2001 Mariners "Sweet 116"

[@charris1802]

best team to never win the world series

[@quickman1047]

Nobody knew that. That's called hindsight.

[@blobulous3500]

if they kept Griffey and Johnson they would have beaten the yankees and probably won the world series

[@joesakic91]

@C Harris Also, the best team to never make the World Series. The 1906 Chicago Cubs also had 116 wins and made the World Series before losing to their cross-town rivals, the White Sox.

[@alanluscombe8a553]

They have sucked every season since. I loved the mariners in 01 they are a wonderful childhood memory.

[@jackgaydos9945]

Seattle in the 2000's was a freaking vibe

[@BirbarianHomeGuard]

My grandpa got this for me at the Mariner’s team store at south center back in the day. We watched this together many times. Miss you, Grandpa.

[@peteocean2848]

I was living in Kent when Mariner's made the postseason with Ichiro classic times you're right

[@santinokalel1259]

pro tip: watch series on Flixzone. Been using it for watching loads of movies lately.

[@laytonfranco967]

@Santino Kalel yup, I have been using Flixzone for months myself :)

[@weirdbeard1980]

That's beautiful, I love that

[@elenaross2620]

Watching this after Ichiro announces retirement. Thank you for everything you did. No question He'll be a first ballot hall of famer.

[@Yolomanning18]

elena ross he’s the 🐐

[@rob604]

Isn’t it crazy he only retired 5 years ago 😭 unbelievable career and guy

[@OnwardAndAwkward]

Watching this after the Mariners won 14 straight going into the 2022 All Star break! Go M's!

[@NerdPowah]

Watched this over and over and over again as a kid. Wore out the VHS until I found a DVD of this. This is real fun to revisit it the midst of the M's current run (13-2 at present). Oh, and I miss you so dearly, Dave. Wish you were here. My Oh My!

[@reck0n3r]

Jays fan watching this after that monumental collapse last night against the Mariners. 😂

[@AJ-ly8si]

Used to watch this on VHS when I was about 5 years old. Nostalgia revamp.

[@gretzkyan]

Whoa! Are you me? I was born in '96 as well and got this at a Lowe's with my dad. I watched it like every day!

[@NerdPowah]

@@gretzkyan Born in '95. As I was getting into baseball as a kid, I watched the "My Oh My" 1995 VHS. Every. Day. I still have it sitting around somewhere.

[@seanrojas]

yo wtf I watched this like 20 times as well as a kid. Born in '94 and also think my parents got this at Lowe's

[@jackgaydos9945]

That's crazy, I was born in 2000, I watched this hundreds of times growing up, total nostalgia.

[@zacharyloewke6366]

Born in ‘96. Played ball in my front yard all summer with my brothers and the other neighborhood kids to the sound of Dave echoing out of the garage. This team were made of my childhood heroes.

[@blobulous3500]

the worst part about this team was not losing to the Yankees it was that ken Griffey jr and randy Johnson were not part of this great team they kept them they probably would have beaten the Yankees and won the world series

[@TheBatugan77]

Sorry no. Yanks were still better.

[@ronpetrovich2283]

98 Yankees > 2001 Ms at least the 98 Yankees won the world series unlike Seattle who almost lost in the ALDS

[@bamesbamesbames]

Always a pleasure to hear the golden voice of the legendary Dave Niehaus

[@torferguson3866]

I like how Japan had a big influence on the Puget Sound Mariners seeing as the Northwest does a good amount of business with Japan. Teamwork between countries is very gratifying

[@breakfastmachine]

this was such an amazing season and story after the heartbreak of how the griffey/johnson/a-rod era ended, and then this team completely broke my heart in the playoffs. i was never a baseball fan like i was this season again.

[@kegsie100]

I’m a British Mariners fan and I came over to a couple of games in 2000 and again in 2002 and sandwiched between my trips was the greatest season ever. I own this video on DVD and watch it every now and then and still get goosebumps.

[@N8R_Quizzie]

Get ready to fly right over again because this season is sounding like 2001. Got the bullpen, got some hitters, speedy dee. We can take a lead and keep it which is what is so exciting.

[@charris1802]

we are going to collapse like in 2003

[@N8R_Quizzie]

C Harris lol I made this comment in a different time. Now the bullpen is a lot weaker, and the bats are colder. Other than that nothing has really changed so we have that 1st half of 2018 in us.

[@Pyrethryn]

Of course the only year Seattle was a real contender was in 2001, when they had to go against a post 9/11 New York team. Take a look at the Yankee pitchers strike zone vs. the Seattle Mariners strike zone. The whole world wanted New York to come on top, regardless whatever sport. And they did. Then people got bored and were ok with the Arizona win. Seattle would have destroyed whatever team the National team would have put forward.

[@Pyrethryn]

@Lighthouse in the Storm Cleary I'm still sore about it lol, but I do have to say we were all in New York's corner then, and I cheered them on as much as anyone. It's just Seattle's dumb luck that it happened the one year they were unstoppable. And probably, they choked.

[@TheBatugan77]

@@Pyrethryn You're not sore. You're full of shit.

[@chaz764]

Wasn't even born when this happened, hopefully after this offseason we can put together a team that can do anything near this special. * (16:14) Patrick Mahomes dad pitching for the Rangers

[@weirdbeard1980]

That's amazing! I was 21 that year and here I am at 42 with the M's poised to make the playoffs again. At that point I just assumed we would be in the playoffs for years to come. So don't take it for granted! Enjoy this team, go out and see em. I got to see junior, Edgar, randy and company back in the day. We've got a new crop of stars. Go out and see then because you never know.

[@fortynights1513]

@@weirdbeard1980 The M’s would prove to be a pretty good team over the next two years, probably on par with the teams you can expect to see in the fifth or sixth seed now but wouldn’t make it in 02 or 03. Side note: The AL in 02 had six teams with 93 wins or more. That’s a lot at the top. Then the Mariners showed their age in 04 and bottomed out, and would proceed to have probably the worst ten year stretch they’ve had since their expansion years over 2004-2013. After improving a bit in the mid 2010’s, and missing the playoffs by a few games or less twice, the M’s did a full rebuild in 2019, and have now had back to back 90 win seasons, and another playoff appearance. Say what you want about how good they’ve been, or what you expect of the Mariners going forward, but it was cool to see them in the playoffs again, and 2022 was a wild ride.

[@benny4894]

Woah, this is on KZbin?? I remember watching this over and over with my brother as a kid on VHS. Ichiro coming to Seattle was the spark this team needed, so sad that the club never put together a squad like this again. Happy birthday Ichiro, forever my favorite baseball player!

[@22tango79]

Lou: “He’s a good all around ball player…” Ichiro proceeds to have one of the the greatest seasons of all time.

[@DBZfan41]

Seeing safeco with playoff baseball just makes me hope that the current rebuild will work this time. Mariners fans deserve to root for a good team again. And I think we are on the right track to do that

[@kingstevo2347]

9-11-01 changed my life forever

[@DudetaketheBus]

watching the home run derby, so many classic ball players... so much nostalgia for me :(

[@StFidjnr]

The start of the ichiro era

[@Triton63]

I'm a diehard Red Sox fan living in Seattle. I was there for the 2001 Seattle Mariners. What a team! One of my most loved baseball teams in my life time. On top of all that, Dave Niehaus was a greatest baseball announcer ever! No one comes close! Their playoff exit was heartbreaking.

[@RYMAN1321]

Add to the fact they never recovered from this Four games away from going to the World Series to missing the playoffs for 20 years and counting Talk about a fall from grace

[@ronpetrovich2283]

The best game all year was game 5 of the 2001 ALCS. An ass kicking by the Yankees.

[@johnstjohn1987]

​@@ronpetrovich2283Yeah then the Yankees met Arizona in the World Series. An Ass Kicking by the Diamondbacks

[@giuliettarenner1343]

NO WORLD SERIES APPEARANCES EVER..NO RINGS ..NO TITLES ,ONLY HEARTBREAK...AND Benedict Arnold 》 =KGJ

[@hmhm856]

Shame they lost that game 162 at home to the Rangers, that prevented them from getting 117 wins, which would have been the most wins ever in an MLB season.

[@-linusthegoat-4825]

Or that game against Cleveland where they had a 14-2 lead in the 7th

[@packerfan655]

Best team to never win the world series.

[@ericradford2142]

One day Mariners fans, the Mariners will bring a World Series to Seattle.

[@whitetiger4724]

Have you been watching for the past 20 years? :P

[@ericradford2142]

Yes I have however I feel the Mariners have a plan.

[@ronpetrovich2283]

Not

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

As an A's fan, of course, I hate the Mariners. Rivalry requires that lol. But 116 wins is fucking ridiculous. That was an amazing baseball team. I mean, the A's won 102 games and finished 14 games out of first place! We went 94-42 after May 1st and never got within 8 games of first place. So after we got our hearts pulled out in that 2001 LDS, I was REALLLLLLLLLLLLLY hoping this juggernaut Mariners team could get it done. But having watched the struggle they had with Cleveland, I kinda had a bad feeling. Losing those two games at Safeco told me the show was over...but you can't just be relegated to another team when you win 116 games. Just incredible. Eventually, you'll get back to the playoffs and make noise.

[@harris2413]

What a wasted season they didn't even make it to the world series.

[@3SailorMartin]

We miss you, Kazu

[@myfavedc1]

Everyone in Seattle was at that 116th win game -- even if we weren't in the ball park we were IN THERE! :)

[@royceg3375]

Goodness I loved watching this as a kid.

[@andrewg.93]

Yes

[@royceg3375]

@@andrewg.93 we got em now😂

[@kitkompo]

i felt so bad in the late 90’s when i seen a lot of former Mariners wearing yankee jerseys. then the 2001 season happened and my opinion of catering a team around one superstar changed forever. A Team Wins Games, and a superstar will only sell a few more tickets at the home game. We need to win games, always. 🥰

[@tannershumate2349]

Embarrassing

[@TheMW2informer]

Damn the mariners waited 21 years just to get swept by the astros

[@iamthenight8683]

116 wins and choked in the playoffs

[@charris1802]

true they barely beat a average Cleveland Indians team and then got dominated by the Yankees

[@Zaron_Gaming]

@Christopher Martucci yup people don't seem to understand the influence 9/11 had on that team. They had a whole city behind them and a urge to counter the damage done that day. They played for a city played possessed and as a mariner fan I accept and respect that

[@Zaron_Gaming]

And i'm surprised the D-Backs were able to stop them. Randy is just one man but then again I have no clue who was on that team and should change that

[@Zaron_Gaming]

seems they had curt shilling. Two wondeful pitchers for game one and two of the world series.

[@Zaron_Gaming]

if you are in the mood for another documentary I found this looking at the wiki for the 01 world series. kzbin.info/www/bejne/omrEdICrrN6ViKs

[@RYMAN1321]

Unreal how they got quiet after this. Four games away from the World Series to never making the playoffs for 20 more years and counting

[@kapo2012fb]

Still ain't been to the playoffs since 😂😂

[@charris1802]

It's painful to watch this i thought this was our year damn the Yankees

[@fahad_nyc]

I apologise

[@TheKrazyk2010]

it would have been prevented if the Mariners didn't give away Tino Martinez, it was their own fault

[@alanluscombe8a553]

@@TheKrazyk2010 they seem to get rid of every good player they get and are just a stepping stone now. They have sucked ever since this season.

[@TheBatugan77]

Heh hehehe heh HEH HEHEHE HEH Go Yankees! ✊ Fist bump 👊

[@Motoicon]

Mariners destroy the Yankees during the regular season but fall short to them in the ALCS....To win 116 and not make it to the world series must have been devastating to this team

[@seahawks1185]

20 years later it's still depressing, lol.

[@Motoicon]

@@seahawks1185 Sadly....I agree...

[@TheBatugan77]

Heh hehehe heh...😆 HEH HEHEHE HEH! 😆😀😉

[@ronpetrovich2283]

Stupidest video ever. If Seattle had lost the ALCS to any other team they would've shown those highlights as well. They didn't show the ALCS highlights because they got whooped by the Yankees.

[@austinnix8604]

My grandma bought me this on VHS when I was 6 years old. I watched it every night for about 3 months. I love whoever posted this.

[@TheKrazyk2010]

This was moneyball before it was cool

[@TheKrazyk2010]

Song at 32:29?

[@patriot428]

They had a 6 year run (1995-2001) that made me love baseball. I was lucky to experience this in the great northwest.

[@AndrewJames391]

6 years and no pennants?

[@packerfan655]

It was because of the damn Yankees

[@grant234]

Yes, but the Yankees won in 5!

[@fernandomonserrat1029]

Aaaaaaaaand went home in 5 to the boys 💪🏾

[@lanebgspsa10]

2021 another year in the toilet......oh well jerry see ya....lol 20 years and still shitty!!!!!

[@livingroomcinema1987]

Last time the Mariners were relevant

[@CrystalClearWith8BE]

Guess what, baseball fans. For the 1st time since 2001, this year, the Mariners made it to the playoffs, but almost. They're in the wild card spot. This the 2nd time they have a wild card berth this year while the 1st year was back in 2000.

[@seanrojas]

WHOS HERE NOW THAT THEYRE IN THE PLAYOFFS AGAIN????

[@mexicoignaciozaragoza1239]

I’m an Astros fan, but this was the biggest postseason disaster in MLB history. 116 wins, and lost to the Yankees. After that, they didn’t reach the playoffs until 2022.

[@weirdbeard1980]

If 9/11 hadn't happened I firmly believe this team would of won the world series. It made baseball seem insignificant and the M's looked like a different team when they came back. I still love this team though. Been a fan since 84' and I've stuck by em through all these years. Through all the disfunction, the 100 loss seasons, the "almost made it to the playoffs"...still love my mariners.

[@weirdbeard1980]

@Lighthouse in the Storm sports is scripted eh? You clearly never played high level competitive sports. You can't script professional level sports. I was a competitive level athlete for 15 years. But please, explain how a baseball game can be scripted.

[@weirdbeard1980]

@Lighthouse in the Storm oohhh, I get it. You're a troll, looking for a reaction. All good, I get your angle.

[@sweetmapleleafs]

Had it not been for 9/11, the Mariners would have easily beat the Yankees in the ALCS & DBacks in the WS. But this team had to push the Yankees in the WS as the city of NY was still hurting (it was just over 1 month post 9/11), & can you blame them for not being the team that ruined the hopes & dreams of NY''ers at the time? And none of the Yankees wanted any part of winning the WS when George Steinbrenner doubled down about having a parade going down the Canyon of Heroes, which was in the backdrop of Ground Zero. The optics would have been so horrible & for this I strongly believe is why the M's gave the Yankees the pennant, and gave AZ that WS crown. The M's are the real champs of 2001.

[@imrudd826]

Feel like I'm about to start watching this daily like I did when I was 8 🤣 Dave Niehaus' narration is making me tear up though. 😓 RIP Dave. I'm sorry we haven't won a World Series for you yet.

[@13boxing]

Lou pinella managed that team like a god omg I loved watching that 2001 mariners team greatest team to never win a title

[@flyingcolumn16]

48 minutes to recap the season 7 minutes to recap the ALDS 1 sentence to recap the ALCS 116 means nothing if you don't win it all.

[@desnutz901]

flyingcolumn16 yes but this Mariners team will always be remembered.

[@selerim]

Wow, what's 2001 Mariner most remembered for is their failure. Winning 116 games in regular season and not winning world series, yet alone the American League championship series

[@JoseGarcia-ki3vk]

selerim I think nobody expected them to win 116 games since they lost most of their key pieces after the 2000 season like Alex Rodríguez

[@mattbauder2725]

Fuck this hater ms for life no matter watt

[@Ryan-xw2gm]

@@mattbauder2725 this is kind of why i hate the playoff cause its just for dumb ass causally fan to watched like 12 games a season and think they know who is good.

[@TheKrazyk2010]

What's the name of the song at 32:34

[@ibraheemrao8434]

THE WORST part of their current playoff drought is that in 2003-2004 they went 93-69 each season . This marks the ONLY time in the wild card era 1995-present a team won 90+ in consecutive seasons and still missed the playoffs. Under the current two wild card format 2012-present they wild have made the playoffs each season. In 2014 on THE FINAL day of season they needed a win at home and a Oakland loss at Texas to force a play in game for the second wild card. The Oakland/Texas game started an hour earlier then their game and so they found in the middle of their that Oakland won 4-0 at Texas, bringing even more heartbreak to the team because they were in total control of their game. In 2018 they blew a ten game lead for the second wild card to Oakland beginning in mid june. Lost the second wild card to Oakland by eight games.

[@RYMAN1321]

I feel the Mariners are arguably one of the most cursed teams in baseball, especially since they’re now the only team to not reach the World Series

[@arthurculver2773]

Then we're told to lose to the Yankees because of the bombing. Somebody forgot to tell the D.backs

[@SupeDefy]

Then they get kicked out of the playoffs unceremoniously. Cool to win most games in a regular season but it's a hollow record. Pretty sure every player on that team would give up the 116 wins record for getting into the WS.

[@cuduco19]

@carson nelson Does anyone know the instrumental song at the end of the documental starting specifically at minute 54:41?

[@insertnamehere663]

Watching this gives me goosebumps. Dave Niehaus and Rick Rizzs are arguably the best voices in baseball.

[@charris1802]

wasted season

[@rooftopsports]

The 2000 Mariners was much more impressive than this team

[@majorbs1080]

As a White Sox fan, that first sentence hurt. But hoping the Mariners make the playoffs this year.

[@DistinguishedN00bs]

Ben Schwartz here’s hoping! Sorry about the Sox this year ):

[@RYMAN1321]

Still hasn’t happened :( They’re now the only team in baseball not to appear in the World Series

[@eenu]

Very funny how this just ends without even mentioning the ALCS

[@cameronvillarrealLp]

Also wonder what could’ve been had Griffey or Arod stayed ...

[@anthonypage7969]

I had this on vhs. Used to watch it a lot. That was the year the Ms should have won it all

[@mattbauder2725]

The production of this video is just magical niehaus calling and narrating the music in this is great God I love this team Ms for life

[@juanguevara4231]

the only seattle team who still cursed

[@RYMAN1321]

Do you think the Kraken will contend soon ?

[@miken.2847]

Would've been sweet had they not lost in the ALCS.

[@TheBatugan77]

Alas. They lost. Fist bump 🤜👊

[@TheKrazyk2010]

does anyone have the names of these songs throughout this video?

[@BirbarianHomeGuard]

SonicsJoe2013 I know right, so good.

[@joshweiner4645]

"116 wins for the Mariners! Enjoy it while it lasts, 'cause they're not going to make the playoffs again for another 20+ years!" Imagine saying that in 2001. Who would believe you?

[@TheBatugan77]

I would. Bunch of overachieving stiffs

[@cory6667]

i will forever remember seattle as the way it was in this golden era, sad to see it what it is now

[@angelorocksful]

Anyone looking at the recent comments here? The drought is over

[@disneyfannrkrb]

Yankees "you guys want some grape's"

[@coleparkinson9692]

I'm glad we can finally rest

[@cahg3871]

With a 116 game win total going into the playoffs,I figured the Mariners were a lock to win it all that season.Goes to show that anything can happen once the playoffs begin.

[@RYMAN1321]

Agreed Winning records is great, but in the end you have to win the games that count the most Add to the fact that they had no answer after losing to the Yankees

[@TheBatugan77]

Heh hehehe heh 😀 HEH HEHEHE HEH!😆 Go Yankees! ✊ Fist bump 👊

[@henrylant7049]

38:55 most animated Dave Neihaus call in the entire video

[@Miguel-mg6tu]

Its been so so so so Long....= (

[@alanluscombe8a553]

I really wanted seattle to get a world series but i accept the loss to the yankees they needed something good to happen to them at that time.

[@RYMAN1321]

Maybe, though the Yankees ultimately fell in a hard fought 7 game series to the Diamondbacks in the end

[@ogClownBaby]

Niehaus/Rizzs combo is too good

[@cyclops9125]

The 2022 dodgers will be 2nd best not to win WS

[@spiderman110990]

9:25 Edgar had such a classy bat flip

[@commanderludwig6009]

Greatest MLB team ever to not win a world series :(

[@TheBatugan77]

Sorry no.

[@David-nb3ex]

J O H N O L E R U D'S H E L M E T

[@nunyabizzy08]

21 years since playoffs and the 2022 M's broke the drought

[@rkfinn8794]

bret boone was launch angle before launch angle. I watched this on vhs so many times as a kid.That and lion king

[@Zaron_Gaming]

ahhh Dave we miss you so much.

[@timmysullivan2515]

All that to lose to my Yankees in a five-game ALCS

[@TheKrazyk2010]

It's funny that Mariner fans are still dwelling about this.... They should be remembered for choking the playoffs then doing well in a silly regular season when a quarter of that team was on steroids

[@RYMAN1321]

Agreed Winning records don’t mean squat if you come up empty handed in the end. Add to the fact that they haven’t even made the playoffs since

[@weirdbeard1980]

I was at that game when halama gave up 6 runs in the first couple innings against Texas. I'll never forget that game. Ryan Franklin came in with the bases loaded and no one out, shut down the rangers in that inning without giving up another run and then Booney went off!!! Our pitching staff didn't give up another run and every time Boone came up he smashed the ball and knocked in runs. I was there that day and it was one of the best mariners games I've ever seen in person.

[@andydgillis]

Still choking up even after all these years. No one will ever come close to Dave.

[@TheKrazyk2010]

DOES ANYONE KNOW THE NAME OF THESE SONGS????

[@TheBatugan77]

YES

[@TheKrazyk2010]

@@TheBatugan77 DO YOU HAVE THE LIST????

[@seanglennon4012]

What happened to the Mariners they were the team to beat in the late 90s

[@one7deep7savage7]

Those games were so fun as a kid!

[@wrayven]

I love how they left out Clemens striking out 15 Mariners in Game 4 of the ALCS. I am not a Yankees or Clemens fan, but why leave out one of the best postseason starts of all time?

[@aneilp7631]

That was in 2000.

[@mattwatters5702]

Doesnt mean a thing if you dont win the Series.

[@Losingsince]

The fact that this team didn’t win it all is the greatest tragedy in Seattle sports. We let the opportunity go. Fuck the Yankees! Remember 2001! Remember this when we finish rebuilding.......

[@RYMAN1321]

Would they have beaten the Diamondbacks though ?

[@3SailorMartin]

Nobody could call home runs like Dave. I miss that

[@MrObrien01]

The Mariners are in the postseason this year 2022!! This is coming from a Yankee fan!!

[@MrObrien01]

@Fries thank you best of your luck to your team vs the Astros too!

[@seanrojas]

does anyone know the song that starts at 10:33?

[@TheBatugan77]

Yes.

[@seanrojas]

@@TheBatugan77 what’s the name of it?

[@seanrojas]

@@TheBatugan77 yo what’s the name of the song???

[@camronjohnston5149]

Watching this before the 2022 opener, hoping they can replicate that season... with a better end result.

[@TheBatugan77]

No. They can't.

[@camronjohnston5149]

@@TheBatugan77 shhhh... just watch.