The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball. Also known as the Fall Classic, it has featured a variety of notable events over its 114-year history. From the time it was first played in 1905 until 1994 (players’ strike) and then again in 2020 (in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic), a few moments have stuck out as World Series highlights.
The 1987 World Series featured a thrilling finish that made the Minnesota Twins the first team to win all four games at home. The final game went to 10 innings and a loud crowd rocked the stadium as Jack Morris pitched superbly, holding a two-run lead until Mark Grace laced a single just over the infield into the left field corner. Dan Gladden scored the run and the Twins won their second consecutive World Series title.
Game 6 of the 1993 World Series became one of the most famous and memorable World Series in history, not least because of Joe Carter’s walk-off three-run homer off Bob Stanley with the bases loaded that lifted Toronto to a dramatic victory over the Boston Red Sox. Blue Jays broadcaster Tom Cheek’s exclamation, “Touch ’em all, Joe! You’ll never hit a bigger one in your life!”, is now firmly entrenched in baseball lore.
After a disappointing outing in Game 2, Don Larsen was determined not to let that happen again. He retired all 27 Dodger batters he faced, including future Hall of Famers Dick Williams, Pee Wee Reese and Jackie Robinson. It was the first and only perfect game in World Series history.