2004 ALCS Gm 4: David Ortiz's walk-off two run homer

10/17/04: David Ortiz hits a walk-off two run homer in the bottom of the 12th inning to keep the Red Sox' playoff hopes alive
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[@redeadhead4]

"We'll see you later tonight" will always be one of my favorite calls.

[@corbinselanne7990]

That particular game went past midnight, hence Joe Buck altering his dad Jack's famous call of Kirby Puckett's 1991 World Series game-winner

[@darkhorseash4337]

Yeah there's a few really brilliant calls from this series the announcers were on point in a big way

[@rolfbernserke4735]

That producer was spot on in Joe Buck’s ear

[@brmillgr]

game 5s is better: "Ortiz fights it off centerfield, Damon runnin to the plate and he can keep on runnin to New York, game 6 tommorow night."

[@vektorog]

@@brmillgr the foreshadowing was insane on that call

[@herrojason]

watching this series wasn't even just baseball anymore. this was an experience.

[@RSTI191]

You kidding me? The 2000's through 2010's was biblical in Boston Sports.. Never to be duplicated.

[@chefjordanp5901]

Living this out was special. Was in college in providence. My roommates and I went nuts. Best series of all time

[@RSTI191]

@@chefjordanp5901 Detroit was stacked in the pitching dept. that year. They should and could have swept the Sox. It just wasn't in the cards..

[@ziggyzuko151]

Getting teary eyed watching this knowing its Big Papis last year in Boston, I don't care what anyone says he is the clutches hitter ever

[@shampoofully7923]

Clutchest athlete ever in my opinion. You could write most of this stuff.

[@Meltstallz]

+Shampoo Fully Michael Jordan was more clutch

[@shampoofully7923]

In a sport that people fail 7 out of 10 times he was automatic in big moments. Ortiz was more clutch

[@courtgizzle]

Ziggy Zuko as a Yankee fan, I love David Ortiz.

[@Arthur0ne]

lol Roid papi Ortiz he's a scumbag cheater

[@Ramiestar]

This walk-off actually happened on October 18, at approximately 1:30 AM. The game started on the 17th. Ortiz had 2 walk-offs on 10/18/04.

[@LegendKiller0084]

No, Game 5's walkoff went into the next morning too if you're using that logic it went 14 innings well into the morning of the 19th.

[@Ramiestar]

@@LegendKiller0084 actually I believe Game 5 of the 2004 ALCS started at 4 PM Eastern that day, so even though it went 14 innings, it was between 10:30 and 11:00 PM when that game finally ended.

[@williamkanejr3233]

@@LegendKiller0084 Game 5 actually did end on 10/18/04. It started at 5 pm and ended a little before 11 pm.

[@WillyM79]

"We'll see you later tonight" damn it Buck

[@flyinpigmusic331]

One of the lamest ways to announce the end one of the most exciting games in baseball history

[@carlosv9208]

@@flyinpigmusic331 Eh I honestly think that's a damn good call if he has more energy. But he didn't so, ya know.

[@flyinpigmusic331]

@@carlosv9208 true. I feel like a lot of what he says is that way. Pretty good insight or a pretty good call. But monotone delivery.

[@carlosv9208]

@@flyinpigmusic331 Yup. Look at this call by Doc Emrick at the end of game 6 2011 SCF kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5_FfJqdnreIbs0 Total classic of a call, but imagine if it was delivered with Joe Buck's voice. Just matter of fact'ly stating "7 it is."

[@joelaf1745]

@@carlosv9208 I’m not sure it’s comparable. A walkoff win should deliver excitement comparable to that of an overtime goal. Doc’s call fit the moment: the home team was excited, hockey nation as a whole was tense, but we knew what the outcome of game six was. There would be one game left to decide it all. Here we have the home team walking off in the twelfth with a home run, on the brink of increasing their 86 year skid by a year. Completely different

[@pats14fann01]

One of the best WALK OFF home runs in MLB postseason history!!!

[@gamer10069]

No it's not u fucking stupid

[@anglobostonian]

Greg Csak Boo fricking hoo! It's not like your precious Yankees have never, never, NEVER won the World Series before.

[@freekicks4u522]

+Greg Csak Lol salty much?

[@F22C1]

+Greg Csak 11 years later and you're still crying?! Hey, California is calling your name. They could use the waterworks! Drought season is in effect.

[@KHayes666]

+Greg Csak You lost. Bahahahahahaaaaa!

[@scottshanahan3827]

What's amazing to me about this video is everyone's reaction to being down 3 games to 1. The Red Sox had to win four in a row, but they are celebrating like they just won the world series. It's like everyone just knew.

[@koolperson99]

True...

[@williamkanejr3233]

That was just how they celebrated walk-offs. The real celebration happened three games later.

[@mlw7695]

In a weird way a lot of us did. 2004 was just different. You could feel it

[@mlw7695]

@Moose 1010 same i was 14 and had just really started to love baseball and the way things played out it was just like it was destined to play out in the sox favor. I had missed few games that season. What a team.

[@semperaugustus661]

There was a reason for everyone to be confident. Got this win, then Pedro in 5, Schilling in 6. I didn't expect Lowe to pitch the way he did in Game 7 on two days rest though. He doesn't get enough credit for that I don't think.

[@-marino2782]

What happened in 2004 will never happen again. Not only were the sox down 3-0 they lost game 3, 19-8. Came back and won 8 straight to win the ALCS and the world Series. Sox fan my whole, nothin will ever top 2004 and this great team they had. F**KING AWESOME

[@PatrickAyotte]

Fuc*ing A right

[@bradeyliverio9286]

Me as an 8 year old Yankee fan during this ALCS: Game 1 - Good win and start to this series! Game 2 - Even better, up 2 games to none on the Sox! Game 3 - Wow we are gonna sweep them! Game 4 - It's okay, we got them tomorrow Game 5 - Uh oh, at least the series is back in New York Game 6 - You have got to be kidding me, Game 7? Game 7 1st Inning - Jesus, down 2-0 already? Game 7 2nd Inning - YOU JUST GAVE UP A GRAND SLAM TO JOHNNY DAMON?! Game 7 Final - I really can't believe that this just happened, will sting me for years October 2018 - Yep, still hurts to see clips from that postseason, and the Yankees have once again fell victim to the Red Sox October 2021 - The Yankees have fallen to the Red Sox AGAIN 😩

[@brmillgr]

+Bradey Liverio Yeah, we know the feeling, only that feeling was passed down through generations... This series basically wiped it all away. I don't get so distraught when I hear "slow roller up along first, IT GETS THROUGH BUCKNER AND THE METS WIN IT" ... Bucky fucking Dent ... Aaron fucking Boone are you serious Aaron Boone??? Sorry man, but Im glad it still stings ;) ... Cant wait until we meet in the ALCS again...

[@bradeyliverio9286]

+brmillgr Yeah man I'm hoping there will be a Yankees-Red Sox ALCS again soon those series were some of the greatest baseball I've ever watched

[@bradeyliverio9286]

+Josh Peterson maybe not right now, but give it a couple years Josh, at some point I am sure the Yankees and Red Sox will face each other again in the playoffs, even if it is just the wildcard game or the ALDS.

[@brmillgr]

Josh Peterson zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[@BadassBravoBarbaroNL]

That would be awesome as an Astros fan

[@quietcorner293]

As a Twins fan, I just want to say, "get well Big Papi."

[@progx8679]

it still brings a tear of joy !!! : D

[@BruinsCelticsRedSoxBills]

I think I ve replayed that Hr over a 100 times!!! Still get chills!!!

[@mitchellwagoner6631]

Prog X I remember this like it was yesterday. SOX NATION!

[@courtgizzle]

As a yankee fan, I didn’t get upset or emotional I was happy for the Red Sox.

[@corpr8dystopia778]

That walk off literally broke the curse, legendary. Defied the physics of the universe, penetrated sound barriers, and defeated the curse. Biblical stuff if your a sports buff like me.

[@DStreet0586]

I didn’t watch baseball much but I swear when I did I always watched these 2 teams battle one of the best rivalries in sports 🔥🔥🔥

[@thephantomeagle2]

One of the greatest walk off in baseball history.

[@KORYANDRELSCOTT-yh7lr]

i never thought in my lifetime I would live to see any sports team comeback from a 3-0 hole to win any series. This was justice over the Yankees who was their bullies for so long. Classic Series!

[@guacaquio]

KORY ANDREL SCOTT specially with the Yankees up by a run in the ninth and Mariano on the mount

[@bosoxfan2525]

And not a single Yankee fan was the least bit concerned. They probably thought it was cute watching Boston celebrate their victory. They had no idea what was about to hit them. 🤣

[@KHayes666]

I can confirm. Also don't let any old Sox fan fool you, they were PISSED they won the game. I remember the AOL chatroom the next day Yankee fans were saying "This is what you idiots call a Gentleman's Sweep" guaranteeing a victory in Game 5. Meanwhile Sox fans were mad they "prolonged the torture" and just wanted the series to be over.

[@chrisbassani1152]

I can only imagine being in that group of the crowd 0:12 just think about how much joy there was and sharing the immense joy they must have had. Watching this postseason still gives me chills, and I really wasn't old enough to remember all of this. I so wish I watched all of this in person at Fenway Park

[@williamkanejr3233]

Most of us didn’t know it at the time, but this was the moment the winds of change began to blow.

[@justinfaiella235]

“We’ll see ya later tonight” might be one of the best calls of all time. I miss when playoff games used to go past midnight

[@joejoerunya8908]

This series was the first time that I’d ever watched full baseball games on tv. I was hooked 😂 it was a great experience

[@aarongray5888]

was at this game. easily best sports moment of my life. lost the ticket stub, but even when I had it people would give me the side eye when they saw it because the ticket for this game actually said game 3 on it.

[@notthatyouasked6656]

I was there as well, but had to leave after 9 innings because I took a bus to the game and the buses don't run past 12:30 AM or so. Your ticket would have looked like it said "Game 2", but on closer inspection it would have said, "Home Game 2", which of course was game 4 in this case. My stub is a season ticket holder version that has a specific date on it instead of a game number.

[@coldkid6]

If Ortiz, Tom Brady, and Larry Bird all walk into a bar in Boston who gets mobbed the most?

[@sergiooo9003]

Mickey Ward

[@MovieHound17]

the bartender because everyone would be wanting to get them drinks.

[@jarredconnorg2980]

Bobby Orr

[@john71611]

MovieHound17 we know you have no friends

[@AlonsoRules]

bobby orr was a legend

[@courtgizzle]

Prayers go out to you Big Papi

[@kevinkaralus9568]

Almost 16 years later, still gives me goosebumps

[@annecornine8469]

I still LOVE Big Papi...even after all these years have passed...❤

[@twirajuda]

That 2004 ALCS was more than just baseball - it was a one of a kind experience. That Red Sox comeback was uplifting, inspiring, - & most of all coming from a guy who’s been down too often for my liking - a good reminder not to give up, no matter how bad things look or if you’re down on the count, as you can come out on top just as the ‘04 team did and win it all

[@chrisbuck1695]

I love that stunned deer in the headlights look A Rod had when they panned to the bench

[@matthewdowling6549]

He knew what was coming

[@petermullaney8574]

I love the Red Sox. I will always love them. Win or lose they are they greatest.

[@kissmy_butt1302]

Buck was unusually good with his calls in this series. The 'And Damon can keep on running to New York.'

[@Masshole4life]

That 04 team was the BEST Sox team ever!

[@BJMcB92]

The crack of the bat and the crowd going wild because they all knew that ball was gone as soon as it was hit is just orgasmic

[@pjones6749]

Yet the pathetic Joe Buck gives the lamest commentary in the history of sports.

[@retrokoh]

@@pjones6749 Tell me you don't get it without telling me you don't get it. That call was perfect.

[@5Mariner]

Apparently the Yankees forgot the phrase, "It ain't over till its over".

[@elvisarias5426]

Momentos inolvidables para nosotros los fans de Boston. Gracias David por todas las alegrías brindadas especialmente en el 2004 Vs New York en el Wilcar

[@thisguy8106]

Damn I love this series.. This will always be my favorite year of baseball. 10th grade year.. After Aaron Boone destroyed my heart the previous year.. I'm glad it came this way. Finally beating them but in a way that will last forever. As much as I wanted them to sweep the Yankees, this was better. But..I mean.. They kinda did sweep them lol..they just gave them a 3 game head start 😆 😆

[@johndooley661]

A sweep is a sweep and i think it is a sweep officially not hyperbole .

[@hankyboy42594]

I was there. My dads friend had season tickets and gave them away to us because they had just lost the first 3 games. Bet he regrets that decision lol

[@paulmd2010]

This is one of those games that had attendance in the millions. Lots of people will say that they were there when they weren't. I'm sure the guys that gave you the tickets are some of those phantom attendees

[@aaronmarkham4424]

Nah, if he really is your dad he is happy for you

[@StFidjnr]

0:06 not bad quote for the game that ended in the wee hours of the morning

[@jgfunk]

Game 4 & 5 of this series took years off of my life...and it was worth it

[@jameshowland7393]

There is nothing like the roar of a Fenway crowd, especially when you're sitting in the middle of it!

[@supergamer7473]

So True!

[@hunterrhoades6709]

How has there not been a movie made about this team and the run they had in 04. Not talking about docs, this deserves a movie.

[@drkid617ab]

I was an 8 year old kid watching this. It was a school night and I had to beg to stay up and watch the end of the game. Still remember exactly what happened. I remember it almost as much as the Aaron Boone walk off the year before.

[@aaronmarkham4424]

I was 22 when Boone hit his, 23 when this happened, still remember it like it was yesterday

[@johndooley661]

@@aaronmarkham4424 I was 21 and i remember the 1988 world series when an injured Kirk Gibson hit that hr in game ! that propelled the serious underdog Dodgers over the As . However the As were my team.

[@user-ux9ml5kw1y]

This middle games of this series were insanely entertaining.

[@TiagoGomez-hb9te]

Why?

[@samclemons9086]

David Ortiz didn't realize it at the time. But, he just kickstarted the greatest comeback in sports history.

[@MountainDewVoltage1]

This video gives me goosebumps everytime I see it. I was only 8 when this happened but I vividly remember this moment. Easily top 5 moments in any sports playoffs in America

[@craigoren4475]

Ortiz was just elected to the Hall of Fame. Moments like this are a big reason why he deserves that honor.

[@Kostly]

This moment and whatever moment the cubbies in 2015 that sends both teams into an absolutely unbreakable trance of winning.

[@MrRufusRToyota]

I remember turning to the guys in the ninth inning of game four against Mariano Rivera, and saying, I know it’s weird but I still feel good about this. And everybody else said yeah, me too. A great life lesson.

[@gegalvezge]

Big Papi you will always be my hero

[@Kingjoffrey12]

Baseball, Football, and Basketball: the three most popular sports in the United States. Each of them with moments like these, where the ball soars through the sky and everyone holds their breath for where it lands: the stadium, the receivers hands, or the hoop. Awesome.

[@bobmarsh8145]

One of the greatest calls in sports history

[@gfdthree1]

Greatest sports season in history.

[@retrokoh]

For the first time ever, a team came back in a 7-game series from a 3-0 deficit... it all started with this moment. Legendary.

[@bitsy__]

With one swing of a bat, the curse of the bambino started to break. And would be fully broken a few weeks later

[@Frankincensedjb123]

After Lopez scores, the camera is panning the fans and you see a sign "The greatest comeback in sports history." A prophet.

[@jonathanrice1070]

I remember this all so vividly. Before Game 3, I got the dreaded call every child fears. In the early morning my father had been rushed to the hospital. I listened to the bloodbath that was Game 3 on my way to the hospital 3 hours away. However, he rallied. I was home for the rest of the ALCS. The night of Game 1 of the WS, I’d just gotten to work. I got the call that Dad was in trouble again. Again, I rushed down. Again, he rallied. I watched Game 1 at my parents house, as Dad was hospitalized. I drove home during game 2, the 2nd bloody sock game. During that time it became obvious Dad wouldn’t recover. My sister and mother watched the Sox win the Series with my Dad in the hospital. He was only having brief moments of consciousness at this point. Two days later, as the Duck Boats conveyed the Red Sox down the Charles, my family and I were with my Dad as he breathed his last durning the victory parade.

[@NateTheGr8ness]

This one was the start of one of the greatest comebacks in sports history!

[@Fanik10]

My favorite Big Papi memory

[@courtgizzle]

This when the ending of "the curse of the bambino" started.

[@5Mariner]

And when the glory days returned

[@nightruler666]

it wasnt easy for the red sox just like for the cubs

[@koolperson99]

WILD CARD win facilitated this, not the Division....

[@sheepdavis]

Never was a curse

[@courtgizzle]

How am I a Yankee fan and I love David Ortiz

[@stevek2340]

Big Papi owned that series. Game 4: walkoff in 12th inning with Sox down 3 games to 0. Game 5: Solo HR in 8th, to pull Sox within a run. Game 5: Game winning single in 14th, another walkoff. Game 7: 2-run HR in top of first, just after runner thrown out of plate. Took back the momentum and the Sox rode it to an historic pennant.

[@tonysolz2760]

This is when baseball was exciting

[@DH-ij9pe]

19 years later and I still cry my eyes out anytime I see highlights from this series.

[@FCm-tq2ho]

2004 red sox vs yankees was really the world series... The feeling was unlike anything else 👍

[@Franz_Donnermann]

We are still alive boys... The rest... Is History...GO SOX!!!

[@blacksonne19]

Hall of Fame Bound!!!!! So deserved! Most clutch hitter of all time.

[@samnendze5640]

Papi rounding the bases right as they start to blare Dirty Water will never not be one of my favorite moments in all of Boston sports

[@dansterstuff]

David Ortiz broke the curse

[@mo9504]

Waited all my life to see them win it all

[@trublaze]

That's first ballot Hall of Famer David Ortiz to you

[@manl15_89]

and they never lost after that

[@thomasharmon7575]

I'll never forget this the Sox down 3-0 won it in game 7. Then went to win the world series.

[@justice85151]

Hit it and quit it and walk off like Big Papi- Paul Wall 💯

[@cflo1386]

Not even a fan of the Red Sox, but I was pulling for them and glued to every single post season game that year.

[@jamesthompson4027]

One of the greatest moments in Boston sport history. The camera shot of him rounding second base is priceless.

[@FeartheCyr611]

I absolutely love how they just start playing dirty water seconds after the ball lands!

[@tobznoobs]

one home run changed the fate of two teams

[@ChessJew]

2016 WS will always be my sentimental favorite (many onions were cut when Rizz caught that throw at 1st), but this is the greatest postseason series in any story of all time. Nothing has ever had this level of drama - each game was enthralling in a way that only Yankees vs. Red Sox can be.

[@alvalankerofficial]

I was in high school, watched every single pitch. Good times.

[@ChrisDutch]

The biggest win in this franchise’s history.

[@khutch860]

I hate Joe Buck, but this has to be one of his best home run calls imo

[@ahhhsurewhatever3479]

I was a sophomore in high school and every guy student and teacher all went to school the next day tired because we all stayed up way passed a school day bedtime. My gym teacher was like free day, I’m taking a nap.

[@KHayes666]

Lol I had already graduated in June so I was safe. But I'll never forget the year before going to school after the Aaron Boone home run was BRUTAL

[@jackcarraway4707]

David Ortiz: The Yankee Killer

[@chriswalls5831]

Legendary

[@nodnarbleahcim5097]

And so began the legend of the greatest Sox player ever.

[@shankshanky1761]

The comeback is on.

[@samusaran13372]

ill always remember the 2004 red sox team. i havent watched baseball in many years but i can still name at least 15 players from that team.

[@codycook1828]

This was the safest day of my life. Go angels

[@Rafelmi17]

Wow lo recuerdo como si fuera hoy ese juego orgullo dominicano el Big Papi

[@AlonsoRules]

the sound of bat on ball is amazing

[@petercole8798]

Wasn't Boston and new England lucky that we all had . A FEVER CALLED BIG PAPI AND TOM BRADY. 6 +4 = 10 WORLD CHAMPIONS, I LIVED IT YOU LIVED IT ALL OF NEW ENGLAND LIVED IT. THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES HOW HAPPY WE WERE..

[@KHayes666]

Ortiz wasn't there in 18 but I get the point

[@617sasso]

If there's anything us Sox fans and Yankees ever have in common, it's the passion of the rivalry. Best ever.

[@ryanwilliams8612]

There was no one more clutch than this man him and Pujous both

[@SportsFan2001]

Every Celtics fan is watching this right now.

[@chibullz0232]

Cubs fan here, I remember staying up till like 12-1AM for this and Game 5 hoping just to see them make it interesting before the Yankees finally eliminated them... Little did I know what I was witnessing O_o

[@iantillson6078]

I'll never forget that hr

[@bitcoinkang]

First ballot Hall of Famer.

[@sergiozavaleta4521]

The baseball writers don't like roid users.

[@TheFitfather]

Greatest series in the history of sports!

[@jamesonfl7723]

This, my friends, is the moment where even all of New York knew they done fucked up.

[@monot00nz]

My all time favorite Red Sox moment.

[@coldkid6]

Still remember where I was watching this!

[@Fanik10]

Me too. Late at night. Fucking screaming!!

[@JJA1987]

BIG PAPI IS BOSTON STRONG #GetWellSoonDO

[@SportsFan2001]

Welcome to the Hall, Big Papi!

[@AlanFernandoGamino]

Big Papi The Clutcher!