Loved this team. I was 10 years old and remember crying my eyes out when they lost the world series. My dad told me get used to it son, but one day you will have your day. 2008 came and I cried like a baby then too but for the right reasons combined with beer lol.
+William Einhorn 2008 Will Always Be My Favorite Season As a Phillies Fan Since I Was Born in 1991 2 Years Before They Had This Magical Year Go Phillies!
Same here it was a shame they lost in 1993, but I knew Toronto was a better team but I thought with the determination they would have won it, Granite I was upset that night but that was an exciting team , but when 2008 came iI knew we were going to beat the Tampa Bay Rays , and that was the greatest moment of my lifetime here in Harry kalas call the final out of the 2008 World Series
I sat on my front porch with my grandfather and listened to Harry Kalas call the Phillies games. I would always wait to hear him say, "Swing And A Long Drive And This Ball Is Out Of Here". What a great memory of my grandfather and Harry Kalas. There will never be another Harry Kalas or my Grandfather. 💕 💕 💕 2023
I'm a lifelong Phillies fan, since I was a young kid in the late70's - early 80's , but the '93 team was an amazing bunch of ballplayers, a genuine miracle last- to- first place team... I will never forget them or that year...So Many heroes..my most clear memory is Mickey Morandini hitting a Grand Slam HR to beat the Pirates in May/ or early June on a Saturday Game of the Week.. I knew from then on something Great was happening .. then , in the NLCS he hit a 2 run triple off Maddux and that was that, as they say..on to the WS.. they could have very easily won it all.. 1993 Phillies are the most underlooked miracle team of my lifetime..also, the 2022 team... I hope they make it to the World Series this year,too and win it alll❤❤❤
And VERY doped up on STEROIDS. I’m ALSO a born AND raised Philadelphian, and I’ll always be a Philly sports fan. Robert Stack, you MUST admit the truth.
@@sportjunkie5286 I’m not talking about other teams. You haven’t named any names so I’m going to use that as a diversion. I’m ALSO going to add LHP Starting pitcher and catcher, along with Dykstra. They dropped off the face of the earth the next year. There is no MAGIC in cheating. I was rooting for the Blue Jays that year because it was obvious they WERE using PEDS. The sad part about it, many in the local media knew about it but sacrificed real journalism to have access to the ‘DUDE” and the ‘GHETTO.” I could say more about the ‘93 team’s make-up but I’ll just be happy that they lost the way they did. This is my opinion.
22 years later this is still my favorite sports season ever. Even more so than the 2008 World Series team. From mid-May on every game started to become a must see event. Ahh, the good old days of Phillie baseball on PRISM! They played a tremendously fun style of baseball that was enhanced by the personalities. Their major flaw was the bullpen. I can still picture my father flipping out whenever David West made appearance no matter the score. I also remember that early July 4 game series sweep against Dodgers in L.A. The Phils were struggling heading into that game. Kalas had a pretty memorable line following the 4th win iirc.
tuowl05 I hear ya, man. I'm a Texan but this is my favorite baseball team of all time. Despite his terrible moral failings as a human being in his retirement years (and his personal failings are simply staggering), Lenny Dykstra is still my all-time favorite player. My old man, who's also born and bred in Texas, himself (so we by no means have regional loyalties, here), to this day still talks about Dykstra in glowing terms. He was just the epitome of what a ballplayer should be, especially during that '93 season. But I'm also a Pete Rose fan in terms of strictly baseball so maybe I'm drawn to semi-tragic figures who have that sort of grit. (Pete Rose outside of baseball is a pathetic joke. On the field, he was a god.) Anyways, Dykstra could have been Hall of Fame material had his back not plagued him after the '93 season. Hell, just his post-season numbers alone during his all-too-short career (which consisted of what? 11 years?) are nothing short of phenomenal. Does anyone have the same homerun per at-bats ratio that he had for such an extensive post-season career? People to this day still talk about his '86 Game 3 walk-off homerun against the Astros in game 3 of the NLCS, but game 4 of the '93 World Series may have been the most impressive offensive post-season performance of all-time for a single game. Seriously. It even dwarves Reggie Jackson's three homerun game. In terms of baseball, it's hard not to be in awe of Lenny Dykstra. When I played little league ball, I emulated him (or tried to!) more than any other player I ever saw play the game. Head-first slides, diving for the ball, a willingness to take strikes to work the count, a "cocky" "piss 'n' vinegar" attitude, an emphasis on simply getting on base (even via walk) so that I could score RUNS first and foremost for my team over being flashy, etc. all dictated my style of play. I really don't know what happened to the Dude after he retired and tried to re-invent himself as some financial wiz. Even in this video, he comes across as such a down-to-Earth, likeable guy (as he always did in interviews as a player) who doesn't seem the least bit materialistic. It's very sad to have witnessed his degeneration off the field. Very sad. Even sadder than his early retirement when he had so much potential. And besides Dykstra, just about every player on that team from Inky to Milt to Dutch to Jake to Grandpa to Dunc to Eisie to Mikey, and yes, even the Wild Thing had something about them that was likeable. They epitomized everything that is great about male endeavors within the context of a team sport and for that they will always (in all likelihood) be more memorable than other Phillies teams (even the ones like the 2008 club that won the World Series). Top it off with Jim Fregosi (great "old school" kind of guy) managing, Harry Kalas (awesome voice) calling the games, and the best mascot in baseball in the Phanatic, and you have one hell of an epic season. And this was all back before the internet and wide-spread access to cable television and other distractions. When baseball was much, much more central to American culture. EVERYONE watched the World Series back in '93. That may never happen again. It pains me to see Dykstra and Williams having drunken outbursts at each other amongst a classless crowd of people in the name of some "roast" decades later. It's like the demons that came from losing this World Series never left them.
+Icecreamforcrowtoo first, jim fregosi sucked as manager. 93 was his only winning season. second, while I loved dykstra as a player, he always came across as a cocky A-hole, I don't know what interviews you were watching. but then again perhaps at the young age (little league age) your reverence for your idol blurred this. third, head first dives are not allowed in little league. fourth, not everyone watched this world series, as a matter of fact, this world series drew the lowest ratings in the U.S. than any world series of the era, it had even lower ratings than the NBA championship series. but otherwise, your long message was needlessly wordy
I was 15 that year.. that was one of thee funniest summers I’ve had.. I watched almost every game.. was there for Gm 6 of the NLCS 🎉. Good times!! #highhopes
Beating the Braves was a World Series win in its own right. NOBODY outside of Philly thought they'd score any runs on that legendary starting rotation. I know blowing that wild Game 4 was going to come back to haunt them, but I will always love that 1993 Phillies team.
I was 13 during this run and i gotta say Dutch, Lenny,and Kurk were my favorite 3 players. Thinking back they always seem to deliver when tensions were high
@@bobbyzwicharowski1129 Little thing for you here, Bobby.....on that Oct. 20, 1993 night, I was living in Canada's Maritime Provinces, where their Atlantic Time Zone is 1 hour ahead of Philly(8PM Philly=9PM Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada). Due to me having school the next day, I only got as far as watching that game to the bottom of the 7th, when your Phils led 14-9. It was probably around 12:35AM in my place when I was mandated to bed. When I woke up the next morning, I scrambled to the living room of where my family was living, and turned the channel to TSN(owned by Bell Media and only visible on Canadian TV lineups since Sept. 1, 1984(channel launch)). I was STUNNED to see 'TORONTO 15 PHILADELPHIA 14 Toronto Leads Series 3-1' on the results screen, and wondered in my 11-year old head 'How the HELL?!!!!! @.@ O.O'. It wasn't till sometime later that I finally watched the last 2 innings I couldn't watch originally, and was shocked then that the Jays lit Mitch up like a Roman Candle. Mitch let himself get too lost in the moment, and thus had no patience on the mound. That's when the Jays broke him, and then finished off his legend 3 nights later in Game 6. Still though, the Phillies did insanely well for themselves in the 1993 campaign, and to get by the Braves in 6 games probably wasn't easy for them. And for the record, Bobby, yes, I am a Jays fan(have been since late-1991, when my mind was able to 1st process what baseball was, at the age of 9 XD), but I do NOT EVER call ANY pro sports team here a 'favourite'. All of them are underdogs permanently, compared to the vastly out-moneyed pro teams in the U.S. =P
That was awesome yr I went to 15 teen games that yr & I went with my dad to Game 4 of the world series 15 to 14 I never though we would lose that game I was 12 yrs old and I remember being so upset after that game then when we got it to Game 6 I though we where gonna still win then Joe Carter hit that home run...& it was a rap but it was one of the best summer's with my dad....I was a 12 yr old on one of the wildies ridies I've been on until then....Thanks for everything 93 Phillies....Much Love my Guys....
That 93 Phillies team was amazing My dad took me to 25 Games that yr & Game 4 of the World Series & that was the only game they losed that yr when I went to the Game 24-1 wasn't a bad record tho...I was 12yrs old that Game 4 broke my heart tho I told my dad that night theres no way we lose this game but we did...But thats for a great season I just Loved this team....
I think the seeds of this team were planted in a 1990 game in LA where the Phillies trailing 11-3 in the 9th inning, scored 9 runs in the 9th to beat the Dodgers 12-11, highlighted by John Kruk's 3 run homer.
Out of all the successful Phillies teams that have either won the World Series or won the NL pennant (and lost in the World Series), this 1993 Phillies is the most popular in Pennsylvania-Philadelphia history. This is the team that won over the state the most. More than 1980-1983-2008-2009 It truly was a love affair with this team that Penn-Philly had
My favorite team..I watched every pitch from the rough years of 1988 and watched them rebuild and slowly get better, so when they won the pennant it felt like I won it with them...just a great time
@@RYMAN1321 If I had to guess: This 1993 Phillies team came out of nowhere to have a great season, which won the heart of Penn fans. Just look at their record from 1992 and before, and then from 1994 and after, so you can see how this 1993 Phillies team just came out of nowhere The players were also not the standard "star players" (outside of Schilling, who wasnt a star back then).
As much as I loved the original version "Whatever It Takes Dude", the orchestral music in this version is goosebump worthy. Combined with Harry's legendary pennant winning call and there'll never be a dry eye in the house.
Probably the best sports team to get away with it’s star players using steroids. eg. Lenny ‘nails’ Dykstra, to name just ONE. I am a born AND raised Philly sports fan too.
Anybody here seeing some 1993 Phillies in the 2024 Phils so far in this young season? Everyone contributing, guys cutting loose and having a good time, dudes stepping in for starters and getting big hits?
Watched the 15-14 slugfest on October 20, 1993 over room service dinner at Caesar's in Atlantic City, New Jersey, with my wife. Memories of watching that game are like snapshots and brief video clips but being at Caesar's helps to triangulate the Who?, What?, When? and Where? My wife hit a decent windfall jackpot on a slot machine after the game and she wanted to leave immediately and put that check in the bank. We did leave the next morning per her request and it was probably the right thing to do.
I watched every single game in 93, I was also lucky enough to be at the game when they won the pennant and had drinks with some of the phillies at legends after the game, who were there partying with the fans. it was an amazing team and im glad i got to see it all.The phillies now are hardly worth watching and without Harry Kalas makes it even more unbearable.
1:15:45 milk Thompson’s honesty in this interview is heartwarming and refreshing. Honestly, when you’re up five runs late in the game, maybe you’re thinking about that. I’m not gonna take anything away from him and his great season. He also had a solid career.
Interesting watching this video. I remember this world series vividly, but because I was a fan of the otherside. My 10 year old self was cheering when Joe Carter hit that homerun. But since that series, I've always had a soft spot for the Phillies. I don't like the Eagles, and I HATE the Flyers, but the Phillies are good in my books. When Doc pitched his perfect game, as a Jays fan I couldn't have been happier.
From a Jays fan, I'd have to say that Mitch Williams was probably too wound up about everything swirling around his head at that time. He was too hyper and too eager on the mound, and sadly for him, that resulted in him basically being reduced to a random clusterfuck kind of pitcher, who didn't have a lot of pitches in his arsenal. The Jays eventually figured him out, after his rather lengthy save attempt in Game 4, and exposed Williams after having him out there that long that night. When it came to Game 6, the Jays had his puzzle solved, and that's when Joe Carter struck like a viper on that 2-2 pitch. Had Mitch been a lot more calm, and less panicked, as I think he may have been, then the Phillies would've won Game 6 6-5 and forced Ultimate Doomsday the night after at SkyDome...Game 7. And when it comes to pro sports franchises in Canada, unlike a lot of others in my country, I don't live, or carry my way of thinking, in a fantasy dreamworld. As harsh as it is, I live in reality, and can usually spot when something will go off the rails for any of the teams we have in the playoffs. Fortunately, on my end, the Jays did not derail in either 1992 against the Braves, or in 1993 against the Phillies. But I still consider Canada's teams to be underdogs in all series they play, lineup, coaching staffs, or front office people be damned. They are no longer underdogs to me if they win 5 straight titles. I kind of wish I could see a championship parade like what happened with the 1993 Jays again down a Canadian city's streets. =S
With hindsight, I think Williams lost it some time in the playoffs and was never able to get people out consistently ever again and wasn't even on a team just a few years later.
I was 26 in 1980 , my best position in baseball was always shortstop. If I could ''quantum leap'' , I'd give up a years pay to leap into Larry Bowa's body for the month of October 1980.
As a Braves fan I can tell you from early September the Phils were destined to win the pennant. Atlanta and SF were tiring and exhausted by that NL West pennant race. Philadelphia was gonna beat Atl and SF.
I got news for ya the two best teams in baseball that year didn't make it to the World Series. I would love to have seen Philli face the Giants in the NLCS
I’m not trying to take anything away from their success, but this whole “bunch of idiots...beer drinking/hotdog eating...everyone’s got dirt on their uniforms...no other teams wanted us...etc., etc., etc.” just always felt so overblown. The group of guys weren’t all that unique. Several teams can make this same claim throughout the 90’s. Ad I opened with, I’m not trying to take anything away from them, and here’s why: that description takes away from the fact that they had some really talented players, and most of these finally put together seasons they were capable of: Lenny Dykstra...always a gamer...always a pest...would fight for 90’...John Kruk...that guy was ALWAYS a great hitter. In the 80’s, Tony Gwynn remarked what a great hitter he was (and how fast he was, until the weight gain)...Mitch Williams...guy always threw heat...Curt Schilling...okay, hate the guy personally, simply because he’s always jawing about something, and he’s just not that intelligent away from the game. However, as a pitcher, the dude was unbelievably talented...and had great success...Ricky Jordan...any dude that hits a HR in his first ML AB is a gamer...Darren Daulton...guy was a fantastic hitter...a great catcher...a great team leader. Anyway, I could go on, but that’s my point.
Don't blame Mitch. Joe Carter was an RBI producing machine. He was the one guy you didn't want to face. Plus, the Blue Jays were the better team all season long.
