1986 NLCS Game 5 Astros at Mets

[@blackfinjrblackfinjr3555]

I know he’s doing baseball here, but hearing the legendary Keith Jackson-- man does it take me back.... just hearing him reminds of me of a wonderful cold autumn morning in the fall and of a Saturday college football game. Sure takes me back. I just love his voice. The BEST

[@pbrickley6247]

I thought Keith Jackson was very good baseball announcer.

[@haedyncavanagh]

Whoa Nelly!

[@BAYAREA-kd1ig]

He was good at Basketball when he announced with Dick Vitale for a few years. A true swiss army knife of an announcer.

[@caveman3096]

Yes indeed e do Dee! Whoa Bob Griese! Oh that boy’s a haus! Love Keith Jackson

[@mattdon2164]

I was at this game! Upper Mezzanine (green seats) right behind home plate. Great raucous crowd and great baseball. I went hoarse cheering for Gary to get a hit in the bottom of the 12th. As soon as Wally scored the winning run, centerfield opened up and the NYPD mounted unit caning charging in full speed toward the infield. Must have been about two dozen horses running in. The celebration in the parking lot at Shea afterward was legendary. I am a group with a banner that said “Solit Fingers My ASStros”. Great memories. We need to get beck to more playoff baseball during the day. Much more fun than at night. This game proves it.

[@BigPete44]

I miss Shea Stadium. The Mezzanine, and Loge (blue) sections were tons of fun! The good ol days 😂

[@brentcline4552]

1986 MLB postseason, all three series were great!!!

[@BAYAREA-kd1ig]

Still feel blessed that I got really into baseball during the 1986 season and got to witness some of the best played games in post season history that year.

[@darrellmfume4505]

this series, and the Boston Red Sox vs. California Angeles 1986 series, are Classic. both were VERY exciting to watch back in 86, and even now, 2021.

[@Studio54.4]

Same here. Got deep into the 1986 Mets when I was 8. First game at Shea that July. Owned a Mets helmet with no flaps just like Keith Hernandez...

[@blackfinjrblackfinjr3555]

Just watching Nolan Ryan begin the top of the ninth- 120 pitches in and still DEALING. Just awesome.

[@Brooklyn3955]

What about Doc who went a full 10.

[@blackfinjrblackfinjr3555]

@@Brooklyn3955h😅m too. Studs

[@caveman3096]

He should have been the winning pitcher in this game. Umpire blew the call at first base in the second inning on Craig Reynolds by a sizable margin and that would have earned the Astros a run there to support Ryan to a 2-1 win. What a great duel this was and a tremendous series between the two teams. The 86 postseason was amazing

[@MrBmick79]

Best Championship Series I've ever seen

[@baseballman4958]

Forgot how McCarver acted as if every viewer was watching their first game! Unbelievable how he talked down to the audience. And half the time he was wrong, or made statements that had no basis in fact (eg, when Hernandez went to talk to Gooden in a bunt situation and McCarver hypothesized about what they were discussing).

[@hyou5603]

McCarver what a blowhard 2:43:15 yeah that's right.... yeah

[@BrianKirkwood-g3s]

Sadly, this is the best we're getting out of McCarver as it only gets worse year after year. The listening equivalent of a little brat kicking the back of an airliner seat on a 3 hour flight.

[@mortimerzilch2608]

great pitching duel...one of the greatest.

[@mikedarrah6945]

The sound of the planes going right over Shea, wild. Same experience at CitiField.

[@jamesvolpe3581]

Boy I miss these times, where starting pitchers go deep in games.

[@MrBmick79]

crazy that people arrived late to a Gooden-Ryan pitching matchup

[@frankkiser5861]

@@MrBmick79 It was a Tuesday at noon so that's probably one of the reasons. Odd start time

[@MrBmick79]

@@frankkiser5861 ohhhh. That makes sense. I remember those days when the NLCS would be starting and I'd be in class scheming on the quickest way to get home from school.

[@frankkiser5861]

@@MrBmick79 I remember those days too!

[@gabo-guerrero]

What a fantastic game... Gary Carter, God bless him and rest in peace. One of the best games i've ever seen, it took me back to my childhood with all those beautiful memories. Thank you for this fantastic upload!

[@Milordvega]

Very underrated Dwight Gooden performance 3:30:18 Gary Carter was just clutch

[@johnroetker5067]

He had 0 post season wins with the Mets.

[@Milordvega]

@@johnroetker5067 Should have won 1988 Game 4 NLCS but for that Mike Scioscia 2-run homer...

[@johnroetker5067]

@@Milordvega he should not have faced him. Davey should have gone to the pen . He was a talented young man.

[@Milordvega]

@@johnroetker5067 Davey Johnson ... was not a good manager imho. Lucky to win WS in 1986.

[@johnroetker5067]

@@Milordvega he did well in Cincinnati and Baltimore. The Mets fell apart mainly due to poor moves by the general manager.

[@ProfessorBMedia]

RIP Gary Carter

[@mikem591]

Didn’t even know about this game! Underrated classic!

[@MrJsfingers]

Kid took Kerfeld’s point to him in game 3 personal!

[@mortimerzilch2608]

Nolan Ryan is in his 19th MLB season in this one.

[@bobbenbrown123]

Yep and won a World series ring in 1969 with the Mets

[@bleacherz7503]

Nolan’s mechanics are amazing

[@baseballman4958]

Both pitchers had almost perfect mechanics. Generated a lot of power with a fluid motion.

[@mortimerzilch9437]

This is an absolute classic¡!!

[@coreypnorris]

Gooden vs Ryan. Doesn't get any better than that.

[@alexanderestrada2499]

Blown call at first: 37:16 Replay: 39:41 Strawberry's game-tying homer: 1:37:25 Replay: 1:40:59 Carter's walk-off single: 3:30:15

[@jamescrabtree6082]

Fred Brocklander's out call on Reynolds in the 2nd cost the Astros a run and is one of the worst blown calls in post-season history.

[@elliottnick]

It was the worst call of the playoffs that year and it cost the Astros the game and possibly the series.

[@johnroetker5067]

cost the Astos the game possibly and a game 7.

[@buddysag]

Sure, but you know what cost the Mets a lot more than a run? Mike Scott scuffing the ball with sandpaper in Game 1 and Game 4. He readily admitted this later on. Game 1 was a 1-0 Astros win. It's hard to have much sympathy here. Maybe it's karma.

[@Iisthegreat1]

@@buddysag prove tht\at he a\said at anytime anywhere he scuffed the ball. show nd prove.

[@weareacorprotocracynow6907]

@@elliottnick There were more than one in this series... the fix was in by either the MOB or MLB....

[@josecolon2201]

Ryan vs Gooden

[@MrJsfingers]

Old lion vs new lion (Rocky V saying)

[@Robert_J528]

3:34:18 Keith Jackson made anything sound wonderful.

[@luckybestwash]

I believe what Keith Jackson was calling a "breaking pitch" in this game was actually a nasty splitter. Nolan was throwing a splitter!

[@chrisuncleahmad666]

HOT TAKE Dwight Gooden should have won NLCS MVP.

[@MrJsfingers]

Chris Kreager Doc was incredible during this series. I wonder what happened in the following series. Although he didn’t pitch horribly in Game 5. His defense let him down.

[@djendick]

Or Dykstra!

[@dareal05]

@@MrJsfingers Ran out of gas, nothing left for WS.

[@MrJsfingers]

@@dareal05nice observation. I didn’t think about that. I just went with he just didn’t have his best stuff but probably due to fatigue. Darling pitched two gems in the WS probably because he only pitched one game in the LCS

[@dareal05]

@@MrJsfingers Doc has also said he had nothing left in the tank for the WS. He went 10 in Game 5 against Houston and given everything, just didn't have anything left. 86 is interesting because while it is the greatest season in Mets history, for him personally it had a lot of ups and downs.

[@paulsonj72]

Two reasons for the day game(And early start) One was game Six of the ALCS was scheduled for that night. And the teams had to fly back to Houston for a day game the next day.(The postponement took away the scheduled off day after game 5)

[@alexanderestrada2499]

The Mets may have been lucky there was no replay back then but so was Fred brocklander, because even after seeing the replay, he always stood by his call, even though he was wrong. These days, they'd force him to overturn it.

[@DanStrayer]

37:53 Biggest moment of the game

[@johnnyg2049]

If they had replay back then the Mets would've lost.

[@weareacorprotocracynow6907]

I think the Mets had the fix in. That "out" call in the top of the 2ed cost Houston This Game and the series. NOt to mention that out side the line no call in game 3... Not sure how that Ump has a carrier after that...Man it still makes me up set all these years later

[@adamtparker6515]

Might be the last year #Astros went with the "one team, one jersey, one goal, common odor" as "some form of off creme" was eventually used for their road unis❤😊

[@iolivia2008]

Memories ❤

[@grant5941]

I need me a chevy s10 4x4 now

[@mysticakhenaton1701]

👍👍👍👍

[@CartersKidsSteveInTheEve]

Was it me or did Gary Carter make that play at second to get the runner out from stealing. Looked like he had him with plenty of time

[@MAlexanderZagorski]

Whatcha gonna do Brother, when the "Orange and Blue," run wild on you?!🤣

[@adamtparker6515]

45:23 ahh looks like some of the old #MLB ads re valvoline/prestone are still trying to address old discrepancies from the '75 ASG where the white smoke is a blown head gasket not from crappy oil 😂#therapeutic #fun unless you count the viscosity of GM #dexcool as a piston lubricant which had its drawbacks😊

[@Lonesomedoveloves]

good ole Charlie K

[@Nash55ppp]

37:17 Worst call on first base.

[@jamvan2k]

So glad that have challenge calls now. No more of this blatant nonsense.

[@Nash55ppp]

@@jamvan2k I agree, they put it in Houston Chronicle about they been robbed during Game 6 at Houston

[@johnnyg2049]

Don Denkinger the year before in Game 6 and Jim Joyce against Armado Gallaraga in 2010 that cost him a perfect game. At least when he saw it he manned up and apologized and admitted he missed it. As an umpire myself it's not an easy job out there.

[@skuter84]

And Brocklander refused to own up to his mistake even when asked about it after the game--Infuriating.

[@baseballman4958]

I mean, it wasn’t even close, and at the end of the day it cost the Astros the game and likely the series. I forgot about this until viewing this game again.

[@jamvan2k]

Nothing like going into a game thinking you have to strikeout everyone because your offense is pure crap. 🙄

[@skalty9868]

Nolan Ryan should've retired an Astro

[@adamtparker6515]

1:07:27 Wow re pitcher fielder switcheroo. Is a bit cheating by IBM as a pitcher has to be pulled from play on 2nd manager visit. One thing for sure, Rose's days as a player/manager was numbered #NL And for teams that could attempt placing P in field, crazy and the manager would be on a death wish if that was a regular practice😮 #MLBPA

[@jfkisgr8]

Nooo keep the commercials in!!

[@michaelastorga2478]

Man if the Astros had the 2021 line Up this would be a sweep for Houston

[@CartersKidsSteveInTheEve]

No chance. This team was too clutch and strong. The Astros don’t have this talent or heart.

[@TonyS286]

​@94champsNo kidding

[@MatthewBaumgarten]

As an lifelong Astros fan, this team was very good, Dave Smith giving up the home run to Dykstra was the straw that broke the camels back, I can’t compare todays game to baseball 1986, the game has changed much, especially with how long pitchers go nowadays versus back then, yes pitchers had pitch counts back then but not like today where Starting pitchers rarely go past the 6th inning if they pitch 5 innings I’m surprised back then every starting pitcher pitched a minimum 6 innings and much of the time 7 if their team was ahead , also batting lineups back then were more strategic, ya had batters hit 4th or 5th if they were home run hitters even 6th, they would lead off if they were a base stealer or good at bunting, getting walks, nowadays any player hitting in any slot in the batting order can hit a home run at any position in the batting order more often, it was rare that a player hitting first threw third would hit a home run, yes it happened but not as often, I just think the game has changed so much that todays Major League Baseball ⚾️ is incomparable to baseball back then

[@michaelastorga2478]

Jose Altuve would have destroyed this 86 Mets pitching.

[@robertmountain940]

Yeah with his cheating ways"la camisa no"