2004 World Series Game 4 (Red Sox vs Cardinals)

[@jimo7593]

My grandfather saw them win in 1918 and he saw them win here. He passed away the following year at 100 years old

[@nolanfonseca6914]

That’s awesome. He’s one of a select few.

[@richardtibbitts3841]

Wow!

[@mudzy93]

One lucky man. How did he feel after seeing the curse broken? 😳😀

[@JayEmV26]

As a Red Sox fan. Thank you for posting this ❤️ one of the greatest sports moments ever.

[@michaelemery2201]

Ur so right..My buddy wore red Sox up to knees at..I still watch this game evidently

[@TGGent92]

My Grandfather was the biggest Red Sox fan of anyone I've ever known. I remember that family get together at his house in 03 when they played the Yankees in that gm. 7. He was devastated all the losses he had seen in the 70's and the 80's including the 1986 gm.6 Bill Buckner incident. He never did get to see them do it, as he passed away that January of 04. I get emotional every time I see the sox win it all. I think of my grandfather and the Fox theme blaring loudly from his TV. Or all the times he took me and my dad to Fenway to see the sox. 😭good and sad memories.

[@Rayrard]

To be honest no team in the history of baseball was going to stop the Sox from winning after that ALCS comeback. The Cardinals were steamrolled.

[@williamsweeney3215]

It was what baseball needed. That team after that alcs comeback wasn’t gonna be denied.

[@Jayson_Tatum]

Tbh the Cardinals just could not hit during this series. Pujols went 5-15 but the rest were ice cold. HOF hitters were shut down during this WS.

[@samsticka]

Against the Yankees no less. They were largely expected to win.

[@kristiwasserman2303]

@@williamsweeney3215 i was a teenager game 4 down in the yankees sox game. called my mom after the papi run told her we were gonna win it all that year. Tek was my fav. i was bummed Nomar was gone, i loved the Nomar curse signs, but once he was gone Nomar cure. a trade of a great undid a trade of an all time great

[@jasonarokiaraj9817]

As a Yankee fan, I believe that the Cardinals should’ve had home field advantage, but at the same time, the Red Sox would’ve still swept them, by completing the sweep in Fenway Park, had this happened.

[@nighthawk5295]

The Red Sox 2004 was simply the greatest moment in MLB history. Coming back from 3-0 against a powerful Yankees team. And winning 8 straight.

[@tbergstrom4599]

Joe Buck was right, the win brought back the memory of so many of our loved ones, family and friends, that waited so long for this moment never to experience it. Thank you so much to John Henry and all of the Red Sox organization for allowing us to feel this sense of joy.

[@swami1]

Yes. When he said “generations have come and gone” he hit every Sox fan right in the heart.

[@evilkid31able]

Same thing with the Cubs when they finally won. So many that waited and it never happened for them 😢

[@richstrobel]

Watched the ninth inning of game 6 in '86 so I had to watch this to feel better. My Mother grew up in Massachusetts and I remember the disappointment from the former. What I didn't remember was Renteria, who drove in the winning run for the Marlins in game 7 of the 1997 World Series, made the last out in this one. Great moment for Red Sox fans.

[@Aguanga_cowboy007]

The Rookie Yadier Molina who will be retiring at the end of this 2022 season. Hard to believe how time flies.

[@otaviofrnazario]

Red Sox fan here, he is the best defensive catcher I've ever seen On occasion was clutch on offense as well, like in the 2006 NLCS and in the game 6 of the 2011 World Series

[@paulgerrish6539]

Derek Lowe was masterful against NY and St. Louis. This was the peak of his career.

[@ericsigersmith6067]

And was in a contact year lol even though he had his elite moments like the 2002 season

[@Timestamps_]

19:04: Boston leads 1-0 1:03:16: Boston leads 3-0 2:25:03: Cardinals get out of a jam. 2:47:47: End of the game

[@fredh.1255]

It’s really incredible that the Red Sox were two outs away from being swept by the Yankees. They came back to become the only team in baseball history to be down three games to none and win four straight. And then sweep the Cardinals. Mind you, two excellent teams that won over a hundred games each. Boston won eight straight against those two teams ……..just remarkable.

[@kristiwasserman2303]

what’s crazy is my teenage mind said we’d win it all down 3 games about to lose the 4th just from papis run. that year had magic you can’t explain. Tek…then Wake, Schilling, Papi, Damon, Pedro, Pokey, &the rest of that team will always hold a special place in my heart from that year. As an adult idk how they called that Schilling game a bloody sock it clearly wasn’t blood. Didn’t even look like blood. A Rod was just disgusting even rewatching it. i nicknamed him A Rat as a kid and that was spot on🤷‍♀️

[@davidmichaelcarney]

I am a Red Sox fan. I lived in Maine when this game took place, as I remember, it was a full moon that night. Go figure.

[@swami1]

We had a lunar eclipse that night. The moon was red.

[@bretdonofrio6473]

Lunar eclipse too. God was smiling on us that day.

[@sweetmapleleafs]

Who would ever think that after that 19-8 loss in game 3 of the ALCS, that the Boston Red Sox were going to win 8 straight games against the Yankees & Cardinals? Some people may say baseball is rigged, & some may believe divine forces may be behind it. But this team had expectations from the start of the season. They may have gotten themselves in a pickle, but they still got the job done. They achieved the goal, and all credit must be given to the man upstairs for blessing that organization, who in turn rewarded their supportive fan base.

[@michaelbacchiocchi8111]

Well said. I’m a longtime Yankees fan. I remember being downright confident after the 19-8 trouncing in Fenway as it just seemed the Sox gave up. Just incredible gutty performances from the entire squad to turn the tide in that series. And I’m just appalled now to learn that the Yankees ‘mental health’ coach (or something) had the brilliant (sarc) idea to replay that series to the Yankees squad down 3-0 against the Astros this year. 🙄 That’s your team’s history and also an absolute nightmare from a Yankees standpoint.

[@ericridenour5949]

Yes...all thanks to John Henry, upstairs...

[@thezenitsufan1249]

2:50:08 Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore filming a scene in character for the film Fever Pitch

[@speakinfaxonly21]

Dude no way that is so cool. Never knew that lol

[@pottytheparrot310]

@@speakinfaxonly21After the Red Sox won the pennant they had to rewrite the ending. The original ending had the red sox losing

[@petis1976]

​@speakinfaxonly21, the DVD has the story behind it. Jimmy and Drew did their own makeup as they flew to St. Louis, since Fox was filming the series and producing the movie, they told one of the cameramen ok, your job is to film these two for the rest of the night. He even improvised the running around the two of them while they kissed on the field. Fox knew they could never recreate this moment and have it look real, so they just gambled that the Sox would win.

[@fromulus]

I started watching Red Sox baseball in 1990, when I turned 11. It was long enough of a time that I felt that feeling of hopelessness, I saw very good, even great teams turn into pumpkins when the moment was at it's biggest, I thought there was nothing that could be done, it wouldn't matter. 03 with Aaron Boone's hr really solidified that feeling for me, it was depressing. Then they were down 3-0 on 04, about to go down again, and it truly felt that way, all the way till Papi's HR in extras to take it to game 5, and the rest was one of the best rides of my life. There was something in the air that Fall, you could feel it. Magic is the only word I can think to use. Everything came together, it was the only way it could happen, I'll never forget that feeling as long as I live. This was the pinnacle of Boston sports over the last couple of decades, I don't care what anyone says. I shed tears when the final out was made. What a feeling.

[@kristiwasserman2303]

i was born into generations of red sox fan. that year i knew we’d do it. i was a teen that year. called my mom game 4 when papi scored said we were gonna win it all& i felt like i was watching it with her. i was a teen i didn’t even realize we were down 3 almost 4 games it just felt right. that’s what boston sports is actually like, i hope after the years of fandom you’ve experienced the never give up and never get excited about a lead that is true boston fandom across all sports. bc you clearly weren’t an actual boston fan then if you were depressed. Boston sports always blow big leads or make big come backs and you never know until it’s statistically impossible.

[@johncassani6780]

I started in ‘86, when I was six. As great as this win was, it would have been so great if they could have won it back then, when the heart of the 1946 team was still around, and not too old. But, the way they were able to do it in ‘04 couldn’t possibly be topped, from an on-field standpoint.

[@Jiltedin2007]

Back to Foulke. Red Sox Fans have longed to hear it, the Boston Red Sox are World Champions at 2:48:00.

[@JediPhoenix1976]

2013 comes close, mainly because it was a World Series victory at home after the Boston Marathon bombing, but 2004 was absolutely magical if you were a Red Sox fan. There will never be anything else like it ever again.

[@redscorpion9411]

After the Red Sox struggled so much with the Yankees in the ALCS, they had ABSOLUTELY NO TROUBLE defeating the Cardinals in the World Series! Now THAT made me cry!

[@rev.markcarrier1894]

The World Series, for a lot of us, came as an anticlimax after beating the Yankees.

[@Cureguy1]

@@rev.markcarrier1894 No. The comeback against NY wouldn't have meant anything if they hadn't won the Series. I enjoyed every second of dominance against the Cardinals.

[@greatestnitemare6626]

@@Cureguy1 Yeah that's not true. The ALCS comeback absolutely meant something and even if they lost in the WS they would've more than likely won the year after considering they had the same team.

[@Cureguy1]

@@greatestnitemare6626 No way. You don't know for certain they would have won the following year. In fact, they didn't win in '05. They had to win the WS in 2004. Had to. Especially after the '03 Grady nightmare.

[@greatestnitemare6626]

@ okay so by this logic the Yankees should’ve won the WS in 05 or in 2025 which they won’t

[@hmhm856]

1:15:46 Rookie Yadier Molina confronting Manny about stealing signs. Earlier in the game, when Manny was on base, Yadi thought that Manny was stealing signs and sending them to David Ortiz, who was the hitter. Yadi had talked to Mike Matheny (Cardinals veteran catcher) about what he should do and Matheny said, “When Manny comes up to hit, you make sure that he knows that you’re on to it. But I didn’t think that Yadi was going to get in Manny’s face.” Francona, as he later detailed in a book, told home plate umpire Chuck Meriwether, “Chuck. Manny doesn’t even know OUR SIGNS.”

[@pw6959]

I love this

[@greatestnitemare6626]

Sad part is I believe it because Manny was an idiot. He was just so talented. It proves right here how much talent means more than "hard work" and "effort".

[@Lava1964]

This does not get old.

[@mfgreviews5028]

The crisp full moon October night no true sox fan will ever forget.

[@freyathewanderer6359]

Plus there was a lunar eclipse. What a delicious coincidence!

[@greatestnitemare6626]

I honestly hate this sport.

[@robertpalin2161]

I was a poor college student in 2004, but I splurged on a $45 bottle of Moet before game 4, because I just knew it would happen. I went outside my dorm after the game and sprayed some random dudes on the street who had just watched the game. I didn't drink any of it. I didn't care. All the years of agony were gone and it was soooo sweet.

[@kristiwasserman2303]

86ing the curse 😂. best low key line. 86ing it 86 years later

[@spencergwin9454]

Also the 86 World Series disaster

[@kristiwasserman2303]

@@spencergwin9454 that’s not related to the comment and before my time but sure.

[@TBevill1231]

We coming up on 20 years next year, Sox Fans. Still an amazing story.

[@purwantiallan5089]

I miss those 2004 Alcs teams now.

[@RedSoxfan1995]

2:47:47 Greatest moment in the history of the Boston Red Sox

[@hmhm856]

Not only do the RSOX break their "curse", but they also did it with the historic comeback against the Yankees in the way. And with the RSOX winning the WS, the Yankees-RSOX rivalry as we know it was officially over after this 2004 season.

[@pottytheparrot310]

And the Red Sox have had all the momentum on their side later. Beating the Yankees in the 2018 ALDS and 2021 Wild Card

[@JMaxfield09]

I'm now rewatching the final out of this historic Game 4, as I did 20 years ago to the day, on TV, with my then girlfriend in Somerville. Moments later, I drove myself across Harvard Bridge into a very jubilant crowd outside Hynes Convention T-stop, as if Christmas had come early. Some people carried brooms with them to celebrate the end of the 86-year "curse."

[@Lucky_9705]

As a Red Sox fan, this is a stamp of history for me

[@Dixie_Normis1]

The reason this win was so big was because of the heartbreaking loss in 2003 against the Stankees. I remember feeling we would never win after 2003 then to go down 0-3 in 2004 and to come all the way back against the evil empire. Feels great to talk 💩 to NYers

[@stevenstocker7425]

As a cardinal fan as much as I hate the Sox for beating us in 04 and 13, the 04 team probably could have beaten anybody in the leagues history. They weren’t the best team ever but they had the greatest momentum of any playoff team ever. I think if you plop the 27 Yankees back there and the Sox still would of won. This was probably the best cardinal team of the 21 century with 105 wins and the Sox just completely blanked us.

[@timothyryan3031]

Well, historically the Cardinals beat the Sox in '46 and '67, which, granted, you probably weren't alive for, but that's how it goes. My dad saw the Red Sox lose the WS in '46, '67, '75, and '86.

[@thezenitsufan1249]

As a New York Mets fan (and a follower of the National League) I still think the Cardinals were the better team in that series they lost to a team they would have beaten several times over

[@kristiwasserman2303]

@@timothyryan3031 yes and all those sox fans alive still felt the magic that year. it was inexplicable. before you knew the sox would blow it. even the fisk waving fair (that i wasn’t alive for). once the game four papi homer happened even down most diehard sox fans knew it then.

[@anandguruji83]

2004 WORLD 🌎 CHAMPIONS OF BASEBALL ⚾️ BOSTON RED SOX

[@anandguruji83]

2004 WORLD 🌎 CHAMPIONS OF BASEBALL ⚾️ BOSTON RED SOX

[@josecarranza7555]

anandguruji83 You all right, man?

[@iamgroot2418]

Enough with the soccer already. Comment on soccer videos doogan

[@purwantiallan5089]

@@anandguruji83 hi anand.

[@rev.markcarrier1894]

The actual game gets started around 18 minutes in.

[@harryparsons2750]

Everyone forgets about Bill Mueller. He won well technically tied the score in game 4. Without that hit who knows what would have happened

[@erickfloresalcaraz]

1:15:46 Yadi telling Manny that he had already realized what they were doing

[@JonesDylan874]

2:48:00-2:48:03 Joe Buck: Back to Foulke. Red Sox fans have longed to hear it, the Boston Red Sox are world champions! A great moment in baseball history.

[@ericbaradindo5875]

Here on the 20th anniversary❤️

[@NatPat-yj2or]

This was my senior year in high school and I'm from Maine, so we were all watching this. Whoever's parents were gone during this playoffs run was automatically the party house that we were crashing and watching the games. We did the same the year before but the Yankees beat us. What a special year. It was also a time when our older friends were headed to war, others in my class were enlisting in the military, others were getting ready for college. I haven't watched baseball since, because there was no point. We had grandparents and relatives that lived their entire lives waiting for this and never saw it. Watching how they pulled out every possible person in that organization, is truly remarkable. This is the definition of teamwork. This is how you succeed in life. Teamwork.

[@RedSoxfan95]

2:47:47 Greatest moment in Red Sox history

[@Longenecker1776]

They just broadcasted an actual HD VERSION of Game 7 2004 vs Yankees. Where is the World Series version?

[@hypn0298]

Ikr, the first World Series broadcast in HD was 2002

[@jalenduncan25]

Let's not forget the Houston Astros are cheaters.

[@josecarranza7555]

red sox cheated too. david ortiz steroids.

[@jalenduncan25]

@MANCHESTER UNITED Grown men fake crying on the ground.

[@Tropicalfire]

MANCHESTER UNITED no one in the us at least cares about peasant hockey

[@atlbraves1983]

Jose Carranza there was no proof that he was on steroids and don’t get it twisted baby, David Ortiz is a first ballot hall of famer.

[@hapgood22]

@MANCHESTER UNITED Soccer is the most boring sport imaginable. I was bored even when my daughter played soccer. Stupid sport. Americans don't care what soccer fans think.

[@AmericanGutierrez18]

2005 August saw a lot of babies born in Boston

[@rileyfreeman7122]

This was the greatest cardinals team in my lifetime but this World Series nothing went right

[@ilexmortisligaming]

The second the Red Sox came back to beat the Yankees after being down 3 games to none I knew I just knew that the Cardinals were doomed you know I am a Red Sox fan and I vividly remember watching the series and I can tell you right now the Cardinals were playing scared they knew that they basically had no chance they had nothing to answer the Red Sox with at that time the Cardinals best player was Albert Pujols and unfortunately he could not hold that team on his shoulders by himself the pitching staff was average at best the defense was decent but the offense is what really killed the Cardinals they didn't have anything to answer Curt Schilling with or Pedro Martinez or even Derek Lowe the Red Sox were a team of Destiny in 2004 easily the best team ever assembled outside of the 2018 team which absolutely dominated the major leagues that year

[@menofgodalways3216]

Then we came back in 2006 and then in 2011

[@redscorpion9411]

@@ilexmortisligaming ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEMS did the Red Sox have to beat the Cardinals!!!

[@noguere.vargaszarate2999]

Thanks Roberts!

[@harryparsons2750]

Ridiculous amount of ads

[@screechowl75]

great win bye bye curse. great memories!!!

[@mr2del]

TIMELESS!!

[@EpicTyphlosionTV]

Who came here after Big Papi got sent to Cooperstown?

[@chriscroke718]

Yessir

[@creatinjustin]

19 years ago today ❤

[@freemarketjoe9869]

No one noticed at the time, the Redsox first baseman quietly kept the ball from the final out!

[@petis1976]

Mankavich barely played that post season, if I was him I'd have kept the ball too.

[@jaronhamblen2400]

2:50:08 fever pitch

[@johnnysalami27]

My mother (yeah I don’t call her “ma” that’s my father and his mother) has a signed Manny Ramirez jersey from the 2004 WS. It still hangs in the basement closet. I think my father was at the bar. Both my mother and I were sick, same with my other siblings. Man I love being from the Boston area. I do t care if we are called drunks or racists. We are different! I love our dirty water!!!!!

[@misterrickyg]

I got an ad at the end of the National Anthem........and the home of the....(Ad).............Braaaaaave

[@samsticka]

I remember this. I was so glad when Boston finally won the World Series after 86 years. All that agony and frustration they went through before then, both the players and the fans, was finally gone. I guess the way they came back against the Yankees gave them the momentum to win the World Series.

[@thehyperyt5942]

46:23 54:10 54:48 57:56

[@wshutson0304]

2:50:10 THAT legit on field scene was at the of “Fever Pitch”

[@Christ0pherWade]

2:48:01

[@ersindemirbas1701]

Dr.Jack Shephard's biggest longing..

[@alecbormia4523]

Even here Buckner gets the blame for the Mets winning the 86 series lmao. Not like the wild pitch right before that which tied the game had anything to do with it.

[@swami1]

It should have been called a passed ball.

[@MetallicaLive]

Do y’all have the full game where Steven Tyler sang the National anthem from 2004?

[@anglobostonian]

That was Game 1.

[@RubenPerez-dr9dh]

Jaja yadier siendo un novato encaro a Manny Ramirez y le dijo que Ortiz le estaba diciendo las señas cuando Ortiz le daba al bate con la pesa ya Manny sabía que tenía que hacer contacto jajaj tremendo yadier ❤

[@erickfloresalcaraz]

Vienes de la entrevista con el Cafe Martinez

[@THERobertL2000]

On This Day In 2004: The Boston Red Sox finally break "The Curse Of The Bambino" and win their first World Series title since 1918, sweeping the St. Louis Cardinals in four games.

[@JonesDylan874]

Also, the New England Patriots won the Super Bowl that same year!

[@Margio182]

Incredible

[@petis1976]

And no one had any idea why Jimmy Kimmel and Drew Barrymore were out on the field, much less kissing, and then fever pitch came out.

[@TMC1982Part2]

Random Drew Barrymore cameo at the 53:06 mark. 😆

[@pottytheparrot310]

They were filming Fever Pitch. The original ending was for the Red Sox to lose in the playoffs but had to be rewritten after they won the pennant

[@legendarymystx]

yankees fans, it ain’t gonna happen 💙

[@chrissprague5209]

Bruh chill with the ads

[@georgehardin8452]

As a lifelong redsox fan this was my favorite team. They were all about team baseball and they played for eachother and not themselves. Go redsox.

[@universeleven]

1:46 saved

[@dodamagexl]

What did Yadier Molina say to Manny Ramirez?😂

[@erickfloresalcaraz]

looking the answer on EL CAFE PODCAST

[@richkeeney4744]

Rolen the food bank donor, delivering cans of corn to those in need.

[@williambrady4760]

The curse has been reversed.

[@noguere.vargaszarate2999]

Los cardenales de san luis nunca fueron rival para los media roja de Boston! Gracias Roberts por robarte esas bases! Gracias equipo y directivas! Gracias y hasta siempre..Tim Wakefield 😢😢

[@randywebb2100]

At around 9:30, what is the song being played called

[@otaviofrnazario]

100 years by Five For Fighting

[@wills3210]

Most one sided World Series of all time

[@TMC1982Part2]

1989 (Oakland vs. San Francisco) would like to have a word on that one.

[@wills3210]

@@TMC1982Part2 I don’t know much about baseball before 2000 so I guess you’re right I just haven’t seen that one 😂

[@R.POliver]

Red Sox winning the World Series along with the Cubs in 2016 helped bring about the ultimate demise of baseball. Baseball’s greatness and power comes from tradition and lore aka magic. But we don’t have that anymore. That’s what made it special, you really believed there was a curse on both teams. And Boston and Chicago sports fans have won titles in other sports, so them winning a World Series means nothing.

[@harryparsons2750]

You sound like a bitter Yankees fan hahahaha. Now the curse is on the Yankees and I love it! Just look at the 5 Unearned Runs and Judge dropping the pop up then Cole not covering first base. I absolutely love it

[@bahayhashts4797]

Would’ve been cool if the Red Sox got karma if the Cardinals would’ve won in game 7 from a Yankee fan.

[@RobertKingofMaine]

Please change the title. The Sox 2004 series was against the Yanks..... not the Cards.

[@gr81_gr81]

I think we all know the yankees we’re the better team that year, sometimes luck prevails

[@giants2k8]

That’s the beauty of postseason sports and sports in general. Anything can happen, even the seemingly impossible.

[@nickfrezza7031]

Theo

[@ericsigersmith6067]

Curse breaker

[@hawaiisown50]

Theo and ALL of the 2004 Sox & 2016 Cubs will eat and drink free for life in Boston & Chitown...

[@dramatyst5661]

Lol rolen swung so late at foulkes change up

[@TonusBalonus]

Does it have to be going to ads every 5 seconds, I know Exaggerating here but geesus F'ing cripes the constant ads ruins the experience of trying to watch this

[@jesusperez-os8nd]

Is spitting all the time mandatory for a baseball guy?

[@fromulus]

yes

[@jesusperez-os8nd]

@@fromulus that is sad

[@akularia]

@@jesusperez-os8ndthey eat seeds sometimes

[@bradysacco8377]

MLB is the worst page. You want to fast forward to a certain part or rewind on a 4 hour video, and every time you do, boom! 2 more ads for ya!

[@JOSEPHMancini-ef8ec]

#YogiBerra

[@davidmacgregor2489]

There was never a curse. Just a stupid advertising ploy by Dan Shaughnessy to sell an otherwise unremarkable book.

[@fromulus]

Yeah I guess technically since magic isn't real, but the way things unfolded through the decades, it's not hard to imagine why people found the idea of a curse believable. It sure seemed like they were cursed, until 04.

[@josecarranza7555]

Then we found out david ortiz, manny ramirez, arroyo and other red sox were on steroids.

[@schweppley1614]

So were hundreds of other players in the steroid era

[@josecarranza7555]

Schweppley Not as much as the red sox though.

[@schweppley1614]

Jose Carranza LOL someone’s never heard of the Athletics

[@josecarranza7555]

Schweppley The bash brothers were a fun team to watch.

[@MythraxMusic]

Oh you're just a salty little fan cause the Astros got caught cheating 😂😂

[@bigblue9996]

Yankees 27 rings though. Be mad Red Sox fans

[@nickfrezza7031]

You weren’t even alive for most of them

[@josecarranza7555]

Nick Frezza Doesn’t matter. You weren’t alive when red sox won their first 5 and red sox fans still claim them. So it doesn’t matter when it happened. When you’re a fan of a team, you’re claim all the titles.

[@iamgroot2418]

Half as many teams in the leagues back in the day... not too impressive. Still congrats I guess but chances of winning go down with each team added. I'll take the present titles because they're tougher to get

[@atlbraves1983]

Jose Carranza damn you commenting on every post. You big mad, huh?

[@josecarranza7555]

atlbraves1983 What other posts, big dog?