1996 NLCS Game 5 Atlanta Braves at St. Louis Cardinals

[@kurtzimmerman1637]

I went to this game. Wish I wouldn't have.

[@ckendall67]

Betcha all the fans there were excited about seeing the Cards clinching the pennant at home. Well....that excitement went out the window pretty quickly. :-\

[@davey3884]

Lmao

[@jamedlock83]

Cards suck

[@jamedlock83]

lmao no you did not

[@johnwhitfield106]

@@jamedlock83 not as much as the Braves who got their shit pushed in by the Yankees not once but twice and later the Cardinals multiple times.

[@Mark-sj3xb]

Love how turncoat Chip Caray set this up as a coronation of the Cardinals as champs. Cardinals and their self righteous fans got what they deserved.

[@nintendonerdsvideos4727]

yep Chip knew who signs the paychecks. This was really the start of the MSM hating Atlanta

[@williamkanejr3233]

@@nintendonerdsvideos4727 I can guarantee you they hated Boston a lot worse.

[@Matttaylor016]

😂😂😂

[@johnwhitfield106]

Braves losing to an average Yankees team in the World Series got what they deserved. Should've saved those runs you scored in the last three games of this series for the next.

[@hmhm856]

It always surprises me after how Atlanta won games 5, 6, and 7 against the Cards, and then how Atlanta won games 1 and 2 against the Yankees, it always amazes me how Atlanta just choked the rest of the series against the Yankees.

[@Matttaylor016]

Offense went ice cold. Just like the start of the NLCS. Braves were so much better than that 96 Yankee team.

[@NK-le5ws]

momentum game to game is a meme

[@jackprescott9652]

Why? The Yankees are the Yankees. Best baseball team of all time.

[@TrollinNolin95]

@@jackprescott9652 the 1996 Yankees weren’t the best all time

[@jackprescott9652]

@@TrollinNolin95 The Yankees are the best team of all times not because they always have the best players, but because they always manages to win. And they were the best in 1996.

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

Even though the Braves came off the deck...I had saw this in 1992 against the Jays in the World Series. I still expected the worst...but they responded like champs back home.

[@stantonthezag1109]

I had forgotten how the first inning was a nightmarish combo (for the Cardinals) of seeing-eye hits and poor fielding. As a Braves fan, I was fine with this.

[@Dilplk]

Ozzie Smith's last AB at Busch Stadium @1:59:19

[@adaonetube]

LaRussa's biggest mistake was pitching Stottlemyere on short rest. He should have started Alan Benes this game and had Stottlemyere ready for Game 6 if necessary well rested.

[@GitzenShiggles]

LaRussa is in the Hall of Fame and you can't even get the ice cream machine to work. Your opinion is utterly worthless.

[@HueyRocks23]

The Cardinals got their payback 23 years later during the 1st inning of Game 5 of the 2019 NLDS.

[@jonnyk4050]

Then got swept by the nats

[@John-tr6of]

@Caleb Wyatt 2015 NLCS. Mets swept the Cubs and never trailed in the series.

[@eyesofnight]

The cards got revenge in 2000 nlds. Swept the Braves

[@1974123456]

Hello was wondering do you have the October 5 2001 division clinching game atlanta vs.miami 20 run game

[@jake24titan]

I guess the 10 run first inning game in 2019 was payback for this series. lol. Go Braves.

[@michaelingram3961]

Orioles vs. Cardinals woulda been a better World Series in 1996

[@williamkanejr3233]

Talk about Snooze-Fest 1996.

[@PakRT48]

LaRussa denied putting Ozzie in the starting lineup out of emotional reasons. Yea right. Ended up costing him a trip to the World Series.

[@georgew84]

you think 1 player would've changed the fact that the braves score 14 runs?

[@PakRT48]

@@georgew84 not would've, but could've. It's baseball, anything could happen with just one shift. With regular Royce Clayton instead of Ozzie, Braves might've scored less than 14, more than 14, win by 1, lose by 5, you never know. But it definitely could've changed the outcome.

[@lupojohn21]

He had a .329 lifetime batting average against Smoltz.

[@williamkanejr3233]

1. He hit Smoltz well. 2. The Braves had five runs in the first inning. 3. They scored nine more runs after that, and had 22 hits. There was no way that playing Ozzie Smith could have cost the Cardinals anything.

[@ericradford2142]

A young Joe Buck??? Who knew???

[@randyjohnson6845]

Extra jolt of adrenaline? Or a shot of synthetic testosterone

[@williamkanejr3233]

Being pissed off at how the Cardinals celebrated the game before.