Saturday, March 8, 2008

Twins vs. Pirates, bottom of fifth

OK, fans, here goes. My list of the top-10 best World Series of all time, in order:
1) 1912, Red Sox over Giants. It still hasn't been topped. The 4-3-1 Boston victory featured the Royal Rooters, the Snodgrass Muff, Christy Mathewson, Tris Speaker and a come-from-behind Sox victory in Game 7.
2) 1975, Reds over Red Sox. Carlton Fisk's home run to win Game 6 is what everyone remembers, but the Big Red Machine came back from 3-0 in Game 7 to win 4-3.
3) 1960, Pirates over Yankees. Don't tell Bill Mazeroski I have it rated this low.
4) 2001, Diamondbacks over Yankees. Curt Schilling and Randy Johnson seemed to will Arizona to victory, and Luis Gonzalez won it off Mariano Rivera with that bloop single. Classic stuff.
5) 1968, Tigers over Cardinals. Mainly because I am a huge fan of Al Kaline and Mickey Lolich, who beat Bob Gibson in Game 7.
6) 1924, Senators over Giants. You had to feel bad for Freddy Lindstrom when the ball hit a pebble to win it for Washington, but it was nice for Walter "Big Train" Johnson, perhaps the greatest right-hander of all time, to win a Series.
7) 1985, Royals over Cardinals. Get off Don Denkinger's back! The late Dick Howser deserved this.
8) 1991, Twins over Braves. A complete-game, 10-inning, 1-0 victory by Jack Morris in Game 7, coupled with Kirby Puckett's Game 6 heroics? W-h-a-a-a-t?
9) 1905, Giants over Athletics. The great Mathewson pitched three shutouts, a feat that can never be matched.
10) 1919, Reds over Black Sox. A great book and great movie, Eight Men Out, were the result of this fixed classic.
It's still 6-3, Twins.

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