Yankees Fan Rich Eisen STILL Isn’t Over Team’s 2001 World Series Loss | 4/20/21

[@DeadlyDolrmenu2]

“I’m sitting here with two ears and heart” is an all-time Rich drop 😂😂

[@DeadlyDolrmenu2]

3:11 for reference

[@rhombo323]

As AZ native, and hometown fan. I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR PAIN

[@jimmybooish]

As a big Arizona fan, this is all we have. Let us have this. It's all we got. YOU GUYS LITERRALLY HAD 3 CHAMPIONSHIPS IN A ROW RIGHT BEFORE THAT YEAR!!!!!

[@musicman76enator]

Your state is honestly the best state. Especially in winter. Some days I wish I could buy a property there.

[@chriscummings2172]

Ok this is really weird...I was thinking the same thing as a diehard Dbacks fan when to my surprise I looked up and noticed I had already commented.....except it’s a different me with my same name!!! So strange...

[@jimmybooish]

@@chriscummings2172 trippy. This is like the spiderman meme

[@musicman76enator]

@@chriscummings2172 It's The Twilight Zone!!

[@musicman76enator]

@@jimmybooish It's the Twilight Zone!!

[@frustyak]

Get over it, Rich. That series should have been over in five games if Byung-hyun Kim didn't blow it in games 4 and 5.

[@musicman76enator]

I think if it wasnt for the stellar pitching from Johnson and Schilling, the Yanks may have taken it in 5, maybe even a Sweep. I'll go further to say that if Mariano didn't just throw the ball to Jeter but aim it in the Ninth, he would have closed out the Game 7 and the Yanks would have had 4 titles in a row. But that's just me.

[@shep68]

It was pretty great for those of us living in AZ at the time. Then the Cards damn near pulled it off a few years later. That one hurt.

[@musicman76enator]

I still believe that 2001 World Series was the best ever. You're lucky to have been in AZ for it. I went to Chase Field a few years back and got a pic with the World Series trophy. That was awesome.

[@jdhjimbo]

@@musicman76enator It was a great WS, but I think the 1975 (Red Sox vs Big Red Machine) and 1991 (Twins over the Braves), were better, but then, I had a rooting interest in the outcomes (my team lost both), whereas in 2001, I was left just rooting against the NYY, as any good Boston fan would!

[@KingWizard26]

I’m a diehard AZ sports fan. Oh I’ll never ever forget it!!!!

[@musicman76enator]

AZ has awesome parks. I've been to all of them. My favorite would have to be Chase Field though. Such a wonderful park there.

[@dougswamprat5275]

Rich being over sensitive, it wasn't about him, but he made it into a hilarious segment which I had to come watch after listening to it.

[@musicman76enator]

He's doing that for views. That's how they make money.

[@dougswamprat5275]

@@musicman76enator thanks. I had no idea how that worked.

[@edwardcasper5231]

As a D-backs fan, I was absolutely thrilled with the 2001 World Series. It wasn't heartbreaking to me. That was one of the best World Series ever played, and that would have been true if Rivera had successfully closed out game seven. By the way, Joe Torre was right. Pulling the infield and outfield in with fewer than two outs in the bottom of the ninth or extra innings is the proper way to defend that situation.

[@musicman76enator]

2001 imo is THE best ever. No question about it.

[@brianmalaquias9425]

2004

[@aaroncorbett6352]

I was in Arizona at the time. We were happy.

[@musicman76enator]

Lucky. What was downtown Phoenix like after the game?

[@drewdrewski4188]

Basically just a giant party. No riots or anything, just good clean drunk fun.

[@musicman76enator]

@@drewdrewski4188 Awww yeah!! That's the way it should be!!

[@jacobboone4281]

The greatest win in D-Backs history! Still love Gonzo!

[@musicman76enator]

Greatest win in World Series history period.

[@qdub6581]

I’m from NY life long Yankees fan moved to AZ when I was 10 and still will never get over it

[@musicman76enator]

Hey at least you've got 27 titles. No other sports franchise can say that. Plus you won in 2009 so that takes the sting off a bit. Just be glad you're not a Cubs fan. They're still the Lovable Losers. I have to live with that every dam day.

[@has3219]

I've watched a lot of sports there was NOTHING like the 2001 world series game 7. Absolutely nothing.

[@musicman76enator]

Triple Amen and Triple Hallelujah to that. Still the Greatest World Series ever. Always will be.

[@javiersp15]

Im fine with 01. It was a battle to the end but 03 STILL baffles me. Like really? The Marlins beat the Yankees?

[@musicman76enator]

01 is the best ever. Best Game 7 ever too. As for 03, Josh Beckett was lights out phenomenal, his Game 6 shutout performance is one of the greatest things I've seen. Also the Marlins had punch in their lineup, clutch hitting and baserunning too. Baffling yes, but the Fish were just better at the end of the day. Funny thing is they havent won a World Series, let alone go back to the playoffs, since that 2003 season. Lord knows if they ever will.

[@chriscollins9298]

@@musicman76enator they faced the braves after beating the Cubs in 2020

[@keithhogan7836]

@@musicman76enator and a young miguel cabrera!

[@genius179]

@@keithhogan7836 who took Roger Clemens opposite field no less

[@genius179]

@@musicman76enator The Marlins have never won the NL East but yet have 2 WS titles. Unless you count the wild card loss last year, they've never lost a playoff series.

[@bpercussive]

I remember leading up to the series seeing political cartoons equating the Diamondbacks to terrorists while the yankees were not just America's team but the whole world's team. So for us AZ fans, this was an especially delicious moment seeing the rest of the world let down after the "greatest closer of all time" blew a save to Gonzo in Game 7 of the WS.

[@musicman76enator]

I didn't see those political cartoons. In fact I had no idea they created those. That's something you can't do these days....The way Arizona won it's first ever title was the greatest thing ever. To this day that's still the only championship they have.

[@Amaziin661]

I remember watching this, i was only 9 years old. RIP tv remote. 🤣🤣🤣

[@musicman76enator]

I was 9 too. Greatest Game 7 (and World Series moment) ever. It will never be topped.

[@Kabazame]

9 year-old crew!

[@jdhjimbo]

@@musicman76enator Well, there were a few other game 7 moments (Mazeroski HR in 1960, Stargell HR in 1979, Bernie Carbo sliding home in 1975, Kirby Puckett HR in 1991, and even Kirk Gibsons pinch hit HR vs the A's in 1988, and the Buckner bobble in 1986 - but the last 2 not game 7 moments), but perhaps, those games were before your time.

[@Kevo193]

The Yankees losing was exactly what the country needed to heal and come together after 9/11 😏

[@musicman76enator]

I sort of agreed, however I think it's more about how exciting the games were. It was a huge form of escapism from all the aftermath of 9/11. The country needed that so much.

[@TerryYelmene]

GREAT CONTENT!!!

[@Benjamin-et3ii]

What does hurt more? The 2001 WS or the 2004 choke???

[@keithhogan7836]

I'm a yankees fan and a new yorker. I would trade two of the previous 3 titles (keeping the subway series win), the 03 walk off against Boston, AND 2009 for the 01 world series. New York needed that win. The baseball moment after 9/11 shouldn't be a meaningless piazza home run but the LARGEST, LOUDEST parade down the canyon of heroes

[@genius179]

2004 is worst to me, I get tired of seeing, the walk, Dave Roberts stealing the base Schilling's bloody sock, A-Rod slapping the ball, Damon's grand slam in game 7, I miss the 1918 chant. Once that series was over I had that look Matt Nagy had when Cody Parkey double doinked against the Eagles.

[@musicman76enator]

2001 World Series = GOAT of all World Series. Period. End of discussion. Best World Series ever. There may never be another World Series better than it. So Rich quit complaining about it, that happened 20 years ago. Besides the Yanks won again in 2009 and 26 times before that. What do you have to complain about? Just be glad you're not a Cubs fan.

[@Nick_Valentine2702]

bro 1991 was arguably just as good. Twins vs Braves. Epic 7 game series

[@musicman76enator]

@@Nick_Valentine2702 91 was good too, but 01 was better. I say this because you look at what America was going through back in 01. 9/11 just happened, we were going to war in Afghanistan, people lost loved ones, the economy had tanked. It was all terrible. New York was hurting too and they needed something to be excited about. Taking the Series to 7 Games gave them just that. Also the way Game 7 of 01 ended is in my opinion a little better than how Game 7 of 91 ended.

[@Nick_Valentine2702]

@@musicman76enator hey im with you as far as the ending goes. I was really happy when Luis Gonzalez won it. The Lonnie Smith incident in game 7 still hurts

[@TheBrooklynLife718]

Same Rich, Same. 😔

[@musicman76enator]

Let it go. It happened 20 years ago. You've got 27 titles anyways...Wait a second, are you a Mets fan? The Citi Field logo is in the background if your profile pic.

[@Datruth330]

So let me get this straight.. Rich is upset because someone had a story that made Luis Gonzalez look BAD?!? I would have been like.. figures he is a jerk.

[@davidangeron3365]

I am not over this either!!!

[@Kabazame]

Didn't understand the magnitude of this series as a 9 year-old Arizona kid, I just knew I bet by brother 50 cents the Diamondbacks would win and enjoyed that soda the next day

[@musicman76enator]

Makes you appreciate more today, yeah? That's still Arizona's only championship to this day.

[@jdhjimbo]

@@musicman76enator But, Diamondbacks are only in their 23rd season. The Cubbies went 108 years in between WS titles, the crosstown White Sox 88, and the Red Sox 86, and the Indians are in their 73rd title-less summer, so the Snakes are doing OK.

[@LucasFerreira-cq8qz]

We need to know who was the Yankees player that gave Suzy the ball ASAP

[@musicman76enator]

Ask Cashman or the Steinbrenner family. Of course you gotta sign an NDA eh eh eh eh eh eh eh.

[@PakRT48]

Clemens

[@musicman76enator]

@@PakRT48 Nah he was too busy juicing up in the dugout and clubhouse. Ever heard of the Mitchell Report, Pak?

[@peterpeterpumpkineater9451]

My bet is Jeter... Clemens was married

[@keithhogan7836]

@@peterpeterpumpkineater9451 if it was jeter, she wouldn't have gone home with rich lol

[@fairtreatment2618]

Then he really really isn’t over the Yankees being the only team in league history to lose a 3-0 games lead. That will never be lived down. Yankees now are just another pedestrian team

[@111RAMONES]

As a Seahawk fan I will never get over that interception in the endzone at the SB!

[@musicman76enator]

Hey at least you already have a Super Bowl title the year before.

[@j.d.6915]

Still remember the '01 DBacks fondly. Even Kim. Heart attack every time that guy took the mound. Also, did the Yankee know Suzy was married to Rich?

[@musicman76enator]

Best Arizona team ever for sure. Kim I think couldn't handle the pressure very well which is why he gave up that Jeter home run in Game 4...I don't think the Yankee dude cared.

[@charlesblack9959]

It's like bringing up Scott Stevens to us Ducks fans. That's a line crosser.

[@vinceniederman]

Same with Us Philadelphia Flyers Fans!

[@ryanl.3586]

As Mariners fan, F*** the Yankees. 9/11 or not, I'm glad the D Backs won it all.

[@jdhjimbo]

Rich, We Bosox fans never forget Bucky Dent and Aaron Boone, who in 1978 and 2003 stole championships from Boston! This is why 2004 was so sweet! Why is a Jets fan a Yankees fan, and not a Mets-first fan? At least, we are both UM alums and fans! GO BLUE!

[@Vinsportsnet]

I punched a hole in my parents basement wall lol! So ya I had a hard time with it too.

[@clintfowler1526]

The Yankees clearly had no business winning that series. The diamondbacks dominated them in games 1,2,6…. The Yankees win 1-0 in game 3 and needed miracle home runs in the 9th to avoid losing games 4 and 5. And Soriano needed to homer to give Mo a chance in game 7. The Yankees did not control that series at all

[@khill1324]

When Gonzo had that base hit up the middle a piece of me died and will never return.

[@musicman76enator]

Cheer up, you won in 2009. It's redemption. Plus you've got 27 titles. Be lucky you're not like the other teams i.e. the Cubs who still haven't won anything since 1908.

[@jdhjimbo]

@@musicman76enator The Cubbies did win in 2016, finally! As a Red Sox fan, we gave ZERO sympathy for Yankee tears, with all their spending and titles. As a kid growing up in the stretch from 1949-1964, where NYY appeared in 14 of 16 WS - winning 8, I admiredcthem, but once they became the Stinkbrenner "checkbook Yanks", I have despised them, other than respecting a few players like Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams, Mariano Rivera, and manager, Joe Torre.

[@khill1324]

@@musicman76enator The Cubs won in 2016.... Where have you been? I was also being facetious. I am well aware that the Yankees have won 27 titles.

[@seanhanks4005]

Me either if they won the next 10 it wouldn't matter that's the one that stings.

[@mason678w]

Idk how you can be a yankee fan when you know that you just have more money than everyone else

[@musicman76enator]

I mean Rich grew up in NY so it's just natural to root for the Bronx Bombers. The money thing is obnoxious I know, but it is what it is. You can also thank Steinbrenner's reign for it too.

[@jdhjimbo]

@@musicman76enator Except, he is a Jets fan, so I thought he would resent the Yanks and pull for the heroes of Queens, the "lovable losers" Mets!

[@scottcampbell96]

The proper comeback to a Red Sox fan is “I don’t know. Do you remember Mookie Wilson?” (I am a Red Sox fan) Edit: just heard the end. Bucky Dent is a good one, too

[@musicman76enator]

'86 World Series was, I think, the second greatest World Series ever. Behind '01 and in front of '91.

[@jdhjimbo]

I am also a Sox fan, and that was the cruelest moment in WS history! But Dent in 1978, and Boone in 2003, were tough pills to swallow in that 86-year drought. Young Sox fans, who have 4 WS titles (and Yanks with 1) in the 21st Century, cannot understand the Pain.

[@scottcampbell96]

@@jdhjimbo the Boone home run was crushing. I thought 2003 was going to be the year, but it made 2004 so much better.

[@jdhjimbo]

@@scottcampbell96 Grady Liddle made the mistake of pulling Pedro Martinez out. Yes, 2004 was my favorite Red Sox monent!

[@adgarfunkel]

Boo Hoo. I’m still not over my Braves blowing a 2-0 lead to loose to the Yankees in 96.

[@musicman76enator]

You won in '95. That's consolation.

[@craigugulini3920]

As a die hard yankees fan I feel his pain

[@musicman76enator]

Hey c'mon, you won it again in 2009. That takes the sting away right?

[@aranjenkins2627]

Man that 2001 World Series hurt bad...

[@musicman76enator]

You won again in 2009. Takes the hurt off a bit.

[@conbitches]

2004 was way worse. To choke against the Red Sox up 3-0 in the ALCS was the ultimate kick in the huevos.

[@coledraper5694]

Billy Cundiff is a curse word to any Ravens fan

[@OPYates]

How many bats did Rivera break that inning?

[@majorhurricane3712]

Im glad no one calls the 03 world series a fluke because it wasnt, but at the same time i sometimes wish they did so i can hate the fish a little less.

[@musicman76enator]

03 was one of the best ever. I loved the 03 Series. 2003 also being the best year of my life. Long story.

[@AmazinFireMan]

Way to much fun, way to much!

[@musicman76enator]

Best World Series Ever. Of course it was too much fun. It stil carries over 20 years later.

[@autiebell1357]

Join the club Rich, I never got over 1977 and 1978.

[@musicman76enator]

Wait, were those years where the Yankees had to play in Shea Stadium because Yankee Stadium was being renovated?

[@hart7668]

Greatest clip ever lmao

[@jimmyjay689]

The Team of last century....not this one

[@musicman76enator]

Certainly the team of the '90s, but I don't know about the whole century. If that were the case then they would have at least 70 or 80 championships by now. There were dark periods for the Yankees, especially in the 70s and 80s. They were not totally invincible, I believe they lost some World Series back in like the 40s and 50s.

[@beers0335]

Mariners fans haven't been the same since 01 either.

[@musicman76enator]

20 years and counting...

[@jakelangs8848]

As an Indians fan I don't feel bad for you Rich.

[@roshenchacko6326]

This is hilarious 🤣😆😂

[@beers0335]

Lmao why would rich assume everyone is thinking about his teams all the time? Classic new Yorker thinking the sports world revolves around their teams.

[@musicman76enator]

Because that's just how New Yorkers are. They feel that everything should be about them and they should get all the attention and all the winning ways. It's all about themselves. They don't care about anyone else. They're just as bad as LA, same ideas.

[@echeng20552]

Adam fucking Wainwright

[@spsawyer22]

DOES SUZY HAVE THE BASEBALL STILL?

[@musicman76enator]

Slide into Rich's DMs why don't cha lol

[@clintfowler1526]

I want to know who that yankee was….😂 rich about jumped him in the locker room

[@genius179]

This is my reckless speculation of the 2001 yankees who I think to get a date with Suzy: 1. Jeter (but it also seems too obvious) 2. Shane Spencer (I cannot trust a scab player, sorry) 3. Gerald Williams (complete guess but he's always been one of Derek's best friends) 4. Chuck Knoblauch (what rules him out is if he threw the ball to Suzy he would've overthrown her, the ball would've landed 3 rows behind her) 5. Don Zimmer

[@musicman76enator]

I would also add Tino Martinez, Andy Pettite, Bernie Williams, Jorge Posada, and Mo.

[@genius179]

@@musicman76enator so why I didn't say any of those guys were because at that time they were all married. Andy met his wife in like HS I think, and he's religious. Mo met his wife when he was like 11 or something, he's really religious.

[@musicman76enator]

@@genius179 Every married man goes after a "side chick". Aka a back up in case their marriage ain't going to work. Ah hel Cuomo's got like 10 of 'em aka the most of New York. What else is new?

[@TheAcgtrs]

🤣😂🤪😂🤣