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Oct 23, 2016 · To celebrate the anniversary of their 1991 World Series title, what better way to mark the milestone than to let them tell the story – of that team and that title – in their own words. KENT...
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).
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...
- ‘I Honestly Can’T Even Explain Why It Happened’
- ‘You Felt A Little Bad That This Had to End’
- ‘Come on and Sit Down, Have A Drink’
- ‘What’s Gonna Happen Tonight?’
- A Special Legacy
“And now we’re seeing something that we rarely see in a World Series: Terry Pendleton, leading a group of Atlanta Braves out to congratulate the Minnesota Twins.” — Braves radio announcer Pete Van Wieren, moments after Game 7 ended Terry Pendleton had been close before, having played in two previous seven-game World Series as a member of the Cardin...
“Why don’t we play all winter and make it a best of 90?” — MLB commissioner Fay Vincent to Braves owner Ted Turner during the 1991 World Series, as reported by The Sporting News, Nov. 4, 1991 The compulsion to connect with the opponent wasn’t limited to Pendleton and the Braves. Twins manager Tom Kelly felt the pull too. The emotions are hard to de...
“If this Game 7 is not the greatest finale in Series history, it is close. If this Series is not the greatest in history, then it is close. At the least, it can be remembered in a single word: excruciating. Joy for Minnesota. Pain for Atlanta. Tension for us all.” — John Rawlings, The Sporting News, Nov. 4, 1991 After pitching a 10-inning shutout i...
“I don’t think I’ve ever seen a hitter shake hands with a catcher before the first pitch — in any game,” CBS analyst Tim McCarver before the first pitch of Game 7 It might be reasonable to assume that all the talk of respect and cutting trophies in half after Game 7 was fueled mostly by the game itself, just nice things professional athletes say af...
“Minnesota and Atlanta, last-place teams a season ago, had been transformed, as if by divine touch, into champions who gave us a World Series so good that it can be called the best ever.” — Dave Kindred, The Sporting News, Nov. 4, 1991 Ask the men who played in the 1991 World Series to describe their feelings 30 years later, and they’ll offer varia...
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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).
Jul 27, 2018 · The 1991 World Series was punctuated by a classic Game 7, featuring a 10-inning shutout from Twins starter Jack Morris, a walkoff win for Minnesota and multiple twists and turns along the way...
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Oct 27, 2021 · Thirty years ago today, the Minnesota Twins defeated the Atlanta Braves in Game Seven of the World Series—a series so great that it’s broadly considered one of the best of all time. ESPN , Bleacher Report , noted baseball writer Joe Posnanski —all have ranked the best World Series over the years.
