The Lead-Up to the Aaron Boone Home Run in the 2003 ALCS | Classic Postseason Innings 

No social media, people were human. We felt stuff back then.

The feeling of anxious anticipation before every pitch was surreal

New generation of people now. Not as emotional and rather take pictures with their phones

With most sports, but definitely baseball, yanks era from 95 to 2003 unbelievable, great owner players, Gm and spirit.

Facts!

One of the loudest the old Yankee Stadium ever got. I remember staying up late in high school and nearly brought the house down when Boone walked it off.

@@matthenry9308 Me Too! I was a Junior in High School. My adrenaline was pumping so much after the game, I didn’t fall asleep until 4am & had to be on the train to the city by 6:30am, but I didn’t care AT ALL! Lol

@@FrankThe77Tank Same here! My junior year of high school also!

So was I. Section 127, row 2, seat 3. I'd never hug so many white folks (people) in my life. Jason Giambi the unsung hero.

This was the year that the Cubs should have been in the World Series also had it not been for a gentleman named Steve Bartman. I hope 2016 made up for it.

They played the Marlins tho

You mean the Marlins 🤦🏾‍♂️

THE CURSE OF THE BAMBINO.. BUCKY FFnnggg DENT.. little roller.. it gets by BUCKNER.. NOW THIS.. GOTTA LOVE IT.. GO YANKEES.. HOWEVER.. IT WAS NOT TO BE .. HERE COMES TRADER JACK and his MARLINS. what a bummer that was.. OH WELL.. CANT WIN EM ALL

I wish I was alive for this, my generation doesn’t know anything about having fun

One thing that’s definitely different is Old Yankee stadium. That old stadium was truly something else, the aura of it alone was amazing and the sound in there was deafening. The new stadium while beautiful just isn’t the same.

@MANCHESTER UNITED Gosh damn you. NO ONE CARES. Go watch a soccer video

No they were actually very good, they made it feel like it was inevitable the Yankees would come back, because at the time that’s what everyone felt like. The Red Sox were cursed and you always felt like whatever you were watching was inevitably going to be another famous chapter of Red Sox chokery. The next year made all that go away but you have to remember it in context. I think his 2004 ALCS calls were good as well, because there was a sense of inevitability about that as well, by the time the series was back at Yankee stadium the feeling was the Red Sox were going to break the curse and the Yankees were going to choke. So his calls were lower key. The only one I think he was too low key was the last out of the 2004 ALCS, which he undersold. But buck’s calls of particularly games 4 and 5 when the series was hanging in the balance were excellent. And I thought Buck’s calls in 2003 Game 7 were awesome because he made it sound like it was an inevitable march to victory for the Yankees and to defeat for Pedro, as if we all know how this movie ends, because we do. Listen to buck’s call of the A-Rod slap play the year after this, you can tell Buck thinks the same thing is about to happen and the Red Sox are about to choke, but then after seeing the replay that went away.

TheLocalLt Man wrote a 500 word essay

Charlie Steiner radio call blows it away. Joe Buck has gotten better since this.

So, so true.

It was a gritty line up of solid hitters that could all stepup.

They didn’t rely so much on analytics

so many pitches too... that never happens in 2021. crazy.

I agree Pedro should have come out, but in fairness -- I remember many instances of guys like David Cone, Randy Johnson, Curt Schilling and guys like that being left in to throw 130+ in must win games like that. Pedro was one of the greatest pitchers of our lifetime, and sometimes you roll with your guy -- win or lose. You either look smart or stupid all depending how it turns out. Posada got jammed and hit a weak flair into center -- it wasn't like he roped something. Leaving Pedro in to pitch to Godzilla was the questionable move, really.

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They wouldn't be in extra innings if they didn't take him out.

Should have taken him out sooner*

Never understood why people say “should have left him in the game” he literally blew the game

That might send them to the world series lol no shirt Joe Buck