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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 all-around...
- Steve Rushin
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).
Oct 31, 2016 · The Series' greatest star—Twins centerfielder Kirby Puckett, who forced Game 7 by winning Game 6 almost single-handedly—has been dead for 10 years now.
Oct 26, 2012 · Puckett and Davis had one of the most fateful conversations in World Series history. They retell the story on the video “ Magic in Minnesota “, which recounts the Twins 1991 World Series...
Nov 15, 2016 · Those were the words of broadcaster Jack Buck as Kirby Puckett's game-winning home run in Game 6 of the 1991 World Series sailed over the plexiglass wall at the Metrodome, the latest...
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.
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Aug 20, 2024 · The pivotal moment came in Game 5, where Minnesota took the series by the horns. Kirby Puckett, once again, delivered when it mattered most, hitting a game-changing home run that sent the Metrodome into a frenzy. The Twins triumphed over the Blue Jays, setting the stage for one of the most memorable World Series in baseball history.