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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).
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).
List of World Series champions. In the first World Series in 1903, the Boston Americans (front row) defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates (back row) 5–3 in an eight-game series. The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.
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The 1991 World Series was played between the Minnesota Twins (95-67) of the American League and the Atlanta Braves (94-68) of the National League. The series was, in some respects, similar to the 1987 World Series also played by the Minnesota Twins (against the St. Louis Cardinals), most notably in that the home team won all seven games. The 1991 W...
The 1991 World Series was notable for its series of grueling contests, with five of its games being decided by two or fewer runs and three running into extra innings (including the third game, a twelve-inning marathon which ended when Twins manager Tom Kellyran out of pitchers).
For the first time in World Series history, both league champions had finished the previous season in last place. Thus, many observers dubbed this the "Worst-to-First Series"Seven players appeared in both the 1987 and 1991 Series for the Twins; Kirby Puckett, Kent Hrbek, Greg Gagne, Dan Gladden, Gene Larkin, Randy Bush and Al Newman.This was the last World Series that Fay Vincent (who was forced to resign a year later) presided over as commissioner. In Game 1, a Kent Hrbek foul pop up hit Vincent's daughter Anne in the head.Braves outfielder Lonnie Smithplayed for a record fourth team in World Series play.That's going to be a winner for Atlanta!!! The runner tags at third, here's the throw from Shane Mack, here's Lemke... he is out.. safe, safe, safe!!! They called him safe! Atlanta wins and they're going to say that Harper did not tag him! - Jack Buck calling Jerry Willard's game winning sacrifice fly in Game 4. Into deep left center... for Mitchel...
Will Leitch: "1991: Rickey, Ripken and the unlikeliest WS ever", mlb.com, April 28, 2020.Tim Wendel: Down to the Last Pitch: How the 1991 Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves Gave Us the Best World Series of All Time, Da Capo Press, Boston, MA, 2014. ISBN 978-0306822766Had the 1991 World Series been played in New York or Boston or down the block from Doris Kearns Goodwin, it would be regarded as the best series of all time, hands down. Instead, Ken Burns...
Jul 26, 2018 · The first inning. The game began with a famous handshake between Braves leadoff man Lonnie Smith and Harper before Morris proceeded to retire the side without incident — a lazy fly to right off...
Oct 27, 2021 · As the 1991 World Series approached, the Braves and Twins already felt a unique connection. The teams had each defied the longest of odds to reach the Fall Classic after finishing in last...
