What Was The Toughest Run To A World Series?

No matter what a team has to go up against, winning the World Series. So we'll be looking at all the World Series winning teams from 1969-2022 and looking at what was the toughest run to a World Series. From the 1988 Dodgers to the 1998 Yankees to the 2004 Red Sox to the 2011 Cardinals to the 2019 Nationals, every World Series counts the same and is not an easy task.
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[@arsenal-slr9552]

St Louis 2011. They were basically playing on the brink of elimination all through September. Beat an all time great Phillies team, beat their rival who had their number all year, then coming back to win after a strike from losing the world series in two different innings against a monstrous Rangers team who all but had that title in their hands.

[@hutrod7721]

Quite possibly the best World Series ever! It definitely was a rollercoaster of a season being a Cardinals fan.

[@mst3k54]

AND Nelly Cruz had to half-ass that ball hit over his head that should’ve been the last out

[@johnnyguerrero7956]

@@hutrod7721as a Rangers fan, that’s easily the worst World series ever lmao. i was 13 & still remember the ending to that game

[@arsenal-slr9552]

@johnnyguerrero7956 Dont worry bro, Tex will win one day and you'll be able to appreciate the Rangers were a part of the greatest game of all time. That game was great because both teams wanted it so bad. Edit: Holy shit they won it all. 👏

[@explosivediarrhea4671]

@@arsenal-slr9552I turn 72 next month I’m running out of time

[@shoukatsukai]

2019 Nationals embarrassing two 105 win teams was legendary. And idk if you saw the latest Frontline doc but it confirmed the Astros never cheated in 2019.

[@lamardays883]

You can't prove a negative.

[@arsenal-slr9552]

Communist lies

[@Korijenkins1414]

@@lamardays883 You literally can. One of the guys interviewed straight up said they did not do it in the postseason in 17, abandoned it early in 18 and had nothing at all in 19.

[@michaelvasquez2267]

​@@Korijenkins1414so cheaters aren't liars?

[@ethanniedorowski116]

@@Korijenkins1414 my ex said she never cheated

[@Ace81401]

Angels vs. Nationals in 2014 would've been INSANE

[@HufflepuffBaseball42313]

Crazy to think we might never get Trout Harper in the WS

[@forgettablelisa]

St. Louis 2011 and it's not even close, near the end of AUGUST they were considered to be out of playoff contention and then never stopped wining series again. It has to be the most insane late season turnaround is baseball history, considering the entire season and playoffs combined I don't think anyone else is even in the conversation.

[@forgettablelisa]

@@SonicCollectionsPS2Noises yEaH gOoD pOInT BOZO because if I watched baseball in 2011 I must be clueless about 2019 and yeah it’s not close unless you’re dumb lol

[@TPTGopher]

Nationals postseason, Cardinals combined

[@kylesloane3815]

Besides ever heard the number "19-31?" That is the record the Nationals started with in 2019. They ALSO created a gaping hole for themselves to start the year, just like the Cardinals.

[@forgettablelisa]

@@kylesloane3815 Started with. Lol, tons of teams turn their season around at the break. The Cardinals were so far out of contention in August that the Brewers CF publicly told them to enjoy playing golf in October. The Cardinals then went on to win the WS playing through every series exactly as they had the entire stretch run since his comments, just winning every game in the most miraculous and impossible ways. If there is any proof that baseball gods are real, it's the 2011 STL Cardinals. It felt actually magic to watch that run. It made no sense that they kept winning, every night it was something like the Rally Squirrel. Nationals had a great run in 2019 and probably had a better team that year than STL did in 2011, but it's not even close to what STL did in 2011 in terms of historical significance. Nothing in my lifetime has been, from August 15 on they were the most improbable team ever imo. People forget how terrible that season was because they won, 2011 was really the first time people wanted Mozeliak fired, not 2023. That Rasmus trade is another great example of how improbable 2011 was, the trade SUCKED on paper, made no sense at the time as you were selling low for spare parts on a former top prospect seemingly just because he hated TLR, yet that trade ended up giving them some of the most important parts of the stretch run. Made no sense and worked out anyway, the 2011 STL Cardinals.

[@kylesloane3815]

​@@forgettablelisa that is awesome man. That is interesting Morgan said that (he would say something like that lol). You seem to know a lot about the Cardinals. That truly sounds awesome. And then 11.5 games back too is an impressive comeback. At the same time, I feel like there seems to be a lack of knowledge about the 2019 Nationals. I'll just agree to disagree then. If you can tell me equally how it felt about the 2019 Nationals and what happened to them, and then counter the argument, I will think about switching my position, especially with the "not even close" comment and calling others dumb.

[@suziequatro7566]

9:19 Ah, yes, 2001 WS winning Yankees

[@growing.grounds4054]

Lol right the diamondbacks won so that whole section is null and void!!!

[@JasonThomasLionHeart]

i was so young but remember that, i thought for sure we had it in the bag and couldn't believe we lost! i try not to have too much yankees bias. the 04 red sox was an incredible story, despite being on the losing side of that. my favorites in my lifetime have been the 16 cubs, the 19 nationals, and the 11 cardinals.

[@Rockhound6165]

LOL! I caught that as well.

[@MeargleSchmeargle]

My Bravos becoming the anime protagonists in 2021 was one of the best experiences of my life. Finally, a hometown team had gone the distance, and I attended Game 3 of that WS to watch it go down in real time. Nothing can ever take that away from me.

[@TheTigersfan20]

1998 Padres. They didn’t win it, but playing teams that won 102, 106, and 114 - the last maybe the greatest ever - just to get there deserves mad respect.

[@stuckinthewashingmachine9158]

I got a fat train ride so this video will make this time go by smoothly. Great work and great channel.

[@jordanharder6877]

The Diamondbacks won the world series in 2001 not the Yankees. Did you run the right numbers?

[@DaBeejees]

Yeah, I think that might skew it quite a bit

[@davidbeenjammin]

Came here to say this.

[@growing.grounds4054]

No actually he just put it wrong the stats were for the diamondbacks !

[@Teezythegoat]

2012 Giants. They had to comeback from 2-0 against the Reds and 3-1 against the Cardinals. On top of all that they swept a Tigers team lead by Miggy, Justin Verlander, Prince Fielder, and Max Scherzer and held them to 6 runs the whole series.

[@TPTGopher]

Insane statistic: in the 6-game stretch of LCS 5-7 and WS 1-3 - the last game of which came in an AL park with the Crime Against Humanity that is the DH included - the Giants' starters literally drove in more runs than they allowed.

[@timothybrown5999]

@@TPTGopherwow, incredible knowledge

[@ethanniedorowski116]

@timothybrown5999 ya Google search really has it down

[@JasonThomasLionHeart]

no easy feat, for sure!

[@chicagodude8888]

It was only difficult because they allowed themselves to get to the point of being on the brink of elimination. 88 win Tigers and Cardinals teams isn’t exactly a tall task.

[@kylesloane3815]

That is a great video and analysis. Very well done. Love every part of it

[@nuwildcat90]

The 2019 Washington Nationals played the Brewers in the NL Wild Card Game. They played the Dodgers in the NLDS, and played the Cardinals (who defeated Atlanta) in the NLCS. In the 2019 NLCS, the Nationals swept the Cardinals. They also were never losing at any point in the series, and kept a lead whenever they had it.

[@LoboFan1000]

The 2001 diamondbacks were pretty insane. Beating that powerhouse Braves team; and then walking off Mariano Rivera and ending the dynasty Yankees team during 3 consecutive championships

[@codygurnick6405]

Say what you want about the 2018 Red Sox but they steam rolled through the playoffs going 11-3 against 3 100 win teams.

[@codygurnick6405]

@breadandcircuses8127 that's why they brought Dombroski to town. Sell the farm win a ship. Mission successful

[@codygurnick6405]

@breadandcircuses8127 that's fine. I'll take 10 years of rebuilding to win another boat. They've won 4 in my lifetime. Same with my Broncos. 10 years of suffering for a championship seems ok to me.

[@millabasset1710]

objectively the 2018 roster is the best we've had, but the 2004 run is always going to be viewed as the harder title. I'm also bias for the 90s and 2000s for baseball.

[@rickyjagodowski69]

Slight correction: 2 100-win teams; the Dodgers only won 92 that year.

[@codygurnick6405]

@rickyjagodowski69 I could have sworn they won 100. You are correct though. I guess I remember them winning more because it seems like they win 100 games every year.

[@s.s.chapter2219]

That 2011 Cardinals run was an absolute miracle.... Angels in the outfield type of stuff...

[@jean-francoisbrault4565]

Great video and analysis. I would like to point out the analysis lacks one playoff round: the regular season. Example: The 1980 Yankees had an expensive ALCS entry ticket where the Orioles finished 2nd with 100 wins that year. On the very same year, the Royals had an easy run to the ALCS where the second place A's had 83 wins.

[@toddparke8535]

That same year the Phillies had a tough time getting past a dangerous Astros (then in the NL) team.

[@s.s.chapter2219]

The background music is cold af 🔥

[@dabonkus1709]

The rangers and DBacks having tough World Series routes rn lol

[@kimberlymcintire9422]

This video was awesome like all of them have been

[@TheLastPrime38]

Imo 2002 Angel's, 2006/2011 Cardinals, and the 2019 Nationals

[@daltonfarris]

No arguments, I'd say the 97 marlins could even get thrown in there because of the expansion factor and beating an all time Indians team, but yeah that's a solid list.

[@TheLastPrime38]

@@daltonfarris Oh honestly you could put the Marlins from 03' on there with 97'. Crazy runs and beating the odds both times

[@patrickcarrillo714]

I'd personally put the 02 Angels on this list Yankees, Twins, and the Giants with Game 6 of the 2002 World Series having the greatest comeback in World Series history

[@komickaze85]

At the end of this video, you said which teams could have the toughest road in 2023. Those are the exact teams that made the WS and Texas won it. Funny. Nice prediction.

[@noahvantrease3496]

Algorithm threw this at me, thankful it did

[@redsoxfan26401]

2018 Red Sox beating the 100 win Yankees and 103 win Astros and then the Dodgers in the World Series.

[@xjdfghashzkj]

You deserve more subscribers

[@jt6768]

2019 Nationals for sure.

[@trethetree]

Lol Rangers playing the Diamondbacks

[@AndreIguodalaFan55]

JMX Highroller had a really good formula for this I can't remember it but I think it was more precise

[@andrewmoore4510]

Ok, I may be a little bit biased as a Cardinals fan, but I think they were Washington's thoughest opponent. My reasoning here is that if you look at the past times Washington made the playoffs, they were beaten by the Cardinals almost every time. The Cardinals were their nemesis, which I feel made them the biggest obstacle in their way. For anyone else, it would be the Astros. Again, I may be a little biased, but that's just my thoughts on it

[@pace91]

Halos 01 we had to pitch against prime Barry Bonds to win the chip

[@AT-dx9pf]

Looking at team wins is not the best way to go about things. Many teams have won 100 games with questionable pitching and been destroyed in the playoffs. 2003 Braves come to mind for me. First year I watched baseball.

[@OroborusFMA]

The post-season has become a joke. Since 2001 so many crap teams have managed to make the World Series who didn't deserve to be there.

[@jaredbezes7806]

0:22 I think you’re doing it all wrong. You need to look at the teams playoff total wins and ops. Because yea any team can be super good in the regular season but it takes a special team to click on all cylinders and win every series

[@sirstewartwallace3917]

Can we retire the "2020 World Series doesn't count" narrative? The Dodgers were on track for a 116 win season had they played a full season and outside of the first round of the expanded playoffs, the playoffs largely played out as expected. If that season doesn't count, then you might as well throw out every season that got shortened due to a significant event in sports history. In addition, you disproved your own narrative by mentioning that exact same series earlier in the video.

[@Korijenkins1414]

The Yankees last year were on track for a 120 win season. Things change in a full season.

[@Zark_Moneybags69]

They proved why it doesn't count this year again, if 2020 was 162 game season they would of choked like allways

[@sirstewartwallace3917]

@@Zark_Moneybags69 So you would have rather there had been no season? Because that would have been the alternative and you still would have complained. By using the "2020 doesn't count" logic, then the Lakers' post-Kobe championship doesn't count, the Lightning's mini-dynasty-starting Stanley Cup win doesn't count, and Tom Brady's last Super Bowl doesn't count. People just like to do this because they can't accept a team they didn't like won. In addition, that season might have had the toughest road to any championship ever. And that is more or less the road to the championship now. That World Series absolutely happened.

[@ryanvillanueva4868]

How can we get this more views???

[@MatthewKonvict]

Braves 2021 they overcame injuries an all to win it

[@zumizm1]

Didn't the 2019 nationals also overcome only having a 0.1% chance of evenreaching the playoffs at one point

[@TPTGopher]

Very early on...after kicking ass in June and early July, for most of the summer it was pretty certain they'd get in.

[@JasonThomasLionHeart]

even as a Yankee fan who grew up watching the dynasty 90s team, my favorite postseasons in my life were the 2016 cubs, the 2019 nationals, and the 2011 cardinals. I'll never forget the 2000 subway series and the 09 Yankees were a long time coming so that felt good but those other 3 were just so fun to watch as a baseball enthusiast! looking back the 04 red sox were incredible though too i can't help feeling that sting all of these years later, but that documentary on that postseason is one of my favorite baseball movies ever. i'm excited to add the 2023 phillies to that list

[@adamjures2872]

18:39

[@toddparke8535]

1980 Phillies had to get past a tough Astros team (back when they were in the NL). Come on people, the toughest runs to the series can not all be in this century. I thought baseball was a sport where the fans were better educated than this.

[@Rockhound6165]

Um...2001 World Series winning...Yankees?

[@cjdawg2456]

The royals didn't beat us in 85. Don Denkinger beat us

[@lanemac]

Nats 2019 was the craziest time of my life😭😭

[@PoeticProphetic]

Definitely not the 2020 Dodgers. The Jr. World Series Champions

[@KinkESizemore]

2021 Braves should be up there. They looked dead all year until the trade deadline. Had to win two series at the end of the year to survive the Phillies in the division. Then had to overcome the 106 win Dodgers and next year’s WS champions the Astros.

[@SoSickRick]

95 Win Brewers too

[@knotadoctor1455]

the 2021 braves is one heck of a story too

[@d-train510]

2012 Giants down 0-2 to Reds then down 3-1 to the defending champion cardinals just to sweep one of the best offenses in baseball with the MVP/ Triple Crown winner

[@daltonfarris]

Except that defending champion cardinals story is way better,

[@wiedep]

It's just "MLB", not "the MLB". Say it out loud - the Major League Baseball - doesn't work.

[@J0hnRatcliffe]

04 Red Sox, just how they got there was crazy

[@Baseball_today]

2022 phils

[@somebodyandthem]

They didn’t win

[@Baseball_today]

@@somebodyandthem yeah but they had to make it through the 2022 cards the braves and the 2022 padres

[@JimBrownski]

Don’t be a Homer Mcfanboy. Nobody cares about a magical run to finish 2nd. Nobody cares or will remember the Phillies were even in then 22 Series in 10 years. Just like I can’t tell you who lost to the Phillies in 80’ - just that Philly won

[@aaacomp1]

LOL, claims baseball isn't fair yet everyone got the same amount of at bats. Baseball is extremely fair. Just because you played well in June, doesn't mean you will play well in October. The real MVPs are the guys who can do it after a long ass season. Clutch up.

[@kbholla]

2019 Nationals. Yes I am a Nationals fan hahah

[@ploppied587]

Braves 2021