Giants Rewind: 2012 NLCS Game 7

Celebrating in the rain

[@Rizzle2323]

My mom passed from cancer in 2012 on April 21st. She was a die hard Dodger hating Giants fan. This was one of the most emotional times of my life. When Scutaro was looking to the sky when it was raining I did the same and thought how happy she would be. Glad she got to experience the 2010 championship.

[@zachpm1309]

RIP to your Mama bro. ✊🏽

[@pandabearmadness6263]

Rip mom's, 2012 was so amazing I'm sorry for your loss

[@Rizzle2323]

@@zachpm1309 sorry for the late reply thank you

[@Rizzle2323]

@@pandabearmadness6263 thank you it was!

[@ADoc1980]

Lex, my mom passed from cancer in 2012 as well (in February). I am so sorry for your loss and I hope the years have at least helped to dull the pain.

[@ninjamonkey808]

They needed to win 3 games and the pitching gave up 1 run in those games. Wow

[@stevenschiro1838]

It really had everything. Barry Zito's Redemption game, Vogelsong at home, then Matt Cain in the Rain. I was at this game at when it started monsooning, I've never heard the crowd be louder

[@jacuzzi8898]

And there was no doubt that they were going to take games 6 and 7. The crowd knew it, and both games the Giants were in control early.

[@richardandaya3932]

@@stevenschiro1838 I was at the game too. It’s the game where I realized my Giants jacket was not waterproof. Brings chills back to watch these replays!

[@aidsskrillex5355]

1 run? I didn't realize that. However I just had a feeling they would win.

[@JacksonHoulihan]

With a manager who knew how to use them to the best of their abilities at exactly the right moment for each. Masterful job.

[@1who4me]

I love it when Buck has to see his Cardinals lose

[@thefoxmccloud2256]

Cardinals 2nd team with more rings

[@johnnym8301]

Pierzynski being the only guy to pick the Giants to win sure is something.

[@BigB0ss00]

Something negative happen between AJ and the Giants too right? It's been forever since I followed baseball but I remember there was something going on

[@Javelin3o4]

There were stories that he was a club house cancer, and he would flip off fans. Not sure if true or not.

[@mfdixon1985]

May not be the most popular opinion for a Giants fan to have but I think AJ as an analyst is actually pretty interesting and insightful. Wouldn't be at all upset if a network gave him a a shot at prime color commentator sometime.

[@AlbertQian]

We gave up Boof Bonser, Francisco Liriano, AND Joe Nathan for a 1/2 season of mediocre AJ. Of course, Giants fans were bitter. Nathan became a great closer and Liriano was a decent starter-The Giants would shuffle through closers like Armando Benitez until Brian Wilson showed up.

[@travisfinucane]

​@@BigB0ss00 Just a bad trade on the Giants part. He didn't become a heel till later.

[@IncredibleFulk1]

Man I remember how crazy the rain was that day. I don’t think I’ve ever seen it pour that much in the park. It made this win that much more epic. If I can summarize the 2012 season for the Giants in one word, it would be clutch. Everything about the Giants that season was fantastic. Matt Cain’s perfect game, Buster Posey’s fantastic MVP year, The Giants domination in the All Star game and this playoff run. Finally sweeping The Detroit Tigers who were pretty scary that year, but they had no idea what was coming for them in the World Series. Got the Giants were so much fun to watch in the first half of the decade. I’ll never forget their heroics and heart. All they needed to believe was in themselves. Thank you Giants for these great years.

[@joekaput747]

2010: Torture 2012: Clutch 2014: Bumgarner

[@disneyfan8178]

The most iconic moment after the game went final, was that shot of Marco Scutaro held his head up and hands out, letting the rain fall on his face.

[@madrich3050]

the marco scruturo trade saved the giants! hitting machine!!!

[@onthegrind2478]

That rain was euphoric, when does it really ever rain that hard in the city that time of the year ?! Not religious but that was definitely a sign from the “heavens.” I remember going outside after the game to embrace the rain when it came through !

[@marcelomeza-rivas4464]

The pitching was unbelievable during that playoff run.

[@postnutclarity6337]

Picture perfect ending to this series. The guy who tried to take Scutaro out is the guy who makes the last out lol. Perfect.

[@ultraness]

And makes the last out to Scutaro, too.

[@walrusnation2496]

It’s sad to think about how many more hits he could’ve racked up in the series, had Holliday not taken him out in the first

[@chrisjonesfilm]

Hearing the joy fade from Joe Buck's voice as the Giants crush the Cards will put a smile on my face until the day I die.

[@楊晟-x5u]

Hearing Brandon belts grandma fied made me smile

[@Shannolife]

@@楊晟-x5u no one will hear that you died

[@gkling33]

I'm so glad to know there are others like me...with a passionate dislike for Joe Buck. No joke, I muted the TV every game, and listened to KNBR Kruk and Kuip or Jon Miller

[@jtax24]

Thanks for the nice replay. After game six on Sunday I decided that I had to go to game seven. Bought a ticket online that morning. The skies opened up with a downpour in the ninth and credit to the umps they let it go. I have never seen baseball played in rain like that, everyone was soaking wet. If Holliday had gotten on I wonder if they would have called for a rain delay. A great memory and an amazing postseason for the Giants!

[@zacharymadsen6767]

I remember being at this game with my parents I was probably 13. The rain was like nothing I ever experienced before or after also ominous too because it was raining like the 9th literally all day before the game but stopped long enough for them play. My favorite memory with my parents glad we all got to watch our team make history.

[@nickwride2023]

The Giants were down 2-0 to the Reds, going to Cincy ( where the reds hadn't lost 3 in a row at home all season ) and swept them, down 3-1 to the Cards, with Zito going in Game 5, swept them and went to the Series and swept the heavily favored Tigers. What a great 2012 Post Season.

[@nickwride2023]

I'm a die hard, life long Giants fan, btw. I forgot to mention that.

[@nonyabizz3533]

Didnt they have a crazy end to season to make playoffs to?

[@edward7835]

@@nonyabizz3533 that was 2010

[@krohn7master]

Game 5 made Zito’s contract worth every single penny, and G1 of the WS

[@hawaiianwater1913]

The Dbacks are having a similar run right now

[@fandyllic1975]

No offense to the Cardinals (whose fans must really hate the Giants), but this was the best game I ever attended. I had the worst seats ever that weren’t obstructed, but ironically that meant I was under a short overhang, so dry and happy. This video missed the iconic moment of Marco Scutaro just reveling in the rain.

[@abtwopoint0]

It shows Marco plain as day reveling in the rain, what are you smoking?

[@pherm1056]

Kozma couldn't field a baseball to save his life this series

[@fandyllic1975]

p.herm10 The Cardinals totally underestimated Giants pitching. Kozma just made the outcome more certain.

[@abtwopoint0]

@@fandyllic1975 That is absolutely besides the point. Kozma sucked in this series; end of story.

[@sportsarebest9299]

It's safe to say Reynolds and Karros were very wrong about who was gonna win game 7 to go to the world series

[@Krow52]

Reynolds has been wrong with ALOT of his predictions...

[@Rizzle2323]

Never trust Harold Reynolds.

[@fandyllic1975]

Almost all the analysts picked the Giants to lose every series in almost every playoff from 2010 to 2014. The 2012 team was by far the best, but their slow starts in the NLDS and NLCS fooled analysts at every turn.

[@diaperenthusiast]

One's a sexual predator and the other is a Dodger so their opinions are 💩

[@Wil_Dasovich]

Love Scutaro

[@alexsarabia8884]

Love my Giants

[@EricWBurton]

Dominant offense, spectacular defense.

[@mikelmart]

One of the Giants execs were asked how the Giants would do against the vaunted Tigers in the WS. The reply was " we'll out baseball them".

[@mfdixon1985]

Honestly the fact that the Tigers were so heavily favored was confusing. Good 3-5 hitters but no depth in the lineup. Good starters but a really shaky bullpen. And it's not as though they were some regular season juggernaut. They won 86 games, fewer than either the Giants or Royals 2 years later in a series that was generally (and probably correctly) panned as matching 2 simply decent teams that just got hot at the right time.

[@The-F.R.E.E.-J.]

I love the editing, you can barely tell that McCarver guy was there. Next up on the agenda, figure out how to get that Buck guy out of there LOL Seriously though, it would be nice if you could get the KNBR guys voices on there but I know that would be tons of work.

[@aaronthatcher8564]

the F.R.E.E. J. Tim and joe are literally the worst broadcast team of all time

[@wanderingwade8877]

Yep. I watched the games with the t.v. sound off and KNBR playing.

[@greggillings9454]

@@wanderingwade8877 my dad did that too

[@LIBREPUB]

Good times. That Giants roster. Wow.

[@nicksanmiguel]

My fav part is Hunter awkwardly trying to get around Wilson’s dancing at 13:28

[@pwoswald]

i was at the fox theatre in oakland when they clinched. was seeing crystal castles that night. an amazing night indeed

[@mikechorizo]

pwoswald after Game 2 against the Tigers in the WS I went to Fox to see Flying Lotus.. amazing as well!

[@pwoswald]

@@mikechorizo love me fly lo. place was probably insane

[@emotionallesbian3503]

@@pwoswald love me some crystal castles and flylo

[@lukemathews1433]

10:14 yeah Joe Buck, Cain intentionally hit Holliday on 0-2 with Posey setting up high and inside in game 7 of the NLCS

[@jenniferroot1824]

Joe Buck is a tool

[@chaosawaits]

lolol yeah, Buck is dumb; no way that was intentional

[@luisarrieta8760]

3:38 Pablo Sandoval was dying to ask for the challenge ... too bad it didn't exist yet.

[@austin1470]

“Giants have never won a deciding game 7” *proceeds to slaughter the Cardinals decisively*

[@FlappyFlapjacks65]

Crazy how the Crawford catch was replicated in the 2021 NLDS off of Mookie

[@TheAlchemic1]

Please do Will Smith's all-star season highlights from 2019!

[@jamesgoss1860]

The more years that pass, the more I am impressed and so thankful for these three playoff runs, most especially 2012 with the 6 elimination game wins, followed by the World Series domination. Boring to non-fans, but oh so satisfying for us fans.

[@bellahayes713]

anyone else here after the dodgers win to get some serotonin?

[@joshherschberg9560]

DYNASTY BY THE BAY

[@SuperNintendawg]

Listening to Joe Buck fuck up the pronunciation of Urias and Angel was sadly hilarious.

[@fmeternal7773]

Although Cain didn't have his best stuff, he definitely got out of jam after jam after jam throughout the game. I much prefer a pitcher who can remain calm when there's runners on base rather than a guy who shuts down lineups, but gets frazzled when one person reaches base.

[@foboyowumbo8629]

That was this teams whole mantra. Torture baby! Brian Wilson was the king at making us sweat 😂

[@Crunkboy415]

Barry Zito saved the Giants' butt during the playoffs.

[@abtwopoint0]

He was phenomenal, after having a mediocre season too

[@jenniferroot1824]

@@abtwopoint0 Zito went 15-8 that year---ERA was a little high but that's better than mediocre.

[@jenniferhamels1176]

Jennifer Root Zito going 15-8 that season was due to Giants offense actually showing up and giving him run support. Not because of his pitching. 9 of those 15 wins Giants scored 6 or more runs. Zito had 6 no decisions where the Giants offense bailed him out. Zito could have easily had 14 loses instead of 8. I will always remember that magical game 5 he pitched, but he was mediocre that season.

[@tylerstoneham4505]

Zeets earned that 126 mil in those last two starts that postseason.

[@stretcharmstrong5287]

@@tylerstoneham4505 Don’t forget the start earlier that season when they went to Denver and he shut out the Rockies

[@chaosawaits]

Last 3 games: Giants 20, Cardinals 1

[@AmericaTown]

The Cardinals said they did not want to come back to SF

[@심다트의모험]

6:33 6:33 6:33 6:33 6:33 6:33 6:33 6:33 This is the THE Once in a lifetime SWING🤯 6:33 6:33 6:33 6:33 6:33 6:33 6:33 6:33

[@josiahlamb]

As a 14-year-old Cardinal fan, this felt like having a heart transplant without anesthesia.

[@HKim0072]

Legit felt bad for the Cardinals at the end. Downpour and the umps didn't care.

[@austinrodriguez4272]

Joe is so sad this whole game literally no excitement. It’s a game 7 and he’s acting like a baby

[@brandonperez5697]

You damn right the game is already over in the third inning just like the series 😂

[@ulygutie]

i was young when these games happened but re watching these reruns really shows how dominate our pitching and hitting was.

[@mikesmith-pj7xz]

Hum Baby!

[@joelopez7459]

Woulda thought Wainwright would pitch here, Stl had no chance

[@xyzxyz6406]

0:22 At least one of those so called experts knew what he was talkng about.

[@spencertherren6806]

That, was a gorgeous line up.✌️✌️

[@theb3654]

The bullpen was so nasty during those years.

[@manl15_89]

i remember we canceled practice cuz it was game 7 lol

[@markdash12]

What happened to the 2nd out in the top of the 9th?

[@Halgrim]

The Giants absolutely SMOKED the Cardinals in the last 3 games of this series.

[@pmiller7148]

And then proceeded to smoke the tigers in 4 games

[@xyzxyz6406]

6:34 Has this ever happened before or since?

[@dawson4876]

one of the worst days of my life

[@JerBuster77]

One downvote...must be Kershaw.

[@jonathankae420]

16:25

[@CM-uf5zv]

Giants 2nd World Series. San Francisco rocks!

[@benitojuarez728]

Where can I watch the 2014 World Series film? Please help

[@OmarGP9]

who’s here before game 5 for positive vibes

[@SuperNintendawg]

I was there wearing a Panda hat! It was cold!

[@elayneholmes8182]

Do remember that day please tell rain

[@josephbarrett9563]

Can't watch it enough

[@thomasdeininger1605]

Scutaro in the rain

[@tomboy5212]

I was there ❤️❤️❤️

[@distractionb]

Hunter's Pence and the Magic Bat by JK Rowling

[@GolDGreg]

12:13 ???

[@AngryStraightWhiteMale]

My pops and I watched every single Giants game during this season. We didn’t miss a single episode. Watching this game live was just amazing. Always had our backs to the wall and kept winning elimination game after elimination game.

[@goldenschlong4846]

I to was one of the 1,335,532 people Attending this game