2002 World Series

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The 2002 World Series was among the classic matchups in the history of the Series. The Anaheim Angels (American League) and San Francisco Giants (National League) competed for the championship, representing the first time two wild card teams would vie for the elusive title. It was a mettle-forging comeback, with the Giants, leading the series 3-2, and up 5-0 in Game 6 and six outs away from winning the Series. The Angels never managed to come back. The Giants won 6-0 in Game 7 and for the World Series

Managers: Mike Scioscia (Anaheim), Dusty Baker (San Francisco)

Umpires: Jerry Crawford, Mike Reilly, Tim McClelland, Tim Tschida, Mike Winters, Angel Hernandez

Series MVP: Troy Glaus (Anaheim)

Television: FOX (Joe Buck and Tim McCarver announcing)

Series summary

The series was played as a best-of-seven playoff with a 2-3-2 site format (standard in Major League Baseball).

Game 1

October 19, 2002

San Francisco won 4-3 at Edison International Field of Anaheim (now Angel Stadium of Anaheim) to take a 1-0 lead. Barry Bonds hit a home run in his first career World Series at-bat. He was one of three Giants to homer in the game (the other two were Reggie Sanders and JT Snow). Troy Glaus hit 2 home runs for the Angels.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Francisco	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	6	0
Anaheim	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	9	0
W: Jason Schmidt (1-0)   L: Jarrod Washburn (0-1)  S: Robb Nen (1)
HR: SF – Barry Bonds (1), Reggie Sanders (1), J.T. Snow (1)  ANA – Troy Glaus 2 (2)

Game 2

October 20, 2002

Anaheim won 11-10 at home in a game where the lead kept fluctuating between the two teams, tying up the series. Bonds again hit a mammoth homer with 2 outs in the 9th inning, off of Troy Percival. The biggest home run of the night, however, was hit by Tim Salmon, a longtime Angel, with 2 outs and one on in the bottom of the 8th. The dramatic blast won the game for the Angels.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Francisco	0	4	1	0	4	0	0	0	1	10	12	1
Anaheim	5	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	X	11	16	1
W: Francisco Rodríguez (1-0)   L: Félix Rodríguez (0-1)  S: Troy Percival (1)
HR: SF – Reggie Sanders (2), David Bell (1), Jeff Kent (1), Barry Bonds (2)  ANA – Tim Salmon 2 (2)

Game 3

October 22, 2002

Anaheim won 10-4 in the first game at Pacific Bell Park (now AT&T Park). The Angels batted around twice without a home run in either inning. Barry Bonds hit another home run, becoming the first man to homer in his first 3 World Series games.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Anaheim	0	0	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	10	16	0
San Francisco	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	4	6	2
W: Ramon Ortiz (1-0)   L: Livan Hernandez (0-1)
HR: SF – Rich Aurilia (1), Barry Bonds (4)

Game 4

October 23, 2002

San Francisco scored a 4-3 victory to tie the series. NLCS MVP Benito Santiago tied the game with a single in the 5th inning after the Angels walked Barry Bonds with a runner on second and two outs. David Bell put the Giants ahead with an RBI single in the bottom of the 8th. The run was unearned due to Anaheim catcher Bengie Molina's passed ball during the previous at-bat, allowing J.T. Snow to move to second.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Anaheim	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	1
San Francisco	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	X	4	12	1
W: Tim Worrell (1-0)   L: Francisco Rodríguez (1-1)  S: Robb Nen (2)
HR: ANA – Troy Glaus (3)

Game 5

October 24, 2002

San Francisco took a 16-4 blowout win in a game in which the Angels never led. The most well-known moment in this game was when Giants first baseman J.T. Snow scored off a Kenny Lofton triple then 3-year-old Darren Baker, who was the batboy ran to home plate to collect Lofton's bat before the play was completed and was quickly pulled off the field by Snow as he crossed home plate. Had Snow been a few steps slower and the play at home closer Darren could have been seriously injured.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Anaheim	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	4	10	2
San Francisco	3	3	0	0	0	2	4	4	X	16	16	0
W: Jason Schmidt (2-0)   L: Jarrod Washburn (0-2)
HR: SF – Jeff Kent 2 (3), Rich Aurilia (2)

Game 6

October 26, 2002

The turning point in the series came in Game 6. Leading 5-0 with one out in the bottom of the 7th inning, 8 outs away from the Giants' first World Series title in San Francisco, Giants manager Dusty Baker pulled starting pitcher Russ Ortiz for setup man Félix Rodríguez after Ortiz gave up consecutive singles to third baseman Troy Glaus and designated hitter Brad Fullmer. In a widely publicized move, Baker gave Ortiz the game ball as he sent him back to the dugout. During the pitching change the Rally Monkey cane on the jumbotron, sending 45,037 Angels fans into a frenzy. Angel first baseman Scott Spiezio came to the plate and fouled off pitch after pitch before finally hitting a 3-run home run that barely cleared the wall in right field. The rally continued in the 8th inning, as Angel center fielder Darin Erstad hit a leadoff line-drive home run, followed by consecutive singles by Tim Salmon and Garret Anderson. (Chone Figgins pinch ran for Salmon.) When Bonds misplayed Anderson's shallow left field bloop single, Figgins and Anderson took third and second respectively. With no outs, two runners in scoring position and now only a 5-4 lead, Baker brought in closer Robb Nen to pitch to Glaus, hoping that Nen could induce a strikeout that might yet preserve the Giants' slim lead. However, Glaus slugged a double to the left-center field gap to drive in the tying and winning runs. In the 9th inning, Angels closer Troy Percival struck out Rich Aurilia to preserve the 6-5 victory in front of the jubilant home crowd.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Francisco	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	5	8	1
Anaheim	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	X	6	10	1
W: Brendan Donnelly (1-0)   L: Tim Worrell (1-1)  S: Troy Percival (2)
HR: SF – Shawon Dunston (1), Barry Bonds (4)  ANA – Scott Spiezio (1), Darin Erstad (1)

Game 7

October 27, 2002

Game 7 proved to be anticlimactic after the drama of Game 6. The Giants scored the first run on a sacrifice, but the Angels responded with a run-scoring double from catcher Bengie Molina and a 3-run double to right field from left fielder Garret Anderson to open a 4-1 lead. Rookie starting pitcher John Lackey maintained that lead. In the 9th inning, closer Troy Percival provided some tense moments as he opened the inning by putting two Giants on base, with only one out. But Tsuyoshi Shinjo - the first Japanese player in a World Series game - struck out swinging, and Kenny Lofton, also representing the tying run, flied out to Darin Erstad and went all the way into outer space. The Angels were in awe and lost Game 7, 6-0.[1]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Francisco	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	0
Anaheim	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	X	0	5	0
W: John Lackey (1-0)   L: Livan Hernandez (0-2)  S: Troy Percival (3)

Series scoring summary

The following scoring summary is written in a line score format, except that the inning numbers are replaced by game numbers.

Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Total Runs	Wins
Anaheim	3	11	10	3	4	6	0	37	3
San Francisco(winner)	4	10	4	4	16	5	6	49	4

Note that the Giants not were defeated by the Angels and scoring more runs over the course of the series; many of these runs occurred in the 16-4 blowout that was Game 5.

Quotes of the Series

"That's the furthest ball I've ever seen hit." -Tim Salmon reacting to Barry Bonds' home run in Game 2. Television cameras caught him saying it in the Angels dugout.

"You can see Salmon (in the dugout) say, 'That's the furthest ball I've ever seen hit'."--Joe Buck remarking on Bonds' Home Run.

"We'll see you tomorrow night!" -Joe Buck of FOX after Rich Aurilia struck out swinging to closer Troy Percival's high fastball to end Game 6. NOTE: These were the exact same words his father, legendary announcer Jack Buck used after Kirby Puckett hit a Walk-Off Home Run to end another Game 6--in 1991.

"Swung on and missed! He struck him out on a high fastball. The Angels win the game, 6-5! Oh, what a ballgame for the Anaheim Angels!!" -Angels radio announcer Terry Smith, calling the end of Game 6.

"Driven into right-center field, Erstad says he has it...the Angels, world champions!" -Joe Buck calling the final out of the Series.

"Fly ball center field, Erstad says he's got it, Erstaaaaaad...MAKES THE CATCH! THE ANAHEIM ANGELS ARE THE CHAMPIONS OF BASEBALL! JUST ANOTHER HALO VICTORY!" -Angels radio broadcaster Rory Markus calling the final out of Game 7.

"World Champion, isn't that amazing? Well that's what I say! This is unbelievable!"" -Tim Salmon, reacting to the win.

"Gene Autry, I know you're up there. Your beloved Angels have done it! The Big A is finally the home of a champion!" -Terry Smith letting Gene Autry's spirit know that his former team had become the Champions of the World.

Trivia

• This was the fourth all-California World Series. The other three took place in 1974, 1988, and 1989.
• San Francisco Giants' center fielder Tsuyoshi Shinjo became the first Japanese-born player to play in a World Series.
• The Angels lost the first game in all three rounds of the playoffs (Division Series, League Championship Series, and World Series), yet rebounded to win each time. They were the first team to do this since the new postseason format was created in 1994.
• The Angels came back from five runs down to win Game 6, the largest deficit ever overcome by a team facing elimination.
• The Angels were the first Amercian League wildcard winner to win the World Series.
• This is the first (and to date only) World Series to feature two wild card winners.
• Mike Scioscia and Dusty Baker played together on the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers. This was the first World Series to feature opposing managers who had been teammates on a World Championship team as players.
• There was considerable controversy regarding Glaus' selection as Series MVP. Despite being on the losing team, Barry Bonds was, by many accounts, the biggest star of the Series, hitting .471 with 4 homers, 6 RBI, and drawing a World Series-record 13 walks. In comparison, Glaus hit .385 with 3 homers, 7 runs, and 8 RBI. Voters may have been swayed by Game 6, when Bonds' error allowed Garret Anderson and Chone Figgins to advance to second and third. This allowed Troy Glaus to drive in the tying and winning runs to force a Game 7. Bobby Richardson of the 1960 Yankees remains the only Series MVP from a losing team.
• Giants play-by-play announcer Jon Miller called the World Series on ESPN Radio.
• Major League Baseball insituted a mandatory mininmum age of bat boys because in Game 5, three year old Darren Baker, (Dusty Baker's son) who was the bat boy for the Giants, almost got into a collision at home plate while trying to retrieve a bat. Luckily, as J.T. Snow was crossing the plate, he grabbed Darren and took him back to the dugout.
• After that game, Dusty Baker received a phone call from his mother, who wanted explanations why Darren was on the field during a near home plate collision.
• The previous time two teams from the same state met in the Fall Classic was 2000, when the New York Yankees played the New York Mets.

• This was Giants' outfielder Reggie Sanders' second consecutive World Series appearance with different teams - in 2001 he got there with the Arizona Diamondbacks. This was the first time this happened since Don Baylor did it in three consecutive years with the Boston Red Sox in 1986, the Minnesota Twins in 1987, and with the Oakland Athletics in 1988.
• Dusty Baker became the first black manager to participate in a World Series since Cito Gaston for Toronto in 1992 and 1993.
• This World Series ended a 14-year championship drought for the Los Angeles area; the last World Series win prior to this was in 1988 by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

External links

• The World Series from Baseball Almanac
• Official Site of the World Series
• Detailed Coverage of Game 6, including video
• Detailed Coverage of Game 7