World Series
VIDEO: Willie McGee’s amazing performance in the 1982 World Series
If you never saw Willie McGee then you missed one of the most unique and gifted players of the 1980s. McGee was a switch-hitting outfielder with blazing speed and bug eyes. He had a painful walk but few could run ... Read More »
How Joe Jackson conspired to lose the World Series
Joe Jackson batted .375 with 12 hits in the eight games of the 1919 World Series. He led the Chicago White Sox with six runs batted in and hit their only home run. Excellent performance by one of baseball’s best ... Read More »
Best players to never play in a World Series
Ask any ballplayer in the major leagues today what their ultimate goal is and they’ll say “To win the World Series.” That’s at least what we hope they’ll say. After all, if you experience team success, individual success (and a ... Read More »
10-inning shutout masterpiece by Morris led Twins past Braves in ’91 Series
World Series Game Seven, October 27, 1991 | Atlanta Braves vs. Minnesota Twins at Metrodome in Minnesota The greatest pitching performance in the World Series ever? Might have been. Jack Morris, the ace of aces in the 1980s, starter of ... Read More »
McCovey’s liner just missed making history in Game Seven of ’62 World Series against Yanks
World Series Game Seven, Octtober 16, 1962 | New York Yankees vs. San Francisco Giants at Candlestick Park in San Francisco This was the first World Series played in Northern California, with the Giants hosting in Candlestick Park along the ... Read More »
Reggie and Campy homered to support Holtzman as A’s repeated in 1973
World Series Game Seven, October 21, 1973 | New York Mets vs. Oakland Athletics at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland It was the seventh game of the World Series and only days earlier the owner of this team had tried to ... Read More »
Ultimate Games
What are Ultimate Games? An ultimate game is a must win for both teams. A seventh game of the World Series for example, or a thrilling game five or game seven that decides the LCS or division series. Even the ... Read More »
Why the Giants can win the World Series again
No National League team has repeated as World Series champion since Cincinnati’s Big Red Machine 35 years ago. The only team that has a chance to end that drought is the San Francisco Giants. Here’s why they can do it. ... Read More »
Only World Series champions without Hall of Famers
From 1903-1989, every World Series winning team except two have boasted at least one future Hall of Famer on their roster. In most of the cases, the winning team has had more than one player who have gone on to ... Read More »
Ten greatest performances in Game Seven of the World Series by Hall of Famers
Throughout baseball history, great players have produced great moments in dramatic games, and Hall of Fame members are no exception, providing numerous memorable moments in a winner-take-all contests of the Fall Classic Read More »
