1991 WS, Game 4: Twins @ Braves

[@mikesuggs1642]

The middle of the GREATEST WORLD SERIES EVER PLAYED! I Remember it well! Never again will two teams lock horns like this! The Young Braves take their first steps into a legendary dynasty and the Twins play Villainous Spoiler to the Team of the 90's! The Fans were jacked like never before, Baseball was still in its old school, hard-nosed, bare knuckle, patient style. There was no need for pitch clocks and all the nonsense we have today. Players still used their spikes when sliding, there was still huge collisions at home plate. Both Managers played Chess with each other from each dugout. Heck The Twins first baseman even drug Ron Gant of the Braves off the Base and got an out for it. This Series had clutch plays, great hitting, even better pitching, Moments that will never be forgotten. Each game going late into the October night when America was still innocent enough to enjoy this great game in its truest form.

[@hateusernames2]

This is one of the greatest classics

[@chaunseybillings5381]

Best world series ever just listen to Jack Buck

[@lgerback34]

Greatest baseball game of all time.

[@andrewphillips815]

jerry Willard is my dads cousin. this is our family's claim to fame lol.

[@YouTuboooo]

25:19　3年後、この中の3人が日本で同時期に野球をすることになる。 Dan Gladden(1994 Giants)、Shane Mack(1995-1996 Giants)、Mike Pagliarulo(1994 Lions)

[@mrvincentjackson]

2:36:42 The INSANE thing (in an INSANE World Series) is that there were almost TWO cycles in this series: Lemke in Game 4 (home run shy) and Puckett in Game 6 (double shy).

[@Weebs82589]

30 years ago today

[@nedcassley5169]

In my opinion, the Series should always end before Halloween.

[@meharinationsportspodcast2582]

1:27:47 - Brian Harper and Lonnie Smith home plate collision.

[@rationalconservative386]

Thank you

[@williamdunphy352]

Umpires (Game 4) HP Terry Tata (NL) 1B Rick Reed (AL) 2B Ed Montague (NL) 3B Don Denkinger (AL) (CC) LF Harry Wendelstedt (NL) RF Drew Coble (AL)

[@Weebs82589]

Twins moments: 20:54 Knoblauch’s double 30:55 Harper’s double 34:42 Pagliarulo’s RBI single 51:02 Puckett’s single 1:04:28 Harper’s single 1:09:05 Pagliarulo’s single 1:27:38 Lonnie Smith and Brian Harper collision at home plate. I have a plaque of it, it says “Ouch but Out”! 1:33:23 Pendleton out. Harper can’t catch think again! 1:47:06 Pagliarulo Homer! 2:06:48 Knoblauch steals 2nd

[@williamdunphy352]

Pat O'Brien & Tommy Lasorda (pre-game) Jack Buck (PBP) & Tim McCarver (C) Jim Kaat (field reporter)

Un sensacional final, con una atinada decisión...dado que el contacto para que hubiera sido out, tendría que haber sido con el guante donde se encontraba la bola. ¡Emocionante encuentro!

[@al1976-v7m]

Imagine Harper had made a 3rd tag there at the end!

[@milawless69]

Man braves should've won that year

[@jameshood4276]

But Lonnie Smith apparently was a Twins fan

[@chrisspearline767]

Do you have to make the tag with the ball Tim McCarver?

[@jameshood4276]

I'm confused. Did he make the tag with his elbow or the ball? Need more information

[@sean2015]

Tim McCarver explains it all :D

[@RoastOfEmpires]

Can we get Jomboy to stitch these views together. i think harper's glove touches Lemke

[@ryanstrnad1852]

Jack Buck did a good job on World Series Play by Play. People give him a hard time for that "safe safe safe!" call. He's used triple statements all his career. They just emphasis on that. Sure he did say "gonna be" instead of "could" on that sac fly. But he was ok enough.

[@nedcassley5169]

This is an observation, not a criticism of either man: there's no chemistry between Buck and McCarver.

[@ADEAL918]

@@nedcassley5169 especially if you watch these games in comparison to McCarver in the ‘80’s on ABC when he was partnered with Al Michaels and Jim Palmer. Talk about chemistry!! I’m sure Tim missed his ABC pals in that booth. But yeah, with Buck it was as if they were both broadcasting separately. Both still did a pretty good job, but chemistry certainly adds a memorable dimension. The other kings of chemistry were Bob Costas, Bob Uecker, and Joe Morgan.

[@walterlv01]

I liked Jack Buck a lot but this was a bad miss. His over-anticipation on the ball by Willard (it was a shallow pop fly) led CBS to use a horrible camera angle on Lemke's dash to the plate. The production crew didn't think it would be a close play based on Buck's initial call and as a result there is no good footage of one of the closest game-deciding plays at the plate in WS history.

[@jonathan_tong93]

Kung sa CBS may Jack Buck, sa Vintage Sports Television naman may Ed Picson at Quinito Henson. Silang dalawa ang mga commentators ng 1991 World Series sa PTV-4, na naging tahanan ng PBA on Vintage Sports Television. Napasigaw si Ed Picson ng "No Clothesline here in Major League Baseball!"

[@rationalconservative386]

Lonnie Smith made several stupid base running mistakes. He did it in this game and in game 7. If he didn't screw up in game 7, the Braves would've won the series.

[@Weebs82589]

Twins strikeouts: 42:20 Morris K’s Bream 54:19 Morris K’s Smoltz 55:33 Morris K’s Smith 1:14:49 Morris K’s Olson 1:57:03 Willis K’s Gregg 2:14:12 Guthrie K’s Justice

[@sean2015]

2:33:02 is the moment you're looking for.

[@kingcassius2586]

2:10:43 Alternative universe Denzel & Barry Switzer?? 😄

[@kurtmaterne2019]

“He never made the tag with the glove. He only tagged him with his elbow. See you gotta make the tag with the glove and the ball and you can see right there he never made the tag with the glove. You’ll see here in the replay, see he made the tag with the elbow but he never made the tag with glove and the ball and you gotta make the tag with the glove and the ball! The rule book states, you gotta make the tag with the glove and the ball....” -Tim McCarver

[@ADEAL918]

That’s the letter of the law, no question, but in that era it was very common for umps to call a runner out if the ball beat them to the plate, regardless of whether or not the tag was actually made in time. Umpires are on the record as saying this.

[@PhantomofDB]

That's the most hilarious BS explanation of a bad call I've ever heard

[@poluticon]

@@PhantomofDB how was that a bad call? Explain.

[@kingcassius2586]

1:17:30 Puckett after that misplay: "Oh.. y'all saw that?"

[@chrisspearline767]

I still don't understand why none batters have to bat. I know it's tradition and now the whole league has the DH but why not just have 8 batters?

[@Form44208]

Lasorda says Olson scored after his double. Did not happen that way. Justice "manufactured" the run by stealing second.

[@zacharygray1687]

Jon Bois sent me here - Lonnie wrecking sh*t 1:32:06

[@chrisspearline767]

What was up with Jane Fonda hugging Turner like a giant teddy 🐻

[@emptyhand777]

They were married.

[@emptyhand777]

They were married.

[@chrisspearline767]

@@emptyhand777 duh

[@rp2655]

I still to this day say Harper touched him and Lemke should have been out.

[@minnbeef]

Jack Buck was completely biased for Atlanta.

[@kylehoward2961]

The call on Puckett's homerun to end game 6 sounds excited

[@OnePost909]

In 1987 he did national radio of the World Series. His disappointment was palpable when the Twins won Game Seven vs. his Cardinals.

[@Tim.Reader]

McCarver was just as bad.

[@pabloclark6556]

Tim McCarver blamed Lonnie Smith for his bad base running abilities. If you see the replay you can see Jimy Williams wave him around to score. I can't stand McCarver. I remember he was an asshole during the 92 WS when Deion dumped water on him after Deion's mom heard what McCarver said about Deion on TV. Damn I can't believe I still remember this lol. I'm a die hard Braves fan.

[@pabloclark6556]

Excuse me dumped water on McCarver after game 7 of the 92 NLCS.

[@pabloclark6556]

@EPLURiBusUNUM you don't criticize someone on TV like that. If I was a ball player and my mom heard McCarver say the same thing then my mom tells me what McCarver said, I would have done the same exact thing to McCarver and that's dump water all over him.

[@kingcassius2586]

But he was right about the way L.Smith went back to tag. Had a gone ⅓ of the way, he scores.

[@nedcassley5169]

The 3rd base coach is responsible for sending Smith. Smith is responsible for the bad baserunning at the beginning of the play.

[@nedcassley5169]

CBS could have done a lot better. The South is gonna rise again? Really, Pat?

[@dwightjoh6681]

The Minnesota newspapers said we (Atlantans) were a bunch of “inbred rednecks who drove around in our pickup trucks yelling ‘Jesus saves’ at everyone.” So….stop talking.