our family watching that game together when I was only 10 years old. We are Cubs fans. Even as a young 10 year old at that time, I recall how stunned and unbelievable that home run was. I remember the Padres carrying Garvey off the field like a hero. Something you would only otherwise see in a movie. To this day, my mom can't stand to hear the name "Steve Garvey". LOL. I'm glad she and the rest of us can forget Steve Garvey now, along with Steve Bartman, the goat, the black cat, etc. Cubs finally won it.

[@finally_startingtopost]

***** Yep..I was cheering when Gibson homered off of Gossage when I was a kid myself...8 year old Cubfan...now, I give credit to Padres....especially since Cubbies won it this year. But the 84 Cubs vs 84 Tigers looked like a dream world series.

[@finally_startingtopost]

***** Yeah...trust me that the 84 Tigers were a special team..tons of power for 84..Cubs were special too.. I'm glad you were spared 84...I was 8 and it was traumatizing...especially when you add the years you mentioned (and don't forget 89,98,07) But screw it...we got 2016!!

[@finally_startingtopost]

***** Hell yeah...lets go back to back now!

[@shenjingbing6021]

Greatest clutch performance I've ever seen. In a must win game, Garvey was 4 for 5 that night, each hit delivering either a game-tieing or go-ahead run.

[@DiamondPaintWithDiamondDave]

I remember this like it was yesterday. I was an 11 year old Orioles fan, growing up in MD, but my favorite player as a child was Garvey. I collected baseball cards (and the annual Topps sticker books) opening every pack in hopes of seeing a Steve Garvey card inside. I only watched the playoffs that year because of him, and was beside myself when he hit that home run! The image of him running the bases with his fist in the air will live forever in my memory. Years later while in the Navy in '92 I got to attend a 3 game Padres home series in The Murph. Sat on the 3rd base side right behind the dugout. My first MLB game ever, and I could just picture this moment while sitting there in the stadium where it happened.

[@shenjingbing6021]

Wish you had been there for this game. The moment was indescribable. The Murph was packed. I was in the upper deck behind 1st base. When Garvey hit the home run it was louder than anything I'd experienced in a stadium. I literally could not hear myself scream over the crowd. I'm sure it was much louder on the field level near the dugout. What a moment.

[@BryanSpangenberg]

RIP Don Drysdale, what a great call on a classic SD moment.

[@Jiltedin2007]

Bryan Spangenberg Not as memorable as his call on Kirk Gibson’s Home Run off of Eckersley in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series.

[@travismcdonald6576]

Jiltedin2007 Vin Scully made the call on Gibson.

[@travismcdonald6576]

Bryan Spangenberg Drysdale was a great announcer.

[@tubesocksbrigade3031]

@@travismcdonald6576 ,there is a clip of Drysdale's call of the Gibson homer from the Dodgers radio network somewhere on KZbin. And he went crazy when that happened. Scully's call was legendary,but Drysdale's call was just as captivating

[@paolo-n2000]

Drysdale was an excellent pay by play announcer. Check out his call of Kirk Gibson's Game 1 HR in the 88 WS vs the A's! Amazing!!!

[@rocknrallsoul94rockero4]

i don't understand why Garvey isn't in the HOF 10 Time All Star NL MVP he should be in one of the greatest Dodgers ever

[@karlawatson7699]

San.Diego.Padres! Los.Angeles.Dodgers!

[@royrowland5763]

From baseball-reference.com. Looks like borderline hall-of-famer at best. Which is probably why he isn't in already. Hall of Fame Statistics Black Ink (led the league in an "important" statistic) Garvey - 12 times, Average HOFer ≈ 27 Gray Ink (finished in top 10 in an "important" statistic) Garvey - 142 times, Average HOFer ≈ 144 Hall of Fame Monitor (point system that shows how likely -- not how deserving -- a player is of getting into HOF. 100 score = likely HOFer, 130 score = practically a cinch to get in) Garvey - 130, Likely HOFer ≈ 100 Hall of Fame Standards (point system based on overall career, not their peak; 50 = average HOFer, 100 = maximum score) Garvey - 32, Average HOFer ≈ 50 JAWS (player's career WAR averaged with his 7-year peak WAR) First Basemen: Garvey: 38.1 career WAR / 28.8 7yr-peak WAR / 33.4 JAWS Average HOF 1B: 66.8 career WAR / 42.7 7yr-peak WAR / 54.8 JAWS Of course, these stats and ratings don't include things like awards and postseason numbers. Garvey will probably get in at some point, but voters have probably been right to make him wait. Fool publicly expected to get in on the first ballot.

[@karlawatson7699]

@@royrowland5763 Steve Garvey will be inducted to the Hall of Fame! Question is what uniform will he be inducted in LOS.ANGELES.DODGERS or SAN.DIEGO.PADRES

[@habyss]

@@karlawatson7699 Best years were with the dodgers.

[@vanishing_girl]

the Dodgers haven't even retired his number yet which is crazy to me

[@jlmartinez8482]

Steve garvey was underrated and one of the most clutch postseason performers in baseball.

[@Jose_Hunters_EWF_Remixes]

Hilarious! Mr Clean was way overrated, and turned out fairly dirty. The pro-Gravy comments here are absurd. Bottom line is that Garvey walked rarely, so despite his high BA, his OBP was weak, and for a 1B, his SLG was weak, thus his OBP was fairly ordinary. He was ordinary as a fielder, not in the same universe with the glove as Keith H, the literal gold standard at 1B back then

[@alstoer1]

@@Jose_Hunters_EWF_Remixes Hmmm I'm going to disagree with you. Garvey did have 6 200 hit seasons. you get 200 hits you don't really need to walk a lot. I used to think Garvey's defense was average, but so many of his games are on youtube now, and when you watch him play 1B in enough games its clear he was an above average defender with very good hands. Agreed Hernandez basically redefined the position, but 3 of Garvey's 4 GG's were won before Hernandez was an every day player. Still Garvey was a very good defender. And Garvey's playoff numbers speak for themselves 338 playoff average with 550 slugging. He blows away Hernandez's playoff offense which is a paltry .265 average with 325 slugging.

[@OldTown1520]

@@Jose_Hunters_EWF_Remixes yup, Garvey was clutch in the playoffs. Period. Quit being a hater.

[@royrowland5763]

He had a very good postseason average, but he was much better in Divisional and LCS games than he was in the World Series. 27 NLDS & NLCS games: 10 home runs. 28 World Series games: 1 home run. I prefer my stars to not fade away when they reach the biggest stage in baseball.

[@Shindler39]

@@royrowland5763I agree, he was really clutch in the playoff, to me he should be in Cooperstown, one of the greatest town in the USA.

[@bukowskibabe]

I was at that game - greatest ball game I ever saw!

[@santamariason]

So was I. My dad and I were in the upper deck in left center.

[@jmmanley1]

Same, my Dad and I were in the second level just past 3rd base. We had season tickets that year…what a great set of memories.

[@Jiltedin2007]

That Highlight I always remembered seeing during the closing credits of This Week in Baseball back in the 80’s.

[@ozzymorrison8628]

garvey is legend!

[@bernieudo4399]

Yes. Not a jerk like B____.

[@MrT8599]

Probably the eight most famous words in San Diego sports history: "Home run Garvey! And there _will_ be tomorrow!"

[@GorillaRadio88]

Greatest moment in San Diego sports

[@05gtdriver]

+GorillaRadio88 The Immaculate Deflection is up there too.(Chargers-Steelers AFC title game)

[@bnegs521]

@@05gtdriver from 1994? What happened?

[@mainman127]

Chargers 1963 AFL Championship over Boston

[@davidbanks6896]

100%

[@rosspatterson131]

Mr. clutch

[@Milordvega]

What made it greater was that Garvey has a terrific day at the plate that day. This was his 4th hit and his 4th and 5th RBI's for the game.

[@tylerantony7399]

Up there with Freese's 2011 G6 for being one of the most clutch playoff performances of all time. He was 4 for 5 in this game with every single one of his hits batting in runners, batting in 5 of the Padres' seven runs including the walk-off home run.

[@OPTIONALWATCH]

Popeye took his spinach that day for that opposite field homer.

[@MrDuds1984]

Don Drysdale doesn’t get enough credit for how good a play by play announcer he was.

[@wjb4341]

According to Dallas Green's book the Cubs and Garvey had a verbal agreement for Garvey to sign with the Cubs prior the the 1983 season - but the owner pulled the plug so Garvey went to the Padres instead, and the rest is history!

[@Lawomenshoops]

Before the 1983 season, the Cubs had Buckner playing 1st and had Leon Durham, a natural 1stbasemen playing LF. Ok, they were two lefties. They Cubs did sign Ron Cey to play 3rd in 83. He's a righty. Did they plan to trade Buckner or Durham for some pitching after signing Garvey?

[@daniellinehan63]

Tribune Corp.cost Cubs Maddux & Dawson 9 yrs.later after '92 ( 2 HOF's) over pennies

[@bnegs521]

@@Lawomenshoops buckner and Durham were both possibly available as was mell hall who finished 3rd in roy voting in 1983 and their top prospect joe carter who they flipped both for sutcliffe who was in the last year of his deal. He could have been an expensive rental if not resigned. Cubs also acquired dernier and Matthew's 3 days before the season just so they could flip their young guys. Only position players that were off the table were sandberg and shawon dunston in the minors at the time.

[@bnegs521]

That HR used to be on the intro to TWIB. I used to love that show.

[@Freelancer2311]

It was iconic growing up

[@gregdavis861]

Baines is in and Garvey isn’t? The hof voters should be embarrassed.

[@americangiant1003]

Agreed.

[@paulgrieshop5024]

They don't care it's so political and some of these writers have vendettas against certain players

[@josephr.costella3940]

Cannot believe Steve Garvey is not in the hall of fame! Both offensively & defensively the one the most consistent players ever

[@bbigjohnson069]

HOF is supposed to be for the greatest players not for very good players.

[@carlbaumeister3439]

@@bbigjohnson069 Like Bill Mazeroski, huh.

[@Freelancer2311]

MVP x10 AS WS Dodgers Yankees 2600 hits clutch in the playoffs. He was also the first player player to win two ASG MVP awards. 100% should be a HOF. Way better than some others in the HOF.

[@ShnobbsReal]

The next Senator of California

[@johnnichols2710]

Hopefully

[@jdspreest]

To hit that homer off Big Lee is impressive in itself. Lee was intimidating and lights out in those days. When he came in, it was time to hand over your ass.

[@sivvybee]

I hated Garvey . He was MR Clutch for my enemy team.

[@markgiordonello6710]

steve garvey was my idol as a kid growing up in queens, new york.....should be a hall of famer

[@thomasjones7918]

I was at that game. Greatest game I have ever attended.

[@douglascarlson9006]

As a Cub fan since 1958, one of my most painful moments!

[@Marquise619]

Which was worse this or game 5? Lol

[@douglascarlson9006]

@@Marquise619 G5

[@CarlosGuzman-vi9xw]

Still carry heartache over this series 32 years later - will 10/22/2016 FINALLY be the night my Cubbies get The NL Pennant?

[@groofoot]

Yup! :)

[@rohunsaigal2576]

yes sir

[@matthewbennett3911]

Yes...and more.

[@Powerranger-le4up]

Yes, and they finally won another World Series.

[@jovanvasic6802]

2106 WS ⚾️🏆 High Five

[@chrisdennehy9425]

"Walk-offs" were rare back then. Check it out -- Garvey was running at the crack of the bat old school style.

[@TeganX7]

He was running like he had a date or something that night. Seriously, this was one Chicagoan who was thrilled to see that.

[@alanrubenstein7618]

Not true at all.

[@alanrubenstein7618]

@@TeganX7 make that two of us.

[@geoffreymilke5176]

I was there. The crowd was chanting "Garvey Garvey Garvey". It looked like a line drive that never stopped rising until it was gone

[@ernestoesquer2943]

YES!!! THANK YOU MLB FOR UPLOADING THIS!! Ive been waiting to see this! :D

[@bconni2]

it's a disgrace to baseball this man isn't in the HOF.

[@timrooney5608]

Why is he not in the HOF?!!!

[@timrooney5608]

@chazbukowski His resume is not worthy? You obviously have never looked past his regular season stats, which were very similar to Jeff Bagwell, and Garvey did it in the non-steroid era.

[@timrooney5608]

@chazbukowski 10 X All Star; NL MVP; 4 Gold Gloves; 2 X NLCS MVP; WS ring...

[@timrooney5608]

@chazbukowski you are very passionate about this...

[@1luiszepol]

@@timrooney5608 Don't worry he will be. The Vetreran's Comittee. He deserves it. HOF is not just numbers.

[@kingamity1985]

@chazbukowski olerud should be in the hof

[@oscarvelez2065]

Unforgetable moment i was 9 what a great time to be a padres fan

[@mmcneil777]

Garvey should be in the HOF. And I saw that as someone who used to root for the Giants in the 70’s and 80’s.

[@MichaelTitera]

Greatest Game Ever!

[@MrBeyondbelief]

This just in, Cotto HAD 0 ZERO chance to bring that HR back in!!!

[@bnegs521]

Lol he just wanted to look at it a little closer

[@jackshanley376]

Garvey was a 70's stud and is still top 7 in many all time Dodger offensive stats. He did it all. Won 1 MVP, but if you look at voting for the decade, he almost won 3. He is still my favorite player to this day. Definitely a HOF'er in my opinion.

[@habib8961]

@Jack Shanley Mike Schmidt was an even bigger 70s and 80s Stud than Steve Garvey. Schmidt also had a unique batting stance with his butt wiggle 😆. He was much stronger strength wise than Garvey.

[@Freelancer2311]

He was a x2 AS MVP the first player to achieve that.

[@publicanimal]

"What you all are feeling tonight is what it's like to hit a walk-off home run. Kind of like San Diego in 1984." - my future Senator

[@billoconnell1148]

thanks Garvey AWESOME

[@karlawatson7699]

San Diego Padres 1984 went to the World Series! and in 1985 they had new uniforms Brown & Orange pinstripes i hope they bring them back for 2020!

[@alanrubenstein7618]

1985? This was 1984

[@karlawatson7699]

@@alanrubenstein7618 Thank You, I hope SAN DIEGO PADRES! bring back the OG Pinstripes Brown & Orange!

[@Vicki-vu3kd]

Garvey had tremendous opposite field power!

[@coleburton5056]

It's great to come back and not feel the heartbreak anymore.

[@JuanVargas-gm3mn]

I was 14 watching this. "Steve Fucking Garvey!" (he's a beast though)

[@miketheyunggod2534]

Cubs up 2 games to 0. Now, it’s 2-2.

[@garydalie7051]

So happy for the Garv!

[@karlawatson7699]

Steve Garvey # 6

[@smaze1782]

I was at this game. It was incredible.

[@Lyndanet]

The most amazing thing about Garvey’s hits were that the entire ballpark could hear the strength of how hard and precise he was when hitting the ball in this clip you can hear the sound of his bat cracking and splitting the wood . Phenomenal athlete. But unfortunately not a popular one. So many great things happened when Steve was in the Dodgers it was just assumed that someone this talented would be in the baseball hall of fame. You never know what happens maybe one day he might be his stats say he should be that’s all I know and in my heart that’s all that matters.

[@1is1]

being a terrible human being sometimes hinders game respect.

[@bbigjohnson069]

Garvey wasn't popular? Were you around and in LA/SD at that time?

[@Lyndanet]

@@1is1 I don’t know what the big controversy is or was regarding Steve Garvey but I would have liked for him to be a MLB announcer.Where I grew up he really wasn’t as popular or celebrated as Fernando Valenzuela.

[@mariopalos9238]

As I recall, the Cubs and Padres both pursued Garvey during the winter of '84. Talk about a difference-maker! In any case, the Tigers were not going down. Not that year.

[@georgeortiz159]

Proud to say as a Cub Fan,Never Again!That was then ,This is now!2016 WORLD CHAMPIONS!

[@joemartin1253]

George Ortiz that was a best of 5 the home team winning every game but if that would've been a best of 7 the Cubs would've won that Series unfortunately the best of 7 began the following year in 85.

[@iamkazie9401]

George Ortiz so true.....that 84 loss to San Diego alot easier to swallow now that we got that ring finally I was 20 back then and we had some great players thought we were going to do it back then

[@OldTown1520]

All I got to say is David beat Goliath in 84 NLCS & the 98 NLCS. My Padres will always be David & I'm ok w/that. The underdog role as a fan i will forever relish. And just like we did in 98 beating a heavily favored Houston Astros team & Braves team, we will prevail again someday & I just hope to be a witness to it. Go Padres.

[@karlawatson7699]

Chicago.Cubs 2016 Houston.Astros 2017 Boston.Red.Sox 2018

[@mikefallopian3191]

And ridiculously enough, Lee Smith, who made the postseason twice in 18 years and got absolutely shelled both times, is in the HOF and Garvey isn't.

[@alanrubenstein7618]

Your comments have nothing to do with Smith being in the HoF

[@mikefallopian3191]

@chazbukowski ....10 time all star ....4 gold gloves, league MVP, 2600 hits...I think he is not only deserving, he is THE MOST deserving eligible player not already enshrined (or under a PED cloud, etc).

[@eldredbrown3463]

I will admit as a Cub fan who started following the Cubs in 1984 that Lee Smith is one of the least deserving players ever inducted into the Hall of Fame. He was a very good closer, but his stats are just barely good enough, IMO, to justify his inclusion in the Hall.

[@joechristiansen6016]

No need to look down even for a split second after he hit the ball, knew exactly where to step to cross first base!

[@germansanchez1291]

grandes. momentos. grasias. batos

[@cdfree3]

Loved Lee Smith. It would take him 3-5 full minutes to meander out to the mound from the bullpen. He'd sleep on the floor of the clubhouse til the 8th inning, come in and throw some heat, then go back to bed.

[@jimj9349]

Was that 370opposite field?wow!

[@Bean-ox9jq]

“And there will be tomorrow!” Go Padres!! LFGSD

[@ryanstrnad1852]

They had replacement umpires for this game (the "real" ones would be back the next day) but notice on the replay where the first base umpire goes out to watch the ball (and Im not sure they had the customary post season 6 man crew for these games, so no foul line umpires) and the home plate umpire just trots up the third base line. Did anyone see Garvey touch first base?

[@paolo-n2000]

Garveis a HOFr.

[@paolo-n2000]

@chazbukowski - Compare his numbers to Jim Rice, Harold Baines or Ted Simmons. Garvey's numbers don't lie. He was the premiere NL 1B in his era. Garvey is HOFr.

[@paolo-n2000]

@chazbukowski - Garvey: (Career BA .294) (HR - 272) (RBI - 1308) (HITS - 2599) (RUNS - 1143) (10X NL All Star) (4X Gold Glove) (2X All Star Game MVP) (2X NLCS MVP) (1974 NL MVP) ( Most Consecutive Games Played in NL All Time at 1,207) ( WS Champ 1981) - HOF #s 70s / 80s. All MLB stats are skewed because of the Selig era steroid cheats!

[@spy1965]

I watched this with a bunch of Dodger fans rooting 4 the Cubs. Funny to watch their faces as Garv cranked it.

[@califinn]

Garv, like Schmidt, had ham hocks for forearms, tremendous strength in his core and arms...would wrist out home runs with ease.

[@Friarjohn1971]

He hit a triple in the 1978 all star game in SD that was just like that but it hit the wall.

[@blueduster74]

"he only hit 8hrs that year" but he did hit 270+ in his career.

[@wjb4341]

+blueduster74 He played most of that year with a hand injury that deprived him of power.

[@blueduster74]

+wjb4341 yep, the injury that snapped his consecutive games streak.

[@blueduster74]

wjb4341 that's right. I'd forgotten about that.

[@BigBlueBri]

We didn't see excitement like this again until Michael Floorwax's golf lesson in Garvey's bill fishing expedition.

[@OldTown1520]

Quit lying. 98 was no excitement? What happened? Did u crawl back into a rock?

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

@@OldTown1520 that was sarcasm you idiot

[@sergrod1]

My hero. Would have been cool if Cey would have shake Garveys hand

[@erichonecker1010]

The fact that non bandwagon scrubs fans still hate him, make me like Steve Garvey even more.

[@truthhurtswilky7785]

These scrubs have never seen the guy play. Growing up in Reds country my friends hated Mr. Clutch because he was the main guy that always beat the Reds. Tommy Lasorda said that Garvey could have hit 500 homers but he didn't want to be a .250 hitter and sacrifice his average for power.

[@paulgrieshop5024]

It's so political with the writers they vote in who they want no matter what . They have vendettas against certain players and will keep them out no matter what at any cost

[@truthhurtswilky7785]

They were jealous of Garvey for his hitting prowess and good looks.

[@DowntownCanon]

I think the Hall of Fame should be more selective. Many inductees I don't think deserve the honor. But of all the players that are not in, Garvey is the one I think should be.

[@jerryt1307]

Some other notable players include Rusty Staub, Al Oliver, Keith Hernandez, and Dave Parker to name a few.

[@ECO473]

Graig Nettles should be in also.

[@BaseballDemos]

I'd say the hall should take the guy who hit the homer, not the one who gave it up. Pure travesty. Lee Smith doesn't deserve to be in the hall unless he buys a ticket

[@sominboy2757]

@@BaseballDemos lee smith was the all time saves leader when he retired. He held that title for 13 years. He was also a 7 time all star. I agree with you that garvey should definately be let in but big lee earned his spot too

[@dougbrowne9890]

@@sominboy2757 Who is the worst first baseman in the HOF, right now? Is Steve Garvey better than him? There is a gauge to compare.

[@custardflan]

The moment I became a Padres fan.

[@truthhurtswilky7785]

Growing up in Reds country Sparky Anderson said that Steve Garvey was one of the best players he ever witnessed.

[@zzyzxx13]

God, how I hate the term "Walk-off"! Can't you just say "Game winning"? Is that so freaking difficult????

[@dennis3178]

Agreed. A thousand percent.

[@Wolf.88]

I watched this game

[@michaellittlewood3032]

What # 6 isn't in the Hall yet?

[@michaellittlewood3032]

@chazbukowski Why not?

[@michaellittlewood3032]

@chazbukowski Maybe I'm a little bias being I grew up with that amazing infield. Sometimes my Dodger fandom gets in my way. Thank you.

[@truthhurtswilky7785]

Two other guys that should be in just because of their hitting ability were Bill Madlock and Al Oliver.

[@Uns_Maps_8]

I don’t understand either why Garvey is not a Hall of Fame member. What happened here? What were the reasons?

[@raygordon3728]

I went to a game a few years ago at Petco, before the games I guess they play a vintage montage of great Padres moments, Christ, there were hardly any except this moment with Garvey.

[@OldTown1520]

"And there will be tomorrow"!

[@samfraulino]

This haunted me every season I would think of it. I met him once and told him the story how this made me cry, and the fucker just laughed. Tellin' you when Davis hit that homer to tie it and showed him with his tongue hanging out and running around the bases with LeBron James going all Hulk in the box seats, I almost lost my shit and was planning how I was going to have to go see a shrink. #GO CUBS GO! This memory now is replaced with my Cubbies winning!!

[@Raiders555]

Best clutch hitter of his generation

[@gary6754]

i was kid back then and hated Garvey and the Dodgers as a phillies and yankee fan. but now as a Gen X'er with nostalgia, I respect and like Garvey looking back

[@jaredjdigirolamo7686]

See u later Mr baseball says mr garvey!

[@007diego2]

preposterous this guy isn't in the Hall Of Fame

[@ngarren13]

Lee Smith gift wrapped for him.

[@geeskin5750]

Even Smith admitted he got the ball up

[@97Senator]

Padres and Cubs in '84 NLCS. Don't know what happened that year, but safe to say that neither won the WS.

[@eldredbrown3463]

The Cubs led Game Five 3-0 after six innings but blew the lead and lost 6-3 to become the first team ever to blow a 2-0 series lead and lose what was then a best-of-5 NLCS.

[@RighteousReverendDynamite]

Detroit Tigers won series I think 4-1.

[@kencummings953]

Garvey won game four and game five with one swing. Cubs weren't winning next day even with the early three run lead. For dramatic postseason moments of the 80's does this come in second to Gibson's home run off Eckersley? What about Kirby Puckett's home run?

[@bbigjohnson069]

Everything is 2nd next to Gibson's HR off Eckersley. Joe Carter's HR was big but he wasn't hurting like Gibson.

[@sergioalpert66]

And then San Diego had to face the unbeatable 1984 Detroit Tigers. Whitaker, Trammell, Morris, Parrish, Gibson, Lemon, Petry, Hernandez, Lopez were so dominant that year.

[@chn9285]

World Series Tittles CUBS 3 (1907, 1908, 2016) - PADRES 0

[@Powerranger-le4up]

DXSW World Series Titles Cardinals 11 (1926, 1931, 1934, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1964, 1967, 1982, 2006, 2011) - Cubs 3 (1907, 1908, 2016)

[@eldredbrown3463]

About the stupidest comparison I've ever seen. The Cubs won their second title some 60 years before the Padres were even a team. A more meaningful comparison is this: Since 1969, the first year of the Padres' existence, World Series Titles: Cubs 1 (2016), Padres 0.

[@RighteousReverendDynamite]

Better weather: San Diego: EVERY YEAR. Chicago: Never! ha ha ha ha

[@karlawatson7699]

SAN.DIEGO.PADRES since Petco Park opened in 2004-2019 they've had ugly nasty uniforms! the 1985-1990 BROWN & ORANGE pinstripes were the best also the 1991 Blue Orange & White pinstripes it was basically the same uniform just went from Brown to Blue what was important was the PADRES on the jerseys which was the same bring them back!!!!!!

[@santosjones6186]

I turned da TV off period!!!!!!!!!! So sad !!!!!!!

[@NYNYRaider]

Curse of the Billy Goat

[@jmar1975]

I still hate Garvey for this.

[@joetoth5465]

Can’t find the ball...

[@76JStucki]

That was a heartbreaker. The Cubs were absolutely a better team, but being the Cubs, they booted it. Although I'm not sure anyone was gonna beat the Tigers that year.

[@alanrubenstein7618]

Clearly the Cubs were not the better team.

[@americangiant1003]

@@alanrubenstein7618 Agreed. On Paper, the Cubs was only "Tiny bit" better than the '84 Padres. That Padres club was damn good and would have won the Series in most other seasons. Too bad the 1984 Tigers was in the way.

[@alanrubenstein7618]

Padres won in a five-game series so clearly better. Garvey should be in the HOF and Gywnn is.

[@alanrubenstein7618]

So is Gossage.

[@eldredbrown3463]

@@alanrubenstein7618 I disagree! A 5-game or even 7-game playoff series is too short a series to prove that the winning team was clearly the better team, especially in a sport like baseball where any team can get lucky on any given night. I say the same thing about the Super Bowl. Remember Super Bowl 42? In the end, though, I agree that what matters is winning the championship, not being the "best team" (whatever that means).

[@ynotttt]

Garvey was a very good and clutch player. Hall of Fame borderline for decades. I think they have really watered down the HOF. Steve Garvey shouldn’t be in, they need to pull a few hundred players OUT! Like all Hall of Fames…it becomes a joke.

[@bauerj3398]

Name those 'few hundred'. should be interesting since there are only 270 players in the hall.

[@ynotttt]

@@bauerj3398 …..we’re both a little bit wrong. 333 since January of 2020. Probably about 350 by now. They need to pull out all but 100. And….they don’t necessarily stay in the Hall.….but the number can’t keep increasing. The integrity keeps getting cheapened. It’s true of all these Hall of Fames including music. If you let everyone in it doesn’t have any meaning.

[@bauerj3398]

@@ynotttt No, 342 total members. 270 players. And why on Earth do you think the 'number can't keep increasing'? You do realize that every year, the number of players, including the number of great players, keeps increasing? MLB HOF actually has pretty restricted membership. In 2023, only 2 players were inducted, and that is no unusual. Some years, 5 or 6 players get in, some years, zero (as recently as 2021). MLB has been around for 150 years, and there have been over 20,000 players, and another 3000+ in the Negro leagues. That means less than 2 players per year are deemed worthy, and around 1% of the players. Your '100 players should be in' is arbitrary and not supported by facts. You are more than welcome to compose and publish your top 100 list, but to proclaim MLB HOF as 'watered down' because it does not subscribe to that arbitrary quota is nonsense.

[@ynotttt]

@@bauerj3398 ……350 is very close to 342. Why would you want to claim a Hall of Fame and let in all these ordinary entries. That’s what waters it down. People discussing the Hall of Fame don’t speak of guys like Dave Winfield, Andre Dawson and Fred McGriff….them as comparisons to allow more ordinary players in. This is what waters it’s value down. Having a finite number takes the politics and out. You have to toss someone out to allow a new entry in. That should be the debate of worthiness. I’ll concede the number doesn’t have to be 100…but they can’t go on doing this. It’s like impeachment of a president on nonsense [twice]…..now impeachment has no meaning anymore.

[@bauerj3398]

@@ynotttt 342 includes all of the non-players. Only 270 players, and if you want to categorize Winfield, Dawson, etc., as 'ordinary', that is certainly your prerogative. A most solitary view, though. And I have no idea why you think having a finite number would remove politics from it, but your views on politics appears to be as skewed as your view on baseball.

[@mauriceogletree9845]

I was rooting for the cubs that series ..but i guess it was ok that they lost ..cause my tigers ended up ws champions ..never know how things would have turned out had they had to play chicago ..probably still would have won ...ijs..

[@danrodrigues3531]

You couldn't give us the entire at bat? Where's the drama in the at bat when all that you get is the release of the pitch, swing of the bat and over the wall? You're better than that MLB...

[@petenrita]

Jealousy

[@jamesbowman8138]

This pitch keeps Lee smith out of Cooperstown

[@johnpikes8940]

Well I guess you were wrong 2018 inductee

[@jamesbowman8138]

As I said "keeps" he was Harold Baines and him had the benefit of the Todays Game committee under the traditional Bbwa he would have been scrutinized which he was by the writers for his 71 wins 92 losses as well as not winning in playoffs .The great reliever he was I'm glad

[@michaellittlewood3032]

Needs to be inducted in the hall! #6=#1

[@rds990]

I was sitting in row 1 in right center at that game. Ball went over fence right below me. Am a Cub fan.....bad, bad deal.

[@bananaspartan2234]

Did you think Henry Cotto was going to catch it? I remember watching on TV and had no idea he came so close until the replay.

[@dougbrowne9890]

I was getting hammered, at a college party, that night. I remember hearing the roar, from around the TV, and turned to see Garvey running around the bases. Unfortunately, I didn't stop drinking, and had to drive home. That was not fun, I can tell you! Thankfully, we were just across the road from the dorms, so I parked there, and got to my room....to stay.

[@bbigjohnson069]

Was it one of those where chicks wearing mini-skirts pass out drunk and get used?

[@lenellbrown]

To go on and lose

[@tolopo99]

As a Dodger, Garvey was rhe greatest first baseman ever. Sucked as a Padre

[@galnhus56]

🇺🇲 Vote Steve Garvey for US Senate in November 2024!!! 🇺🇸