He was clearly safe. This is a stupid post because anyone looking at that slow motion shot of Sid charging towards home plate and going into his slide can easily see that his foot touches the edge of the plate before the tag is made. It was a close call but that doesn't mean it was wrong. It's easy to see he was safe by a fraction of a second. With today's technology there would be no controversy whatsoever. There would be several different shots, in extreme slo-mo, showing his foot touching the plate before the tag was made. He was safe.
blakecpa Thought the same thing. Jeez, I was a 13-year old kid when I saw this unfold in real & can tell ya that I saw many replays afterwards. He was safe by about a quarter of second. Had Lavare made the tag within half a second, he would have been out. But you can even see his heal bounce off the tip of the plate before the tag is made. He was clearly safe. And I'm surprised that one is butthurt by this play after 25 years.
This is a great clip. Never heard it before and it just really puts you right back there. I was a super young kid when this happened so I don't really have a whole lot of lucid memories of it. I was a Red Sox fan but my family moved to Pittsburgh for a while so I remember this pretty well.
Omg really he was clearly safe!!!! I know how bad it feels though and just how much you wanted him out it just wasn't to be that year. I remember watching that game with all my brothers. I was 11
That’s silly. No Braves fan with decent eye sight thought he was out when they showed it in slow motion. Spanky the Catcher would of argued with the Ump if he was really out
As a Pirate fan, for the love of God, just LET IT GO! Of course, I was disappointed we didn't complete the comeback (from being down 3-1). But life goes on. It should not have even come down to Francisco Cabrera and Sid Bream in the first place. We had several chances to break the game open before the bottom of the 9th. And we didn't get it done. Jim Leyland's biggest mistake was not taking Doug Drabek out after the 8th (and not having his closer Stan Belinda ready to start the bottom of the 9th). I know......the Pirate bullpen was suspect at times in '92. But Drabek was just gassed after 8 innings. And it showed in the bottom of the 9th.
Good for you. Most fans make lame excuses and blame umps when they lose rather than blame the actual team. I have respect for fans like you. As a Braves fan my favorite team has been knocked out of the playoffs many many times but never made excuses. Excuses are for losers
Good for you. Most fans make lame excuses and blame umps when they lose rather than blame the actual team. I have respect for fans like you. As a Braves fan my favorite team has been knocked out of the playoffs many many times but never made excuses. Excuses are for losers
Sid was easily safe. if Bonds had been on steroids then he could have thrown him out. He must have gained 50 pounds when he went to the Giants. His cap size also went up to XXXL.
@@mikecasa6864everyone in Pittsburgh does. Because of him, the pirates would become bottom feeders in the NL. If Pittsburgh goes to the world series in 92, maybe they become a perennial contender
Barry Bonds’ throw was slightly off the line and to the right. Mike LaValliere had to range over to catch the ball, and in doing so was unable to block the plate. That gave Sid Bream the space he needed to get in safely. However, had the throw been in better position, he would have been dead meat.
The catcher made it a close play I'm a huge braves fan and even I know all bonds needed to do was make a good throw but Bream made bonds have to throw him out and in real talk he missed by inches
Anyone who knows anything can tell that Bream was safe.... did you not see his foot hit the corner of the plate? Even in this slowed down version, he is obviously safe....
Supposedly he was told to move in a few steps but Bonds, being headstrong (what a surprise LOL!!) stayed put. If he had moved in a couple of steps it might have been an entirely different story!!
@@nyterpfanthis play changed the trajectory for two teams. The Pirates wouldn’t make the playoffs again for two decades, while the Braves were perennial contenders for the next 11-13 years.
Oddly enough almost no one remembers tbat if he had been out then my Braves pnly had Javy Lopez on the bench and the pinch hit for belliard so Ron Gant would have had to play 2nd base which he had not done since his rookie year....
Haha the umpire clearly has the only definitive view of the plate and its obvious Bream just did beat the glove to the plate but nobody has an alternative camera shot where it shows an overhead view of the plate to see whether his foot hit the plate or whether it actually missed it and went over
I thought that this video was going to show that Sid Bream was out. If you watch the video carefully you will notice that Bream's front foot goes over the plate without touching it. His back foot touches the plate after he was tagged by Spanky.
I am an anti-Braves fan and often biased against them but give Randy Marsh a break, given the umpiring protocol of that time. I saw his foot hop over the plate too, after I'd VCR'd it about 4 times that night. But big deal, after Cabrera's hit (who never gets enough credit in all this), they deserved it.
Once his legs went, he would be so badly out of position in the outfield he couldn't get near the catch. Evidenced by him losing Game 6 and 7 of the 2002 WS all by his lonesome, with his shitty, shitty fielding.
I recall him blowing game 6 with shitty fielding. I don't remember any play of his in game 7 costing them. Garrett Anderson I believe hit a 3-run double to right in the 4th as Bonds played in left. I don't recall the plays that set up the bases loaded situation nor do I remember the first Angel run. You sure it wasn't just game 6 he blew?
I read that Van Slyke told Bonds to play shallower in left field so it would be harder for Bream to score from second on a single, and Bonds flipped him off
A) It wasn't a tie B) Tie does NOT go to the runner. The rule book states that a player must beat the ball to the bag and any real umpire will tell you that when a runner and the ball get to the bag at the same time the runner is out, because he did not get to the base before the ball.
I have dual family heritage to both Pittsburgh and Atlanta so this was a tough one to watch but Bream was clearly safe. Wasn’t even disputed then yet these guys are acting like it was the damn Zapruder film of baseball. As to their comments about Cabrerra and how “no one wil remember this chump’s name after tonite”? Perhaps they were describing themselves although they weren’t memorable to begin with. Talk about chumps…
THE WEAKEST PART OF BARRY BONDS CAREER WAS HIS ARM. EVERYONE IN BASEBALL KNEW TO RUN ON BONDS WHEN HE HAD TO MAKE A THROW. AMAZING THAT MORE PEOPLE DO NOT TALK ABOUT THIS POINT. LIKE I SAID, OPPOSING TEAMS WERE NEVER AFRAID OF HIS THROWS......PERIOD1
And you know something else? Bonds was instructed to take a few steps in before this at bat. Him being the arrogant prick that he was ignored that and well...
I remember sitting in the living room where a dozen friends had gathered. "Who the hell is Cabrera?" Thinking like these obnoxious announcers, that beloved Braves Manager Bobby Cox had lost his mind. When the count reached 3-2 in last inning of the Final Game of the World Series - the most harrowing moments in Braves Baseball History.. Francisco Cabrera hits a line-drive base hit allowing Sid Bream to round 3rd Base & slide SAFE into HOME where the catcher's mitt CLEARLY misses him in multiple angles of still photographs. Sid Bream was SAFE! Braves Win! Braves Win! Braves Win!
It was a 2-1 count, in the final inning of the final game of the League Championship Series, and Cabrera was sent up because he had actually homered off of Belinda earlier in his career and wasn't intimidated by his 3/4 delivery or his slider.
@bigeric1030: I was a yuge ATL fan back then, and IIRC Cabrera was the last position player available, Cox having exhausted the roster. Greatest moment in a Braves fan’s life….winning the WS sure, but how exciting/clutch can ya get?
What a sorry throw. But why wasn't the catcher targeted up in front of home plate? He must of know Barry's throws sucked. Lol. But he was safe, left heal hit the plate first. It's all Barry's fault. Lol.
He was safe and I was there to see it. He was safe because the ump said he was safe. And that was the beauty of baseball ,before all this instant replay bullshit. Part of the fun of watching baseball was getting a bad call every now and then. When the ump was actually part of the game.
Sid Bream beat the throw home. Easily. As slow-footed as he was, he slid in safe & really it was Bonds' throw home not being accurate enough that the catcher( Mike LaValliere )had to 1st snag the ball and THEN reach over to try and tag Sid Bream at the plate. Had Bonds' throw been on target LaValliere would've made the tag no problem. And the game would've gone into extra innings where the Braves probably would've won away but who knows.
Pirate fans still crying over a bang bang play at the plate that happened 25 years ago. It's real simple to comprehend. Do you think every ball and strike was a ball or strike? Answer would be YES. Why because it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. The umpire makes the call at his discretion and whatever he decides is the ruling on the field. That's how the game was played for over 100 years. Umpire said safe....Game over....Braves Win!!! Braves Win!!! Braves Win!!!....Braves Win!!!
