1987 WS, Game 1: Cardinals @ Twins

In Game One of the 1987 World Series, St. Louis struck first with a run in the second, but Frank Viola was virtually unhittable the rest of the way, holding the Cardinals to just four hits and no runs the rest of the way. Meanwhile, Minnesota erupted for seven runs in the fourth, keyed by Dan Gladden's grand slam, en route to a 10-1 victory.

[@johnwoods3184]

I was there for games one and two of the playoffs and the World Series! Absolutely the greatest time I've ever had at a sports venue!

[@TheArtofGuitar]

The 87 Twins made me believe in magic. Gladden's Grand Slam, incredible!

[@johnswanson3741]

Twins played loose and wild for a young group of Pro's

[@chaschas3199]

Watching that again sure brings back a lot of fond memories. Not only of the players and coaches,but of Al Michaels and Tim McCarver .And Bob Casey, and the Metrodome itself....Great stuff!

[@tomevans1757]

I was there in person attending Games 1 and 2. I flew in from the West Coast for the games.. Still crazy my family got WS TIX who allowed me to be there. Thx Mom & Dad!

[@Schwang17]

Bob Casey was such a good field announcer. He gave a little info about each player before announcing them before the game. God, the Twins miss this man dearly. #34, the center fielder, Kirbyyyyy Puckett.

[@chaschas3199]

He was so good at what he did. And I can still hear his intro for Kirby....Win Twins!

[@andrewwagstaff5535]

Not only could Dan Gladden hit, but he also had one of the best mullet/moustache combos in baseball.

[@Weebs82589]

Twins moments of Game 1: 5:56 Twins starting line up 15:05 Killebrew throws out the 1st pitch 1:03:25 Gladden steals 2nd 1:06:35 Newleyweds John & Donna Viola 1:15:12 Gaetti’s infield single 1:15:53 Baylor’s single 1:16:03 Get ready for a little bit of noise in the Metrodome 1:17:08 Brunansky’s single 1:19:57 Hrbek’s 2 run single 1:24:11 Laudner’s RBI single 1:27:10 Gladden’s Grand Slam 1:32:38 Gaetti’s double 1:44:58 Lombardozzi’s 2 run Homer 1:52:36 Gaetti reaches on an error by Lawless 1:56:55 Hey Al, Do You Believe in Miracles 2:03:53 Lombardozzi’s single 2:08:42 Gladden’s RBI double 2:17:12 Puckett’s single 2:22:20 Congratulations John 2:23:15 Twins take Game 1

[@randy6081]

i remember the t-shirts in 1987 Minnesota Twinkies not just a sponge cake any more lol i will never forget 1987 just increadible

[@metalmacabre9991]

Al Michaels has called games from my childhood in the 80s, and he's still calling them. It's going to be a shame when a retires.

[@brianstacey2679]

57:15 - I'm surprised Mccarver doesn't know the balk rule for left-handed pitchers. It's not the leg that cannot cross the rubber but the foot.

[@zacharybinx8642]

It's funny how almost every time the Cards have a visit to the mound, they play the march of the empire music from Star wars. At the end of game 7 you can barely hear the Star Wars theme music playing as the Twins celebrate on the field.

[@mollygarden9535]

Probably the LOUDEST Series in baseball history.

[@nesandpcengine3683]

It was loud. 91 was louder. I was at both in Minnesota.

[@johnswanson3741]

@@nesandpcengine3683Twins vs. Cardinals and Braves......two of the top best World Series games of all time. Both go to game 7, win at home, how great is that!

[@johnhenryclark911]

Very Interesting 🤔 That This Was The First World Series Baseball ⚾ Game Played Inside A Domed Stadium 🏟️🚫⚾ Now It Seems 🤔 That Just About Every World Series Baseball Game Is Played Inside A Domed Stadium 🏟️🚫😳😎🤓🙂☺️ I Am Typing This 👇🏻 At 6:02 a.m. , Friday Morning 🌛🌉🌃🌌 , March 8, 2024.

[@craigschray4486]

They had the Metrodome ventilation system working overtime in the postseason

[@michaelleroy9281]

It didn't matter in game 7

[@jetstar1011]

did y'all otice that at the 2:00 minute or so timestamp on the video the broadcast is heard through the metrodome's speakers? listen closely when Al gives his introduction.

[@zacharybinx8642]

Dan Gladden and Frank Viola are awesome! I wish the Twins would retire their numbers.

[@Weebs82589]

I have known Tim Laudner since I was 16!

[@johnswanson3741]

Buck 190 is what he was called....his batting average

[@zacharybinx8642]

Game starts at 18:30 ⚾

[@dougpiranha3619]

Top moment of this blowout is when Palmer slips at 1:34:25 and terms ballpark "the homerdome." This leads into a discussion of air-conditioning in the building & its effect upon power hitting. According to the losing manager, re '87 WS, when Twins were at the plate the Metrodome's AC was silent, when Cards were in the box it was blowing full blast.

[@johnswanson3741]

Just BS

[@deputay]

31:17 one of many missed calls by this umpire crew in the 87 series

[@JohnJohn-do2oj]

The field dimensions are insane.

[@jayNicks10]

1:56:45 interesting point. Things would change after this. cause then from 1987-2001, there were only 5 different teams representing the American League in the World Series. Yankees (4-1) Blue Jays (2-0) Twins (2-0) A's (1-2) Indians (0-2)

[@PhantomofDB]

What they're referencing actually went to 8 in a row. From 81-88, the AL champions were Yankees, Brewers, Orioles, Tigers, Royals, Red Sox, Twins, Athletics. Also, since he was comparing it to NFL... from 87-01 in NFL, the Broncos and BIlls also went 4 times each from 87-91. NFL's parity is largely a myth though. Especially in the AFC, where it's been almost all Patriots for a current college student's entire lifetime.

[@johnhenryclark911]

I Am Thinking 🤔 That It Is Going To Be Awhile Before We Are Going To See The New England Patriots Back In The Playoffs , Much Less A SuperBowl , Any Time Soon. What With Tom Brady Long Gone And Coach Bill Belichick ​Being The General Manager. But Goodness Knows Bill Belichick Will Try Hard To Get The New England Patriots Back Into The NFL Playoffs As Quick As Possible.@@PhantomofDB

[@paulsonj72]

In this case 5 days. The Twins clinched the American League Pennant Monday afternoon in Detroit

[@mikeyoungblood94]

I liked Al Michaels as a baseball play by play man

[@ADEAL918]

And truth is seeing how amazing this combination was-Michaels, McCarver, and Palmer-might explain a bit of why McCarver made some enemies in later years with people thinking he tried to say and do too much. Maybe he was trying to duplicate what he had with Michaels and Palmer, and felt like he had to work too hard to compensate for the fact that he just never had partners after this who he could play off of the way he played off these two guys.

[@michaelleroy9281]

Jack Buck was better in the World Series 4 years later

[@brianrodriguez8282]

9:00 Tremendous national anthem by Diane Schuur!!

[@eles2147]

Acapella and then the beautiful finish on the organ

[@williamdunphy352]

18:24 Umpires (Game 1) HP Dave Phillips (AL) (CC) (3rd) 1B Lee Weyer (NL) (4th) 2B Greg Kosc (AL) (1st) 3B John McSherry (NL) (2nd) LF Ken Kaiser (AL) (1st) RF Terry Tata (NL) (2nd)

[@Weebs82589]

Twins strikeouts: 20:29 Viola K’s Smith 50:02 Viola K’s Lawless 51:35 Viola K’s Coleman 1:41:28 Viola K’s Lawless again 2:11:43 Viola K’s Oquendo

[@walterlv01]

Critics had a field day with this series - two teams thought to not be that great, playing in a dome, neither team well known outside its' home market, a lot of blowout games, etc. I remember one magazine called it an embarrassment to baseball that a "fifth-place caliber team" (Twins) was in the World Series. But that's sports for you.

[@thfzn3130]

The Cardinals were one of the most storied clubs in baseball. They were playing in their 3rd WS in 5 years. The Cardinals had finished ahead of a great Mets team that season.

[@johnswanson3741]

It's all about who gets HOT at the end! The Twins proved they were for real, repeat in '91!

[@brianhiedeman864]

It looked like killebrew said "do something we couldn't" into Laudners ear

[@TheArtofGuitar]

Lombardozzi was like the George Harrison of the Twins. I'm sure someone will get what I mean. haha.

[@johnswanson3741]

He was better than Newman

[@RyansColoradoRailProductions]

7th throw to first in a row at 58:18. Starting next year that would not be allowed- on the third pickoff throw, the runner would be automatically awarded a base. If there are runners on second and/or third, the run would be forced home and/or to third base.

[@caveman3096]

Modern baseball has been manipulated and reconfigured by Rob Manfred and not for the better. Viola would have been pulled out much earlier in this start too in today’s game even with the big lead because managers just feel like they have to use the bullpen. Strange and sad but true

[@MainEventPoint]

That Twins team was so weird, how did Bruno have 32 homers but only 85 RBI? Did he have like 20 solo shots?

[@jacobenke7936]

he batted behind some excellent hitters, and at sixth in the order he could find himself leading off innings pretty often, so the solo shots are a good possibility.. The Twins also seemed to go off all at once a lot that year, which robbed him of some RBI.

[@wpbarchitect1800]

Al Michaels and Tim McCarver were such putz's. Their arrogance and derision towards the Twins, the Dome, and Minnesota weren't even slightly hidden. Michaels was even busted on the raw satellite feed ripping the city of Minneapolis on mic during an ad break between innings (Jim Palmer was a contrast in class.) Winning is the best revenge...

[@legrandfromage6450]

Twinkies were an 85 win team that couldn't win outside of their own building. They wouldve finished 5th in the AL east that year. And the Metrodome itself was a god awful place, just like two big middle fingers in the faces of baseball fans everywhere. So the criticisms were well deserved.

[@johnswanson3741]

I still think Al Michaels was one of the best football announcers

[@StFidjnr]

can you please upload the 1987 world series film there's no place like home

[@Weebs82589]

36 years ago today

[@johnswanson3741]

I remember where I was at the moment Gladden hit that grand slam........just like when I heard about the deaths of Kennedy and Pressley

[@Weebs82589]

@@johnswanson3741 Where were you? At the game?

[@williamdunphy352]

Al Michaels (PBP) Tim McCarver & Jim Palmer (C)

[@thefrase7884]

William Dunphy .....really?

[@williamdunphy352]

@@thefrase7884 Yes. ABC had the World Series in 1987.

[@bigal1024]

Gladden stood so far back in the batters box. On the line

[@DanielW-wz4gj]

Past the line, that was Gladdens thing that he did every game.

[@aricmackenthun47]

Anyone who wants to run against anyone has the right to.

[@bigal1024]

The twins were stacked

[@jacobenke7936]

and people still hold out of them due to their regular season record. on some levels I get it, but they won the games they had to, and the way they crushed the Tigers was impressive.

[@aricmackenthun47]

They don't need your permission.

[@StFidjnr]

22:38 world series rules state

[@robertsoto8556]

That's a pretty weak hitting line up by the St. Louis surprised they made it that far to get to the WS.

[@johnswanson3741]

Cardinals were mostly a running and singles team, with good defense! Twins had the power and it proved to be the dominate factor!

[@jacobenke7936]

They were missing Jack Clark and Terry Pendleton for the series.

[@JanosSkorzini1893]

1:33:44 WOW! It's like some shit ass family reunion🤪

[@shermanngjazz]

1:03

[@VisualTedium]

Shame the Twins have no honor and cheated

[@johnswanson3741]

Who got the ring?

[@michaelleroy9281]

What about game 7? no home runs were hit did it make a difference that night?

[@TheVCRTimeMachine]

The most forgettable 7 game World Series of all time.

[@jbsmg]

It remains the only world series where the bottom of the 9th was never played.

[@zacharybinx8642]

How did you end up here commenting on it if it's so forgettable? Kind of contradictory to your point.

[@civlyzed]

I disagree, and I'm a Cards fan. I still have an old notebook that I used to keep score in the '82, '85, and '87 Series. I miss the 80's!

[@kja9881]

@@civlyzed Cards deserved better than 1 Series win in the 80s. Twins win here I'm from Minnesota but Cards are class act!

[@kja9881]

VCR Time Machine Except Game 7 was very exciting like all Game 7s!