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re: All-time World Series Classics
Posted on 5/30/15 at 8:38 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Posted on 5/30/15 at 8:38 pm to LSUTANGERINE
2001 WS
Posted on 5/30/15 at 9:23 pm to LSUTANGERINE
2 that comes to mind was 86 mets & sox, & 91 braves & twins
Posted on 5/30/15 at 9:41 pm to the crue
IMO, 2001 was the best ever and nothing else is or ever will be close.
Posted on 5/30/15 at 9:51 pm to TigerintheNO
quote:
ohnny Bench and Joe Morgan won 2 apiece, Carl Yastrzemski, Fred Lynn, Jim Rice, Pete Rose, George Foster.
Not sure about Carlton Fisk and Tony Perez.
Neither were an MVP, but both in the HOF
This post was edited on 5/30/15 at 9:55 pm
Posted on 5/30/15 at 9:53 pm to dukke v
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His only AB of the series and they still crushed the Bash Brothers.Plus who he hit it off off is also rather historic... But I agree Fisk became folk hero by sending the series to a 7th game with a 12th inning shot.......
And people often forget about game 7 in which the Reds rallied to win by one run and win the WS.
Posted on 5/30/15 at 11:00 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
Being a lifelong "Big Unit" Randy Johnson fan I really enjoyed the Diamondbacks beating the Yankees in 2001. His game 7 pitching performance was masterful. I still remember my dad being so impressed that Johnson was still throwing rockets in the 9th with pin point control.
Posted on 5/31/15 at 12:03 am to LSUTANGERINE
The 2011 world series was the most exciting I have watched.
Posted on 5/31/15 at 12:04 am to WalkingTurtles
That whole 2001 series was awesome... the middle games were so tense in NY, Byun-Hun Kim got emotionally broken, then you had the blowout, and then the all time classic game 7 where the greatest closer ever blew the biggest save of his career
Posted on 5/31/15 at 9:49 am to Bestbank Tiger
The story of the 1960 world series is really pretty sensational. The Yankees were in the midst of their run of dominating the AL and MLB, and won their 10th pennant in 12 years. the Pirates meanwhile were creeping out of the cellar at the end of the 50's, after being really irrelevant for 30 years. Some of the teams they put on the field in the 50's were historically bad, w/ 1 good player (Ralph Kiner).
It's a bit of David v Goliath w/ an odd up and down series:
1 -- Pit 6, NYY 4 @ Pit
2 -- NYY 16, Pit 3 @ Pit
3 -- NYY 10, Pit 0 @ NY
4 -- Pit 3, NYY 2 @ NY
5 -- Pit 5, NYY 2 @ NY
6 -- NYY 12, Pit 0 @ Pit
7 -- Pit 10, NY 9 @ Pit
The Yankees outscored the Pirates pretty handily, w/ the Yankees winning big but the Pirates winning close.
Series hero Bill Mazeroski is a local boy made good here in Pittsburgh. He grew up poor in WV / Eastern Ohio about an hour outside of town. He was signed by the Pirates out of high school and still lives here in the area w/ trips down to spring training as a special instructor.
While Forbes Field is gone, giving way to a new building on Pitt's campus, part of the outfield wall remains. Home plate is still there too, near the bathrooms in the previously mentioned building. On the sidewalk and street outside, there's a brick in-lay marking the flight of the ball of Maz's HR w/ a plaque set in the sidewalk. When PNC Park was built, they took a section of the existing wall and made it the backdrop of a bronze statue of Maz's celebratory trip around the bases.
Another great image of the play, I think, is the shot of Pitt students on the top of the massive Cathedral of Learning, looking into Forbes Field.
ETA: the best player on that team was also a local guy: 1960 NL MVP Dick Groat from Swissvale. A guy who played in the NBA and MLB, and still serves as the color-man on Pitt basketball radio broadcasts.
It's a bit of David v Goliath w/ an odd up and down series:
1 -- Pit 6, NYY 4 @ Pit
2 -- NYY 16, Pit 3 @ Pit
3 -- NYY 10, Pit 0 @ NY
4 -- Pit 3, NYY 2 @ NY
5 -- Pit 5, NYY 2 @ NY
6 -- NYY 12, Pit 0 @ Pit
7 -- Pit 10, NY 9 @ Pit
The Yankees outscored the Pirates pretty handily, w/ the Yankees winning big but the Pirates winning close.
Series hero Bill Mazeroski is a local boy made good here in Pittsburgh. He grew up poor in WV / Eastern Ohio about an hour outside of town. He was signed by the Pirates out of high school and still lives here in the area w/ trips down to spring training as a special instructor.
While Forbes Field is gone, giving way to a new building on Pitt's campus, part of the outfield wall remains. Home plate is still there too, near the bathrooms in the previously mentioned building. On the sidewalk and street outside, there's a brick in-lay marking the flight of the ball of Maz's HR w/ a plaque set in the sidewalk. When PNC Park was built, they took a section of the existing wall and made it the backdrop of a bronze statue of Maz's celebratory trip around the bases.
Another great image of the play, I think, is the shot of Pitt students on the top of the massive Cathedral of Learning, looking into Forbes Field.
ETA: the best player on that team was also a local guy: 1960 NL MVP Dick Groat from Swissvale. A guy who played in the NBA and MLB, and still serves as the color-man on Pitt basketball radio broadcasts.
This post was edited on 5/31/15 at 5:34 pm
Posted on 5/31/15 at 10:01 am to chalmetteowl
quote:
That whole 2001 series was awesome... the middle games were so tense in NY, Byun-Hun Kim got emotionally broken, then you had the blowout, and then the all time classic game 7 where the greatest closer ever blew the biggest save of his career
The 2001 World Series had everything. A couple blowouts, three classic games in New York, two tying 2-run homers on back-to-back nights by the Yankees when they were down to their last out, Mr. November, Johnson/Schilling, Pettitte tipping pitches in one of the biggest starts of his career, and then a classic Game 7 with Rivera blowing the save after Alfonso Soriano was set to be the hero.
ETA: Going into the 9th inning of Game 7, the two teams had played 66 innings in the series, and the Yankees had led for 7 of them.
This post was edited on 5/31/15 at 10:08 am
Posted on 5/31/15 at 10:58 am to BayouBengals03
I just came here to vote for the 1960 WS.
Although 2011 was pretty darn spectacular too.
Although 2011 was pretty darn spectacular too.
Posted on 5/31/15 at 11:20 am to LSUTANGERINE
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For me, it has to be the 1975 Reds vs. Red Sox.
Will also always be tops for me. The Big Red Machine at the height of their power with that devastating lineup and Luis Tiant battling them, Fisk's iconic home run...will always be the measuring stick for me.
Posted on 5/31/15 at 12:12 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
quote:scully's voice never gets old , I could sit there all day & listen to him or summerall call a game
Gets by Buckner
Posted on 5/31/15 at 1:38 pm to LSUTANGERINE
The best ones in my lifetime were every 10 years....1991, 2001, and 2011. 2021 should be a classic
Posted on 5/31/15 at 4:58 pm to LL012697
I feel like '85 had potential until the Game 7 dud. Two teams from the same state, individual star power, controversial call, and then a no-show from STL in the decider.
Posted on 5/31/15 at 5:49 pm to heypaul
2001 is one of the ones that stand out.
1997 as well with the Livan Hernandez storyline. The indians were pretty loaded too.
2014 was good baseball too
1997 as well with the Livan Hernandez storyline. The indians were pretty loaded too.
2014 was good baseball too
Posted on 5/31/15 at 9:37 pm to Lester Earl
1991 World Series between Braves and Twins. I was at Game 4.
2001 was another classic.
2001 was another classic.
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