CHC@LAD: Alex Cora wins 18-pitch battle with a homer

5/12/04: Alex Cora battles through an 18-pitch at-bat vs. Cubs pitcher Matt Clement and hits a home run to right
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[@cletiger1010]

Most amazing part of this is that the count never went full.

[@velodus]

I was thinking the same thing. It's crazy that the at-bat went that long, and yet Clement still had a pitch to waste.

[@Jeremy-kh5fd]

cletiger1010 ikr

[@redbug3485]

cletiger1010 so many of those pitches were balls. Cora was enjoying Staying Alive, like a batting practice.

[@RedRaiderLobo20]

Clement threw 15 strikes in a row.

[@bluechox]

That cause he kept feeling the buzz to swing

[@barrycowan3540]

I remember this at-bat well. I was driving home to LA on PCH after visiting my daughter in college up north. I was passing through the Santa Barbara area, and picked up the Dodger broadcast as I got closer to home. Ross Porter was on the radio calling this, and I was in disbelief as the pitch count kept mounting. What excitement when Alex Cora hit that homer to end it - I went nuts in the car shouting out loud to no one and everyone. What a great baseball memory.

[@lonewolfjedi493osswfan]

And now, 14 years later and two players of the Dodgers are facing each other as managers in the World Series

[@jo_verabradleyfan4743]

@Calem LePage Yes, but Roberts hardly spent much time as a Red Sox player. He was picked up at the trade deadline in 2004, he then helped the Sox get to to the World Series with his famous steal in the ALCS, and then the Sox traded him right after the World Series. Cora and Roberts played for 10 combined seasons in LA, only 4 in Boston.

[@HOTPLATEGAMING]

jo rod but hey both ended up world series champions with the red sox.

[@jo_verabradleyfan4743]

@@HOTPLATEGAMING Yea, I know. But they were teammates as Dodgers for three seasons, never teammates on the Red Sox. That's why Calem LePage referred to them solely as former Dodger players. In this video clip, the two of them are on Dodgers.

[@williamc6930]

Yeah it sucks tho cuz Dave Roberts can’t manage for shit

[@ckalnicki]

Williamc - You lose

[@1984rapbrs]

Look at Roberts and Cora now facing each other as managers in the WS.

[@bluecheese7050]

1984rapbrs yea

[@curthasan4995]

1984rapbrs you smell

[@americasfather8067]

1984rapbrs Cora wins

[@curthasan4995]

Danny the Savage shutup boy your breath stinks

[@fieryydawn]

@@americasfather8067 Cora cheated

[@JasonDKreuger1979]

Vin Scully calling that one of the best at-bats he's ever seen. That's saying something.

[@JasonDKreuger1979]

5:07

[@MrCheeesee]

Probably second to calling Kirk's WS HR.

[@DMDvideo10]

Right after he said that Cora waisted two at bats with fly ball outs because he's not a power hitter. Vin was great but like everyone he had some senior moments...

[@nebulous8389]

Any trashcan drumming in the background

[@mfrick92]

I heard some bangs from the dugout

[@inspector38]

When you're playing RTTS and you're standing at first base

[@BasedWindex]

+The Sober “Dirty Demo” Demoman Only difference is that Jose Altuve swings and misses at a slider in the dirt.

[@matthiasmoore1447]

+Ace75MT Just steal

[@strom6592]

+bigfootTimmy 357 what if you have 22 speed

[@tyruss23]

+A Turtle steal anyway. F the stats at least you don't have to sit on first while your teammates fowl off the 3-2 pitch like 5 times.

[@CheeseMasterSports]

A meme only the MLB the show community will understand

[@mancidepress]

Wow the most ive ever had was 12. 18 is a BATTLE and to come out with a homer is ever crazier.

[@ziggygator4834]

I had a 14 pitch at bat and I ended up having a triple at the end of the battle

[@theappmaster3422]

He cheated in that at bat. When you don’t have power you cheat!!!!!!!!!!

[@martymcdonough1111]

Vin Scully could read the phone book - and I'd listen!

[@ieronimo18]

i'd be asleep by Aaron.

[@EIO01]

Could you imagine the point you would get for this in The Show?

[@BasedWindex]

Be at least 40. Plus a homerun is probably 70 or 80.

[@armanboghossian3321]

Imagine with the x2 perk as well, 160

[@Vixen13k]

I’ve gotten 16 before hitting a grand slam with x2 points and it was I believe 160 points. lmao

[@reliablethreat23]

I'd say anywhere from 80-150 points!

[@heartlandmodding2315]

Those who play on beginner level have no idea what you are talking about.

[@JustinUprising]

Talk about a quality at bat.

[@yourlightingguy4391]

lmao......nothing to see here....move along......epstien did kill himself.......the government loves you

[@chrissesas4062]

And now he's disgraced forever for being a cheating piece of garbage in not one, but TWO world series.

[@throatwobblermangrove4597]

He'll be banned for life, hopefully.

[@Loneski255]

Jason Apodaca alright dude. Because everyone ho participated is Puerto Rican? Bush league move.

[@laytonn1160]

Jason Apodaca ok boomer

[@the3prankskateers704]

He probably knew every pitch that was coming just he was that bad

[@joetheastrosfan3460]

I hope he’s banned for life

[@dougg2012]

It’s almost like he knew what pitch was coming.....

[@yourlightingguy4391]

due to the MLB edits we dont get to see the at bat portion the WIND up and sign look that wll render the sound results we need to hear it ......00:22 you hear it and again 00:51

[@HarryPalma]

00:21 BANG! BANG!

[@johncuthbertson2571]

Hell, even if he struck out, I'd still call it one of the best at-bats ever. But, a home run? Dang.

[@firstave33]

He DEFINITELY deserved that bat flip lmao

[@blackopspwnage5]

this would get me so many points in RTTS

[@thegwiz]

xD

[@fabiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii]

Fr

[@oldiesmusic76]

Vin Scully....What a legend!!!!!! Great at Bat!!

[@carlosinda3553]

It was like he knew what was coming.

[@bellioverjudge36]

What a godlike comment

[@greghmn]

I couldn't help but smile when I saw Dave Roberts. After all, he did have the most important stolen base in Red Sox history.

[@greghmn]

2004 ALCS game 4.

[@greghmn]

Probably would have been stranded at third, preventing the game from going to extra innings and allowing the Yankees to head to the World Series after completing the sweep.

[@willpetnc]

Greg Homan This game was actually from the same season...he was traded to the Sox a few months later at the deadline.

[@greghmn]

I know. Your point?

[@jacobsilverman4645]

4 years later....Cora vs Roberts managers in the WS.

[@mrarriola85]

It's like he knew what pitch was coming!!🤣🤣🤣

[@oldyellerschannel4676]

If you have ever played Ball, you KNOW when it's "GONE" before you even hit it.

[@vgymgy1]

i wonder how he stole the sign to hit that homerun

[@burtonater]

I guess you could say that he was waiting for his pitch.

[@lafoonxiii5311]

Could you say it twice?

[@SamLillo]

And 14 years later he's managing for Mookie's 13-pitch grand slam

[@bobbydyne]

Buzzer must’ve not been working the first 17 pitches

[@haydenmcelmon6504]

Tell me how this is in my recommended right after Cora gets fired from Boston due to a cheating scandal in the World Series involving the Dodgers. Ironic KZbin algorithm

[@shakejaffer1881]

I thought the same exact thing

[@matteo5358]

Same

[@willstern3755]

Lol same

[@jojopuppyfish]

I was at the game and MLB really should show the whole 20 minute at bat. It was baseball's version of bolero culminating in a 2 run HR against my beloved Cubs. Dodger stadium went wild

[@chubbychuckle]

Damn not even a pitch a minute.

[@danl902]

I wss

[@redpillfreedom6692]

@@chubbychuckle Clement was notorious for taking his time between pitches.

[@redpillfreedom6692]

And the pitcher was Matt Clement, who was notorious for taking his time in between pitches. What I'd like to know is how long Cora's at-bat lasted in time elapsed.

[@FreddyPrieto94]

i remember this at bat..watching it with my dad and how amazed we were.

[@trance1215]

Me too man. We were jumping for joy when he hit it out. That was an all time memory for us.

[@alpharedtrot]

Me also. Watching with my dad. He called it. After the 17th pitch He said, " watch him hit a homer" then Cora went deep. Really cool moment!

[@Kreamations]

Shows Alex Cora and Dave Roberts on the Dodgers and now they’re facing each other in the World Series as managers.

[@briangarcia5567]

Was listening to hear a trash can banged

[@yourlightingguy4391]

its there!!!!! right at 00:22 and then a little at 00:51

[@willard2729]

I was there. My friend left our seats to smoke a cigarette at about pitch 2. He came back and Cora was still batting

[@barryjosephson4139]

Was there with my son. I have seen many great moments at Dodger Stadium and the LA Coliseum (including the 1959 1-game playoff with the Braves and the World Series, Kirk Gibson's WS HR,, the Bob Welch-Reggie Jackson WS showdown, Manny Ramirez's first pitch pinch-hit grand slam, the Dodgers being the first to break 3,000,000 fans, Garvey setting the all-time NL record for consecutive games, the season-ending 4-game series with the Astros for the NL title, a perfect game, a 9-pitch, 3-strike out save, and others), but this was as good as any! Everyone there would have been thrilled if Cora had struck out on the last pitch, but hitting a HR was almost beyond belief! Go Dodgers!

[@rikk319]

Was that the Todd Worrell 9-pitch save, or the Kenley Jansen one?

[@fakitzjason]

Took 18 pitches to hear the banging of the trash can

[@Jintshima]

Back when MLB cared about having broadcasters who knew the game.

[@WestCoastSamoan]

Cora and Roberts.. both gonna be facing off soon. Cant wait

[@BadAzzTUBE]

The more pitches you see the better.

[@albertlouisher]

This sums up the cubs franchise

[@SpoikyDoinkyPokemonxP]

Lol

[@MichaelPerez-he3sf]

lol

[@ASAPBlazed]

Pc Retro until now....

[@tatumhedrick]

not anymore!

[@tomservo2202]

lol one title in 107 years easy killer

[@TheFukkup]

Dave Roberts showed every sign of being a coach and doing the small things..what a guy

[@matthewrigsby204]

Wonder if he had the signs relayed to him to know what to swing at?

[@brianchua4240]

You sure he wasn't cheating LOL As a Dodger fan, F THAT GUY

[@TheManny717]

Public enemy #1.

[@VictorMartinez-rc8zu]

As a Yankees fan F THAT GUY

[@Mango-bj2ch]

Victor Martinez Even as a Red Sox fan, F THAT GUY,

[@cy3504]

@@Mango-bj2ch agreed, cant belive we hired him again

[@thorrfgump]

Funny to see former Dodgers that played big roles in Red Sox Championships; Dave Roberts as a player in 2004 and Dave Roberts as a manager in 2018.

[@Total1Package]

I think that Clement may be one of the slowest working pitchers of all time.

[@BillyMinnow]

+JetsMetsfan117 He was brutal from the stretch. He always took his sweet ass time. I had to stop watching games he started in. After every pitch he'd walk to the bottom of the mound, bend over real slow, grab the rosin, play with it for 5 seconds, drop it and slowly walk up the mound, stand behind the rubber, lick his nasty ass fingers, dry them off, take 5 seconds to find his fucking footing in front of the rubber, get himself set, look at the runner on 1st out of the corner of his eye for 3-4 seconds then finally he'd start his motion. I never understood it. I remember this at bat. This might have been the longest at bat in the history of baseball. It didn't help that this fuck cora kept calling time every 3rd pitch.

[@cpffifa9562]

+Bill Minogue not sure if this was before or after but mlb also uploaded a video of bartolo colon pitching a 23 or 22 pitch at bat

[@hollabackitsobi]

+Bill Minogue Great fucking comment.

[@matttalley4706]

+Bill Minogue lost it.. just fucking lost it.. I was tearing up 3/4 through your comment.

[@hmhm856]

The fact that it ended on a home run made it more majestic, with that sweet batflip. And the fact that if was Dodgers-Cubs in Dodger Stadium in a night game made it even more majestic

[@johnmarist26]

Wonder how many fans walked away that day with a game ball

[@nathanielsocash1258]

John Marist 18 at least

[@aniel3238]

Exactly 18

[@sonidoacuario845]

John Marist and that’s just this at bat that’s not considering the whole game

[@metsfan7376]

Zack Hample:Allow me to introduce myself

[@theharmonymotel8107]

Was at this game and it was one of the most slow-building big moments you'll ever see in sports. A creeping recognition came over the crowd as the foul balls piled up that this was something special, and when he hit the HR it was like a cork popping off a champagne bottle - such a release!

[@epicmummies5003]

2004: Loved by Dodger fans. 2020: Hated by Dodger fans

[@michaeldavis9300]

So many amazing things about this video. Such a trip too; Roberts managing the Dodgers now, Cora the new manager of the Red Sox. Oh yea and Dusty is still coaching damn it

[@jacobsilverman4645]

And Cora manages against Roberts, in the World Series.

[@komickaze85]

I hope he's as good a manager as he was in that AB. He was a quality player, hopefully a quality manager. Was a quality bench coach with the WS-winning Astros last year.

[@dirtymikeandtheboyz2570]

Alex Cora stole the signs here already lol

[@Airjordany2k]

if I was that pitcher after that home run I would starting crying.

[@ctaduran]

18 pitches is impressive enough, but Alex Cora homering is a highlight in and of itself. This was 1 of 35 homers he hit in a 14-year MLB career.

[@redpillfreedom6692]

And this came in the only season where he reached double digits.

[@nickibbie4206]

Matt Clement is one of my best friends. He's a nice guy, and a 6A WPIAL Champion and a 6A shareholder in the State Title, holding 1/8th of the title. Amazing player coach and coach player, gives his boys every last drop of sweat from that majestic goatee for his fighting dogs. Love em!

[@marcman1999]

So crazy how Dave Roberts is there too in the dugout. It’s like everything is coming together

[@kaydenb683]

Oh honey the baby said his first words " foul"

[@townshendshean]

Best at bat I've ever seen!

[@rosendorendonjr]

Love Cora’s concentration.

[@Smiley869]

I remember this like it was yesterday. This at bat pretty much defined him. Very intelligent player.

[@kylepiccoli4762]

Dave Roberts wasn’t smiling when Cora got the last laugh on him 14 years later...

[@TheManny717]

And now, Cora *might* be on the verge of receiving a lifetime ban for cheating his way for winning *TWO* World Series Championships... in the same ballpark that had that 18-pitch battle.

[@tonyrosa7944]

Mookie Betts (Red Sox) did the same thing but only after 13 pitches and his manager Alex Cora was giving him hell... Lol

[@KingCitaldo125]

And now both Dave Roberts and Alex Cora are managing teams competing in the 2018 WS

[@TheManny717]

In which Cora cheated. Twice.

[@adaonetube]

Must have watched a lot of video before this at-bat.

[@kilster808]

Can’t forget this group of Dodgers..being born in 89 this was my crew when I finally could understand the game; watching Sheffield, Lo Duca, Gagne, etc was so sick..that’s what big league baseball is..at the Ravine, 17 pitches deep, then bye bye! We’ll see who wins this WS 2018 battle of ex-LA teammates

[@richardfeinberg5174]

CORA!! I like all the Red Sox touches here...Cora, Dave Roberts, Matt Clement...

[@aks957]

Looks like this kid will become a good manager in the future....

[@malachiquinn3383]

This is the greatest thing i've ever watched in baseball history!

[@ariver7491]

My coworker sent me a link to look at this. Dam. What a great link that was. Cora, a guy who was changed for predoira and today is his manager, a guy that Astros didn't want to pay for and then beat them as a manager, a guy who played with Dodgers and then beat them, a guy who played agains a guy who was being watched by a manager when he was a player while hitting a homerun and then a guy who beat Dodgers and that smiley manager at the series. What a story to tell.

[@shanethor5686]

Who's here after the SOX WON BABY!

[@Mikhael23arab]

Hell yeah #damagedone

[@logicblue7657]

LazerGaming BOOOOOOOOOOO💔

[@1990Thunderbolt]

me!

[@D1993-k1t]

With ya

[@chino2faded]

LazerGaming stfu

[@wallybagels4669]

He heard the banging from the dugout on that ab

[@josevidz]

This is crazy. Seeing both Dave and Alex.

[@tonyblackstock400]

Finally hit the trash can loud enough for him to hear on pitch 18

[@samazar3876]

Tony Blackstock *bang bang*

[@hplalakrs2001]

And now Roberts and Cora are managing in the World Series. Crazy!

[@Mikhael23arab]

With Dave Roberts in the dugout, and look who Alex Cora beat as a manager in the world series, Dave Roberts and the Dodgers.

[@krakenmetzger]

This is basically 2018 World Series Game 3 in one at bat. The count 2-2 matches the score. Game 3 lasted 18 innings, this lasted 18 pitches. And Alex Cora was the manager

[@nickc247]

I remember this at bat watching it live. Love you Vin!

[@nateayer3560]

Only Vin Scully could call that

[@GetOffTheLawn]

One of many, many reasons I love baseball.

[@MSUHitman]

The bat flip in 2004! I'm surprised he didn't get one in the head ordered by Dusty the following at-bat.

[@michaelq28]

What makes this remarkable is it features 2 of the managers in the upcoming 2018 World Series (Cora and Roberts)

[@omariparker3769]

Who’s here after this cheater got fired?

[@nathanielduncan4692]

I am.

[@icydiamonds3747]

Lol recommended

[@counterc1ockwise170]

🖐🏻 me

[@joetheastrosfan3460]

Me

[@onguardmedia6107]

Every team in the MLB had cheat it so move on

[@brianconboy8775]

The pitcher, the batter, and Dave Roberts in the dugout would all be members of the Boston Red Sox at some point over the next twelve months.

[@wook1990]

Alex Cora homers with the Dodgers against the Cubs after an 18-pitch battle. The Red Sox won the World Series that same year. 14 years later, Alex Cora is the manager of the Red Sox and watched his players hit 4 homers against the Dodgers in Game 5 of the World Series to win it all for the 4th time since 2004.

[@1990Thunderbolt]

you gotta love it xD

[@ChiinoAntrax24]

If you hear closely, you can hear a Banging noise on the last pitch.

[@ticovalle3273]

Cora manages for today not thinking about tomorrow like that mindset especially in playoff games

[@rftulie]

O Manager, my Manager! Also, never tire of listening to Vin Scully call a game.

[@mikegeiz]

Looking back to this...

[@awesomeshane17]

Just imagine if he knew what pitches were coming

[@hectorflores7346]

That's how great he is...

[@ats515]

Favorite part is the crowd just doing a short cheer for each pitch thrown.

[@AnaheimAngels24]

Watched this AB live with my buddy, a huge Dodger fan. At about 15 pitches I turned to him and said something like, "There's only one way this is going to end. Alex is going to hit a homer. Clement can't get it by him."

[@frajacedio]

That's a proof of Cora's mental strength. 💪

[@Weamz]

Dodgers legend Alex Cora.

[@Good_Guy6]

18 pitch at bat 18 inning 14 years later in game 3

[@DMDvideo10]

Matte Clement also played for Boston as did Adrian Beltre (seen in the dugout)... Crazy!

[@chrismontgomery8278]

I love how Cora is using the Barry Bonds signature Sam Bat.

[@pH7screwtube]

I remember watching this game and of course, I am a Dodger fan. Now I have to root against Cora. Go Dodgers!

[@stephenvargo6076]

One of my favorite players!!

[@krlm2280]

This is crazy it's like Dave Roberts was destined to be a great manager 15 years later he's off to historical run so far with the Dodgers I just hope we can win it all

[@oldyellerschannel4676]

And THAT is why I LOVE Baseball!!!!!

[@masterplanet420]

I don’t care about sports at all but wanted to know what the most fouls on a single person recorded was and I was not disappointed, especially since it was ended with a home run.