Greatest playoff series ever?

ThatSeventiesGuy · 11-01-2014, 05:17 PM

Okay, it's from OOTP 14 (too lazy to convert my huge file...yet), but still...WOW!

Indians came back from a three games to none deficit, and 6 of the 7 games were decided by one run...the other game was won by two runs! Damn!

Lafayette53 · 11-01-2014, 05:30 PM

Do you have the box scores and game logs? I'd love to see how Game 7 ended or if there were walk-off hits and the like.

ThatSeventiesGuy · 11-01-2014, 05:32 PM

Sure, not home right now, but I'll get those tonight and post 'em tomorrow.

Games 4 and 6 were the truly epic ones...okay, Game 3 was no slouch, either. None of 'em were, really. I'm not exaggerating much if any in the title of this post, folks...

ThatSeventiesGuy · 11-02-2014, 12:46 PM

Game 1: Indians almost rally in the 9th, but fall short.

ThatSeventiesGuy · 11-02-2014, 12:53 PM

Game 2: Another Indians rally falls short as Roberto Hernandez picks up another save.

ThatSeventiesGuy · 11-02-2014, 01:01 PM

Game 3: After Hernandez blows what could have been his third save in three games in the 9th, Ron Karkovice hits a walk-off homer off Eric Plunk in the bottom of the 11th! With two more games at home, it looks like the Sox could sweep, despite the Indians winning 15 more games than they did during the regular season.

Coming up tomorrow: A slugfest begins what will soon become known in Cleveland as The Greatest Comeback of All Time...and what Chicago's southsiders will call The Collapse...at least, when they call it something that won't get me banned on this forum...

ThatSeventiesGuy · 11-06-2014, 11:29 AM

And now...the rest of the story!

Game 4: Starter Orel Hershiser is forced to hit the showers early, but the Indians mount a comeback as Sox starter James Baldwin is left in an inning too long, and his bullpen pours gasoline on the fire. The epic comeback would set up a ten-inning slugfest for the ages, as Manny hits a leadoff tater and Brian Giles does his best Enos Slaughter impersonation in the 10th for the Tribe, and the Sox comeback falls a run short. Danny Tartabull's two homers prove to be all for naught.

Comeback, or just a narrow avoidance of a sweep? Sox fans aren't worried yet...

ThatSeventiesGuy · 11-06-2014, 11:42 AM

Game 5: After the Tribe scored 3 runs in the 9th to go up 9-4, this looked to be the first not-close game of the series. But the White Sox had other ideas. Another close-but-no-cigar comeback saw them lose yet another one-run affair.

ThatSeventiesGuy · 11-06-2014, 11:52 AM

Game 6: Former White Sock Julio Franco wins it with a walkoff double in the bottom of the 12th. Psychiatrists on the South Side of Chicago report record business over the next few days.

Can the White Sox stave off a collapse, or are the Indians the AL's team of destiny?

ThatSeventiesGuy · 11-06-2014, 11:59 AM

Game 7: Another Sox comeback falls just short. Orel Hershiser emerges victorious over Alex Fernandez in the only pitching duel of the series. When Plunk struck out Phillips, pandemonium ensued in two cities, for entirely different reasons. Suicide hotlines in Chicago did booming business that night.

ThatSeventiesGuy · 11-06-2014, 12:11 PM

Epilogue: The Indians couldn't quite capitalize on their amazing comeback in the World Series. Maybe they were exhausted, maybe Indianapolis was the better team, but they lost in five games. But Cleveland still gave them a hero's welcome, as the 1996 squad would live on in the hearts and minds of Tribe Nation for decades to come. Just say "The Comeback" along the Erie, and you'll make fans smile and reminisce. They'd rather remember Manny Ramirez for his .500 average in this series than for the steroid usage later on.

In Chicago, Sox fans understandably went into apoplexy. Some claimed the ghost of Shoeless Joe was at work, cursing the Pale Hose to never again win it all. Others blamed the GM, the manager, the pitching, Tony Phillips, the stadium, etc. Cubs fans merely shook their heads in mock sympathy, thanking the baseball gods that for once, it wasn't them.

Here are the head-to-head stats for the series baseball fans will always rank among the best ever:

Ruwisc · 11-06-2014, 01:14 PM

Just unbelievable. That comeback makes the 2004 Red Sox look like amateurs.

For those who didn't read the game log for game 4, the Indians were down to their last out, with a man on second, but down by nine runs. Then came a single, a walk, a single, another single, another single, a wild pitch scoring a run before another single, a double, a double, a single, and finally the game-tying single by Kenny Lofton. I wish it had been real, because that would be considered the greatest single inning ever played.

Lafayette53 · 11-06-2014, 02:16 PM

Amazing. This sort of thing is why I love OOTP.

nebradska · 11-07-2014, 12:45 PM

How far off the mark did that wild pitch have to be to let Albert Belle score from third base? And then in the top of the 10th, Belle was caught trying to steal third!

Barkingturtle · 11-07-2014, 01:42 PM

I love this.

jwinn66 · 07-13-2015, 07:16 PM

Just this...unreal. I would pay to watch that series IRL

11-01-2014, 05:17 PM	#1
ThatSeventiesGuy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Midland, MI Posts: 3,421	Greatest playoff series ever? Okay, it's from OOTP 14 (too lazy to convert my huge file...yet), but still...WOW! Indians came back from a three games to none deficit, and 6 of the 7 games were decided by one run...the other game was won by two runs! Damn! __________________ https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...00&postcount=1

11-01-2014, 05:30 PM	#2
Lafayette53 Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: California Posts: 346 Blog Entries: 1	Do you have the box scores and game logs? I'd love to see how Game 7 ended or if there were walk-off hits and the like. __________________ Uniforms/Logos: Cincinnati Redbirds through the ages: 1900-2014 Professional Association (1876) Baltimore Bombers Old Dynasties "Many attend, few understand" - The Baltimore Bombers (1946-)

11-01-2014, 05:32 PM	#3
ThatSeventiesGuy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Midland, MI Posts: 3,421	Sure, not home right now, but I'll get those tonight and post 'em tomorrow. Games 4 and 6 were the truly epic ones...okay, Game 3 was no slouch, either. None of 'em were, really. I'm not exaggerating much if any in the title of this post, folks... __________________ https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...00&postcount=1 Last edited by ThatSeventiesGuy; 10-06-2016 at 08:17 PM.

11-02-2014, 12:46 PM	#4
ThatSeventiesGuy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Midland, MI Posts: 3,421	Game 1: Indians almost rally in the 9th, but fall short. __________________ https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...00&postcount=1

11-02-2014, 12:53 PM	#5
ThatSeventiesGuy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Midland, MI Posts: 3,421	Game 2: Another Indians rally falls short as Roberto Hernandez picks up another save. __________________ https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...00&postcount=1

11-02-2014, 01:01 PM	#6
ThatSeventiesGuy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Midland, MI Posts: 3,421	Game 3: After Hernandez blows what could have been his third save in three games in the 9th, Ron Karkovice hits a walk-off homer off Eric Plunk in the bottom of the 11th! With two more games at home, it looks like the Sox could sweep, despite the Indians winning 15 more games than they did during the regular season. Coming up tomorrow: A slugfest begins what will soon become known in Cleveland as The Greatest Comeback of All Time...and what Chicago's southsiders will call The Collapse...at least, when they call it something that won't get me banned on this forum... __________________ https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...00&postcount=1 Last edited by ThatSeventiesGuy; 11-02-2014 at 01:05 PM.

11-06-2014, 11:29 AM	#7
ThatSeventiesGuy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Midland, MI Posts: 3,421	And now...the rest of the story! Game 4: Starter Orel Hershiser is forced to hit the showers early, but the Indians mount a comeback as Sox starter James Baldwin is left in an inning too long, and his bullpen pours gasoline on the fire. The epic comeback would set up a ten-inning slugfest for the ages, as Manny hits a leadoff tater and Brian Giles does his best Enos Slaughter impersonation in the 10th for the Tribe, and the Sox comeback falls a run short. Danny Tartabull's two homers prove to be all for naught. Comeback, or just a narrow avoidance of a sweep? Sox fans aren't worried yet... __________________ https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...00&postcount=1 Last edited by ThatSeventiesGuy; 11-06-2014 at 11:33 AM.

11-06-2014, 11:42 AM	#8
ThatSeventiesGuy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Midland, MI Posts: 3,421	Game 5: After the Tribe scored 3 runs in the 9th to go up 9-4, this looked to be the first not-close game of the series. But the White Sox had other ideas. Another close-but-no-cigar comeback saw them lose yet another one-run affair. __________________ https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...00&postcount=1

11-06-2014, 11:52 AM	#9
ThatSeventiesGuy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Midland, MI Posts: 3,421	Game 6: Former White Sock Julio Franco wins it with a walkoff double in the bottom of the 12th. Psychiatrists on the South Side of Chicago report record business over the next few days. Can the White Sox stave off a collapse, or are the Indians the AL's team of destiny? __________________ https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...00&postcount=1

11-06-2014, 11:59 AM	#10
ThatSeventiesGuy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Midland, MI Posts: 3,421	Game 7: Another Sox comeback falls just short. Orel Hershiser emerges victorious over Alex Fernandez in the only pitching duel of the series. When Plunk struck out Phillips, pandemonium ensued in two cities, for entirely different reasons. Suicide hotlines in Chicago did booming business that night. __________________ https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...00&postcount=1

11-06-2014, 12:11 PM	#11
ThatSeventiesGuy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Midland, MI Posts: 3,421	Epilogue: The Indians couldn't quite capitalize on their amazing comeback in the World Series. Maybe they were exhausted, maybe Indianapolis was the better team, but they lost in five games. But Cleveland still gave them a hero's welcome, as the 1996 squad would live on in the hearts and minds of Tribe Nation for decades to come. Just say "The Comeback" along the Erie, and you'll make fans smile and reminisce. They'd rather remember Manny Ramirez for his .500 average in this series than for the steroid usage later on. In Chicago, Sox fans understandably went into apoplexy. Some claimed the ghost of Shoeless Joe was at work, cursing the Pale Hose to never again win it all. Others blamed the GM, the manager, the pitching, Tony Phillips, the stadium, etc. Cubs fans merely shook their heads in mock sympathy, thanking the baseball gods that for once, it wasn't them. Here are the head-to-head stats for the series baseball fans will always rank among the best ever: __________________ https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...00&postcount=1 Last edited by ThatSeventiesGuy; 11-06-2014 at 12:15 PM.

11-06-2014, 01:14 PM	#12
Ruwisc All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Southwestern Illinois Posts: 610	Just unbelievable. That comeback makes the 2004 Red Sox look like amateurs. For those who didn't read the game log for game 4, the Indians were down to their last out, with a man on second, but down by nine runs. Then came a single, a walk, a single, another single, another single, a wild pitch scoring a run before another single, a double, a double, a single, and finally the game-tying single by Kenny Lofton. I wish it had been real, because that would be considered the greatest single inning ever played.

11-06-2014, 02:16 PM	#13
Lafayette53 Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: California Posts: 346 Blog Entries: 1	Amazing. This sort of thing is why I love OOTP. __________________ Uniforms/Logos: Cincinnati Redbirds through the ages: 1900-2014 Professional Association (1876) Baltimore Bombers Old Dynasties "Many attend, few understand" - The Baltimore Bombers (1946-)

11-07-2014, 12:45 PM	#14
nebradska Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Illinois Posts: 229	How far off the mark did that wild pitch have to be to let Albert Belle score from third base? And then in the top of the 10th, Belle was caught trying to steal third!

11-07-2014, 01:42 PM	#15
Barkingturtle Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 99	I love this.

07-13-2015, 07:16 PM	#16
jwinn66 Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 159	Just this...unreal. I would pay to watch that series IRL