86 year drought comes to an end pt I

[@33moneyball]

16 years ago.....feels like a century

[@thomasturbo7555]

So true.

[@eadams1057]

As a Sox fan watching this in 2023. I hated the NY teams but loved these guys and looked forward to listening to them everyday. After 2004 a long suffering fan thinking of my late dad listening to so many games on radio. I can die a happy man. I never thought they would win 3 more.

[@jaredreynolds7115]

The comment about your dad is why no matter how many titles the city Boston wins 2004 Red Sox will always be the best one ever

[@JediPhoenix1976]

January 2024 as I'm typing this...20 years later. There will never, EVER be a Red Sox season as magical as the 2004 season.

[@lajaunescott9273]

Wow this is when sport, media and life was pure. I don’t know what world we are living in now 2024.

[@christophersullivan8009]

It’s crazy that’s only 20 years ago. It’s like a different reality now.

[@seankeefe84]

Holy Crap this is 2004 graphics? It was like the opening of Saved by the Bell.

[@manifestgtr]

I know right? sometimes I rewatch some of these "old" games and shows and you forget what they used to look like...this felt like yesterday for godsake

[@millabasset1710]

HD was around at the time, not common place in local stations

[@AJice1980]

lol it's not that bad

[@foodconnoisseur4498]

Shit changed a ton starting around 2009-2010. Anything before that feels like ancient history anymore.

[@kevaninthe4135]

10 years now. Thank god A-Rod never became a member of the Sox.

[@sean2015]

Amen! A-Rod was a complete flop in just about every postseason that he played with the Yankees (except for 2009).

[@stewartbabler8049]

Thank u pal for reaffirming that destiny - in ur irrationale NY FAN MIND will never affect you - ur a joke knucklehead lol 😆 power is made by power being taken - we've had the power since 2004- take care LOSER ny has been team (and fan) (YOU)- based on ur lame analysis - guess you've obviated 2004 from ur rudimentary temperal lobe - take care pal

[@stewartbabler8049]

@@sean2015 ur a complete flop youtube commentary wise - take care pal hahahahahahaha#LET'S GO RED SOX- u hear it in that borough known as the BRONX!! Go procure some sushi in modern day yankees stadium - cuz the SOX felled ur old park

[@williegordon9188]

Actually Rodriguez wanted to come to the Red Sox, he even said he cried when Bud Selig killed the trade of him going to Boston.

[@TheGalwayjoyce]

18 years now. Still the same

[@BaseballRoscoe25]

As a Cub fan, Red Sox ending their curse in the most improbable way gave me a little hope for my Cubs, 12 years later we achieved the dream

[@johnobrien1759]

Yeah, but the White Sox won first

[@BaseballRoscoe25]

@johnobrien1759 they did, but we had Theo and he was the man who put the 2004 and 2007 Sox together and he came to the Cubs when they were bottom feeders, so that's why I also had hope

[@mac888spectral7]

​@@BaseballRoscoe25A case can be made for Theo being the greatest sports executive of all time. Yes he had a ton of money to work with in both cities, but that never got it done before his arrival in either franchise.

[@mac888spectral7]

​@@johnobrien1759I've always wondered what it must have felt like to Cubbies fans when the ChiSox won. I mean, misery loves company, and those folks had lost a lot of company in the span of a year. But as a Red Sox fan I was definitely happy for them in 2016.

[@BaseballRoscoe25]

@@mac888spectral7 felt indifferent to be honest, wasn't cheering for them or really against them, but after they won, some people tried to "turn me into a Sox fan" at school and I still stood by the Cubs, a few others switched because they wanted to cheer for a winner (at the time)

[@400hpmustang]

8 straight post season wins. Reverse sweep of the Yanks and sweeping the Cardinals in the WS. I'll never forget the post season of 2004!

[@hmhm856]

And they swept the Angels in the Division Series

[@Cum007]

@@hmhm856 best post season team all time?

[@hmhm856]

@@Cum007 nah. They were down 3-0 to the Yankees, and were 3 outs away from getting swept. Ill go with the 1976 Reds and 1999 Yankees

[@chrissachse6207]

I won't forget it cause I was at Yankee Stadium for game 6 when Schilling pitched and I had on my Schilling jersey.

[@jcrawley1]

Red Sox wouldn't have had Jon Lester in 2007 and 2013 if they'd gotten A-Rod.

[@williegordon9188]

Why not?

[@jcrawley1]

@@williegordon9188 He would have been sent to Texas as part of the A-Rod deal

[@chrissachse6207]

They wouldn't of gotten schilling and beckett too if got afraud

[@TylerP717]

Crazy this was 20 years ago

[@LoDDEMOCIDE]

That is when that WFAN studio looked the best

[@Metsfan1986]

Since 2004: Red Sox 4 championships. Yankees 1. As a Mets fan, it feels fantastic. The Red Sox are my AL team.

[@rojeezee]

Somewhat Knowledgeable Geek me too!

[@lawrencegenedavid2288]

As a Red Sox fan the Mets are my NL team lol

[@brettsinger9565]

Well, if you're a Mets fan, then I could certainly see why you would need an additional team.... poor guy....

[@raiders45coll69]

@@brettsinger9565 lol

[@matthewkrafft9227]

As a Sox Fan. The Class here I palpable. It is what makes Sox/ Yanks the rivalry it has been through the years.

[@t206kid]

Hard to believe this was 10 years ago, feels like yesterday

[@runcaz7802]

hard to believe your comment was THREE YEARS AGO!

[@Tony-hz8ld]

@@runcaz7802 hard to believe your comment is 2 years old and this is 15 years old

[@milesrowe9228]

Mike hard to believe your comment was 1 year ago

[@t206kid]

@@milesrowe9228 hard to believe your comment was 1 min ago

[@dodger300100]

@@t206kid hard to believe your comment was 3 weeks ago

[@F40PH-2CAT]

"Beltran is a Yankee" Beltran signs with the Mets 😂

[@jasonthacker5844]

The sting returns for a day, day and a half. Lol. The yanks still haven't recovered. Sox might get 4, while the yanks are floundering.

[@timmysullivan2515]

Jason Thacker Lol

[@TuMalditaMadre]

Wow, you called it.

[@MrJetsfan123]

This was spot on lol

[@gulfside13]

Still accurate as of January 2023

[@DaveFurgess]

mike looks like he's going to break the chair, lay off the ice cream mike!

[@stevenelson379]

The best story about the 2007 Red Sox World Series. The Yankees thought signing Damon from the Red Sox would be like grabbing Boggs or Clemens. Under the old compensation rules the Red Sox got the Yankees #1 pick and a sandwich pick. Those players? Jon Lester and Jacoby Elsbury. Both key in winning the 2007 World Series. Have to see who the Red Sox drafted for the Jacoby Elsbury Yankee signing. The gift that keeps on giving.

[@kevaninthe4135]

Jon Lester was drafted by the Sox in 2002. Jacoby Ellsbury was drafted in 2005. Damon was still a Red Sox so your compensation story is not correct.

[@scottaznavourian5791]

all I know is they threw 250 million at ellsbury whos probably not played 75 games in 5 seasons while we took a chance on a light hitting jbj jr and he basically single handeledly won the alcs for us this year.

[@kevinburke6055]

They won a title with Damon Yanks did so it wasn’t a totally waste

[@scottaznavourian5791]

id probably argue losing damon hurt the Yankees more then losing damon hurt the redsox. damon delivered for them in 09 in October just like he did in boston in 04.since the Yankees lost damon and matsui they have have no clutch guys in October........if they even get there at all.

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

Fake news. The Red Sox got Clay Buchholz, Jacoby Ellsbury, Craig Hansen and Jed Lowrie in the 2005 draft, two of them were from losing Pedro Martinez and Derek Lowe. The Yankees signed Damon after the 2005 season and the Sox didn't receive any compensation.

[@ENTERTAINMENT35]

As a Mets fan still hate the Cardinals from 2006 and previous years before 2006 when the Mets and Cards had their issues during regular season games and had some fights here and there. Sox deserved this WS

[@williamkanejr3233]

@JBSptfn the Mets in 2000 didn’t have an inferior team to the Cardinals ... when you win in five games ... you’re far from inferior

[@CWYMAN77]

20 years ago. The greatest time ever.

[@michaelcorcoran8768]

This theme song...

[@BKDBut]

FAN has fantastically terrible intro songs

[@kevin62387]

I am glad it was brought out that Jeter can't give the Sox credit. He always was a sore loser.

[@johntroy6969]

They got too lax, they thought it would be an easy series when it got to 3-0. That's what Jeter and the Yankees are best known for, blowing a 3-0 lead in an ALCS which is basically near to impossible to do. And to top it all off, they did it against the Red Sox who went on to win it all. lmao.

[@kevin62387]

exactly!

[@sean2015]

Thank you Kevin for being one of the few people willing to speak out against Jeter.

[@DonCarlosDonCarlos]

Jeter is a douche always has been, people are realizing it now that he's in control of Miami, he looked up to Steinbrenner.

[@raiders45coll69]

@@johntroy6969 thats what jeter and the yanks are best known for idiot? blowing a 3-0 lead? uh lets see that was ONE series. they won 27 world series overall...and jeter didn't not give credit to the sox. btw jeter and posada and mariono riveira, won 4 world series titles, and so when u say that's what they're best known for....dumbass

[@ThomasLynch-ti7wr]

Mike and the Mad Dog intro was the best. WFAN has gone down the tubes.

[@ThomasLynch-ti7wr]

20 years ago I remember it vividly, Sheffield pummeling home runs they buried the Redsox in the 1st 3 games, nobody thought they had any chance to comeback because it never happened before.

[@kentuckyman21]

i wish the full shows of this one and the post mortem were uploaded.

[@bobvadney7240]

Hey guys I as a Bostonian...not like ya have much choice.....if ya born...in New England...same w/ New York...I just wanna thx you N.Y. fellas for..ya very unbiased evaluation of that whole....'04 ALCS....I th of there would be a lot of crying...finger pointing...ya know the 'ol .." Lame Blame Game"...Rhetoric...but you guys did themselves proud...I was always taught to hate anything...N.Y. as a kid....that practically grew up in Fenway park...til I got older..& saw for myself ..that these guys were not just great players but wonderful guys...I mean how would ya hate a guy like Yogi Berra ..smart as a whip...& boy could he...hit...so I taught myself to..respect a person not on the basis of where they,re fm...of who they may or may not play for...but based on their character...work ethics...well ya get the idea...so as a Bostonian.. I say thx for a job well done..in the after math...of what must be such a disappointing moment Yankee lore...any Bostonian w/ half a brain..feels ya pain...86 yrs of it...thx for a job well do e...in spite of it all..

[@mattram88]

Geez Francesa was a blimp back then. He's almost that big again now.

[@jcrawley1]

"They went and got a closer and they went and got a stud" blueprint for 2016 Red Sox

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

Need another slugger besides the aging Ortiz though. Ramirez is unreliable

[@jcrawley1]

+KHayes666 I'm surprisingly optimistic about Hanley going forward. Sure our hearts will be in our throats every time there's a play at first through 2016, but as a DH I think he's more than fit for purpose. On the whole though yeah, lack of pop's a bit of a concern.

[@thebostonsportsreport9584]

Let's go Red Sox Nation still remember 2004 playoffs ACLS vs Yankees beat the those Yankess being down 3-0 and go to World Series def Cardinals wins the World Series Champion. 04, 07, 13 and 18 it feel to be Champions.

[@sean1672able111]

Red Sox are 8-1 in last 9 playoff games against the yankees

[@raiders45coll69]

NOW THIS is a great show

[@GialloHorror]

Don't know why I'm replying to a 3 year old comment, but Tom Gordon pitched very well for us in 2004, but as his M.O. Joe Torre threw the guy's arm off, and he had nothing left during that ALCS. Torre did the same thing with Sturtze, Quantrill, Proctor, etc etc etc. In Game 5 Mariano should've started the 8th inning, and the whole 2004 thing never happens.

[@hunter371]

GialloHorror Torre was pretty brutal with how he handled the bullpen during this era

[@patrickmoylan5983]

Tom Gordon helped the Redsox so much during series .

[@jaywill4ever]

and Kevin Brown

[@brownbenplumm9027]

Yo the foreshadowing on Schilling😂😂😂

[@ENTERTAINMENT35]

REVERSE THE CURSE BABY!!!!

[@jaywill4ever]

RIP Victoria Snelgrove

[@harborwolf22]

Great shit by these guys. Mad respect from Red Sox fans

[@FromPillartoPost]

You can tell they weren't getting along here..they don't look at each other

[@manifestgtr]

2004 may have been the year we won the world series for the first time in more than a generation but that's less than half the story for me, really...how we EVER came back 3-0 against the yanks after receiving such massive, humiliating piss facials in the first 3 games is nothing short of miraculous...you couldn't write a movie about something like that after 1994...you'd be laughed out of the room for being a cornball idiot who writes impossibly cheesy, unrealistic nonsense...I'm lucky I was still a young man at that time or my heart might never have withstood such an onslaught

[@jcrawley1]

More than a generation, a lifetime more like!

[@TL2354]

Who is this WE? Did you play? You're a fuckin idiot

[@TheMexicanSuperman1]

@@TL2354 It's what sports fans say. Did you come here just to be a jerk?

[@Grandizer8989]

Did he say they are on the air for 5 1/2 hours? Mein Gott. Every day?

[@anthonyscarpa6107]

Chris Russo lol.. Daffy Duck on steroids

[@Amisbro]

oh yeah and I think I mentioned this before but I think this opening that YES did for MMD is a really good one. Anyone got an MP3 of it :)

[@roccosalvemini7349]

andddddddddddddddddddddddddddd not a good afternoon everybody

[@Shatamx]

The curse started and ended in New York.

[@KH-jx1lo]

“He .. is got - ‘co-hoonas’“ “🙂‍↕️Big ones”

[@Displaysac90]

Best duo ever.

[@kriskimbro1264]

I love how dog blows his honker pulls out napkin from pants classic

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

One thing I have to ask the uploader is why are comments allowed on this vid but not the others, especially after the ALCS vids? Obviously this show was originally broadcasted 17 years ago but if I could call back then I'd have corrected Mike on one thing. They got Schilling on Thanksgiving BEFORE the A-Rod drama unfolded in January/February. Mike said if they got A-Rod they wouldn't have gotten Schilling but that's not true, Schilling was already there. Also Mad Dog says if the Cards had won Game 1 it would have been a different series....not really. Schilling, Pedro and Lowe didn't give up an earned run in Game's 2-4 so the Cards would have been down 3-1 and dead meat by that point anyway. If the Sox were afraid of Wakefield pitching Game 5 after his Game 1 dud they would have started Arroyo. Even if they won Game 1, the Cards had no chance. Lastly, they were talking about the Sox home opener coming up the following season where they were going to raise the banner in the Yankee's faces. Not only did Jeter NOT go into the clubhouse, he made the entire team stand and watch them do it in the dugout because they were doing it to other teams for years and it was their turn to take the L. I'll always respect Jeter for that.

[@danielleary9265]

unbelievable turtle neck!

[@BRuane-pw6xq]

The first of many many Red Sox Championships. They are team of 21st Century not the 20th Century. Heartfelt congrats, LMFAO very heartfelt I am sure.

[@Kevinm.9000]

Remember this opening well

[@peteykirch]

How didn't his chair collapse when he slammed his 500lb body into it.

[@mikeyoungblood1642]

Cardinals played ok in Game 1 & Game 3.

[@savingryansprivates6181]

i"m also from boston & think francesa is great.

[@wilsonfisk6626]

I MISS THESE DAYS! Maybe I'm old but baseball has gotten really boring over the passed 10-12 years. Yankee games have gotten REALLY boring. Kay makes Yankee games almost unwatchable.

[@Saturnize7]

forgot about this. gonna listen to this at work :p

[@kascnef]

i miss him on tv

[@donwilcox728]

Nice time capsule.

[@kevinburke6055]

Now the Red Sox r just another team. They ain’t special anymore 4 titles in 19 years one every 5 years essentially. Fans can’t moan anymore.

[@michaelohalloran2800]

Torre didn't know how to use the bullpen.

[@runcaz7802]

Good stuff indeed!

[@THECHIEF-1981]

Classic stuff

[@DaveFurgess]

mike looks like totie fields!

[@Bambino_60]

I’m bringing the curse back

[@Amisbro]

I'm from southern NJ and I listen to Francesa every so often for a little bit and I think he's better than this one idiot we got down here named Howard Eskin. To the best of my knowledge Francesa has never called a caller a "Genius" in a mocking matter but I haven't listened to him as long as some you guys. But yeah I actually have enjoyed his tirades when the Yanks lose. I WISH we had people down in Philly with that much passion but we don't

[@wa2k99]

@CtrlRm Well, well, what a sweetheart you are.

[@wa2k99]

And Beltran didn't become a Yankee, did he Chris???

[@benedettomansueto4016]

Eat it Yankees 🤣🤣

[@Hellfire1535]

Jesse S "Ha! Beltran as a yankee! Good thing that didnt happen" oh the irony not only do the yanks have him now, they got an older and less productive version that the team and you as a fan rejected years ago. Just goes to show the Yanks need to feed off other teams stars to even compete now on top of missing out on these players prime years becuase of stupid front office decisions claiming they were a flash in the pan at the time. Enjoy your has been's senior citizen team this year lol #Red Sox Defending World Champs

[@Tee-OhBee]

Yea then they had 71 wins in 2014 and 78 in 2015, must be fun finishing last in the division 2 years in a row.

[@Hellfire1535]

Tee OB At least the Sox won a world series within the past five years Also Sox got some good draft picks out of those bad seasons and look to be building towards another good team better than remaining mediocre ;)

[@Tee-OhBee]

Hellfire1535 I think anyone would rather be mediocre than terrible and finishing in last place

[@Hellfire1535]

Yeah not so much, i would rather go through some bad seasons just to build a contendor than remain barely middle of the pack the Sox have gone through several stages of the painful and boring rebuilding process If you have not already noticed the Sox have several young players playing at multiple positions and some young pitchers as well not to mention we have players like Moncada ( Cant trash him because the Yankees wanted him badly as well) in the minor league system making their way up and can be used as trade chips www.overthemonster.com/2016/2/12/10978350/red-sox-prospects-baseball-america-rankings meanwhile the yanks have a middle of the pack farm system and two vets that could retire any time now (Rodriguez, Beltran) so they will have to put up with the growing pains of their young system players those last place finishes were not fun but the sox will reap the benefits sooner than the yanks will with their system

[@Hellfire1535]

+Tee OB Well look which team is currently in last place ;) Told you the Yankee's senior citizen line up would eventually cause problems ;) Meanwhile the Sox's home grown talent just put up 11+ runs in four consecutive games and are 9 games over .500. I guess i have the last laugh

[@TheMbeagan]

Nine hour intro, only to find out its this annoying as fuck, Mad dog!

[@nistle2]

Is that opening song a joke?

[@aaronfleshler6219]

The yankees haven't been very good since 2004

[@nflpatsman8743]

They won the World Series in 2009......

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

@@nflpatsman8743 That's not the point. Basically if 2003 was the last gasp of the "Dynasty" Yankees with Clemens, Pettite, Wells, Jeter, Posada, Williams and Rivera......2004 was the Red Sox pissing on the grave. The 04 Yankees were a team of mercenaries that didn't get the job done and really the Yankees dynasty has been over since. The 09 ring turned into the anomaly instead of the norm.

[@nflpatsman8743]

@@ReflectionOfPerfection no i think statements like “they haven’t been very good since 04” despite winning a World Series and consistently making the playoffs nearly every year since then sounds like spoiled yankee fans to me

[@supergamer7473]

They lost again yesterday. XD

[@thefreesoftwarefoundationc4410]

SPAWTS!

[@mes98yng22]

Tainted players were juiced

[@manueldeabreu1980]

Jeter was NOT officially proven. Pettitte was.