2001 Oakland Athletics vs New York Yankees ALDS Highlights

[@danielrivera2365]

Game 3 was one of the best games I ever saw Mussina pitch. As a Yankees fan, I was very doubtful since the A's got to both Pettite and Clemens. That A's lineup was absolutely stacked and Mussina held them at bay for 7 innings. What a performance!

[@iamhungey12345]

To be fair A's didn't really hit Pettitte since they score just two runs, the Yankees were shut down in Game 2. Not much could have been done at the time and how the offense were in Game 3 weren't much different.

[@murfdog19]

I've been watching baseball for 40 years. The 1996-2001 Yankees were the best team I've ever seen. They were nearly impossible to beat. They were at the brink of elimination so many times, but they always clawed back.

[@dukedematteo1995]

This was the Yankees dynasty most impressive series win....even more than the Braves in 1996. The 2001 A's were nasty. Nasty. A better team than the 96 Braves. 3 great starters, an MVP in Giambi who at the time was the best hitter outside of Bonds, with a solid patient lineup.

[@sre94]

Been an A's fan since 1987 (or I should say WAS, can't support the current carpetbagging owner). Most disappointing series I have ever experienced, even more so than the World Series losses. And believe me, there have been a LOT of disappointing series with this franchise in that time

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

Jeter’s incredible play took Shane Spencer off the hook- that was a BAD throw

[@VandelayIndustries61]

Yup, airmailed it over Tino. I believe Shane's career ended when he was caught publicly urinating with a teammate a few years later. Fitting for a guy who was only really good for one month in 1998. He pissed away his career lol.

[@CacophonyOfDestruction]

In all fairness given the pressure of the moment... The post season on the line only one loss away from elimination just weeks after 9/11... Chasing a well hit ball into the corner at Oakland of all places with a ridiculous amount of fowl territory... Then throwing it back as fast as he possibly could knowing the tying run was about to score... considering all that he didn't really miss Tino that badly. Always seen that play as a Jeter highlight more than a Spencer "Low light". O'Neill once in the subway series I believe really air mailed Knoblach and the ball landed in the opposing dug out. Bad throws happen but Spencer's wasn't really that bad all things considered. I'm wasn't a big Spencer fan back then but never heard of that incident your talking about. Have to look it up now. I'm pretty sure around the time Matsui signed with the Yankees Spencer signed a NPB contract and spent a few years playing in Japan before the official end of his career. I think he even played very well over there for a stretch before fizzling out similar to his MLB career. That was the last I ever heard of him.

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

The hottest team after the All Star break since the 1954 Indians, 67-20 since late June…. and somehow those old Yanks still found another way to find a way.

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

Oakland for a change of pace in the Big 3 era went with their 4th starter in a short series….. but even the white hot Cory Lidle couldn’t silence a team that has not experienced big game defeat save for a few bad innings 5 yrs ago against Cleveland.

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

The Yankees are not getting any younger, but they still know how to win. In October, age is just a number and youth isn’t always served

[@JahNuhThunDeeTheOneAndOnly]

The Oakland A’s lose back to back 5 game ALDS heartbreakers to the evil empire Yankees…heartbreak would end up being a trend of the Moneyball era

[@hmhm856]

1999-2006 was a successful era for Oakland, but always ended in heartbreak, with either stumbling in September and missing the postseason (1999, 2004, 2005), or getting eliminated in the Division Series first round (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003). And when they finally broke the division series curse in 2006, they then go on to get swept by Detroit in the ALCS. If they hadnt gotten swept by Detroit, then maybe 2006 would have been remembered more positively in this era.

[@jonjonbailey4314]

Heartbreaking. Giambi was safe tho. He shoulda slid

[@jonjonbailey4314]

N wasn't Dat Dye's last game fa Oakland

[@iamhungey12345]

@@jonjonbailey4314 No he's out, Posada got him abet barely as the replay shows. He definitely should have slid.

[@bizzles44]

The worst was the 2002 Twins. They were SO much better than that team and would've been nice to see them against Angels in the true battle of the AL west. If Koch didn't choke miserably in the 9th, might've came back to win that game 5. Then they beat the far superior Twins team in 2006, go figure...

[@raymelpoche9415]

That 01 A’s team was stacked

[@eric3298]

Damn miss these days ......

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

Last time Mike Mussina pitched in October, he was on the wrong end of a 1-0 playoff game (1997 ALCS G6 vs Cleveland). This time, he comes out on the winning side.

[@manofdef]

I know you meant ALCS because you have an amazing memory from the comments you make on this channel and others. That was a hell of a game, I remember Charles Nagy stranded runners all day and scattered something like nine hits and of course the Tony Fernandez homer off Armando Benitez. Was that a two seamer Joe Table got Robby Alomar to end it?

[@cdelano81]

If you were going to make out a list of teams that could dethrone the Yankees, my Oakland A's have to be at the top of the list. Even though we had to settle for the Wild Card, we did go 102-60 on the season, 67-20 since late June, and we have a loaded staff and a potent offense. We were ready to give the New York Yankees (95-65, 13 game margin to win the AL East) a run for it. In Game 1 at the Bronx, Mark Mulder was superb, allowing only one run in his 7 innings of work. Terrence Long hit two home runs and Jason Giambi also went yard as my A's won, 5-3. Then, the next night, Tim Hudson's sinker kept the Yankees' bats at bay with 8 shutout frames. Ron Gant's 4th inning home run off Andy Pettitte was all we needed in a 2-0 A's victory. Now, we were up two games to none and headed home to Oakland, where the A's had won 16 straight at the Coliseum. On a warm 89 degree late afternoon, I went to Game 3 with my father and twin brother, anticipating a potential changing of the guard. Especially with Barry Zito going for the Green and Gold. And Zito allowed only one run on two hits in his 8 innings of work. Jorge Posada's 5th inning blast was the only offense the Yankees could muster. But Mike Mussina, the Yanks' most effective starter in 2001, kept the A's bats cold for 6 2/3 innings. Then, Jeremy Giambi singled. Terrence Long then hit one down the right field line that looked like it would tie the game. Especially when Shane Spencer overthrew the ball over the two cutoff men in Soriano and Tino. But Derek Jeter came swooping in like a Michigan quarterback, corralled the ball, and threw a shuffle pass to Jorge Posada to tag Je. Giambi on the foot before he could touch the plate. Mariano Rivera came on in the 8th and threw two scoreless innings to seal the Yankees' 1-0 win. Although we still led the series two games to one, the atmosphere leaving the Coliseum was almost funerial. Not one word was spoken among the crowd leaving the park, and I don't think any of us spoke at all the entire ride home. In Game 4, everything that could go wrong for the A's did go wrong. Key errors, misplayed fly balls and every break going the Yankees' way led to a 9-2 Yankees win to send it back to the Bronx. The nightmare game went on seemingly forever as it lasted over 4 hours. Even worse, Jermaine Dye fractured his leg on a foul ball in the third, which would sideline him for the rest of the season. For the Yankees, it was a short and happy flight back to New York. At the Bronx for Game 5, we jumped to a 2-0 lead early. But the Yankees quickly tied it. Then in the third, a wild throw on a third strike, a walk and an error led to a Yanks' run. Despite four hits from Jason Giambi, the Yankees won the ball game, 5-3. And with it, the Yanks became the first team ever to drop the first two games of a best-of-5 series at home and came back to win the series. It was on to Seattle for Joe Torre and his resilient Yankees. As for me, after the game, I broke down, tearing my room apart and being in tears. At that point, if my A's couldn't beat the Yankees, I was beginning to wonder if ANYONE was ever going to beat the Yankees in October ever again. It was the Yanks' 10th straight postseason series' win after all and 13 of their last 14, and now were eyeing a fourth straight title.

[@hmhm856]

Oakland’s amazing offense just disappeared after game 1. In games 2, 3, 4, 5, Oakland scored zero to three runs; THAT IS BAD , considering that power lineup of theirs. And my goodness, did that game 3 changed everything. Oakland HAD NO BUSINESS losing that game 3, with the way that Zito was pitching, especially with the Yankees having lost the first two games at home. Just like in 2000, Oakland should be ashamed of themselves for not beating the Yankees in 2001. For the second consecutive season, we are denied an all AL-WEST-ALCS And I still say that Hudson should have started game 5 (given, Mulder is a stud who can shut-out any team) As for Oakland, three major huge losses in the offseason, as they have lost their stud clean-up hitter Giambi, their stud lead-off-man Damon, and their stud closer Isrinhausen.

[@GoBlue_yanks42]

That injury to Dye was one of the most horrific things I’ve ever seen watching his leg just buckle like that…

[@sre94]

I had to take a drive after that game to clear my mind. I had a classic car with a wooden steering wheel. I pounded on it so hard out of frustration that I broke it

[@Iamhungey]

Low key in 2000 your guys could have gotten us there as well. It's that how the A's lost in 2001 that pretty much made it more memorable while 2000 was more conventional in comparison.

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

Outside of three bad innings against Cleveland in 1997, Joe Torre’s Yankees simply do not lose in October.

[@dukedematteo1995]

The dynasty Yanks won 11 postseason series in a row (were a bad inning away from 12) an absolutely "impossible" feat that no one will ever come anywhere close to again. Since then, the most is 4 in row, by four different teams. Houston twice, Texas last year, the Redsox in 2007-2008., and the Yanks in 2009-2010. And before then, the most was 6 in a row by the Oakland three peat in the 1970s. The Yankee dynasties of the 30s only played one postseason series, so they won 4 in a row, and the 1949 to 1953 squad won 5 in a row. As time passes, it becomes more clear that what the Torre Yankees did was so odds defying and special. You will never see anything like it again.

[@hmhm856]

Jason Giambi will be a free agent in the offseason and he will sign with the Yankees Johnny Damon will be a free agent in the offseason and he will sign with the RSOX Jason Ishrinhausen will be a free agent in the offseason and he will sign with the Cardinals

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

This may have had the most dramatic plays of the LDS, but the best series from this round was Cardinals vs Diamondbacks

[@adrianmenchaca3046]

I was 15 years old these days, the last real dinasty of the baseball.

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

For a few hours on Saturday, it looked like we might have an Oakland-Cleveland ALCS

[@TB-vz8xg]

After falling behind 2-0, the Yankees rally to keep the hopes of the New Yorkers alive. This was on the strength of their bats and two of the most incredible defensive plays you'll ever see, both delivered by Derek Jeter.

[@Peezster]

And the payroll that kept buying championships.

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

“Jorge Posada busts out the whooping stick” HIP HIP JORGE

[@jonathangasana]

I’m thinking about Moneyball watching these highlights

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

If Posada does not hit that HR and Jeter still makes that flip, if it’s scoreless and game 3 goes to extra innings…… who knows?

[@jonjonbailey4314]

Damn dis was our best chance to advance n Giambi's last year even though we were better next year. Damn slide Jeremy!!

[@AndreiKenshin24]

8:00 Flip Play

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

Maybe, just maybe, it could be Braves vs Yankees one more time in the Fall Classic.

[@hmhm856]

As for the Yankees, Clemens lost his third consecutive game in that game 1 against Oakland and he was bad in game 5; Clemens might have started 20-1, but I thrust Mussina, Pettite, and El Duque more than Clemens. Clemens has now looked bad in his last 4 starts (two against Tampa and two against Oakland in the division series).

[@dukedematteo1995]

39 years old? Dude pitched nearly 5000 innings, and basically, the only arm trouble he ever had was that historic Dr Andrew's shoulder surgery (one of his 1st big athlete surgeries) in 1985. So while his arm held up forever, post age 35 Clemens had a ton of issues with groin and hammy. Went on the 15 day DL a few times, missed starts, and like we watched here he was rendered rather ineffective sometimes when he tried grinding it out.

[@oaklandfritz]

Deter Jeter is my favorite Yankee. He is charlie hustle and Mr. Clutch.

[@Mark-xl1ze]

Chokejob by the A's here.

[@juniorsantibanez3335]

As had three young ace trio

[@dukedematteo1995]

Why was Game 5 in NY? Oakland had a better record. And I thought 5 game series were 2-3 back then not 2-2-1. The 1995 LDS was 2 in NY, 3 in the Kingdome.

[@baxter1896]

Oakland was a wild card team that year

[@hmhm856]

7:31 Nice play by Knoublauch, to run all that and make the sliding catch. Remember, hes a second basemen

[@hmhm856]

Oakland cannot beat the Yankees in the postseason 1981 ALCS 2000 ALDS 2001 ALDS 2018 AL Wild Card Game

[@dukedematteo1995]

Not as bad as the Twins at least.

[@JahNuhThunDeeTheOneAndOnly]

7:47 This is simultaneously one of the greatest and one of the most overrated plays in baseball history.

[@hmhm856]

Had the Yankees lost this game or this series, it wouldnt have been glorified as it is.

[@JahNuhThunDeeTheOneAndOnly]

@@hmhm856 Yup

[@hmhm856]

12:57 Another postseason home run for David Justice.

[@carloslaroque]

You blew it Tejada

[@HueyLewisFan22]

Jeter such a hot dogger haha😂

[@JohnSmith-4U]

Johnny Damon with the A's?????

[@hmhm856]

Oakland got him in a big trade with the Royals and the Rays after the 2000 season. Damon was with the Royals Damon only played this 2001 season with the Athletics

[@TheKrazyk2010]

If only Jeremy giambi just slide