2002 World Series Game 6 (Angels vs. Giants) |

Take a look back at the memorable 2002 World Series, where the Angels turned the tide of the series with their Game 6 win!

[@eduardomorales5185]

This World Series is massively underrated. In fact, all World Series’ from the 2000s are underrated! Not that much people talk about them

[@mysteryman0216]

For real though! The Subway series, DBacks and Angels win their first title, Marlins take down the evil empire, Red Sox and White Sox end their massive title droughts, Cards win their first title in almost two decades, Rockies make their only appearance in a WS despite getting swept, Phillies first title in 28 years against newcomer Rays, Yankees.......yeah, and Giants first title in like what 56 years? It was an awesome decade to see. Not to be outdone by the 2010s, but certainly underrated massively!

[@conpop6924]

@@mysteryman0216 giants won in 2010. So not 2000s

[@philipsanchez8352]

This one is better than this year's world series

[@jasonleetaiwan]

2001 and 2002 World Series were both classics. We didn't get to see another great one until 2011.

[@shawnbrummett222]

Barry Bonds signature

[@walterbarsamian8915]

Easily without a doubt the single most important home run in Angels Team history. Great at bat by Spezio who had a great season that year as well.

[@rowanmiguel8435]

instablaster

[@illtakethebox]

2:13:10 if you're interested

[@turtle19dad]

Man I was getting PISSED!!!! I sat through 82 and 86. I was thinking not again...... then BAM!!!!😇

[@lisajasso7433]

@@turtle19dad yes i know me too

[@AzHaloFan2]

I was there!! If you watch the video of game 6 when erstad's home run goes in the right field, I'm on the front row raising my hands. It will forever be one of the greatest nights of my entire life

[@scottvasquez1401]

My sister was at game 6. She was in the Right Field Pavilion, and was very close to the Bonds Homerun ball.

[@patrickcarrillo714]

One of 2 times in my life I ever saw my Dad cry 1st was when my grandmother passed away the other was when the Angels won the World Series and I was blessed to be in Section 305 of Game 6 & 7 with him just turned 3 Years old at the time Dad got free season tickets due to him working at Southern California Edison for 30 years up to that point included the playoffs during those days Man was that an Experience of a lifetime I don't remember a lot of things from that age Game 6 & 7 are burned into my head I remember when Darin Erstad Caught that final out I have Never seen that stadium go that insane before or since brings back so many good memories I've still got my thunder sticks floating around somewhere

[@aaronscarpa7469]

“Looked like a change up from Worrell. It changed directions in a hurry.” Can we finally appreciate that Tim McCarver had some epic one-liners?

[@Linux567]

"Miss outside it's a single, miss inside it's 5 to 3".

[@BillRWare]

My favorite: Catchers don’t catch hanging sliders…fans do…

[@walterbarsamian8915]

I met Scott Spezio a couple of years after the Angels won the World Series. He was at a cards show in Anaheim and I was talking to him about this game and this at bat which along with Kirk Gibsons home run in the 1988 World Series was the single most dramatic moment I have ever witnessed in sports. Like the Dodgers in that series the odds were against the Angels coming back especially since they were down 5-0. When I asked Spezio about that moment that night he said that going into that 8th inning when the Angels rallied they never held their heads and always believed that they were going back and somehow at least tie the game even though were down 5-0. He said when they headed back to the dugout for that record breaking rally of an inning to start their at bat he told me that they believed that because they had done it all year that year and also did it against the 2 previous teams they had played in the playoffs up to that point in the 2 previo-us series that particular post season against the Yankees and Twins. Going into that World Series and into that game they believed they would not only rally and come back with that relentless offensive attack of theirs that season but also would win. I remember vividly watching this game and thinking to myself that would somehow come back and pull it off. They did. One of the great games ever. The following night the Angels celebrated their 1st World title. This current Dodgers World Series team that won this year reminds of me of that Angels team. They are both World Champions will forever be champions to.

[@danielgolus4600]

Nice recollection. But it was the 7th inning in which Spezio hit his 3-run HR that put the Angels back into the game, at 5-3. In the bottom of then 8th, it was Erstad who hit a line-drive HR to make it 5-4. And of course Glaus won the game for the Angel's with his 2-run double later in the 8th. The Greatest game in Angels history. And the greatest comeback in World Series history for a team facing elimination!

[@mr.d5050]

This and Frankie throwing absolute darts from being completely unknown.

[@chrisadams8182]

2:44:11…The single loudest thing I have ever experienced in my life! The stadium was shacking. Absolutely amazing!

[@supmyd00d]

How loud was Spiezio's home run in comparison? Can imagine both moments being deafening.

[@chrisadams8182]

@@supmyd00d Pretty much from then on it was nonstop. That double was the crescendo.

[@supmyd00d]

@@chrisadams8182 That's so cool. Must've been an experience of a lifetime.

[@thecrazynodak]

2:02:24 - Start of the 7th inning

[@mylestee5769]

I remember this day like yesterday. Growing up in Anaheim, just after my pop Warner practice ended. My dad and I walked into a packed pizza parlor and Scott Speez is at bat, down five. Place was going nuts by the end of it. A close second Angels moment for me was Kennedy’s hat trick against the twins. We’ll be back one day

[@xansolskjr8628]

I call this game "The Mistake." When Dusty Baker came out to get Russ Ortiz and gave him the ball thinking that it was going to be the GAME BALL when the Giants won the game and thus the World Series. M-I-S-T-A-K-E! Some Angels players took offense to this arrogant presumption and made the Giants pay dearly and ripped the Series right out from under them!

[@josecarranza7555]

2002 World Series is so underrated. If the Yankees had won the World Series the way the Angels did, it would be considered one of the all time greatest World Series. But since it’s a California World Series, it doesn’t get much love.

[@jamesgotsulias4878]

Considering what your avatar symbolizes, you don’t think they’d consider a Cowboys Super Bowl win to be a pretty big deal compared to a Chargers win? The Yankees are the most popular sports team, possibly even in the entire world. Of course a Yankees World Series would be popular, just like their losses are constantly referenced. Believe me, I constantly see games on from the ‘04 playoffs, ugh!

[@josecarranza7555]

James Gotsulias No, because there are good entertaining championship games and boring ones. And this was a great entertaining World Series.

[@ericsigersmith6067]

@@josecarranza7555 as a red sox fan this is still one of my favorites games all time

[@ericsigersmith6067]

Am I wrong when I say that dusty Baker is the Marty schottenheimer of mlb managers

[@josecarranza7555]

@@ericsigersmith6067 You’re not wrong. Great analogy. Both made the playoffs with great teams and failed in the playoffs choking it.

[@supermario_49]

Greatest comeback in Angels history! Go Angels!!

[@piddles11]

My favorite World Series of all time!!

[@danielgolus4600]

IMO the greatest game in Angels history! (ALDS Game 3 against NYY a few weeks earlier maybe the 2nd greatest.) This Game 6 was the greatest comeback in World Series history for a team facing elimination.

[@jackiechilds109]

Mets 1986 says hello.

[@danielgolus4600]

@@jackiechilds109Game 6 of the 1986 World Series may be the greatest game in Mets history.

[@danielgolus4600]

@@jackiechilds109 The Angels: Their 6-run comeback was the largest in WS history for a team facing elimination. Look it up.

[@TJ89741]

They came back from a 5 run deficit in both those games.

[@rubencortez9131]

Greatest memory and comeback of all time

[@mukakinman]

I’m new to mlb but this game is so beautiful, inspired me to know more about the league.

[@redpillfreedom6692]

I wonder if pulling Ortiz too soon played a part in Baker's decision to leave Mark Prior in the game far too long one year later. Like maybe he was second guessing this decision and overcompensated.

[@DenalPvP]

Ortiz pitched a gem this game

[@ericsigersmith2831]

Last start for giants then became a brave

[@ers-tj4to]

It was so heartbreaking for me as a Giants fan to see my team lose this series when it looked like they were going to win. All is well though as they made up for this loss and in spades just eight years later. 🏆🏆🏆!!

[@JahNuhThunDeeTheOneAndOnly]

In a way, the 2002 World Series is to Giants fans what the 1986 World Series was to Red Sox fans.

[@redpillfreedom6692]

And 2011 to the Texas Rangers

[@BossChronicles]

What a comeback

[@fallen4life080]

I was 12 and was SOOO mad the Giants didnt win this series but looking back at it now, the Angels were always going to win. They came back against an ELITE SF bullpen that post season and deserved it.

[@lisajasso7433]

i have been a angel fan for a long time since i was little and waited a long time for the angels to win it all and finally they did it everything finally went there way that year i did get alittle worried when the giants were ahead 5 to 0 but the angels came back like that had that all year and won that was a good game and a magical one for the angels and i am happy i could watch that game here on the youtube its been 20 years but it atill takes me back to that day

[@mamaluigi2064]

I was there due to my Dad working for Edison for 30 years and Edison paying for the renovation to the stadium a few years earlier Dad and buddy had season tickets including playoffs I got to watch game 6 and 7 in the 300 section as a kid just turned 3

[@alexanderestrada2499]

Plays I like to watch: 1:17 - 19:12 35:21 - 41:50 59:58 - 1:18:56 1:27:30 - 1:28:46 1:34:36 - 2:24:45 2:35:18 - 3:03:41

[@xansolskjr8628]

The decision to start Bonds in left field instead of putting him in the DH spot in this game was an exercise in stupidity for Dusty Baker. Bonds was a comedy of errors the entire series! 😆

[@CYMotorsport]

Never noticed til now and closer cleaning up of the slo motion replay in Final Cut for fun 10:56 that ball actually does skim the very inside of his left inner thigh. It’s breaking so much so late with his left leg slightly forward, you can see his upper thigh have a sudden decrease that isn’t consistent with his pants losing slack. He’s already stretching as the ball passes so any new creases after would be strange. But that’s exactly where the ball passes just out of view of the camera. Not enough to throw off the trajectory of the ball but I suspect slow it down just enough to somehow be caught otherwise that’s likely a wild pitch Hence why I assume he was so cognizant to get out of the way with Kent on 2nd and would advance bonds to a possible 2 RBI scoring position.

[@the_mattescat8497]

It’s ok Ortiz take the game ball! U earned it there slugger !😉🤣

[@ericsigersmith6067]

Poor dusty Baker is snakebit in the playoffs like the Marty schottenheimer of mlb managers

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

@@ericsigersmith6067 Baker has been his own worst enemy at times

[@Roger85able]

Angels in the outfield

[@ddelong1000]

I remember watching Willie Mays struggle in CF when the Mets played the A's in the 73 World Series... Bonds' fielding in the late innings here reminded me of that!

[@TJ89741]

When Glaus hit that double in the 8th I can’t even imagine how loud that stadium got. Any angels fans at this game ?

[@ebeyslough]

Bonds is such a choker on defense. Hilarious.

[@Devilman413]

Baker giving Ortiz the game ball sealed the deal for LA

[@TheHaloRed]

Anaheim

[@stephenabbott2894]

2:40:00 Bonds with the bobble and slip 😂 😂

[@jonnuanez2843]

He was way too clunky at that time. Imagine Shaq trying to field a baseball.

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

@@jonnuanez2843 I wonder if that has to do with the steroids

[@jonnuanez2843]

@@EssexAggiegrad2011 just a li'l bit. He fielded like a champ in Pittsburgh. SF was juuuuust a bit...yeah lol

[@michaelstrode8924]

Lost them the game. Runner was stopping on 2nd had he played it correctly.

[@redpillfreedom6692]

This is why Bonds should have been the DH in the Anaheim games.

[@keithgreen3257]

To me the fans was just important as the player's in this historic win 😊😊😊

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

How fitting the Angels has a miraculous comeback

[@FavreianVengeance]

2:24:20 Imagine Eckstein gets the hit here. Darin's HR then takes the lead. I know a lot of people gonna say we don't know that Erstad still hits that; but I promise you that Ersty was thirsty.

[@UrAshWhole]

This is where Kevin Cash learned how to pull a pitcher whos dominating the game.

[@zacksouthwell4437]

What song was playing in the stadium after Fullmer popped up in the 2nd inning?

[@tonyhughes110]

It was as if the baseball gods punished Dusty Baker for giving Russ Ortiz the ball, as he came in to remove him from the game. Managers never do that. I've literally never seen that done before or after.

[@realMartinHamilton]

Awesome! Thanks for a great game with 2 classic broadcasters. Tim and Joe!

[@philipsanchez8352]

This world series is better than the 2020 world series in every way

[@JohnDoe-sl6di]

Mickey Mouse ring lol

[@AbleAnderson]

He gets a lot of flak from a loooottttt of people but I'm genuinely gonna miss Joe Buck's voice for the baseball post season; it was a part of my childhood

[@robbyc408]

Guy i feel for the most is Shawon Dunston... almost had an amazing ending to a long career....

[@RJ_824]

2:44:00 angels take the lead in the 8th

[@ranjanudayashankar1569]

20 years later and Dusty wins his first 💍

[@cmiller0116]

Jesus, that Bond's HR was a monster.

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

Steroids

[@billycausgrove9657]

No Ring

[@Nash55ppp]

The Angels enter their 42th season, and won their first World Series, the Giants returned to the World Series for the first time since 1989.

[@user-ht5ub1og4o]

經典逆轉啊！不可思議！

[@ericsigersmith2831]

Who would of thought kevin appier a salary dump in the mo Vaughn trade would pitch such a legendary important game lmao

[@MZU33BD]

Darin Erstad is my brother

[@Varsitybw]

As an Angel fan I have always wondered why the giants didn’t walk Claus in the bottom of the 8th with an open bag. Sure hindsight is 20/20 maybe but if you walk glaus fulmar strikes out and then you have a potential double play set up. Glaus and Speiz were the hottest hitters play %s. Oh wait dusty baker was manager never mind

[@mysteryman0216]

Me: “Don’t you say it....don’t you fuckin say it!” Collinsworth: “.........NOW HERE’S A GUY” Me: *Flips the table and slams the door*

[@redpillfreedom6692]

Why was Orlando Palmeiro pinch-hitting for Bengie Molina in the 7th? I could understand if there were runners on base; Molina was a double-play waiting to happen. But once Spiezio hit that home run, the bases were empty.

[@speabody]

2:15:10 accidentally hit in the face by a celebrating arm lol

[@davidrosca8059]

My Favorite Memory When My Anaheim Angels Cameback down 5-0 Over The Giants

[@marcherrera23]

2:13:44 Is what most of you are here for

[@turtle19dad]

Should still be the #CaliforniaAngels

[@DrSodrel]

Champagne on Ice.

[@02213]

2:01:51 shows where the furthest ball I seen hit landed in the exit tunnel, he would hit another in another exit tunnel to the right in game 6

[@shermanngjazz]

Kevin Cash pulled a Dusty Baker. Poor Snell and poor Ortiz.

[@Roger85able]

Glaus did alot of damage

[@ericsigersmith2831]

I remember they thought dallas McPherson would take up his production

[@stumarston6812]

2:42:20 Why not walk Glaus here? I know it's not great putting on the insurance run, but first base open and Glaus was hitting .390 for the series. Obviously Baker liked the rightie v rightie matchup, but I still think walking Glaus woulda been the smart move. And I don't get why McCarver says they would play the infield in with 1 out but not with no outs.

[@geeebuttersnap2433]

Dominic Parcell with hair, damn I forgot that guy ever had hair.

[@gilbertalaniz9180]

thats 70s show cast was there and so was i

[@FavreianVengeance]

2:07:45 I don't remember these 48s. What do they mean?

[@chuckthurmond]

Russ Ortiz's number

[@mattmendoza3853]

48 Years Ago from 2002 was 1954 - Giant's last World Series

[@orangeandblackattack]

IDC what people say..Dusty Baker lost this World Series by pulling Russ in 7th with 5-0 lead. He always put runners on and got out of it. He walked the bases loaded then struck out the side 5 times that year. Our bullpen was tired..I knew it..he should have known it. Russ had only gone 6 innings previous start and won. You leave him in there..every arm that came in from bullpen was down 5 mph on their fastballs. Things you need to know as a manager. Bochy did..Kapler does..Maybe Dusty finally figured it out after ruining Cubs pitchers Wood and Prior by doing the exact opposite trying to compensate. Good manager, not great. Gotta handle staffs.

[@FavreianVengeance]

2:42:11 Troy Glaus never raced Rob Nen before this.

[@TonusBalonus]

Ads pop up at annoying times

[@DrunkenSlob]

I can watch the entire series elsewhere no one needs to be at mlbs mercy but thanks for the one game that’s cute

[@ericsigersmith6067]

Does mlb own this channel ?

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

@@ericsigersmith6067 I think so

[@vladiator8120]

I remember that 02 Angels team. Talk about 1 hit wonders. They never again got close to their success of that year.

[@JohnDoe-sl6di]

Yup have been trash ever since. Even with ohtani and trout

[@TheHaloRed]

@@JohnDoe-sl6di after 2002, the Halos went to the postseason in 2004, 2005 (ALCS), 2007, 2008, 2009 (ALCS) and 2014.

[@randallbowman2930]

One of the many things I could never stand about Joe Buck doing baseball games is that he is always a freakin wet blanket. It's the 9th inning, two outs, nobody on and the home team is about to win. Instead of just keeping his pie hole shut and letting play out, he's starts rambling on about how it wouldn't take much for the Giants to get right back into it. Let the fans of the team that's ahead enjoy their moment for Pete's sake. It's tense enough as it is without the unneeded commentary.

[@ryanwilliams8612]

This is exactly what Baker does to the Astros pitching he over uses them he did the same to the Giant's a big reason why the Giant's lost the World series he needs to realize you can't constantly use the same pitcher

[@kenhobbs9251]

Dusty Baker always finds a way to lose big games.

[@rc7625]

Not today :D

[@alfredolopez5408]

I remember my brother and I used to call Russ Ortiz "the cow" when we played mvp baseball 04 we were so excired to pitch as the cow when playing with the braves in exhibition mode

[@erikgimarino]

3:02:33 WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT!

[@redpillfreedom6692]

Yep, this was the first time Buck made that call. The David Freese moment 9 years later is just better remembered.

[@erikgimarino]

@@redpillfreedom6692 oh wow like damn!

[@mikeyoungblood1642]

Why the hell didn’t they intentionally walk Glaus in the bottom of the 8th to load the bases with 0 outs?! Take your chances with Fullmer!

[@redpillfreedom6692]

My guess is because Glaus had a reputation as a free-swinging, feast-or-famine type of hitter and they might have thought Nenn could strike him out. While Glaus did hit 30 home runs in 2002, he hit just .250 and struck out 144 times

[@michaelm2998]

Giants “no doubles” defense in the 8th was atrocious…gave up a pop single (should have been an out) then a single and error so runner gets to 2nd and then Glaus double over Bonds…

[@bobjonas5564]

Buck and McCarver's man crushes on Bonds and Baker was neaseating. Bonds was a beast but had the personality of an injured snake. Baker is one of those guys who gets tons of credit as a manager but his teams were always loaded with talent.

[@richieg2238]

2:15:10 *OUCH*

[@mikegraphone2736]

Do you believe in miracles?

[@jasonleetaiwan]

This umpire had a fair strike zone. Much better than the umpire in game 5 of the 2017 World Series with a super wide zone against Dodger hitters.

[@redpillfreedom6692]

Worse yet, that wasn't the only unfair disadvantage the Dodgers had to deal with. That game was a farce.

[@jaykawb]

Joe buck is called this game so soft and with no emphasis on anything Angels

[@jamesselig8461]

The Angels has 1/3rd the payroll of the Giants! Proving money cant buy you a ring!

[@jasongalvez6432]

42:19

[@lawrenceaderneck7165]

glad they quit with these kids in the dugout

[@ericsigersmith6067]

First play besides baker taking the ball from russ ortiz that I remember who was traded the next year to the braves

[@Roger85able]

Someone in California wins

[@ericsigersmith6067]

@NO PATS JIM if they had kevin brown again maybe ?

[@wfvno]

2:36:54

[@jake_de48]

2:09:01 Why doesn't this pitcher throw a breaking ball at this batter? You'll get hit as expected.

[@Roger85able]

Watched this with my Dad but before the cancer

[@rftulie]

What stands out compared with 2019? No beards! And a lot of clean-shaven players. I mean, a little goatee here and there, but no homeless-guy, no-place-to-shave jobs.

[@RJ_824]

yeah must mean the players were more serious

[@rftulie]

RJ I wouldn’t go the far. I think it’s just style. The 2007 Red Sox all grew beards before it was fashionable and they did it to show they were different. They were very serious, as history shows. Then it caught on. In the mid 70s players wore mustaches regularly, and perms for guys were even in fashion! I used to look down in the bullpen from the bleachers and see a bunch of poodle heads!

[@Richard-et7vl]

barry bonds choke, choke ,, choke....!!!11

[@justinmccartt2763]

The Angels didn't beat the Giants they beat the Steroid Giant Barry Bonds and then beat the Giants 💥 💥 💥 💥 💥

[@justinmccartt2763]

@Lighthouse in the Storm The Angels went up against Barry when he could hit anybody it just goes to show you that 1 player can't do it all in baseball also the Angels were a wildcard team it was just MAGIC IN 2002 to bad its been 20 years

[@billycausgrove9657]

@@justinmccartt2763 The Giants were up 3-2 in the Series and 5-0 in Game 6 and Bonds was not alone whenever all that took place. The Angels just wanted it more.

[@ErnadoShaw]

15:27★ 56:11★ 2:03:31☆

[@tiemx2039]

another absolute classic ruined by Joe "Nepotism" Buck LOL

[@kendallevans4079]

Ridicules, overly long "Hawaii 5-0" intro. Looks like a tourism promo for an imaginary Southern California.