1996 World Series Video

[@dannygotem]

I watched this vhs a million times as a kid. Sadly know all the words of the preview videos 🤣 1996 is still my favorite year of all time.

[@billny33]

The Super Sluggers ad was iconic even before the steroid stuff came out. Now it's iconic for all the wrong reasons.

[@lelio422]

I know those 92/93 tapes word for word. As a 6 and 7 yr old at that point, I gave myself no choice lol. Probably would have never grown to love the jays and baseball so much in general without those old VHS tapes.

[@roadrun5060]

Two million!!!!

[@WillS-e1k]

Yup me two same w super sluggers. Im 34 now and its still implanted in my brain.

[@ramy1881]

I love the music that hitson when wetland gets the save in game 5 against polonia. Last chance.....

[@Bflo23]

I witnessed the 96, 98, 99, 2000 and 2009 championship. The 1996 championship was my favorite. The Yankees were a 92 win team and the Braves were a stacked team especially with Smoltz, Maddux and Glavine. I was looking for the dvd but I don’t think that they ever made it. I had the vhs but it is gone. Thanks for posting this vid.

[@CHman712]

I'm a red Sox fan but I find it funny how the Yankees always choked the braves. I live in braves country and they are insufferable.

[@T82486]

I witnessed the same as a Yankees fan and 96 was so memorable, because it was my first as a fan. I mean I had tears in my eyes…..and I still get choked up about 1996. In other playoff series…like this current World Series…when other fans facing us go “oh your down 0-2”…I just smile and reply “Yeah been there…done that…”🥲

[@Bflo23]

@@T82486 Yea. The 2024 Yankees are down 0-2 vs the Dodgers but this team isn't as talented as the 1996 Yankees. The 96-2000 were a dynasty team. Dodgers losing Ohtani to injury is a big loss though. We will see what they are made of.

[@DoeADeer88]

Game 6 is my first baseball memory ever. I was 8 years old. I've lost track of how many times my mom and I watched this tape. The dialogue is burned into my mind, even now. I'm so happy to have this year.

[@wilsy19]

Being from Ireland we didn’t get any baseball so when my brother brought this vhs home from a trip to America. This is what started my love affair with baseball and I will be forever grateful for him buying it,

[@billny33]

Wow that is so beautiful that this series all by itself caused you to fall in love with a game you knew little about. I have been a fan of baseball as well as many other American sports and this was my greatest thrill/happiest moment. But the way this video immortalized this series and captured the suspense was so well crafted and beautifully done.

[@nyy190343]

I was 15 yrs old and got this vhs tape for Christmas 1996 and it was the best gift ever!

[@billny33]

Wow. I was 13 so we are close in age. I asked for it after they won. One day in November I got antsy and I asked my mom if she had by any chance gotten it yet. She told me she was going to wait until Christmas to give it to me but since I asked, she gave it to me early. She was the best. Sadly she just passed away this March. Agreed though, this may be the best gift I ever got too.

[@nyy190343]

Wow we have a lot in common, my mother just passed as well. Be well brother & go Yankees!

[@clarenceparkeriii6249]

Although I hate the Yankees, there's no denying that the World Series, especially this one, is a classic with them in it

[@Javier_Jimenez71]

I have this VHS in my closet. Nothing to play it on, but got it. Thank you uploading this.

[@jusstnc1759]

I remember binging this on VHS and just falling in love with this World Series and the Yankees. Great memories

[@brixkidd6971]

My favorite Yankee team All Time. I was 18 years old. I’ll never forget this one.

[@courtgizzle]

1998 is my favorite

[@brixkidd6971]

@@courtgizzle I think this was favorite because it was the first WS they won since I was born. I had just graduated HS.

[@danielrivera2365]

To punctuate how dominant the Yankee's relief corp was: The Braves scored 24 runs in the first 6 innings for the series combined. They only scored 2 runs from the 7th inning on for the entire series.

[@courtgizzle]

They got exhausted after scoring all those runs against the cardinals, 16 runs in the fist 2 games of the World Series and got too comfortable in game 4.

[@adamnathanson9258]

Best quote from the opening ads: "Then you'll hear the secrets of their success!" Mark McGwire: "I really believe it was a God given talent." Rich humor.

[@billny33]

Adam Nathanson oh yeah I love watching that now. Mo Vaughn: "It takes attitude to drive a baseball!"

[@MIKEDOMO]

Steroids dude :).

[@jessilambert8597]

name one person on the 96 yanks who did steroids. The yanks overcame the steroid era and won 4 titles in 5 years. A feat that has been underplayed due to yankee hatred in espn and other places.

[@billny33]

goodtwogo none of those guys played for the 96 team. That was the question he asked.

[@beamerball666]

He's probably a Boston fan, they have trouble with reading comprehension

[@jordansoviet23]

First heard the name 'New York Yankees' when I was a 10 year old kid in 1993 and this World Series come from behind victory in 1996 crystallized my support to the team up to this present time, the longest continuous fandom in my life as a sports fan.

[@ADEAL918]

Much as I'm not a Yankee fan, that scene at the beginning with Joe Torre's sister the nun having him come and visit her students and presenting that banner to him--most adorable scene I've ever seen in a baseball video. She seems like such a sweet old nun--must be wonderful for those kids to be taught by her. I read an article about her where they talk about how it was well known to every student at that school that Sister Marguerite was Joe Torre's sister and her students would even tease her a bit telling her that when they would see her walk across the playground supervising recess, her walk reminded them of her brother going to the mound to make a pitching change.

[@tonyrestaino7593]

2020 and I still remember everyone of these games like it was yesterday. When McGriff nailed the right field foul pole ,that ringing stuck in my head for days. But the second Girardi drilled that shot into right center for a triple in game 6 that ringing was long gone.

[@billny33]

It's interesting how certain things affect people differently. I remember the Andruw Jones homers from game 1 being a big "Oh no!" moment but by the time McGriff hit the foul pole, the game was long over and it just felt like unnecessary/meaningless piling on for me. Game 2 was just depressing and there was no moment that really frustrated me, it just created this hopeless feeling like we are powerless against them. The most aggravating moment for me was the Andruw Jones double down the line in game 4 off Hayes glove that made it 6-0 Braves. I knew we could not fall behind 3-1 to this team and I was trying to convince myself we still had a chance to come back at 5-0 but 6-0 with a runner at 2nd for Atlanta I was just like ok fuck this, enough already. I thought wrongly that the ball should have been called foul by the umps, I was pissed at the umps in general, I turned the game off and started playing Sega and was beside myself (I was 13 but my older self still prob would have reacted this way). Then about 30 minutes later I heard my dad shouting 'Yes!' excitedly from his room a few times. When I went in to see what happened, he had the game on, they had just scored 2 runs and I watched as Hayes drove in another run and now it was 6-3. I was stunned. How did this happen? I watched the rest of the way and everything after that to me played out like the perfect sports movie.

[@williamkanejr3233]

@@billny33 good observation by you about the Hayes getting a glove on that ball. I was definitely not rooting for the Yankees, but that kept a run off the board. 6-0 should have been enough, but 7-0 would have put it out of reach. Even if everything after that went exactly like it did anyways.

[@courtgizzle]

It’s weird how Joe Torre predicted after a game 1 loss. He knew the Yankees will lose game 2 but will win 3 straight games in Atlanta and win it in game 6.

[@mjc6184]

Will never forget the words - for as long as I live … “back at the track at the wall…we are tied!”

[@billny33]

I enjoyed McCarver's but after the homerun too. "And it was a slider in the eyes of Leyritz, another slider from Wohlers. They are dancing in the streets of New York right now." He really killed Wohlers for those sliders too. On the actual telecast he said something like "To get beat on your third best pitch in that situation, you'd never forgive yourself!"

[@kenalier]

SIX-SIX HERE IN THE EIGHTH!!!

[@joeg5414]

I was 13 and a huge Braves fan. I remember this so well and it brings back so many good memories, despite the Braves losing. Thanks for uploading this. It's amazing to me what I remember despite being so young and 22 years ago. Crazy.

[@courtgizzle]

Funny how the braves were 5 outs away in game 4 leading 6-3. I remember going to bed and thinking the braves got this series. A moment later, I heard my mom and dad screaming when Laurie’s hit the tying 3 run homer. That’s the moment I started rooting for the Yankees.

[@zeroeffects88]

You are a God for posting this.

[@jimmyherrera6578]

@M here in Venezuela is baseball, but futbol (or soccer, as you call it) is almost the most popular.

[@seancroftonair]

I 2nd this... we wore this tape out

[@christopheraparicio3387]

David Cone was the definition of a big game pitcher.

[@williamkanejr3233]

He was a clutch pitcher no doubt. But in Game 3, Glavine did deserve a better fate. His defense and bullpen let him down big. So too did Smoltz’s defense in Game 5. Between them, Glavine and Smoltz pitched 15 innings in Games 3 and 5, and gave up ONE earned run. And I didn’t even touch on the offense.

[@Aguanga_cowboy007]

I agree Chris. He was a huge reason the Yankees were able to turn it around in Game 3. This was a good world series.

[@ramy1881]

@@Aguanga_cowboy007 ​ @williamkanejr3233 Jim Leyritz doesn't get as much credit as he deserves for being the series changer.

[@Aguanga_cowboy007]

@@ramy1881 That's true. Jim sent game 4 into extra innings where the Yankees won (Cheverlet player of the game).

[@TeachfinanceX]

Amazing video brings back so many memories when baseball was actually fun to watch

[@coreygibson87]

V b now with all the stupid new rules makes it boring

[@toptenguy1]

Thanks for uploading this. I was bitter from the 1994 strike (Expos fan), so I barely followed baseball at all in 1995 and 1996. Other than actually knowing which team won the world series, this is all new stuff to me.

[@MGAF688]

Sorry for your loss. A lot of people including me were sure Montreal had the 1994 WS in hand. Best team never to make the playoffs. That's for sure.

[@NYRandNYG4life96]

As a hardcore Yankees fan I love this, great stuff here! This was actually my birth year so I sometimes like to think I was the good luck charm for the dynasty lol. And having looked up a lot of Yankees history I'd have to say this may rank pretty high for my favorite Yankees teams of all time! (even if I was to young to watch). But IMO this series is living proof as to why I often compare the 90's Braves to the 90's Bills (with the difference being that the Braves at least won once). These Braves were amazing and its a wonder they only have one title to show for (Not that I'm complaining about '96 and '99). I can pretty much go on and on about Yankees/Baseball history but thanks so much for putting this up!

[@billny33]

Henry I I'll tell you, I was 13 when they made this playoff run. I followed the season, just old enough to really be passionate about a baseball team all year and understand the game well. When they entered the World Series against Atlanta I remember praying to God like I never had before begging them to please beat the odds and take Atlanta. When they won this series it's probably the greatest thrill I've ever had as a sports fan. This may be why you see so many video clips of this series on my channel. So for the first time at 13 I asked my mom if she could order a World Series video for me for Christmas. It came early and I sort of got her to give it to me in November because I couldn't wait that long. When I watched it, I couldn't believe just how well they had captured that feeling of this series. That feeling that the Braves were so good and the Yankees so hopelessly behind, how all these strange things went their way against the odds, how it almost seemed divine intervention. They captured just how intense and nerve-wracking every game and tense moment really was with these brilliantly-edited orchestral music sections (like the Wetteland-Polonia AB at the end of game 5 w/the O'Neill catch), and they captured the heart of Torre and this team. That sense that even if you might hate "the Yankees" but you still had to have a soft spot for this 96 team. And not from a propaganda Yankees fan/NY media standpoint, but from a neutral baseball fan/national media standpoint.

[@courtgizzle]

Despite I hate the Braves, all three pitchers, smolts, Maddox, and glavine were brilliant. It's amazing how all three of them are now in the hall of fame.

[@mitchellnovy8280]

My first son was born in 2009, so yes....you and my son are good luck charms.

[@MrJbrello2]

49:55 til 50:01 one of my favorite parts of this. Love it!!! Brings back such great memories. I was 9yrs old loving every second. Still by far the best Yankees memory to date. Once baseball is back after this crazy epidemic is over the Dousche'n Asterisks will continue to get boo'd at every stadium. Will be the highlight of the season. Thanks for the video!!

[@courtgizzle]

That pick-off move by Andy Pettitte in game 5 of the World Series in the bottom of the 6 was my favorite moment in the 1996 World Series. That’s a smooth move.

[@tawnkuimi-uru7212]

Being a Braves fan since the horrific 70's and having enjoyed the redemption and glory of the 1990's...the 1996 World Series loss by the Braves will always leave the deepest wound in my baseball soul. The 1996 Braves were a better team statistically in almost every way possible than the Yankees. However, I feel that the Braves of that year let that thought get into their heads and felt like they were going to cruise to another world championship. In game 4, this became quite evident when the true heart and soul of Yankee tradition rose up a smacked the Braves in the face. And as much as I hate the Yankees, their game 4 comeback win was a true testimony of Yankee baseball resolve. Any true baseball fan of any team had to completely respect and be amazed at such a display of true team determination to not go quietly into the night...and thus...turned the tables of momentum to the best of endings for them. I hate the Yankees...always will....but it is a hate out of the deepest respect to their hallowed tradition of enormous talent and history. Yet...a new era of Braves talent is on the rise...and once again, I look forward to a dream World Series rematch between the now "Baby Braves" and the Yankees in the near future...It will be awesome! (ABSOLUTELY NO OFFENSE TO ANY YANKEE FANS INTENDED!)

[@billny33]

As a Yankee fan who loved the 96 WS more than just about anything, this really made me smile. It is a shame the Braves of the 90s did not win more titles. I am at least glad for you for getting the one title the year before.

[@tawnkuimi-uru7212]

@@billny33 It is the love for the game that is the most important part of baseball. When players and/or fans take things too personally and lose that love for the game, it insults the sport in the most shameful of ways. YOU, good sir...HAVE that love for the game...even though you are a damned Yankees fan...LMAO (JUST JOKING)

[@bronxgurl6293]

No offense taken and 1999 WS proved 96 was not a fluke.

[@williamkanejr3233]

The Yankees got a cruel slap in the face of their own eight years later. The biggest one of all time actually, in the 2004 ALCS. They thought they had it. And why would they not? They were 3 outs from a sweep. Then it all blew up in their face bit by bit. First they blew a one run lead in the ninth inning ofGame 4. Then a two run lead in the eighth inning of Game 5. Then they lost Game 6 to a guy who was on one leg and had to miss half the 2005 season because of it. Even though they had the possible series winning run at bat in the ninth inning of Game 6. By the time all that happened, you just had to know they were going to get destroyed in Game 7. To be fair they did make a good play to cut down Johnny Damon at the plate. But then 💥 NEXT PITCH … GONE. Next inning 💥 GRAND SLAM. A couple innings later 💥 8-1. They never got closer than five runs down.

[@zap_sigma1]

I'm the other way. I'm a southerner & love my southern roots to my core but am a ridecor die Yankees fan. That Lyritz shot in Game 4 changed my entire fall.

[@huojin01]

I can barely remember this world series as it was ages ago. I'm glad this account holder has posted a classic WS that I always wanted to revisit even after all these years. Thanks for posting it.

[@jamalmccoy1982]

25 years ago where did the time go. ..

[@mikem591]

This was back when baseball was awesome.

[@mm860]

Agreed

[@courtgizzle]

I started watching baseball right after the 1994 strike.

[@bronxgurl6293]

Never forget game six, my cousin got married in New Jersey that morning, on way home to da Bronx listen to game on radio, got back to Woodlawn to see last two innings on tv. Mike and the Mad Dog played a montage from Gone With The Wind during series. The only down side was that Mattingly had retired the year before.

[@jamalmccoy1982]

All Mattingly had to do was sign up for 1 more year he would have finally got it but back injuries prevented that and the rest is history. ..

[@dpinzow]

Games 4 and 5 are two of the greatest wins in Yankee history and the Yanks have all kinds of historic wins in October

[@littlejohnny9439]

dpinzow one of the few times the Yankees were underdogs in a WS.

[@coreygibson87]

After all these years, I noticed how the braves didn’t make a comeback against the Yankee bullpen in games 3 to 6

[@87Khein]

Easily the most disappointing World Series loss for the '90s Braves. I would rank them in this order... 1. 1996 against New York 2. 1991 against Minnesota 3. 1992 against Toronto 4. 1999 against New York Sure, you could say that 1992 was more disappointing than 1991 because they lost the World Series two years in a row but they were much closer to winning it in 1991 and probably should have won it to be honest.

[@billny33]

See I would think 1991 would have hurt worse than '96. You were literally 1 mental error away from winning the series in 91, and you lost the final 2 games on walkoffs in what turned out to be possibly the greatest series of all time. I get that in 1996 you clearly felt you were the better team, but you would have had to win not just 1 more game but 2 more games to reverse that series so its slightly more of a reach than '91.

[@williamkanejr3233]

@@billny33you must be referring to Lonnie Smith. I don’t see that as an error on his part. Here’s why. At no point did Smith look at Knoblauch. He was looking into the outfield if you see the play, and with Kirby Puckett out there, you can see why you’d be apprehensive about just booking it. You see the play Puckett made the night before? That’s why. Also, if you have second and third with no outs, you better score no matter what. They didn’t.

[@Steelersbuckeyes]

Thanks for the posting this i am huge Yankees fan awesome to look back the good ole days Go Yankees!!!!!!!

[@briandonovan7368]

I was 16! After the 94 strike and Yankees loosing the 95 alds this was well worth the wait!

[@TRivera13]

Same here. 16 years old. Only wished my uncle was alive long enough to see the Dynasty years.

[@briandonovan7368]

@@TRivera13 I remember going to games in the early 90s and the upper deck was completely empty! I was at the game when they announced Stienbrenner was suspended from baseball and the fans stood up and applauded! Cecil fielder hit a hr for Detroit! Miss the old stadium!

[@TMNT_1987_]

Remember watching this as a kid ... just so awesome rewatching this

[@alnett22]

Thank you so much for uploading this home video used to own this on VHS I've been dying to watch it one more time thank you

[@billny33]

I'm very glad that not only did I never lose this baby but somehow the video never had tracking issues or deteriorated after so many watches over so many years. And I never considered ditching the vcr or the vhs tapes yet :) Nice to know I can share it with other people who have missed out.

[@SArmagh681]

I lost my VHS tapes when I moved thank you so much

[@mikem591]

44:10 - This was the turning point of the series and actually decade, as it inaugurated the Yankee dynasty.

[@meharinationsportspodcast2582]

What I don't understand is why Bobby Cox went Wholers for a two inning assignment, knowing he never pitched more than two innings all season. Leyritz did a great job fouling off the last two pitches which were sliders. In the 2-2 count, Leyritz expected a fastball, his best pitch. But again Wholers threw another slider in his wheelhouse and crushed it to left field. Indeed, it was the turning point of the entire series, the Braves never recovered from the game 4 loss.

[@michaelhession2105]

"Hit in the air, way back, Andruw Jones at the wall looking! GOODBYE HOME RUN TIE GAME!" -Gary Thorne

[@rodprops]

"OHHHHH OH OHHHH, YOU'RE GONNA LOSE THREE IN A ROWWWW-OH OHH!" LMAO @55:15

[@LSDrumline08]

@M you can see yourself out

[@michaelhession2105]

Thats how confident Yankee fans were in that series.

[@mm860]

Watching this bit has instantly enhanced my 2024 thank you

[@davidstahl3274]

Twenty years ago today, what a wonderful job to come back 0-2 against the champs. The real champs came back and kicked some ass, they also swept the braves in '99.

[@MovieFinatic]

16:27 I love the random Ron Howard interlude with no explanation...

[@Bull1908]

Cause he was at the game with his son Nd friend talking about how Chipper Jones is an old fashion ballplayer cause how he had his socks or something haha

[@mm860]

Sunday Monday Happy Days

[@NothingToPointOut24]

Wow I havent seen this since I was probably 10 years old and still remembered a lot of the dialogue This is peak nostalgia

[@anthonygiordano6542]

I truly appreciate this, thanks. GO YANKS! YANKEE4LIFE

[@courtgizzle]

Hopefully there will be a new dynasty in the 2020s

[@anthonygiordano6542]

@@courtgizzle man I hope so. This sports drought got a brother on edge.

[@jasonburdette6921]

As life long die hard Yankees fan this my opinion out all Yankees team won World Series. This was true underdog story. When they went down 0-2 against Atlanta. I was like well at least one game in the World Series , dont get sweep. They came back and shock the World won 23 World Series Championship.

[@theworm6870]

Always felt kinda bad for Terry Pendleton, he came up to the Cardinals AFTER they had won the 82 World Series against Milwaukee, then played in the losing efforts to KC in 85, Minnesota in 87, went to the Braves and lost in the 91 series to the Twins, then went elsewhere and missed the Braves WS championship in 95 against Cleveland, then came back in the 96 season and lost the WS to the Yankees. So close and no cigar.

[@nostalgiaman6816]

AND he played in the 99 World Series I believe. Maybe that was Otis Nixon?

[@KinkESizemore]

@@nostalgiaman6816 it was Nixon, this was the last year Pendleton was on the Braves

[@nostalgiaman6816]

@@KinkESizemore Right. Him and Brian Hunter came back and contributed well against in the NLCS against the Mets.

[@courtgizzle]

Same way I feel about Don Mattingly retired after the 1995 season.

[@drlee2]

I totally remember this series. I thought the Yankees were toast after the first 2 games where the Braves outscored them 16 to 1. Then just sat back and watched the Yankees outplay, outmaneuver, and outsmart the Braves over the next 4 games! Game 4 was the key game. Even when they were down 6-0, it was so early, it just didn't feel like it was over. That early 6-0 spurt was really the only good offense the Braves generated over those last 4 games. Otherwise, they were really struggling to score runs. The Yankees were just plain clutch over the last 4 games.

[@billny33]

We all thought they were toast. I think the first 2 games confirmed my biggest concerns. Made me say "yes, they are THAT good, they are better than we are" and actually in Game 4 I got so pissed off after seeing that 6th run score on a grounder off Charlie Hayes' glove that I turned the game off and started playing Sega Genesis. I can still remember I put on an open-world creativity type game called Wacky Worlds just so I could fill up the screen with a message from the letters you can use in the game. I wrote The Braves Stink, So Do The Umps. I think this was because I thought the ground ball off Hayes glove should have been called foul. I was wrong and lacking in judgment and 13. It was the 5th inning, the Yanks, who didn't score a lot of runs had 12 outs left on the road, crowd was going nuts and chanting that Braves chant, and I did think the game was over. A half inning later, I hear my dad still watching the game in his room. He wasn't as intense or as devoted a fan as I was (I kind of got my family into sports as a kid and not the other way around), but I heard him shouting excitedly. He rarely showed emotion like that watching games, especially if I wasn't in the same room with him. I switched back to the game and now it was 6-2 somehow, and I saw another single plate a 3rd run, 6-3. Now I was back into it, and even when Bielecki pulled his 3 strikeout miracle act I stayed with it and that Leyritz homerun was a huge thrill. Thought it was a can o' corn to Andruw Jones off the bat. My dad would give me a little crap for a while about how I lost faith and he never did. I'll gladly accept a little fatherly ribbing to see them come back the way they did that night. And to think, from game 4 on, there was never a point in any of the Yankees wins that you could breathe easy and say ok they got this one. It was a constant panic attack nail biter to the bitter end with the tying run at 2nd base and winning run at 1st in game 6 with Lemke up and a 3-2 count. I really do love that series.

[@drlee2]

billny33 I didn't even have a rooting interest in this series, but I didn't like the Braves, so by default I was pulling for the Yankees going into it. But then their team really drew me into their gutsy, gritty, passionate play that I actually rooted for the Yankees to win because I thought they earned respect. But you being a hardcore fan, I can understand it being hard to watch. I just had this feeling the Yankees could crawl back into it. It felt like one of those games and surely enough they pulled back even and forced extra innings. then Game 5 was a pitching duel between Pettite and Smoltz, with Pettite making smart decisions and big plays. Great series!

[@billny33]

I'm glad that translated to fans of other teams who watched this series. That '96 team is my all time favorite for the specific reason that I felt like we weren't the badguys or the evil empire, we were a likable, endearing underdog team, hadn't won in 18 years, heavy underdogs to the Braves, that not only kept getting up off the mat, but they won you over like a good sports movie. And this video really captured that beautifully.

[@coreygibson87]

billny33 yeah both my parents woke me up by their screams as soon jim leyritz hit that tying home run. ever since that I became a yankee fan.

[@Nikki-rb8iq]

billny33 I was in 4th grade and told to go to bed earlier in the game because "we lost". My mom raised the volume so I could hear the TV when they started rallying. I remember hearing "in the air to left field..." and bolting out of my bed.

[@melissarust9580]

When the narrator mentions that Bobbie Cox was the first coach to be ejected from a World Series game since 1985, he was mistaken. He was ALSO ejected in a World Series game in 1992 vs. the Blue Jays. ☺️

[@billny33]

Good observation. i noticed that too. The narrator was wrong here. Need fact checkers.

[@littlejohnny9439]

That's a surprising low number. I'll bet Earl Weaver got ejected 5 times, but that only counts as one guy.

[@bigdbohnen]

Coming back from losing the first 2 at home, winning 3 on the road and winning the world series in 6 will never happen again. 3 things come to mind: 1) Cone gutting out a huge win in game 3 2) Boggs great at bat in game 4 to take the lead 3) Andy Pettitte's performance in game 5. Who would have thought at the time that Andy Pettitte would become the greatest big game pitcher of his time.

[@billny33]

+Dave Bohnen One game. would you take Andy Pettitte or Jack Morris? Is Andy in that conversation? Neither is in the hall of fame.

[@bigdbohnen]

+billny33 Man thats a tough question. I can't figure out how for the life of me how Jack Morris isn't in the hall of fame. I'd probably rather Petitte considering his reliability by a slight edge

[@JackCallSports]

billny33 Well now Morris is lol

[@williamkanejr3233]

The Braves did a lot worse to LOSE the series. Greg McMichael getting lit up in the 8th inning of Game 3; the fly ball down the line in Game 4 and what it led to; Braves leaving 2 runners on in the 5th inning of Game 4 before the Yankees began the climb back; the Braves leaving the tying run at third to end Game 5; then the two big chances they had in Game 6. And I haven’t even touched on the errors the Braves made that contributed to the Yankees getting back in it. The Yankees did do a lot right, don’t get me wrong. But the Braves did NOT play well those last four games AT ALL except their starting pitching. Those guys were fantastic. Especially Smoltz. He’d have easily been MVP if the Braves had won.

[@couldntthinkofagoodnamesoi8357]

Thanks for posting - this is a treasure.

[@vincentlofaro8500]

I was in my 20's! My absolute favorite Yankee team!!!

[@notoriouseagle1074]

"23 World Championships, no team in any sport has more." Montreal Canadians had 24 at the time.

[@francisalbert1799]

The NHL didn’t have exclusive rights to the Stanley cup until 1927. The Canadians won 22 since the NHL took over the Stanley Cup rights on a full-time basis in 1927. The other two titles came from other leagues. I’m not trying to make meatballs just trying to help give an explanation to why the narrator said what he said.

[@zap_sigma1]

And the Habs STILL have just 24. The Yankees have 27. In fact, the Habs don't even have the all time highest winning % in their own League's history. That distinction goes to the only Franchise, in the history of the four North American Professional sports league's with over 5 years of existence that has NEVER had a losing season, The Vegas Golden Knights. #Let's go Yankees #Go Knights Go

[@zap_sigma1]

@@francisalbert1799 you are factually correct.

[@johnnygunzfilmbuff7821]

I was 3 years old when the Yankees won this World Series. Even though I was little I didn't understand at the time. When your three years old your memory retention is not good. I'll never forget my dads reaction when Jim Leyritz hit the home run off Mark Wohler's to tie the game up. He was screaming clapping jumping up and down, and my mom was annoyed at him for screaming so loud she was sleeping. It's weird how I still remember that despite being only three years old.

[@billny33]

I was 13. I watched the first 5 innings getting more and more frustrated. When Lopez ground ball down the lime went off Hayes glove making it 6-0 I shouted and turned off the game, sure it was over. I turned on a Sega Genesis game called Wacky Worlds. This is more of a creative game where you can put all kinds of things on the screen that you want. So using the letters available, I filled the tv screen with a message. THE BRAVES STINK! SO DO THE UMPS! And left it there for some time. An inning later, my dad came bursting out of my parents room, "Hey Bill, did you see what happened?" I was done with the game, nothing at that moment could have given me hope I thought but I said fine and looked in his room and a base hit had just made it 6-2, I then watched the next one making it 6-3. It was only the 6th inning. Ok wow. Now there's a shot! Let's do this! I watched intently the rest of the way. My dad would playfully give me crap for turning the game off too early, told me not to give up on them, he didn't. I had to take it, he was right. The rest as they say, was history.

[@johnnygunzfilmbuff7821]

Yup. Its like yogi Berra saying it ain't over till it's over. When you look back at that game the way it was going it looked like they were in the verge of losing that game.

[@davidmeyer1157]

This series was amazing..The Yankees bullpen just completely outpitched the Braves..if the Yanks pitching had been anything less than fantastic...who knows...Leyritz, Pettitte, Key and Girardi all came up big...:-)

[@KinkESizemore]

If only the Braves’ upper management had focused on having a solid bullpen…there’s no telling how many the Braves could have won. The 90s Yankees were really the pioneers of having a great bullpen.

[@davidellis5141]

" Gonna Lose 3 In A Row " !

[@jacobrichardson1952]

My dad remembers this World Series he was 22 I forgot what work he did but he watched games 1-6

[@knicksfan89]

and that game 1 loss is no longer the worst postseason loss in yankee history

[@jacobrichardson1952]

@@knicksfan89 yea fuck game 1 Atlanta suck ass

[@PowerStruggle555]

i remember getting this vhs for christmas the year they won

[@cambonious23]

I did too

[@courtgizzle]

@@cambonious23 I had 1998 vhs for Christmas

[@Surfer041]

This was a team. Unlike today's collection of individuals.

[@mrdeplorable953]

Thoes 90s were magical

[@jamalmccoy1982]

That 96 Yankee team was special. ...

[@coreygibson87]

My very favorite is 1998

[@Bull1908]

Greame Lloyd was an unsung hero in this series. He bailed out the bullpen in Games 3 and 4 when Rivera struggled. He had an ERA of 0.00 and handled both McGriff and Klesko, got the Game 4 win. He did an excellent job, good thing they traded for him that summer for Wickman and Williams.

[@billny33]

I remember being mad Graeme Lloyd made it to the postseason roster in '96. When we made that trade he was playing hurt for us and pitched pretty bad, I thought he/the trade was a bust. We also had a nasty lefty specialist named Dale Polley and I thought it was a crime to let Lloyd get the spot and not Polley based on their regular season prowess. Torre must have seen something in Lloyd that I didn't because he was great in that postseason and also really solid in 97 and 98 too. It was sad to lose him in the Wells-Clemens trade as collateral damage. He turned out to be a really good Yankee. He even ran out of the bullpen fighting like hell against the Orioles when Benitez hit Tino in the back.

[@williamkanejr3233]

As someone who was rooting hard for the Braves in this series, I always wondered what would have happened if that Braves team had Andres Galarraga instead of Fred McGriff.

[@courtgizzle]

Lloyd got traded along with David Wells and Homer Bush in February 1999 for Roger Clemens on the frost day of spring training.

[@drewbravo1873]

Love this video. I can die happy one day knowing i taped myself and Andy Pettite throwing toilet paper at each other at this 96 ticker tape. What a crazy morning.

[@billny33]

That sounds great. I was in 8th grade and didn't think to skip school to go to the parade. I really wish I had though. I went to later parades. If you have digitized that video you should upload it to yt and post the link here in the comments, I'd get a kick out of seeing it.

[@nathanrobinson1099]

That sluggers video ad hahahaha oh man that didn't age well lol..."where do you get your power from?"

[@chrisuncleahmad666]

Crazy to think the Yankees won this WS despite hitting only 2 HR- and none at home! Bernie Williams had more HR's by himself in Texas in the LDS, for perspective

[@courtgizzle]

Chris Kreager while Atlanta hit 4. 2 by andruw Jones and 2 by Fred Mcgriff

[@whywelovefilm7079]

Damn, Joe Buck was announcing MLB games all the way jack in 1996???? Mind blown!!! 🤯🤯🤯

[@billny33]

96 was his first year doing the national telecast but he was doing local games earlier like he called Mark Whiten's 4 HR game in 1993.

[@ericradford2142]

Who knew that a young Joe Buck was doing his first World Series for FOX??

[@NathanDav42]

This is on the short list of best 6-game World Series ever because it wound up deciding the whole decade. The Braves had won the NL Pennant for an astounding 4th time in 5 postseasons (not counting the 1994 strike, the ‘93 NLCS loss to the Phillies was the only time they missed the World Series from ‘91-‘96) and were the defending champions. 2 games into the series, not only did the Braves have the ‘90s locked up, it looked like they’d be a repeat of the Big Red Machine of the 1970s. The Reds went on to sweep the Yanks in ‘76 to repeat as World Champs. The Yanks learned and won back-to-back themselves in ‘77 and ‘78. So the stage was set: the Braves would win and if the young Yanks were to eventually win, it’d have to be later. But then the series went back to Atlanta with no off-day in between because of rain, and the Yanks used that lack of a travel day to win game 3 and stop the Braves’ momentum cold. Game 4 is the one the Braves should absolutely have had after going up 6-0, which would have put them up 3 games to 1. But the Yanks came back to tie the series. Then after that marathon game 4, both lineups looked exhausted in game 5 as Smoltz and Pettitte dominated. This was the game that swung ‘Team of the Decade,’ to the Yanks, who won 1-0. Then the Yanks finished out their 4th straight win, won their 23rd championship, laid the cornerstone of their dynasty, and had won the first 4 of a record World Series-game winning streak of 14 straight games (4 straight in ‘96, 4 game sweeps over the Padres in ‘98 and Braves in ‘99, then winning the first 2 over the Mets in 2000, then losing game 3 before winning 4 & 5 to win their 3rd straight title and 4th in 5 years).

[@johndooley661]

Yankees were deep . Made adjustments with Fielder Strawberry in the starting lineup. The depth they had was tremendous.

[@johndooley661]

And remember. The Yankees were actually underdogs . Atlanta had experience pitching that was just so dominant and a offense that could play big and little . I believe they almost won 100 games.

[@mikem591]

Loved this series. Too cool..

[@tirsomontas2823]

Yankees comeback, is one of the most amazing coming from behind ever

[@gezzarandom]

Remember watching the Olympic gold medal match in Sydney 2000 between USA and Cuba, the US pitcher Ben Sheets did to the Cubans what Maddux did to the Yankeees in game 2. Must have been infuriating for the batters of both sides lol.

[@iamhungey12345]

To think the 1996 Yankees has more Hall of Famers than during their peak in 1998 and 1999. Even if Bernie gets in via the VC, this would have added one more for the 1996 team as well.

[@DoeADeer88]

Between the two teams, there are 11 Hall of Famers in this series (including the managers).

[@birdmann128]

Awesome video!!!!!!! Great year for baseball.

[@ZonerHODHC]

I was born in 96

[@francisalbert1799]

I was in seventh grade. Great memory the 96 team.

[@Jeff_Pryce]

What’s insane is that the Yankees were outhit, outhomered, outscored by the Braves, and yet they STILL won the World Series because they runs they scored, they scored when it mattered. They rose to the big moments when it mattered. They had the most heart when it mattered. That’s championship DNA.

[@beyoncebillings6625]

The Yankees stole this world series

[@courtgizzle]

Yep. They put the braves back to school

[@gezzarandom]

Interesting fact, this series only had one home win.

[@courtgizzle]

It's amazing after the Yankees lost game one, Joe Torre predicted they will lose game 2, win three straight in Atlanta and win it at home in game 6.

[@JohnDoe-kj3dz]

Courtney Gibson Jr way more interesting

[@bronxgurl6293]

The 96 post season all of Yankee loses were at home, they were undefeated on the road.

[@smittykins]

Whenever MLB Network shows this, they edit out the "everyone meets at the bat" segment.

[@billny33]

Well then, good job MLB Network, that segment was terrible.

[@draneym2003]

That segment was so bad it was genius. Just to put this in perspective, the one guy needs to clarify that Anthony is someone's name, couldn't find a friend standing five feet away for let's say 2 hours, and yet makes enough money to afford tickets to a World Series.

[@E180TEKNO]

the 90s the good old days!!! the people who used to go to the stadium we can see, they like 13:08 this mami looks happy and people were happy at that time

[@chrisuncleahmad666]

Crazy to think that at one point, it looked like we might get a Cardinals/Yankees WS.

[@billny33]

+Chris Kreager not crazy at all. It was 3-1 Cardinals in the NLCS. That definitely is what should have happened. But then the Braves woke up and realized 'hey, we're the Braves goddamnit!' and turned it around for the next 5 games.

[@gezzarandom]

+billny33 It happened again in 2004, when the Yankees 3-0 up against the Red Sox and yet the Red Sox turned it round to prevent the Yankees/Cardinals, maybe we're just not meant to see it lol.

[@courtgizzle]

Chris Kreager Yankees would of also took down the cards 4-1

[@87Khein]

@@billny33 You can talk about "what should have happened" all you want but if you want to say the Cardinals "should have" been in the World Series then the Braves "should have" won the World Series after going up 2-0 on the road and having a 6-0 lead in Game 4. That's why they play the games. The 1996 World Series will haunt me until the day I die. It's up there with the Falcons blowing that Super Bowl to New England.

[@johnszczerba9979]

Mariano Rivera was the setup man but he somehow faced the heart of the Brave's order more often than Wettland. He also breezed through his appearances usually while Wettland seemed on the verge of blowing the game

[@jonmolina948]

19:02 was messed up. I saw the series but I recall that happening to Tim Raines.

[@res340]

Charlie Hayes infield in able to keep game 1-0 in 9th, fuc*ing huge !!!!!

[@williamkanejr3233]

Good point. I forgot about that one in other comments. Good on him. I hated it at the time. But that was an awesome play. He also helped the comeback be possible in the 5th inning of Game 4 just by getting a glove on Andruw Jones’ first hit that game. Yes, Chipper Jones scored and it was 6-0 when he did. But Hayes kept the ball from going all the way into the left field corner. If he hadn’t, McGriff also would have scored and it would have been 7-0.

[@sgtlegacy7]

I know baseball is a superstitious sport, I went to 2 ALCS games against BAL and 2 WS against ATL, the Yanks went 1 & 3 in those games so I stop going and was rewarded with a WS win!

[@AmyWilkinson-t7f]

Old Greahm what a dude from down under a real Yankee always

[@jameslisle7775]

26:45 The pitching performance that saved the Yankees season!

[@courtgizzle]

That pickoff move by Pettitte in game 5 of that series was an important pitching performance too.

[@MovieFinatic]

Any Yankees fans remember Graeme Lloyd LOL?

[@coreygibson87]

oh hell yeah. one of the best relievers.

[@billny33]

Lloyd was huge for them during their whole late 90s run. I remember when the Yankees dealt for him in 1996 and he was really bad. They said he was injured and damaged goods but I didn't trust that. I followed that team very close as a kid so I was really concerned about who was making the postseason roster. They had another lefty specialist reliever named Dale Polley. He was so reliable. I thought they had to give Polley the nod over Lloyd for the postseason roster. They trusted Lloyd for some odd reason but once they got to the playoffs, he was a different pitcher. And from that point on, Lloyd's delivery gave lefties all sorts of problems for years to come.

[@iamhungey12345]

I mostly remember the guy pas part of the package along with Wells in that trade for Clemens.

[@nathanrobinson1099]

Jays fans do too

[@bronxgurl6293]

The tall Aussie! Should be been WS MVP.

[@johnszczerba9979]

This video didn't capture at all how crazy the crowd went on that giradi triple in game 6. They just showed one giy cheering...look up clips of that Giradi triple on KZbin. Whole stadium went apesh#t. The cameraman couldn't keep their cameras steady cuz the ground was shaking

[@roberteugene7295]

The voiceover (by Len Cariou) made 2 mistakes. While true, Bobby Cox was the first manager ejected from a world series game since Whitey Herzog in 1985, his first world series ejection was 4 years earlier, in 1992, in Toronto. The other mistake? In 1996, one other sports franchise had more championships than the Yankees 23: the Montreal Canadiens had 24 Stanley Cups. The Yankees wouldn't surpass that for a few more seasons.

[@knicksfan89]

well spotted

[@jaquino451]

True but the NHL was not in form when tue Canadians won their first stanely cup. The Yankees overall were more successful they up to that point 35 or 36 American league penants.

[@smittykins]

“So he won 4 Cy Youngs, he ain’t that good.” 🤣🤣🤣

[@littlejohnny9439]

I was paging thru the Baseball Reference Team stats from 1991 thru 2005 and I cannot believe that the Braves could have only won ONE World Series during that time. Some of their best seasons they didn't even make it to the World Series, like in 1998 when they won 106, their FIFTH best starter won 16 games! How does that team not win every playoff and the World Series in FOUR GAMES???

[@jordansoviet23]

Baseball is a sport where everyone has to contribute not only one or three individuals which we see in other sport.

[@littlejohnny9439]

@@jordansoviet23 Here this Braves team in 2021 that won only 88 games in the season, That's 7 games over 500, has as many world championships as the great Braves teams of the 90s. It's a funny game.

[@williamkanejr3233]

That was the year the Yankees won 114.

[@marios2150]

These videos are awesome 👌

[@felixking6634]

Does playing for the Yankees an extended period of time cause hair loss? (Joe Girardi, Derek Jeter.)

[@DoeADeer88]

Felix King it's a stressful job!

[@smittykins]

John Smoltz played for the Braves and he’s pretty bald.

[@courtgizzle]

Big Mo lost it too.

[@mattybaseball4418]

I'm pretty sure what happens is that they get older

[@loucaruso3971]

Thank Goodness The Outfield Coach & I Can Remember, Coach Moved O"neill Over To Right Center & Back A Few Step"s, & For Day"s We Heard O"neill & Tender Hamstring, Off Palona"s Bat, You Watched & O"neill Actually Reaching Up. & The Ball Was Almost Passed Him & Caught The Ball !!!! & When He Banged On The Wall, FINALLY !!!! Thank Goodness Game Was Over & Back To New York !!!! Stay Strong....Peace

[@nostalgiaman6816]

It was Outfield Coach Jose Cardenal.

[@loucaruso3971]

@@nostalgiaman6816 Yes Sir !!! Great Time"s !!!!

[@youngw.a.r2709]

This and 2009 are the best seasons as a Yankee fan.

[@billny33]

2009 was great but I gotta put 09 third behind 96 and 98.

[@courtgizzle]

My very favorite is 1998.

[@mikem591]

32:20 - Torre was cool. He’s like a good dad...

[@courtgizzle]

He should teach Aaron Boone about managing a team

[@daviddavenport1485]

That Super Sluggers tape didn't age well...

[@courtgizzle]

39:16 that’s a nice move by Blauser

[@gijoey5912]

Smoltz lost two of the great 90s World Series pitching duels. Game 7 in 91 and Game 5 of this series.

[@jgkidd82]

Doesn't quite sting as much to watch this now.

[@KinkESizemore]

I’m watching this one final time to put it to rest. But it’s now just a bad memory.

[@Bull1908]

Im a big Blue Bloods fan and didnt realize the narrator was the guy who played Henry Reagan (actor Len Carou) on the show lol.

[@billny33]

I didn't even know Len Cariou was an actor. Did not know what else he was known for.

[@samsimpson331]

How are you? Keep Up The Good Work. irate strange What's happening.. 11

[@Chrisman77]

1:07:23 not true. cox himself was ejected from game 3 of the 1992 world series against Toronto. not for arguing but because he threw a helmet on the field.

[@JohnJohn-do2oj]

McGriff was a Beast

[@williamkanejr3233]

He was. But this Braves team was too left handed. They needed another righty power bat. Andres Galarraga was still in Colorado, however, until 1998.

[@jameskennedy8030]

Tommy John predicted a Atlanta win that game

[@pumakat1880]

1:13:10 when he says that no team has won more championships then the Yankees 23 World Series at the time, he’s actually wrong, the Canadians of hockey at the time had 24 championships and still do have 24, the Yankees did not make that a fact till 1999 when they won there 25th, it’s hard to admit it as a die hard yankee fan, but I just had to point it out

[@TheLockdownKidNYC]

Not one moment from Tino Martinez, eh? Don't worry. He got his too.