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- this was arguably the bestturnaround we'd ever seen. not just in baseball but in all of sports. - at a certain point youjust had to ask yourself, is this real? - there was nothing mystical about it. there weren't angels, butsomething was going on. - [voiceover] 30 for 30. (slow guitar music) - angels entered the '94 season with one

of the worst rosters imaginable. - i mean, they had a catcherthat could barely run, they had a pair of outfielderswho constantly collided with each other. and their star pitcher whitt bass, i don't think he could even read. and to top it all off theirmanager was a liability. i mean, it's almost like he was fighting with his team, in a way.

and he actually fought his team. - he was, he was kind of mean at times. one time he threw somethingand it- i don't know if you can remember butthe bat hit me in the head. - i still don't understandhow he wasn't fired. - and in the midst of ahistoric losing streak, one strange day in july, the angels start to turn things around. - [voiceover] that sportsfans is a play you're going

to see run in baseballhighlights for years to come. - ben williams, this guyhad no business even playing in the big leagues. he was a terrible hitter. he was a horrible defensive outfielder and then out of nowhere he makes the greatest catch inmajor league history. - that was when the whole season started to make everyone believe in us

and made us believe in ourselves. - i remember a play the next week where danny hemmerling scoredon an infield ground ball. - some moments in sports you remember in slow motion and thathemmerling play was one of them. because the ball was actuallytraveling in slow motion. - hemmerling hit thatball and somehow there was 17 errors on that one play. - beat the previous record by 14 errors.

- it was the first timein major league history that a catcher, first baseman,and a pitcher all made an error on the same play, in which the pitcheralso hit them in the face with his baseball glove. [voiceover] and mel clarkhasn't started a game in this decade. - when i was double a, ilooked up to mel clark, but the mel clark in'94 wasn't the same guy.

he hadn't started a game in four years. - knox throws mel clarkon the mound in july and he posts a second halfthat ranks right up there with the best of the decade. - ricky vaughn in '96,pedro martinez in '99, henry rowengartner in '93,clark's numbers were better. - i've never seen clark have command of a strike zone like that. if it wasn't angels, idon't know what it was.

- everyone wanted to believethat this was legitimate. but it was clear somethingelse was happening. - [voiceover] i have astatement that i'd like to read. there have been reportsthat i've been using angels to help the team win. - angels? that's the explanation. i found that insulting. - the only reason why the guywasn't getting laughed out of the room, was because it was the 90's

and there were a lot ofbizarre things happening in the world of sports. - [voiceover] if a hockeyplayer can win the masters, if a golden retriever can play basketball, if michael jordan can play withbill murray and tweety bird, then maybe we can believe that the angels can actually win baseball games. - and to show you the kind ofhold knox has on the press, there's only one person in theroom who questions the thing.

- george, does this mean you really think that a kid sees angels at your games? - the truth is the guy wasmaking some really legitimate points but no one listened to him cause, the guy just sounded like a jerk. - [voiceover] at that point,everybody in california was on team knox. - well, i have to say,they made me a believer. i believe.

- [voiceover] we all believed. - oh, we just knew we were gonna win. - but during this pennant run,everybody was so rapped up in angel fever that nobodytook the time to ask, why is this manager spending so much time with two little kids? - i think it was creepy. - the angels could help the team, when it comes to getting to the playoffs,

once it's time for the pennantthey cannot help anymore. that is the rule. - what's the purpose of that rule? that seems a little arbitrary. - al makes the rules. - who is al and why doeshe spend his time helping a baseball team instead ofhelping starving children? - so roger could be with his dad again. - coach spent a lot oftime with those young guys,

but they said that one ofthe boys could see angels. and i don't know ifthat's true, i just think that coach knox was great and wanted to help those little boys out. - the following season, theteam is back in last place. knox is fired by the all-star break. the angels' dream is over. - [voiceover] would you saythe use of steroids aided the california angels duringthe 1994 season, mr. conseco?

- no doubt in my mind. absolutely. - [voiceover] mr. bass, wasthe team using steroids? - it was angels. i don'teven know how to do steroids. (click) - another weird thing about that season is it seemed like theynever played a road game. - thanks for watching. click here to subscribe to college humor and here to watch more videoswhere catch all the laughs.

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