Madison Bumgarner's epic World Series finish deserves a deep rewind | 2014 Giants-Royals Game 7 

Having dominating pitching in 3 world series.

👑⚾️Only 1 earned run given up in World Series appearances,🦖lowest all time World Series era🐐👑

insane, most never win anything. I think he retires with 5 when its all said and done not to bad

One of the most underrated comments

He’s from my hometown in granite falls NC

I feel ya

thats baseball. other sports you can "push" in desparation to win it all. Baseball is random. whimsical. its annoyingly disappointing. like when you're about to sneeze, and nothing comes out. or when you're about to climax, and all of a sudden it just dies off.

Now the royals fans know how us rangers fans felt in 2011

A no..... the worst way a world series can end is with Joe f***ing Carter hitting a walk off, sincerely every Phillies fan that ever lived!!!

Royals won it all the following year so I wouldn't feel too bad about them.

All facts

It was incredible to watch. The thing on top of that is he's such a humble, great guy too! As a Royals fan there's definitely a reason or two to dislike him but I just can't. Awesome guy, legendary performance!

Jake Coyle he was in 2014 at least lmao before he was a piss baby towards Muncy this week

True, he won’t get the credit but Bumgarner should go down as the greatest playoff pitcher in history. In 2010, his brilliance was overshadowed by Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain, but as the years went by we saw that Bumgarner was the true ace who never broke down when the pressure was turned up to 10.

Daniel Moreno always had huge respect for mad bum as a Rockies fan

Yeah one of the best ever

diego espinoza ABSOLUTELY

As of August 27th 2021 hopefully this current Giants team can create its own Rewind history.

"old giants" dang I remember it like it was last week. Time flies by in life.

Not for a Royals fan :(

@@marcusfelten8823 I was really glad to see you guys get that one next year🤞

It’s actually three years old

Someone one (maybe ones?) in a Marlin's jersey is still doing it. Seeing it quite often these days... everywhere.

@@kylewilgus7026 the marlins man is a lawyer named Laurence leavy

As a royals fan I can confirm it’s the opposite

2010 was the most memorable for me

keaton mcadams I’m sorry about that loss but you still won the 2015 World Series, but 2010 2012 and 2014 were the best years of my life

@@stephendre2902 2010 was too much of a domination to have a deep rewind

@@akunpo3443 2012 was a bigger one. - A sad, but optimistic Rangers Fan.

Yep, I can't understand for the life of me why guys do that going into first, the only time that's an acceptable play is if the throw takes the first baseman off of the bag and you dive to avoid a swipe tag, otherwise it's foolish.

best play of that series

You actually lose speed.

As a Giants fan I felt bad for you guys. I was rooting for you guys the following year. This year I hope the Dodgers win it all, they choked bad last year. I know crazy coming from a Giants fan. But I want to see my little sis happy watching her club win. As a Giants fan I been spoiled with 3 world series in 8 years. Ohhh yah Mad Bum didn't just dominate the World Series he did it as soon as the first pitch was thrown in the Wild Card. Madison embodied the legends of old and cemented his name in the history books to go along with all the other greats, that post season. Like I said we SFG fans are spoiled

Daniel Moreno we’re not that spoiled. The 2002 World Series collapse vs Angels & 2016 NLDs collapse vs Cubs still hurt honestly. Was happy for KC to end their drought & I can’t say it didn’t bring me pleasure watching the LA smurfs loose back to back WS

You mean the Miami Marlins weren't already ruined.

16ktsgamma not when they had Stanton, Yelich and Gordon. They were just mediocre

Thanks for that, by the way, Stanton looks great in pinstripes.

mmmhmm Their last owner ruined them too. So Derek Jeter isn't the first one to do so.

Jose Fernandez ruined the Miami Marlins. He was their biggest draw and their best player.

I think we have to give it a for more years. See if anything transpires out of the trade for the Marlins.

Dr. Mantis Toboggan, M.D. no way its gonna work out in miamis favor, at best the trade will be equal but even thats a huge stretch

@C S I’m a Brewers fan and trust me. I think the Marlins are heading for a better future than our Brewers

As a Brewers fan, YEAH JEETS

@@bigbrother4059 brewers are stuck in mediocrity, marlins building towards future

He slimed down around that time. Used to be way way slower and more outta shape

Fans gave him the Kungfu Panda nickname, probably for being nimble despite his size.

@@ST-zi2sn It’s because he leaped over a catcher on a play at the plate. Yes, this actually happened.

@@mr.gullible2506 well for a slow guy he was one heck of a good third baseman. That guy had cat like reflexes. It was amazing watching Pablo play 3rd. Best lowball hitter I've ever seen too.

Yeah the “because it was a deep outfield” Pablo was able to tag up and make it to third off of belts hits is just bullshit. Like if it wasn’t a deep outfield it would have been a home run.

@@mr.gullible2506 lol dude Oracle park is literally 10 FT from the ocean AND deeper, the ocean makes it way harder to hit dingers

@@ballsdeep9400 yeah ik Oracle park is one of the hardest parks to hit home runs in (although the giants are doing a good job disproving that this year). I’m just saying the fact it was a deep outfield has nothing to do with the fact Pablo could have tagged up. Like the depth of the outfield has literally no effect because it’s either a deep outfield allowing the outfielder to make a catch or it’s not a deep outfield and it’s a home run

@@mr.gullible2506 How are the giants disproving a scientific fact? Lol do you think people call Colorado a hitter friendly ball park cause it’s their opinion?

@@ballsdeep9400 because they’re on track to hit the most homeruns in a single season. My reasoning isn’t that complicated they’re leading the league in homeruns. I understand it’s still a hard park to hit homeruns in. Which makes the giants hitting so many homeruns even more impressive. My point before was that the fact that the final game took place in the royals stadium does not at all have any significance on that sacrifice fly like the video was trying to claim it did. There point that because the royals have a deep outfield therefore there was enough room to tag up and score was dumb and made zero sense because guess what would happen if the royals didn’t have a deep outfield. It would have been a homerun

@LetMeEatFlesh you aint lying brother , that series win was too close for comfort !!! The Giants 2 other series wins in 2010 and 2012 felt like destiny almost, but 2014 was rough ! The Royals weren't going away , and as a Giants fan it literally felt like we only had 1 pitcher on the roster by the time game 7 ended . It took an all-time historic performance by a future HOF pitcher to pull that one off .

@@fredericoespinoza897 but the key phrase here is, they pulled it off.

Was just about to say this lol

I'm a Bay Area native. A third generation Giants fan. An avowed Dodger hater. I just feel bad for Kershaw at this point.

@@mjwbulich Same here, he would've been great if he came to us.

@@mjwbulich don't feel bad, he'll always have the regular season to fondly look back on. Mr. Regular Season, the regular season🐐, Back-To-Back-to-Back regular season champ.

Clayton doesn't have the heart of a champion

AB 53 Walter Johnson came out for relief in the 1924 series. It isn't new.

AmericanNohbuddy ™ but it wasn't as frequent.

Randy Johnson in the 2001 game 7 WS. Granted that was only an inning and a half

AmericanNohbuddy ™ in an entirely different era of ball, your dialectics are off my man

He’s good during playoffs

Ugh. I'm so glad the Stanley Cup MVP isn't the Pepsico Conn Smythe Trophy. Nothing ruins a great moment like forced sponsorship.

Alex Meyers and I hope it's Ovi lighting it

That guy was such a nervous wreck it was hilarious. "...with technology and stuff." Bold decision by Chevrolet to let some local dealership guy do the trophy presentation instead of a PR professional.

There needs to be a 30 for 30 on that guy

😅😅😅😅😅

exactly what i was gonna say. he would have been out by 10 feet at least if craw had to make that throw.

Damon watt Who knows turns around to fast and slips or misses the throw

but that outfield had dew remember, so he slips and falls and KC wins that world series

@@GMPro24 that was only the tying run...may have gone into extra innings but not a guaranteed win.

I think you're right, but the Royals weren't scoring on MadBum in that game, I think the pressure of that throw and scenario at least would have given them a better chance than Salvy's following AB. If we're gonna lose either way at least make the finish one for the ages haha. That was an incredible WS!

But would have been an amazing moment to have a play at the plate to end the World Series!!

You're probably right - the KC Star did an experiment to test that and while it's not a perfect simulation, it seems to support that conclusion. www.kansascity.com/sports/mlb/kansas-city-royals/article10159457.html

Also it was the tying run not the winning run. Don’t want to end up like Babe Ruth getting caught stealing a base with 2 outs in the 9th inning.

What that simulation fails to account for is the hottest postseason picture of all time, with a bruised batter on deck. Send the runner!

Even Alex admitted that he would have been out by a mile.

and now he sucks

Madbum in the post-season brought back early childhood memories of watching Jordan in the postseason. Poise and dominance. Lifetime Giants fan and if that's the last one I ever see them win I'm OK with that

Linus Tan it was a terrible decision to have the parade on Friday. 1 because it was friday ending during the evening commute and 2 it was on holloween so everything was all messed up. I had to walk 3 and half miles home because the muni wasnt running.

QQ

That was not a historic run because they had won the two of the last six world series and also it was the other side that had the historic run sweeping through the playoffs untill they hit a brick wall

Linus Tan are you Cuban ?

definitely not a historic run. they've won two by this point.

I know it has been 2 years but this is a very important detail. This video would be how a third base coach lost the world series by 30 feet if they would have let Craw unload that. He had ball in hand as the runner got to third, and the guys is known for accuracy as much as velocity. Later today is game one of the 2021 Giants v. Dodgers playoffs, and there is a reason people are chanting MVP when he walks out.

His religion isn't important, but everything else you said is spot on. Ishikawa is a Giants legend

Always wish Alex had mentioned that. Waving Gordon in to test Crawford would've been _insanely_ risky, and most likely would've been an easy out at the plate. Crawford has an absolute cannon.

They won't catch the Dodgers, but maybe the wildcard?

They didn't have that magic this year (it's dead) but man oh man, the Dodgers choking was cash money.

Jman thegiantsfan 🤞✊🤞

Giants from '10-'14 best team in MLB.

Well bumgarner is gone now 😞

Wouldn't have been anyways since there were two errors on the play.

Coinraker there weren’t any errors it was misplayed but no error lol

How about Manuel Cabrera at home with the series on the line watching a Sergio romo called 3rd strike wiz past him with the bat on his shoulder?

Would’ve been more exciting then a foul out

Jake Cosenza And that’s what they needed to get the lead, however madbum hitting doesn’t seem to safe either lol

@@michaelmartinez3781 Madbum won the silver slugger for pitchers that year, and he had a flare for sending it deep in big moments

Honestly I see all of these people in the comments suggesting he should have been waived home, but they're only saying that because they saw the other outcome so they assume the alternative would have been better. Can you imagine the fan outrage if he had been thrown out by 20 ft to end the world series? It would have been considered one if the biggest blunders in sports history and all the same people would be wondering what would have happened if Perez had a chance to drive him in. It's completely ludicrous.

@@davidmayberry3190 Yup, and a 3rd base coach that makes that kind of blunder to end a World Series Game 7 is a 3rd base coach that's probably looking for work the following week.

Don't care if he is out by mile, fine, but the throw can go off line or he could overthrow catcher. They lost on pop up, not exciting in the slightest, play at plate would have been better. People acting like bad throws don't happen.

@@mrcnub still should have been looking for job.

@@chazzx1018 Except it's not a "play at the plate", it's a play where the ball gets to Posey and Gordon is at least 20-30 feet away. You don't just need a "bad throw" to score the run, you literally need Brandon Crawford, who was one of the best defensive infielders of the 2010s, to fling the ball to the backstop. Any decision that rests on that is a crap strategy. Even if you assume that the next batter has only a 5% chance of getting a hit, that's still better odds than Crawford and Posey allowing Gordon (who, again, is out by 20-30 feet on a clean relay) to score. Holding Gordon at third was unambiguously the correct decision. It just didn't work out for them.

They were an incredible two teams to watch, and very well-matched. Both dynamic defenses and clutch hitters, with some very good pitching.

Agreed. Crawford is an awesome defensive SS, and he has a cannon for an arm

It used to be NL in even years, AL in odd, which flipped after the 1994 WS was cancelled. That's fine with me.

no it didn't it still got terrible rating and was an idiotic idea

I disagree, I feel as it wouldn't represent anything to do with Minnesota well. The Minneapolis Miracle didn't lead to a Superbowl win for Minnesota, instead proved their fluke the next week when they got demolished by the Eagles. If you mention 2009 and the Saints, you're just showing the fact that Minnesota lost to the eventual Superbowl champs. People overrate the Minneapolis Miracle because It was a big moment in the playoffs, but in order to make that video...It would have to be about the Eagles' run that defied all odds. That would be way more interesting with the Wentz/Foles situation, the whole Andy Reid/Chip Kelly/Doug Pederson transition, the "Meaningless" Miracle, and the Bill Belichick-Malcolm Butler feud.

I heartily disagree. The Eagles were obviously the better team last year, but that story is not nearly as juicy as the story of the Miracle. And everyone already knows the story of the Eagles run, but there's a lot of subsurface tension between the Vikings and Saints that most fans outside of Minnesota and New Orleans don't pick up on. It's a lot like the Immaculate Reception. Sure the Steelers lost the next week to the undefeated '72 Dolphins, but that's not super important to the play. It's still its own separate incredible story, part of (in this case the start of) a compelling rivalry with the Raiders, and one of the craziest and best known plays in the history of the NFL.

I mean that I see that play everywhere as this "incredible moment". It was an error by a rookie safety, on a young secondary that without him and Lattimore the Saints would've only dreamed of the playoffs. Diggs just had to catch the ball and run forward. In hindsight, people spoke more about the Williams error than the supreme effort made by the Vikings. It would've been an epic moment if the Vikings beat the Eagles and went on to face the Pats with home field advantage. Maybe it could've been one of those foundational plays that Minnesota fans look to when they finally have a championship to go with their illustrious history of hall of fame players and coaches. However it represents nothing more than a rookie who made an error. To me, this has nothing on other moments like the Tuck Rule game, the Malcolm Bulter interception, or the David Tyree helmet catch.

Sure it wasn't the most impressive athletic play, but this series is specifically about about famous sports plays with a lot of buildup. I mean so far we've had a foul pop-out and a mid-range jump shot. Not brilliant athletic plays, just brilliant stories. Diggs high point catch and effort to stay in bounds shows more athletic prowess than either of those, but that's still not the point. What makes it an incredible moment, and more than just a mistake by a rookie safety, is the backstory, which is what this series is about to begin with. I think I can see why we disagree though. You point to 3 great plays that led to Super Bowl wins. But most of the great NFL moments we remember didn't lead there, and it honestly doesn't make them any less great. You can go down the list, from the Immaculate Reception, to the Sea of Hands, The Drive, Both Miracles at the Meadowlands, The Miracle at the Met, Ghost to the Post, the Beast-Quake Game, The Bills-Oilers Comeback, The Music City Miracle. All awe-inspiring moments. You can always look to the future to make them seem like they didn't matter, but this show is about the opposite: rewinding.

This was the nicest comment thread between people who disagree that I have ever seen.

Well I seen 60 WS in my lifetime and nothing comes close to what Madbum did.

Yessir

I@colby the 2015 royals were a fluke. In 2016 they were .500 with basically the same team. They had a great bullpen and a mediocre team. If will harris didn’t suck in game 4 of the ALds the Astros would have beaten the royals in 2015. Harris also cost the Astros the 2019 World Series.

In the playoffs, no. But Kershaw had 3 Cy Youngs and 1 MVP. Bumgarner has neither.

I will take Kershaw over Madbum every day of the week.

Brian Willis Theres about 6 week timespan where I’d much rather have MadBum than Kershaw

@@DTB1995 last I checked, they both matter. The postseason is moot if you can't get your team there. One is a prerequisite for the other.

@@brianwillis8447 lol you can keep choking in the postseason too. In the end, everyone is there for the trophy. I'll take the guy that can actually deliver one.

Yeah they didn't pull a Rangers, who lost WS consecutive years in '10 and '11.

One of the craziest post-season innings ever.

Rangers fan here I would like to see that as well.

That and the 2016 alds lol

I remember watching all that live, crazy stuff

IAmZebra me too, me amd my brother were watching, i left the room for a while and I hear a scream as bautista hit that hr, and aas bluejays fans we were celebrating like crazy