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Tonight's game was amazing and makes me wonder what was the best game in the past 5-10 years?
For me it was watching the Diamondbacks beat the Yankees in the 2001 World Series on that little bloop base hit in game 7.
A homer pick for me would be the Cubs/Brewers game in late July where the Cubs came back and scored 3 runs in the 9th to bring them closer to the 1st place Brew Crew.

This one was just unbelievable. I mentioned the Yanks-Diamondbacks game in another thread, and you can go straight to hell about the last one.

Perosnally, last season, the Reds and Brewers went into the 13th, both teams went back and forth, traded leads, unreal defense at times, great pitching, with the Brewers coming out on top 6-5. Also helped that I had front row tickets.

1. Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS
2. Game 4 and Game 5 of the 2004 ALCS
3. 1999 ALDS Game 5 Sox-Indians
4. 2003 NLDS Game 4 Marlins-Giants
5. Last night

Basketball Jesus wrote:1. Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS
2. Game 4 and Game 5 of the 2004 ALCS
3. 1999 ALDS Game 5 Sox-Indians
4. 2003 NLDS Game 4 Marlins-Giants
5. Last night

#1 should be Game 3 and Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS, but everything else I agree with. Game 4 and Game 5 of the 2004 ALCS were epic, even if the Yanks were on the losing side.

willeatfire4playoffsinmil wrote:Perosnally, last season, the Reds and Brewers went into the 13th, both teams went back and forth, traded leads, unreal defense at times, great pitching, with the Brewers coming out on top 6-5. Also helped that I had front row tickets.

Yep that's it for me too. I watched from the loge level in the outfield, Jenkins catch was unbelievable, so was his homerun in the 10th to tie it. But I'll always remember it as the game that Corey Koskie was concussed.

Most memorable postseason games of the last five years:

2006: NLCS, Game 7. Cardinals 3, Mets 1. Tight pitching duel, Endy Chavez robs Scott Rolen of a go-ahead home run--maybe the best postseason defensive play ever--Yadi Molina's improbable ninth-inning HR, and Adam Wainwright loading the bases in the bottom of the ninth, then striking out the Mets' best hitter, Carlos Beltran, to end the game and give the Cardinals the pennant.

2005: NLDS, Game 5. Astros beat Braves in 18 innings, longest postseason game ever. Edges out Pujols' home run off Lidge to win Game 5 of the NLCS.

2004: ALCS, Game 4. Red Sox rally against Mariano Rivera in the ninth to stave off elimination. Honorable mention to NLCS, Game 6--Astros tie the game in the ninth, but Jim Edmonds' walkoff HR in the twelfth wins it for St. Louis.

2003: Tie between NLCS, Game 6--the Bartman Game--and ALCS, Game 7--one of the all-time classic Game Sevens.

2002: World Series, Game 6. Angels enter the bottom of the seventh trailing 5-0 and facing elimination, come back and win the game. (Then win the championship the following night.)

Last night's game belongs in there somewhere, it's going to be hard to top that this postseason.

indians comeback against the mariners in 2001

Personally, it was last night. I've never been through anything like last night. I'm very biased, and I'm still riding the high of having been there last night. I needed Howard Dean there to scream on my behalf.

mizzoupacers wrote:2002: World Series, Game 6. Angels enter the bottom of the seventh trailing 5-0 and facing elimination, come back and win the game. (Then win the championship the following night.

+1 for you. That whole series was crazy. Rookie pitching game 7, the emergence of Francisco Rodriguez, Barry Bonds trying to win a ring...it was just crazy intense watching those games.

anyone remember game 1 of the ALDS in which the a's won in extras when hernandez squeezed?

The Jeter flip??

TyCobb wrote:+1 for you. That whole series was crazy. Rookie pitching game 7, the emergence of Francisco Rodriguez, Barry Bonds trying to win a ring...it was just crazy intense watching those games.

The one thing I remember from that series, aside from K-Rod and the Angels win, was one of Barry's HRs (Game 2 or 3?). It went about 8 miles up, and still hasn't come down yet.

Does anyone else remember that?



BTW, Game 7 of the '03 ALCS is tops on my list.

Also up there: Games 4 and 5 of the '01 World Series.

Yeah, I remember that one. I think it was in Game 6, and it was absolutely crushed. I mean, massive.