2004 ALCS Game 7 Highlights | Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees

[@DPK99ATown]

I remember when I was 17 I lied to my parents about going to watch this game at my friends when I was really going with my friend to a party somewhere else. They caught me. Picked me up and made me stay home for the night. Ended up watching this game with my dad. He went through it all with the sox growing up. That night ended up working out beautifully. What a night to live with my pops!

[@stevencooke6451]

Not a bad consequence of getting caught.

[@putucoq3]

nice story, misses ufos and zombies, still nice!

[@joeb2588]

I'd say that couldn't have worked out any better.

[@MAGA4EVA1986]

Not sure why you wouldn’t have been watching it. I’m assuming you didn’t live in the city of Boston, or Massachusetts for that matter. I was 18 and grew up 6 miles from Fenway Park, we were out in the streets partying!! It was something I will NEVER forget! Me and my grandfather! I ended up getting Sox “B” on my arm when I was stationed in Turkey a few years later in remembrance of my Grandfather and our love of the Sox, unfortunately I actually have an appointment next week to get it covered up with something else, because I know my Grandfather would feel EXACTLY how I do seeing what the Sox and baseball in general has become with their liberal politics. My grandfather, like me served in the military during war time, he was in the Navy during WWII and lost his sister ship and a lot of close friends as he had to watch her go down. I know for a fact he’d be rolling in his grave if he could see what baseball and the Sox specifically have become, continuing to push the BIG LIE and then letting an openly racist LeBigot James actually buy a piece of the team.....I’m actually glad he didn’t have to see his beloved team turn into this.....

[@flashbrito6]

I was 12 watching this one of the best moments of my life.

[@randychester2754]

After the heartbreaks of 1975, 1978, 1986, and 2003, this was sweeter than anything one could have imagined. Unbelievable.

[@fiesta061000]

The Red Sox were good in 1999 as well and mad the ALCS that year ⁉⚾🏟

[@NateTheGreat1684]

@@fiesta061000 The Sox got screwed by bad umpiring in 99 which sucked. This makes it all better though

[@redsox1935]

2018 was just as beautiful. 16-1 and a hit for the cycle in the playoffs in their house was beautiful

[@redsox1935]

@Bourg Productions 2004 was revenge against the Cardinals for 1946 and 2013 was revenge against the Cardinals for 1967. We need a rematch with the Mets for 1986 and Reds for 1975

[@hagamapama]

Could it ever have gone through 2 other teams than New York and St. Louis and felt anywhere near that good? I think not.

[@jgfunk]

That HR by Ortiz saved the game. I know Johnny Damon went off later in the game, but after losing that runner at the plate, Ortiz came through yet again. Set the tone for the whole game.

[@TheLocalLt]

jgfunk exactly, for a few seconds after Damon was hosed at the plate it looked like this could be another Red Sox playoff embarrassment against the Yankees. Then Ortiz just murders the very next pitch and the crowd falls silent, huge sequence

[@stevencooke6451]

Ortiz had a habit of just doing that.

[@PaulGoodeK]

I do always appreciate the grim determination on Damon's face when rounds the bases after the grand slam. He is sending the message that "we aren't done yet."

[@johnjamele]

Exactly right- we Red Sox fans didn't even get a chance to get that sunken feeling; before we had even returned to our seats, we were up 2-0.

[@quentincampbell612]

That was as if the Red Sox went from saying "Why not us?" to "Now,it is us!".

[@timhadac8783]

Every MLB fan in every city (other than NYC, lol), including this Chicago baseball fan, will forever owe a debt of gratitude to the Red Sox for this triumph for the ages!

[@raiders45coll69]

really..? why? it was just the sox triumphing over the yanks.

[@treygray2817]

Don't forget about all the Mets fans in NYC...

[@martinleavitt6094]

👍

[@XDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXD]

Crazy thing about it is that this is an ALCS and this series is more famous and rememebered than the WS itself!

[@benescarcega9880]

Biggest choke in sports history. The sound of 55,000 New Yorkers being shut up was golden!!

[@ericschuster2231]

Where did you get the number 55,000 from?

[@mitchellbryant7695]

@@ericschuster2231 well the capacity of yankee stadium in 04 was 57,000

[@ericschuster2231]

@@mitchellbryant7695 Ok but how does that answer the question?

[@normanlinden5786]

@@mitchellbryant7695 - there were a couple of thousand Red Sox fans there, so Ben Escarcega's estimate of 55,000 silent Yankee fans is pretty accurate.

[@spencertherren6806]

​@@ericschuster2231How are you having problems comprehending this?

[@etothej]

Nothing better than seeing the Sox celebrate in Yankee Stadium!

[@metfan68]

Without a doubt😂

[@JEBossTon92]

My dad had died on Sept. 17 that year after a nearly 2-year long battle with lung cancer. I was broken. I had lost my father, my best friend, and my hero. Then a man named Papi led this team to the greatest comeback in sports history, forever altering the landscape of Major League Baseball, and quite simply helping to save my life. 💯❤️

[@LuvThatDirtyWater]

thx for sharing and I know how you feel. I lost my mom in 2000 and she wasn't just a big Sox fan. She was my biggest fan

[@jaronzennaiter]

Every Sox fan remembers this series vividly! The previous year too!

[@Dhardy316]

I remember what Pedro did the year before...but we still love him

[@dakodagagnon2212]

@@Dhardy316 Nah it was all on Grady Little in 03

[@Dhardy316]

@@dakodagagnon2212 Wow, I havent heard that name in about as long as Mo Vaughn's!

[@Theterminato2013]

@@TheEuropeanLad 05 White Sox>04 Red Sox

[@thebillscast90]

@@Theterminato2013 they had an easy playoff schedule they didn't have to play anyone with a good record lol. The 04 Red Sox had to eliminate a really good Angels team, came back 3-0 against the best team in the AL that season, and the swept the team with MLB's best record in 2004. So, no that's total bullshit. Obviously, the 2005 team was quite different from the 2004 team so that's why they got shit on by the White Sox. The 2005 White Sox were a fluke and The Red Sox have won 4 since breaking their curse.

[@lovetheoutdoors9485]

Anyone watching these highlights in 2020?

[@jk55fx]

Ivan Valentin yes me.

[@lovetheoutdoors9485]

@@jk55fx I'm wishing for another great season bro. 👊👊

[@lovetheoutdoors9485]

@@therapium Rooting for another awesome season bro. 👊👊👊

[@bennyb_8311]

Heck yeah! That is awesome memories.

[@rafaelyepez5178]

Hahahahahha, I have, about 5 times each, games 4, 5 ,6 and 7,during this lockdown. Still gives me goose-bumps! Great memories, watching those games with my passed-away father.

[@KhalDrogo76]

Derek Lowe will always be a legend in Boston...what a starting pitching performance in Game 7; 6 IP, 1 ER, 1 H......

[@wrldchamps04]

He was winning pitcher in all 3 of the series that post season I believe

[@ad34bballin]

Yeah all of that on two days rest. Absolute legacy game.

[@lionelt7882]

@@wrldchamps04 yup…and this was after being dumped into the bullpen late in the regular season

[@hagamapama]

I agree. It will always be overshadowed by what Game 6 was. But without David Lowe, The Steal, Ortiz' heroics and the Bloody Sock game would be another example of Boston heroic futility, just like the Fisk homer in 75

[@ChrisDutch]

Probably could have gone another inning.

[@bendrescher7185]

This game was over as soon as Ortiz hit that two run bomb

[@metrabnsfrails3641]

Ben Drescher not really sir in my opinion the next HR was mostly.

[@rolfbernerske2786]

Metra BNSF Rails And I still was nervous with a 6-0 lead in the 2nd.

[@anglobostonian]

@@rolfbernerske2786 I was still nervous until the final out was made. I was watching the game with my mother and when Joe Buck kept saying "the Red Sox are one out away" we kept shouting "shut up" at the television. My father was in another room, fearful even with a 10-3 lead of jinxing them.

[@rolfbernerske2786]

James Trout I agree If you lived through ‘86 and what happened in Game 6 against the Mets, no lead ever felt safe.

[@lovetheoutdoors9485]

@Ben Drescher. My boss was pissed when I walked in his office and told him. How about them Red Sox. He said, Don't you have work to do. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@bigtarzan44]

Greatest comeback in all of sports history......PERIOD!

[@stevencooke6451]

Especially after losing 19-8 at home in game three. And then so many times the Yankees were this (fingers practically touching) from putting it away.

[@THE-michaelmyers]

I'm not really a fan of either team. I do respect this is one of the oldest sports rivalries of all time. I cheated and checked my facts to make sure. This was the series where in game 6 A-Rod made an ass out of himself by that baserunning act of stupidity! That night I was sitting in a sports bar in Atlanta watching that game. I remember listening to several people express a loss of respect for A-Rod after that. To this day almost 18 years later I still hold him in total contempt!

[@richg0404]

@@THE-michaelmyers Yeah. Before that season, Arod was ALMOST traded to the Red Sox. That trade being nixed by the MLB player association was the best thing to happen to the Sox.

[@revs81]

In baseball history for sure

[@robertraposa4754]

You can add the New England Patriots, down 28-3 in 3rd quarter of super bowl. Boston strong.

[@LanceTheEditor]

As a die hard Yankee fan, we truly got outplayed. From the pitching, to the hitting, to the baserunning. Sheffield was a non-factor in this series, Arod was subpar and it seemed like sometimes Jeter and Hideki were the only ones getting hits. Papi destroyed us and their pitching was sometimes unhittable. They got their steals and clutch outs/hits. Nothing but respect for that Red Sox team. They truly deserved to win that year.

[@cosmonawt_]

Sheffield and Arod non factors? Did you forget the first 3 games? They had video game numbers for the first 3 games. Sadly the yankees offense fell dramatically the last 4 games

[@TheLocalLt]

Poor analysis, Sheffield and A-Rod were raking the first 3 games, along with Matsui and Bernie. Jeter was ice cold. All of those guys pretty much totally fell off the face of the earth during the second half of game 4 and never came back. Jeter actually got better as the series went on, coming out of his slump, but the problem was the rest of the team was now in a slump. Also the overhanging factor looming over all of this was the Yankees lack of pitching, their bullpen was good but way overtaxed from cleaning up the messes from a poor starting rotation. Kevin Brown and Javy Vazquez both sucked after the All Star Break, especially Brown who was also a headcase. Their ace was Mike Mussina, who I love, but he was not a true ace. Jon Lieber and El Duque were both coming off major injuries (neither guy threw a single pitch in 2003). They still could have won anyway if the Red Sox did not come up clutch against the GOAT closer, or if a bounce or two went their way (see Tony Clark’s ground rule double in the 9th inning of game 5 that could have ended the series if it stayed in play). But the reality is that by 2004 the Red Sox were the better team, maybe not the better offense, but the Red Sox offense was still very close to the Yankees and paired with far better pitching. The Yankees lost the offseason arms race in the 03-04 offseason where both teams were loading up, everybody thought the Yankees won by getting A-Rod, but it was actually the Red Sox pickup of Schilling (which Theo Epstein secured by attending Schilling’s family thanksgiving dinner) that turned out to be the Championship move. This played out in game 6 of this series as Lieber, fully healthy by then as evidenced by having outdueled Pedro Martinez in game 2, got outpitched by a Schilling on way less than 100%, and got outpitched pretty badly. Lieber gave up a 3 run home run to the Red Sox worst hitter, while Schilling, bloody sock and all, was a late Bernie home run away from going 8 shutout innings…

[@unclewillie9491]

A-Rod's bitch slap on Arroyo's glove in the sixth game defined the "character" of the Yankees. And, yeah, Buck loved the Yankees and missed the greatest comeback in Sports' history (though the Pats' comeback against the Falcons-down 28-3 and coming back to win the Super Bowl might be in the same conversation).

[@mtadams2009]

Much respect thanks

[@rufust.firefly4890]

AROD was A FRAUD in the post season.

[@Abrow183]

This brings back so many great memories. When Damon hit that slam I knew we had them. One of the greatest nights of my life. Go Sox!

[@jeffreyvenier3245]

The greatest sports fan moment of my 57 years… I was down the right field line when Fisk hit the game 6 homer in 1975 and ‘04 erased so many bad BAD memories!

[@jayjayson9613]

This never gets old, one of the greatest moments in my life

[@Rawnchie14]

Memories of rampaging through Boston out of pure hype, what a time to be in University in Boston.

[@Tormund_BeyondTheWall]

Game was over with Johnny's grand slam.

[@twogamer7149]

No. Francona gave Yankees another chance at the seventh inning.

[@nathanrodriguez4180]

@@twogamer7149 they literally could've stopped scoring after Damon's grand slam and they still would've won😂

[@RYMAN1321]

Agreed But even before the game, everyone knew the Yankees had no momentum at that point.

[@danielfletcher8491]

Johnny Dangerous!

[@joshbattista7049]

I hope this still stings every Yankees fan there is.

[@mikearmstrong8438]

Trust me, it absolutely does. I was there and i'll never experience such a morbid atmosphere again.

[@lovetheoutdoors9485]

It's like a tattoo but in their mind. No liquor will fix that. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@leeb905]

Not at all it’s 2020 and as much as I hate the Red Sox Tim Wakefield deserved that. On another note though whenever they get back at it enjoy the basement for a long time 😉

[@joeyhurwitz1792]

Lee B since 2004 Boston has dominated you 2018 was a massacre but Yankees won’t be winning anything even if baseball in 2020

[@sgt.smuggypuss2131]

@@leeb905 that fact that you're on here trying to act like it doesn't bother you just shows it indeed does bother😂

[@mnmont1]

Watching to this under quarantine in March 2020 and counting Damn it's so good

[@maxgleadow7850]

Watching to this under quarantine in March 2021 Still pretty good

[@joevenecia6254]

Even after almost 16 yrs. I still have goose bumps. Red Sox fan here.

[@idonthaveaname5772]

Such a great moment when they got to celebrate right on the Yankee turf. It was so quiet in New York you could hear a pin drop LOL

[@gameshows5973]

another meaning of Skip Caray's schtick "listen to this crowd"

[@JediPhoenix1976]

13:40 - that noise was Bellhorn slamming the gate shut on any comeback hope the Yankees had. *CLANG!*

[@rmelin13231]

One of the sweetest and most memorable sounds in MLB this century.

[@RealJackHQ]

I was going to say, was that the sound of a curse being shattered?

[@ryanmulcahey9810]

Ortiz was amazing in this series. That homer in the 1st was key to this game.

[@That_Guy_Says_Hi]

Ortiz: "We didn't lose NUTHIN', boys. Big Papi's still here!"

[@MarMaxGaming]

Can’t believe Damon went to the Yankees after this.. and wow, 6 RBI with a slam and 2 run homer by the 4th inning. Insane!

[@USCTrojansOwn]

Went from Jesus to JUDAS in the off season 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@saltygrampy]

He left after the 2005 season..

[@thepaulusmaximus]

@@USCTrojansOwn looks like Jesus, acts like Judas, throws like Mary!

[@jethrojacinto2798]

This was our World Series. Any Sox fan will tell you that, to beat the Yankees in Game 7 in Yankee Stadium was everything!

[@jspideythomas]

Yup! I said the same thing back then in '04!

[@userpons3464]

Te amo Red Sox nunca voy a olvidar esto 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️

[@philipnerland1394]

I am a Canadian , from Vancouver and I fell in love with the Red Sox. And I mean love . I never waivered in my charred for the Yankees and my love for the Red Sox NATION. I WATCH THIS SERIES , AND THE WORLD SERIES IN 2004 WITH SUCH JOY IN MY HEART!!! SIXTEEN YEARS LATER I WATCH THIS AND IT IS LIKE I AM A KID AGAIN. ALWAYS THE RED SOX NATION .

[@TrueRGM]

I am a Canadian from Vancouver too! But I do not like the Red Sox haha

[@johnconcepcion7000]

Frank Sinatra's New York, New York playing as the Red Sox celebrate...... how poetic

[@drums4metal]

And so the greatest comeback ever in Baseball was complete, a week later the Curse was reversed.

[@justinsullivan5839]

MANCHESTER UNITED nobody in the US gives af. And this is the most powerful country. So soccer is useless.

[@justinsullivan5839]

MANCHESTER UNITED dude nobody gives af about global stats. This is America. We’re better than you. And soccer will never be in the driver’s seat. Football, Basketball, Hockey and Baseball are what we love. Golf, too. And for some reason, NASCAR. Nobody gives af about soccer.

[@secondstring]

@MANCHESTER UNITED - Too boring.

[@paulcollins629]

No the curse was reversed after they beat the Yankees you must not be from Boston or you would know the curse was the Yankees

[@dougg2012]

MANCHESTER UNITED No one gives a fuck

[@neilgoldberg547]

Damn Olerud, Lofton, Jeter, Sheffield, Giambi, its like fielding a roster of the all star team, thinking about Lofton who went from WS appearance with Giants in 02, NLCS with Cubs in 03. and then ALCS with Yankees in 04. Whole lot of heartbreak over a 3 year stretch.

[@somerandomguy84]

And then up 3-1 in ALCS with Cleveland in 07

[@richmac918]

Beating the Yankees after being down 3 made this World Series win the sweetest of all by far. I figured it was over, that the Yankees were going to the Series and once again the Sox had found a way to lose. Thankfully I was wrong and I finally got to see them actually win it all after waiting a life time

[@pd9971]

The greatest choke in the history of ALL sports!

[@raiders45coll69]

I'd have to go with the Buffolo Bills in the early 90's. i'm not a yankee fan but they at least won it all in 96, 98-2000 and 09.

[@edwardmross8286]

@@raiders45coll69 They won it a LOT more times than just those years

[@Antbeast23]

Give credit to the Red Sox they balled out

[@DrewMcgough]

thank you for makig the perfect video to counter the the "we have 27 rings" argument, much appreciated from a red sox fan in enemy territory

[@wade5307]

My favorite era of baseball was from 1997 to 2004. Lots of great players, moments & rivalries. Even though it’s tainted by the steroid scandals, which is a shame because there was some excellent baseball played at this time.

[@cathykopa7613]

Never gets old. Love every minute of this comeback.

[@marcryan6581]

I remember this like it was yesterday! So excited!!

[@mkf541]

The 2003 and 2004 ALCS, perhaps the most interesting and riveting games of baseball history.

[@rufust.firefly4890]

2003 SUCKED.

[@derbagger22]

@@rufust.firefly4890 If it wasn't for 2003, 2004 and the Red Sox talents inward likely wouldn't have happened.

[@callmeibsking7615]

Ortiz was so damn clutch in the playoffs. That dude was unreal. Correction, he actually was damn clutch in any game late innings. Not the dude you want to face in a tight game as a pitcher.

[@JJA1987]

He's Was The King Of Yankee KIllers

[@otaviofrnazario]

clutchiest Red Sox player ever. And the best I've ever seen playing

[@MONICOMERCEDES]

19 años después y siempre es grato ver este video, lo vi entero y nunca pensé que mi equipo llegaría hasta la final, Dios bendiga a Boston.

[@carlospena426]

Remember watching this as a teenager w my dad. Some of the best memories of my life.

[@MTAProdigy]

I really loved that scoreboard and the sounds it made.

[@christendo5733]

The final nail in the coffin for the Yankees dynasty. But as a Yankees fan, I still gotta give respect where it's due to the Red Sox, because they pulled off one of the most impossible feats in sports. And thanks a lot A-Fraud.

[@matthewdowling6549]

@Bourg Productions I hope not, but they're looking damn scary right now

[@RYMAN1321]

The seeds were already planted when they lost in 2001 and 2003.

[@rodmunch4879]

Will always remember the noise the ball made striking the microphone on the foul pole on bellhorns homer.

[@shaqthegoat49]

As a diehard Yankee fan I have to admit this lost hurt way way more than 2001 World Series I will never forget this and that’s the worst part but I have to give credit to that Red Sox squad in 04 that was just a team that didn’t want to go away much respect

[@millabasset1710]

Yankees still could have found a way to win though, it was home field and game 7, they simply gave up after game 6. Yankees should have stopped the comeback and we would still be chanting 1918 now. The Patriots would have been the greatest NFL team ever, but the Red Sox are better off being our punching bag.

[@nickymolitoris799]

@@millabasset1710 I think America is better off with the Yankees being our punching bag since 04

[@DontDrinkthatstuff]

@@millabasset1710 Yankees have been meh since the Diamondbacks came back on em in game 7.

[@RYMAN1321]

@@DontDrinkthatstuff Agreed They lost again two years later against the Marlins and only won the WS once after that

[@AlejandroGutierrez-lf2qi]

The best comeback un the historia in all sport

[@kathleentyler4125]

And worst choke at the same time. It never gets old.

[@gaminglowlights1941]

I'm here for it. 20 years later. What a great night. Go Sox!

[@sithhunter126]

I was 31 watching this game. I was 5 in 78 when Bucky Dent ruined everything, I was there in 86 when Rich Gedman blew game 6 (it wasn't Buckner's fault) then collapses in the playoffs in 88,90,95 and 03. This was the absolute best. When the Red Sox were Red Sox before the Pink Hats ruined everything.

[@ammcelroy2307]

Well hot damn. Everyone blames buckner. But 86, and it still hurts like hell, was due to passed ball by gedman. Someone taught yu well

[@richg0404]

@@ammcelroy2307 Absolutely right !

[@jsimpson5720]

I blame Calvin Effing Schiraldi 🤬...ok, I'm alright now, really 😤

[@KM_1234]

I remember Varitek. Guy was pure iron. A reason of many on why he was called “The captain”

[@bigrich6075]

As a Yankee fan, he was just as important as Ortiz and Ramirez.

[@hsands2579]

I will never forget this night.RED SOX for life

[@miguelleyva79]

Puedo ver esta serie mil veces y siempre me va a dar la misma emoción

[@Rung_Tings_Rude_Bwoy]

When Baseball used to be good.Also can we give give derek lowe some love dam he was on fire..

[@agoo7581]

Up there with Moises Alou as one of the most underappreciated players of all time.

[@ChrisDutch]

Only pitcher to be the winning pitcher in three post season clinching games.

[@rmelin13231]

Lowe's performance cannot be overstated. I wonder where the banner that claimed "not in our house" is today?

[@tubenachos]

Still don't understand why Francona put Pedro in relief in G7. Made no sense and luckily it didn't cost them.

[@raiders45coll69]

I don't know about "when baseball used to be good." this was when a lot of players were using roids a lot more than today

[@gabrielgonzalez-bp4ri]

Watching at 2022, the greatest come back !!

[@Tylerknoxville3]

I was a senior in High School when this happened, feels like yesterday. I watch these highlights in potato quality and realize how old I am.

[@1990Thunderbolt]

born 1987? class of 2005 i guess?

[@Tylerknoxville3]

@@1990Thunderbolt yup

[@Ja-94166]

2024 and I NEVER get tired of watching this epic series. Back then you either loved the Yankees or you absolutely DID NOT. OBVIOUSLY I am a Red Sox fan since watching Fisk in my teenage years. I was a catcher for my softball team and fell for how talented he was. BOOM my rivalry started with the Yankees lol. Times have changed the rivalry has died down from how it was back then. Thank goodness for these videos makes me jump up and cheer like it just happened. ❤❤❤❤

[@davidmurray5399]

I was watching this game in the Cardinal Bar in southeast Minneapolis with two friends, one Red Sox fan, the other a Yankee fan. It's been sixteen years and I don't think Bob has ever gotten over watching his Yankees fail at this magnitude. I loved seeing Mitkavage and Ortiz, former Twins, winning their rings. I also thought that if the Red Sox, could do it, why not the White Sox[they did!]or the Cubs[too bad they beat the Indians, I'd have rather seen the Cubs smoke the Yankees].

[@raiders45coll69]

don't forget yanks 27 world series championships.

[@alejandrothen111]

Quien aun lo sigue viendo en el 2020 🇩🇴

[@AngelAmparo2]

I'm having this played at my funeral. Arrangements have already been made.

[@Whatupitskevin]

Angel Amparo LOL I agree one of the best memories of my life!

[@reubenstevens5884]

I like that idea, that's a nice idea lol. I agree, this is definitely gonna be at my funeral.

[@wrigleyville]

Angel Amparo, On endless loop, I presume?

[@AngelAmparo2]

@@wrigleyville Of course! It’s the only way.

[@wrigleyville]

@@AngelAmparo2 Amen!

[@TheDmanMA]

chills still...makes it great to be alive.

[@jsimpson5720]

Twenty years later ( October 2024).. still LOVE watching "the greatest comeback ever"...no Yastrzemski looking up in the screen above the monster, no ball trickling between Buckner's legs, no 11th inning heroics by Boone...who became a failure as a manager...no Calvin Schiraldi, no meltdowns....just pure merciless Boston beat down and a beautiful progressive chocking sound echoing throughout the boroughs of New York City 🫲😁🫱

[@stellarremnant]

Yankee fan here, was at Game 7 in 2003 along with this game. I remember both of them quite clearly but obviously for very different reasons lol! This game was the start of a nice turnaround for the Red Sox franchise (and the beginning of the end of the curse). Got to give this gutsy team a lot of credit for coming back from down 3-0, pretty remarkable. One more thing: Kevin Brown was GARBAGE as a Yankee!

[@Thehandsomest]

Not a baseball fan, just decided to look up big papi highlights and now im here. Papi is a legend.

[@DMDvideo10]

Along with the Pats SB51 comeback, one of the greatest moments of my sports fandom!!!

[@matthewdowling6549]

I was 1 and a half when this series happened, and my dad said he used to hold me at night while watching this series

[@ClassifiedASMR]

I’m not a Yankees nor Red Sox fan. But I love seeing documentaries about the rivalry or anything related to that it’s so interesting .

[@silvestreortiz3381]

the best game of my life

[@chrismagsmags]

1st semester Freshman year of college. Almost flunked out cause we were partying for every game. When they won this game, our entire dorm stormed the middle of campus at PC. Great times.

[@javierherrera6514]

Revenge sweet revenge, the Yankees eliminated my Red Sox in ‘03 and it really hurt, but what happened in ‘04 must have hurt them more, after that my Red Sox were WS Champions and that made me the happiest man on earth.

[@dukedematteo1995]

They traded heart breaking losses those 2 years. Great baseball. I was hoping for the 2007 ALCS to be the tiebreaker of the 00s.

[@greatestnitemare6626]

@@dukedematteo1995 Yankees would have won. Sox got lucky in '07

[@raiders45coll69]

@@dukedematteo1995 don't forget the '99 alcs when the yanks destroyed the sox

[@MysticTemplar07]

I left my grandparents place in Arkansas when they went down 0-3. Came home to Boston and they came back. Staying up past 1am for game 5. I’ll never forget 2004, but series will never be forgotten.

[@davidmurray5399]

I have a friend who is a die-hard Yankee fan[nobody's perfect], He says even today nothing is the same anymore when it comes to baseball. I guess it still stings.

[@phild8095]

I'm a Masshole, and watched this game in a bar in Lawton Oklahoma. Even in Oklahoma everyone in that bar hated the Yankees.

[@petercole8798]

I cried and I am not ashamed..GREATEST COME BACK IN MLB HISTORY. I SAW IT YOU SAW IT ..😂 WE ALL SAW IT. THE SOX CAUGHT THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS FEVER AND I LOVED IT.

[@kb3905enquiringmind]

I’ve been a Red Sox fan since the mid 80’s… I remember watching this game and being on the edge of my seat the entire game…. waiting for the Red Sox to implode, screaming at the TV for Francona to get Pedro out of the game. Finally Foulke got the last out and I was so happy. It was the greatest playoff series I have ever seen.

[@Paultheguitarist]

Never....EVER.....gets old 😁😘

[@charlestessier7843]

A lot of folks referred to this at a choke job. I don't quite agree with this assessment and here's why. 1. Before the 2004 season began, there were already question marks concerning the starting rotation. Their pitching would wind up showing cracks at times. It was less than dominant. 2. Correct me if I'm wrong but if memory serves me correctly, both Andy Petite and Roger Clemens weren't pitching for the Yankees that year.That's two big pieces not there. 3. The A.L. East division was no sure thing until fairly late in the regular season. 4. In 3 of the 6 post season games won by the Yankees that year, they had given up enough runs to lose but were bailed out by their offense . Which means the Yankees defeat was in all likelihood happening regardless. Quite the irony to see them fall apart the way they did and with that kind of timing that saw them make history for the wrong reason.

[@FormerlyNYVulgarian]

I remember a Yankee fan was walking around my neighborhood in the Bronx with a broom and Boston confetti at the start of Game 4 screaming “sweep time”. I told him put that broom back in the closet. He told me, F*ck off to Flushing Mutt fan. Wish I could’ve seen his reaction to this game.....

[@Wheeloffortunefan999]

LOL! TOO FUNNY!

[@FormerlyNYVulgarian]

@@Wheeloffortunefan999 😆. True story

[@PennyFitzgeraldFan]

This series changed the Red Sox rivalry with the Yankees forever now it the Red Sox owning the Yankees now.

[@tada2573]

mentally preparing for celtics on monday

[@BachBeethovenBerg]

That bottom of the 7th inning probably took a few years off my life as a Red Sox fan when I was watching it live almost 20 years ago. Especially after the previous year's game 7!

[@kamelody7285]

18:00. Alex Rodriguez like.....WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED ? did we really lose this series?

[@otaviofrnazario]

Not even his slap on game 6 could save them... A-Roid to the pit of misery. Dilly dilly

[@jameshowland7393]

How does it taste, A-Rod?!

[@enchantedella6495]

2021. I love this century :)

[@mrsheev9131]

Who's here watching this classic after the Sox took out the Yanks in the WC game? Damon was an absolute monster this game.

[@indicamberr]

This is what I love about the Red Sox - when you think they’re done, that there’s no chance for them to come back, they do. And they do it in a big way! 💯🔥

[@Vercingetorix.Fantasia]

After that grand slam Damon started RIPPING the ball. I remember game 4 of the world series he led off with a homer

[@billnoi]

Still get goosebumps in the 9th inning!

[@paulmarkelionisjr]

Best part of game was Mark Bellhorn's homerun. Yanks got hopeful after scoring 2 runs prior inning and that loud pole shot to away all hope

[@thchan3314]

May 5th 2021 and I’m still reliving it to this day. Go Sox!

[@Jonathan-Riddarskjold]

Joe Buck, you perfectly explain what your brodcasting sounds like. 8:44

[@TSJ99]

I can’t make out what he said?

[@Meerkat2112]

@@TSJ99 that’s the point. Silence.

[@stevencooke6451]

@@Meerkat2112 No, he means "That sounded weird". It did have a metal bat sound to be honest.

[@mark_9019]

man I forgot that 04 yankees team had so many out of prime vets on the team. Kevin Brown, Olerud, Kenny Lofton....damn what a wacky team

[@obnoxious3388]

Red Sox fans took over that stadium 🤯

[@normie2716]

Incredible after putting up 8 runs in game 3 and still losing by 11, to go on a stretch of 8 games without losing a single one is off the charts. Red Sox Nation 4Ever.

[@VERIGUETTE]

Esos momentos no se olvidan .2004

[@COACHINHBALL]

Still gives me chills...to this very day.

[@drlee2]

Damon getting thrown out at the plate early seemed like a good sign for the Yankees, but the Red Sox just said "fuck it" in this game and left it all out there hitting the hell out of the ball. Once they got past that nail-biting Game 6, they weren't going to blow this no matter what.

[@Franz_Donnermann]

What a pleasure to watch this serie on 01/02/21.

[@shermanngjazz]

This has to be the most demoralizing loss in Yankees history. In a blowout fashion too.

[@matthewdowling6549]

This series broke the Yankees.

[@shermanngjazz]

@@matthewdowling6549 Yeah even though the Yankees won the 2009 World Series they weren't really the same again after this loss.

[@RYMAN1321]

I knew even before this game the Yankees had already lost. Didn't Torre say something similar as well?

[@jbanksey22]

Getting teary eyed thinking about it. I was only 7 but man growing up in a school as the only Red Sox fan in a bunch of Yankees fans felt amazing!

[@LuvThatDirtyWater]

it is the greatest comeback in the history of sports and the MFYs will never be the same

[@petercole8798]

I saw Bucky dents home run I saw aperico slip going around 3rd base in 1972. I saw and heard Vince scullys call of a little roller up the 1st base line and 1986 took a walk outside my house met a guy walking his dog. He looked at me and said this is the saddest day in Boston as sad as the day they killed jack Kennedy in Dallas in 1963. Then I saw 2000 the second day of the n f l draft. With the 199th pick in the 2000 n f l draft the new England Patriots select TOM BRADY QUARTER BACK FROM MICHAGAN.I SAW IT. Then I saw 2003 Arron Boone's home run. THEN IN 2004 I SAW 2 OUTS IN THE NINTH NO ONE ON. BEFORE THAT BABE RUTH WAS SUMMONED TO HEAVEN FROM THE VOID HE WAS STUCK IN. AND A BALL THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A HIT TO THE RIGHT FIELD CORNER WENT IN TO THE STANDS. BABE WAS SUMMONED TO THE AFTER LIFE THAT NIGHT AT MIDNIGHT. then I saw 2004 07 13 and 2018. Plus 6 super bowls wins from foxboro. I saw it you saw it. We all saw it. Curse I don't know. Patriots + the red Sox = 10 world championships. Not bad for a town everyone thought was cursed. We all saw it.

[@Benjamin-et3ii]

The Bruins won a cup and the Celtics won a championship too during those 10 years didn’t they?

[@raiders45coll69]

@@Benjamin-et3ii you also saw my lakers finally beats the Cs

[@robertkrakaur511]

I was young as balls, and this series is the reason I watch baseball. Next season was the nats first. It was perfect timing, and now we’re world champs

[@TheJohnmmullin]

I could live 100 years and not see anything close to this.

[@christmashake8968]

It's fascinating, watching this now--even though the Yankees would rebound to win a title in 2009, this one game, and series, fundamentally altered and damaged the franchise in a way I don't think they've ever fully recovered from, even now.