 Welcome back to watching baseball. Thank you for joining us. It's baseball. My name is John boy next to me in his own apartment And not really next to me is Jake. He's wearing a suit because it is officially Jeff Passenday May 13th, is it may May 13th? So we are we are We have moved on to games 163 all of the 163rd tiebreaker games The last one is in 1980 Jake. There wasn't another one until the expanded playoffs in 1995 Man saying it's may is pretty weird, huh? Yeah, I don't feel like may because we're stuck inside and all that but I think people did like they skip the dumb Justin Timberlake, it's gonna be May memes through hard this year too sad about it. Yeah Yeah, cuz you said it's May and it's like whoa, but yeah May 13th is Jeff Passenday We all know that and Yeah, man, this is a fun one these 95 mariners They they called up a 19 year old kid who became known as a rod So that's kind of fun a lot of fun names throughout that team including a weird infield a big man on the mound for them and We were doing just a quick wiki to again cover our butts to sound like full idiots Although we will say we don't know really anything We're reacting not informing the angels Blew a huge division lead I think they were 13 up on the mariners and like 11 on the Texas Rangers or something like that at on August 3rd So it's a I mean a classic case of one team collapse one team kind of came came out of no way So that's fun. Yep and very similar to the situations we have today Where the players union and the league aren't agreeing they struck in? 1994 something that the owners got was more playoff games the divisional series comes back They did it briefly 1981 we talked about that in the 1981 World Series comes back and now because they expanded playoffs Two more teams want in and they go down to the wire. They need a tiebreaker. Let's just start the video we're going straight to The seventh inning the Mariners are up one nothing at this point Looking to expand on the lead big unit on the bump for them doing good things Like flowers start off Mike Mikey blowers barely know her Yeah, man. I mentioned this Mariners infield gym a lot of fun. I mean Tino Martinez our guy first base Joey Cora played a buck 20 at second Louis Soho played a hundred and two at shortstop Glowers 134 at third base and then yeah that that a rod guy ended up coming up What was so looking like when he was playing a hundred and whatever at short? I mean a 30 year old Louis Soho played a hundred games At shortstop for the Mariners and I think it was beautiful. Yeah, it's probably gorgeous. It's probably very very very Very Langston twirling the pill right now. Yeah Langston versus Johnson and they they traded scoreless for the first four And then the Mariners put one on the board in the fifth. He Walked Tino Martinez to lead off the fifth. Don't you know it came around the score That leg kick is awesome Love it Yeah, good watch What do we think in 1995? How are you feeling with the graphics and optics all this? I know you're not a turf guy Well, what I find very interesting If anyone that has watched all of our watching baseball is up to this point if you follow it along We've been talking about the advancements of the score bug and the events of all this when we got to 1996 I believe Fox took over and they were the first world series we saw that had a constant score This ESPN had this special 163 game, I bet there was a lot of bidding of who was gonna Broadcast the tiebreaker and they have a score bug. So maybe ESPN led the way with a score bug constantly Yeah, and this is a full man this there it is single in the hole do it So yeah, that's that score bug That that score bug. I mean that's that that sends me back. That's a that score bug help raise That's all you need. Oh I mean on the turf, you know Just got a turn to that's a great play in the fifth. I do like that. Angel's love of the CA I think it's because I don't love it It seems I like the way he's wearing that hat even It feels like he's got a lot of airspace It's our dude Constantino Young lefty-on-lefty match up here. And so you're up one With Martinez. I don't know. I mean you don't I wonder again at this time period Like hitting runs are still a thing, especially. I don't know you're up one like you could kind of oh, no Tina oh That's what I was wondering Did I don't think you and I expected a Tino Bob? No lefty Power back What how was Tino safe at first? I missed that part. We've got a bond almost right back to the picture bobbles Repix it up. Oh We just didn't even throw Yeah, that's a bad time That's all in any Oh Nice and looks young. He's like I don't like I don't like that mound me in to the picture Yes, everyone seems to be coming from everyone's running a little too hot right now season on the line Jake These are the California angels. Who do we got Gary? These are seen at short Young Jim Edmunds and center Tim salmon chili Davis. Good. Thanks. No Garrett Anderson. Okay Langston's 34 years old here You see really yeah, I would have lost that I would have said probably 20. Yeah, it looks really young. Oh He thought he was getting the double play ball That's brutal that sucks Took me way too long to figure out what happened. Yeah, he was set up with his back to the picture for those ones Now now this bond Who's Dan? I mean Yeah, this is this is fair game I mean Dan Wilson played a lot of years at catcher, but I think Up one especially this time period. I mean and in this game. I think you're fine He's an eight hole hitter. I think this button makes a great amount of sense 26 years old here I remember right. I mean, I feel like Dan Wilson did it for a while I have it up 14 years Yeah, I went to 2005 I think when people were started when we were three years old and then they went to when we were like actively watching every season It felt like they had been doing it forever. There's so much that happened in our lives Well, and I think the bigger thing that stands out is I mean he was with Seattle from 94 to 2005 I mean, that's that's pretty cool. It can't be nice. Yeah. Well. No, it's an error That's it scarier putting a bunt down on turf Wonder because it just goes like you really got a dead in it more probably basically just a brown ball. Oh No Okay, survive that Wow nice played by the catcher man. I'll tell you what that kept he felt like a badass doing That slide That was cool If you're the skipper right now, you're having a real bad time. Yeah, you just destined to lose this game I mean hey, I mean the catcher screwed that up, but I say the catcher is Andy Allen's oh my god Did they collide? What a play Show me the replay. I think we got contact. Yeah, I think I think they collided and stuck with the play Is this a disaster? Because so far I didn't think we were walking into a disaster and it feels No contact, I don't think Jake I think he avoided them. I definitely like you know hindered the play Sure Moment of panic. That's a great play. I think you gotta get Langston out of this game That's the other thing that again and we could circle this with a lot of these older games but I mean if Langston isn't getting the opportunity to pitch this Dude Langston, I mean his headspace is just bad You know what I mean? You you almost tackled your third baseman who was depressed before your catcher is doing all sorts of antics You screwed up a point and then the mound visit was not fun and just being an athlete like Langston in his head He was ready to throw the first and the second baseman was being an idiot when the second baseman kind of Martin is at second It's bad times for Langston. Bad headspace. Yeah Young looking 34 though. Happy for it. You'll be that's good. You're young looking 30 Yeah, but he's like an athletic like I'm a high school Jeff Passenday is treating you well big day We think about Joey Cork we fan You just have an act for putting the ball there or nearly he's a number two man in the oil fair Sure, I like them swift change in different Why'd you have to ask me come on? Sorry The one team oh No, and I mean You give Langston another batter at this point you're sick in the head Yeah, but then you got to bring someone in the Langston's mess But there's nothing he's gonna do to get out of this So Joey Cora was the nine-hitter here going to the top of the lineup with Vince Coleman One of the best base dealers of all times, let me see what he was doing in 95 Okay, so he was a mid-season trade acquisition. Love that And we'll be decided right here baton leadoff hitting 290 335 on base 16 swipes and in 40 games opens them up curve ball away Now you're gonna get you're gonna get a fastball in the zone There's Langston's not making a balls and pitch and he's got to throw a strike You can't fall down to and I think the bigger problem here is I mean total this season Vince Coleman only struck out 80 times Over through it. So here that's the situation right there. He's like, okay. He knows I'm throwing a fastball I know he knows I'm throwing a fastball. I got a fucking Wife with us over throws it now. It's to it And you're you're just in a horrible spot because you've got an extremely fast baseball player When your only kind of hope is the double play right now And you're on turf like there's just too many elements in play I think you pulled the string on that one. That was a ball. Yeah, that was nice. That was a nice change up to If we get loose So now what he did blanks I think I think now you I think now you try to go to curve Oh fastball Now you can go to the curve now you've got one pitched away before full count and I don't think He has faith in his heart Coleman so pissed he missed that pitch I Drop a nice. I drop a nice. Cece's about the anti-pettit backside curve Battle battle refuse to Opens up Good take little stair back. Yeah. Now. He's gone three fastballs in a row but It's a three-two count with bases loaded so They're going fastball. I mean it's 1995 to Vince Coleman It's not how many dudes are in ties there. Holy smokes. Is this a oh I think he went off speed Okay, look like cheese, but I'm a little delayed Maybe not it look like a swing was off. This was a Monday game at 130 Start so a bunch of guys. So that's fine. Half day at work came with the tie went to the game Actually, I respect the hell I Bring two outfits I bet he thought he didn't catch that so he was retreated He didn't have that's bad baser Bad base running a really nice play. Yeah, our dude King fish, you know, I I don't know Blowers blowers speed Because I think it could have potentially been close. I mean slide and catch you like to think he gets in there I didn't catch he's up. I mean the double pump there. Let's see Wow Vince wanted that ribby So how gets the job done with a little fucking dribbler I mean is that not is that not the story of Louis so I mean that ball is rattling under bullpen benches And here comes so ho I Mean that's the net's is Yeah, I mean That is I want to pause at time. Well, that's the beauty beauty of the sport Coleman's up there Battling a long as battle finally puts odd nice like a hard shot to right in play It takes a great play by the defense and a dumb maybe a dumb base running blunder to not score run Seattle thinks that or California thinks they catch their breath first pitch to so ho Not even a hard hit ball, but just perfectly plays like a trick full shot And Yeah, and I mean how about to add on to it Let's let's the Coleman at that its base is loaded to O count And it's like if you're a Mariners fan and you're at a bar, that's a really good time You think the lids about to be blown off Langston battles back pretty tough inning gets Coleman sliding catch the run doesn't score now It's like oh shit. Do we just blow our opportunity and as you say Luis? Pulls out a little league homer out of his butt And if you're the angels your whole season went out the window on a cue ball down a first I can't believe they haven't showed a replay Thanks, man. Get the camera off them Did that have been played? I need to see a replay of this. It happened so fast replay would be nice Instead let's just watch Mark Langston cry Be very sad about it How did so how we don't score show the fucking replay yes Big Mariners fan in the truck, maybe are you kidding me with this pro long Langston shot? Real good looking Broken bath the most broken Was that Langston as the second cutoff yeah Going fastball from 45 feet. Are you kidding me by the slide on the catcher there though? Did you see that? Dude, that's all that catcher does that catcher. Who is it? Sorry that you're upset with me that I don't know his name Alan something Andy Alan Okay career point eight war No, I shouldn't know his name. I don't feel bad. It's the best diving catcher of all A couple things he's great at sliding his earth like it's the best sliding catcher of all time Louis. Soho's goatee is If we watch back to Langston, man Yeah, Langston's had this brutal inning first that sucks. You gotta dig it out from underneath the thing Nightmare and almost not real that that happened within my lifetime and like it was just okay play on everyone get out of the way Secondly Langston the pitcher on this play was a relay man and covered home plate It was all over it and he threw the pitch what a nightmare So hold on so he misses that cutoff and he misses and he goes to Langston Oh, he doesn't miss his cutoff. We just have Langston 40 feet away ready to pepper it Langston could have let that bounce And it probably would have been a perfect throw to get this guy out at home And I mean just look at what we're seeing when when has it ever ended well with someone rifling it from 40 feet away Yeah, now watch the catcher. It's badass. I'm telling you look at the slide right here And then the throw all in one motion on the money like look so I was safe if he's out at home there That's a great play He's the best sliding catcher of all time Did they have them But I this should be called the Langston depression I Love my again if yeah, if you don't know, I mean so ho was a bench player throughout a lot of the Yankees dynasty So he's entrenched in our hearts a little bit And he's just that guy. He's that that was That play was Louis. Soho encompassing Winner and he's got the subway series like ten hopper up the middle to win it and like it's just He's he's a beautiful man Let's uh, they score four again in the next inning to make it nine to nothing Nine to one. I want to watch Johnson Johnson comma Randy. Oh, they're showing it to me. I mean once they figured out that replay They let it ride Oh, this is just a Langston show. Could he have fielded that? Did everything that's what I kind of can't have Jesus JT snow Randy Johnson the pride of live in law, California How old are you? the Well a the three articles that I just googled said that The ball was just out of JT snows to reach. So I don't know. I think he's clear for now All right, Randy Johnson's 32 here I mean the Randy Johnson numbers are so messed up because of yeah, how late he pitched he pitched. Oh, there's 45 32 here and it's his eighth season Kind of kind of seven Seventy-seven and I mean it's not he didn't he didn't really put it together until 92 I Mean you can do some fun Randy Johnson stuff if he figured it out when he was 24 But yeah, he led the league in walks 90 91 92 Repetition with that big frame pretty tough to use Someone someone we've responded. I Did a video on him once someone responded said live he'd be a closer immediately now Like if he had those first three seasons They probably put him in the bullpen Yeah, I mean they Fastball slider it would have made a chip. That's a tough homer to celebrate Right There's a slider Spike oh Double up double helmet. We haven't seen that in a little bit. No radar Jim you want Randy Johnson stats from 1995. Yeah, what are they 18 and 2 With a 2 4 8 er He was a young 214 innings pitched 294 strikeouts Winner of your a l side that ball is it pretty well again Did he he won this I young? Yes, did he get MVP votes? He finished six in the MVP Good how were they able to how were they able to have him pitch in What you know what I mean like I wonder if Why didn't he pick the last day? This game was on October 2nd his start before that was September 28, so I guess that's how it played out Yeah With their other What? Randy Johnson's pitch count numbers are Disgusted Land on me. Okay. Let me do his month of July really quickly 122 160 what 140 137 and then he ended it with a 110 Randy Johnson went 160 pitches and then followed it with 140 his last let's see in September October He had one two three four five six six starts And the lowest pitch count is 119. Did you see the play at the just what happened? Lowest pitch count 119 is amazing. You need to see this play It's the exact opposite of what Langston and the Angels It goes off Randy Johnson's glove ricochets back to the catcher who darts them at first Dude, that's such a good play by the catcher so many catchers probably don't like give up on don't even react. Yeah, yeah And he did the spin move and throw we've seen some phenomenal Some good catcher catcher stuff. I mean the other guy He did have a pass ball And stuff created the situation his slides were cool There we go Here we go So yeah, he's been just going back to a quick his final six starts 119-122-122-127-134-125 Three averaged 120 pitches to start Basically Lupinella's limit was 120 and then let's think about it Different game. I mean Lupinella wasn't even counting. They had no idea Those numbers were counted retroactively I mean these are nuts he has Ten games with 130 or more pitches. It's a good celebration by the two of them Champions of the American League West They go on to do a pretty cool job in the ALDS versus the Angels It's a pretty fun series five games and randy johnson is just a mean Mean cuss Coming out of the bullpen Brown smoke And I think that the other thing that needs to be tied into this is think about the story again like the mariner in fireworks Oh, yeah, baby 90s were hot Um, oh we got people Um, dude, think about the energy around this team. You've got you were down 13 games And then you come back you play a wild card game you play that you play a crazy ds coming up against the Yankees like there's There are really fun seasons that don't end with a world series and this has to be up there on the list Yeah Yeah, it's a good call And it's okay to be reminiscent. What are they doing digging out home plate? You crazy I just brought a rock. He's digging out home plate Get this guy out of here Not cool, man I mean holy smokes, dude Team just won. Let me dig up the plate. He brought out a digging dose Like look in the mirror That guy just ruins it for everything else. What a weirdo Just jump around and be happy There's no reason to steal home plate No Okay All right, well Where's my mouse? That was the 1995 game 163 Some fun stuff some good players game fun game fun team I enjoyed it. Thank you for watching with us. We will be back on monday Doing another game 163 making our way through the world today The rest of that lyric