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The 1991 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1991 season. The 88th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Minnesota Twins (95–67) and the National League (NL) champion Atlanta Braves (94–68).
Kirby Puckett sprinted, leaped and extended his glove two feet above the Plexiglas fence in left-center field – right over Tony Oliva’s retired No. 6 – to rob Ron Gant of the Braves of an extra-base hit, before a Game 6 World Series crowd of 55,155 at the Metrodome.
Nov 4, 1991 · For it was only 24 hours earlier that Minnesota centerfielder Kirby Puckett had virtually single-handedly forced a seventh game by assembling what has to rank among the most outrageous...
- Steve Rushin
Nov 15, 2016 · The series had gone according to form over the first five games, with the home team winning all of them, when the squads returned to the Metrodome on Oct. 26, 1991, for Game 6. The Twins needed...
Oct 28, 1991 · He faced one batter, Mr. Puckett, and threw a total of four pitches. Two were balls and two were strikes, including the last, which ended up in the left center field bleachers.
Oct 23, 2016 · That certainly was all about Kirby Puckett. LARKIN: That famous saying, 'jump on my back.' He has that great defensive play, and then he hits the home run to win it.
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Minnesota Twins. over. Atlanta Braves. (4-3) 1990 WS 1992 WS. Dates: October 19 - 27, 1991. WS MVP: Jack Morris. NLCS MVP: Steve Avery. ALCS MVP: Kirby Puckett.
