1997: NBC World Series Opening

[@Zackattack52287]

Holy cow what an announcing team: Bob Costas, Bob Uecker, Joe Morgan, Hannah Storm, Keith Olbermann. Legends.

[@carlfisher7102]

Zack DeLand Yeah all but Olbermann.

[@americangiant1003]

True. Too bad that excellent NBC MLB announcing crew led by Costas was only around 5 years from '95-2000. And this series is very underrated as a good one. Maybe the 2nd best fall classic of the '90's.

[@billny33]

Olbermann was great on SportsCenter for many years, I thought he was pretty solid as a pre-postgame guy here and for Fox during this time. If you resent him for his political stances after he left ESPN that's another story but that doesn't diminish what he did as a sports guy either way.

[@Jmnor60]

Who was more masculine and who was more feminine?

[@TheLocalLt]

Montana Roots when you’re the #2 behind vin scully, it’s hard to get the spotlight. Costas didn’t become the top guy until NBC was no longer doing the GOTW, and in fact no regular season games at all (besides “baseball night” a few times in 1995)

[@thee_morpheus]

Always loved NBC's sports presentation style, especially MLB and NBA

[@paulschab8152]

Before it became extreme left wing!

[@HurricaneGrims]

Let’s not forget NHL too Doc Emrick the goat as a commentator

[@AJ42K]

@@paulschab8152 well left wing.

[@Wolverine607]

And of course the NFL during this time. They were awesome in the mid 90s with everything!! They are not what they used to be. Yes there NFL coverage today is pretty good and NHL coverage was good, but they are not near the greatness and epicenes they were in the mid 90s with their NFL and MLB coverage and their NBA coverage from there 90s to 2002.

[@rockabillylaker]

NBC had the best post season intros. I love Costas.

[@twicethechamps]

Nothing more epic than hearing Bob Costas say "Game 7......next."

[@brianshiffler7256]

Replace the word epic with nauseating

[@poshko41]

Greatest World Series broadcast of all time. Just awesome presentation with legendary broadcasters.

[@mikewack6778]

As a Cleveland fan, all I have to say is this: Pain

[@paulschab8152]

I was 5, 7, and 26 years old for all three World Series. We had the best team in 95 but the Braves just beat us. When the ball went over Nagy's head in 97, I cried the next day at school. And 2016 hurts the most still. I always find it funny that Jim Leyland is from Perrysburg, Ohio...

[@rockabillylaker]

hell of a fucking intro. I miss the 90s.

[@AlexForzano]

What a great intro

[@sportzfan8811]

NBC's baseball broadcast was a million times better than Fox.

[@kevind3619]

fox is better

[@stevemandl5140]

so true

[@stevemandl5140]

fox sucks

[@btone310]

@@kevind3619 Was good until they started using the NFL on FOX theme for baseball.

[@stevemandl5140]

that is true.long gone is how it used to be.like on NBC

[@poshko4144]

Absolutely epic opening. Music is from Air Force One.

[@alexanderquiroz4595]

Not a Marlins or Indians fan, but this one was one of the best World Series I ever saw. As a baseball fan nothing better than a dramatic finish at the end, similar to the 1991 WS.

[@IAmAHeater]

Those 3 games in Cleveland were crazy!

[@MMAfighter38113]

Still remember this season like it was yesterday. Marlins were on fire that year

[@The_Husband_of_Jane_Lane]

This is Florida's first world championship in franchise history.

[@iali00]

NBC used to own the intro game. NBA on NBC and this are untouchable.

[@thee_morpheus]

Unmatched, just made everything majestic

[@jacobrichardson1952]

MLB on NBC is more of a combination of the Winter Olympics due to the graphics and the intro.

[@Mikerojo1985]

One of the best baseball themes ever

[@AJ42K]

Top 5 World Series Games for me. Gotta be non biased for this one given the fact that I am a fan of reigning WS Champions Atlanta Braves. 1. 2011 WS Game 6. Rangers vs. Cardinals 2. 2001 WS Game 7. Diamondbacks vs. Yankees 3. 1986 WS Game 6. Red Sox vs. Mets 4. This ONE. 5. 1993 WS Game 6 Phillies vs. Blue Jays

[@thee_morpheus]

@@AJ42K Game 6 best ever! No Cards fan bias!

[@sacheenmehta1982]

NBC really had the best sports themes. I miss the old World Series logo

[@YoungCel4Life]

Dang and I thought the nba on nbc was amazing. This just as good.

[@AJ42K]

This was literally my childhood. Now it has returned. THE TEAM OF THE 90s HAS ANOTHER WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP! 1995 & 2021 YES! *YES* YES! *YES* YES! *YES* IT HASN'T HAPPENED FOR 26 YEARS! THE. ATLANTA BRAVES ARE THE WORLD CHAMPIONS!

[@darrendoyle568]

One of the best World Series ever played

[@ryansmith1044]

2:00 Still to come: Michael Phelps continues his quest to extend his all-time medal count record. LeBron James and the US Men's Basketball Team go for their 4th consecutive gold. And Christian Pulisic attempts to lead the Americans to glory in men's soccer. All this and more as the Games of the XXXII Olympiad continue from Tokyo, Japan, on the networks of NBC.

[@billny33]

The music at the very beginning of this intro is beautiful too. I recall FOX used it for some of their intros during the 2001 World Series, particularly the games in Arizona. It fits NBC's image better though.

[@Zackattack52287]

It's from the soundtrack to the movie "Air Force One" by Jerry Goldsmith /watch?v=4JQ3IwF6qdw

[@sdmagician76]

The music that begins at 2:00 is the theme from 1993's Adventures of Brisco County Jr.

[@mdo7]

@@sdmagician76Which was later used for the Olympics on NBC.

[@durrellhartsfield1775]

NBC has the best sports themes

[@jacobrichardson1952]

Get the chills

[@LoganHunter82]

Themes from "Air Force One" and "The Adventures of Brisco County Jr."

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

Jaret Wright was two outs away from being to Cleveland what Don Larsen is to the Yankees. He would've been the World Series MVP (though you could have argued for Sandy Alomar Jr, just as Moises Alou should have won it for Florida) and was fantastic.

[@shermanngjazz]

RIP Joe Morgan

[@jacobrichardson1952]

I miss him.

[@markfroman738]

Times were good back then.

[@MrT8599]

Bob Costas' narration and the Air Force One theme makes this intro so amazing! This is hands down the greatest intro to any MLB game ever. And it would turn out to be the intro to one of the greatest World Series games, actually one of the greatest MLB games of all time. I wish NBC Sports had never got rid of the MLB. Curse you Fox! I hate your baseball coverage. I hate Joe Buck. Costas is in another league compared to Buck. While I don't really like Joe Morgan, he might've been 10 times better than Tim McCarver. And having "Mr. Baseball," Bob Uecker in the booth was also amazing. I really think NBC should have been the main MLB broadcaster instead of Fox beginning in 1996. But because of the problems that The Baseball Network brought, NBC decided to back out, and instead take certain games. Big mistake.

[@MrT8599]

Also, I personally like the theme used from 1996 to 1997 over the theme used for the next three seasons. I know NBC uses this theme for Olympics coverage, but for me, the theme just makes me think that an awesome baseball game is about to come on.

[@afridgetoofar1818]

@@MrT8599 This theme is called Brisco County Jr.

[@brandonhubbard]

Buck should retire!

[@LoganHunter82]

"Get off my plane!"

[@bwman1516]

Still the most heartbreaking game in baseball history

[@ranjanudayashankar1569]

2011 WS game 6

[@charismatic9904]

Not for me lol. Im a marlin fan

[@blobulous3500]

The marlins were better that year and deserved it more

[@wmw3629]

Crushing

[@paulschab8152]

As a 7 year old Cleveland fan in 1997, I was crushed. At 26 I would be crushed again in 2016. 1995 wasn't that bad because the Braves were really good.

[@pfh_golf]

They will always be the Cleveland Indians

[@paulschab8152]

I always find it ironic that Jim Leyland is From Perrysburg, Ohio. He beat us in 97 in Florida and eventually he would manage Detroit and scorch us for so many years.

[@ericpogorzelski904]

i notice the music in the background when he said game 7 next the music was from the harrison ford movie air force one at the end of the movie

[@brianshiffler7256]

Bob Costas loves to hear himself talk

[@poshko41]

In 2003 the Marlins accomplished in 12 years of existence what the Indians had in 102.

[@monroemitchell8175]

And Hernandez had that critical error. RIP

[@ShadowRamsFan]

Ever Since NBC Lost its MLB Sunday Leadoff Package. Could NBC Possibly take over MLB Monday Baseball or Wednesday Baseball?

[@sacheenmehta1982]

Air Force One theme song.

[@Sherpaful]

Still can't believe the Indians blew this one

[@americangiant1003]

Me too. The '97 Indians not as good as the '95 team was slightly better than also very good Marlins team. This was an evenly matched series. If this game 7 was in Cleveland the Indians probably wins this. Even with game 7 in South Fla. if the Indians had a good closer they still win the series. Still the Marlins made history as the first EVER WILD CARD TO WIN THE World series.

[@ljays22]

Hello not the World Series opening this is Game 7.

[@stevemandl5140]

what the heck ever happened to keith olbermann?

[@stevemandl5140]

wasn't this the last baseball game on NBC

[@mleczoy99]

Game 6 of the 2000 American League Championship Series was the last MLB game on NBC...

[@nyracingfan]

This was the next to last World Series on a network other than Fox. After NBC carried the 1999 Fall Classic, Fox has aired every World Series since 2000.

[@otaviofrnazario]

@@mleczoy99 Costas finished that game quoting the song "start spreading the news: New York, New York"

[@Omardiazpr]

This make me criying

[@beyoncebillings6625]

I like MLB on NBC better than Fox Fox is The NFL

[@jasonjones1502]

This intro is a million times better than FOX, especially since FOX uses their football theme for baseball! NBCs intro here sounded like an epic baseball intro; FOX's intro doesn't sound epic at all.

[@sarnow76]

Jason Jones Great point. I don't know why FOX switched the theme to their football theme. When FOX first got MLB they had a baseball theme and used it for years.

[@jasonjones1502]

sarnow76 maybe FOX wanted to save money, or something. They use their football theme for NASCAR as well. Terrible idea.

[@agoo7581]

Exactly. It sounds more like "We are too lazy to come up with another theme song, so we'll just use our football one." Which is weird because they had their own baseball theme for years.

[@stevemandl5140]

sports on fox is too comical

[@MrT8599]

@@sarnow76 the reason why is because Fox realized that the NFL theme is so recognizable. They thought, hmm....why don't we put this with every other sport we have. People only recognize the football theme, so that needs to be our only theme.

[@JElNative]

Marlins should have never changed those colors smh

[@mspionage1743]

If only Hargrove left Wright in...

[@tigerwareagle1485]

2 World Series Championships... 0 NL East titles. Lol

[@Brian-js6me]

Tiger WarEagle14 that’s efficiency

[@joerules829]

Get off my plane!

[@maxpayne7312]

Keith back when he was mentally stable fast forward to 2016-2024 he became mentally unstable

[@poshko4144]

So epic compared to Fox.