Best World Series you ever watched?

[OregonDuck1989]

2001 World Series.

[Swampdog]

His homer wasnt that dramatic, they had runners on first and second with no outs down by one run. It seemed likely if anything they would tie.

The homer was dramatic. It did clinch the WS. The "problem" is that it was only Game 6, and the Blue Jays were not facing elimination. Game 6 of the '75 WS featured 2 more dramatic homers (Carbo, who tied the game in the 8'th, and Fisk, who won it in the 12'th), mainly because Boston was down 3 games to two at the time.

[ragecage]

The homer was dramatic. It did clinch the WS. The "problem" is that it was only Game 6, and the Blue Jays were not facing elimination. Game 6 of the '75 WS featured 2 more dramatic homers (Carbo, who tied the game in the 8'th, and Fisk, who won it in the 12'th), mainly because Boston was down 3 games to two at the time.

But I think its an overstatement that it was the greatest moment in baseball history. That Fisk homer was a much better moment.

[HoustonGM]

I don't think there is a "greatest moment in baseball history."

[ragecage]

I don't think there is a "greatest moment in baseball history."

Oh yes there is, and I think this is it. I got this off a website.

Who Invented Baseball?

In reality, baseball evolved out of several different “bat and ball” games such as English Rounders, Cricket, and American Town Ball that had been around for centuries. But there is one man who deserves the credit for establishing the fundamental rules of the sport and for organizing the first baseball game. He is Alexander Cartwright.

Cartwright was a member of the New York Knickerbockers, a club of young businessmen who regularly played Town Ball to escape the confines of their office lives and get some exercise after work. In 1845, Cartwright and a committee from his club drew up clear rules designed to convert Town Ball into a more elaborate sport. He called it Base Ball.

Cartwright actually wrote down his rules for Base Ball, and many of them are still fundamental parts of the game, including the concepts of: (1) fair and foul territory; (2) three strikes per out; (3) three outs per inning; (4) nine players per side; and (5) ninety feet between bases. He also outlawed the Town Ball practice of “soaking a runner,” which allowed a defender to hit a runner with the ball to get him out. Given the speed of a Roger Clemens fastball, that particular change was very good for today’s players.

The first baseball game played under these new rules took place on June 19, 1846 between Cartwright’s Knickerbockers and another squad known as the New York Nine. The teams reviewed the Cartwright Rules before the game, and then began the competition. One difference between the First Baseball Game and the current game is that the teams played until one squad reached 21 runs. There were innings, but they were not limited to nine. The New York Nine slaughtered Cartwright’s Knickerbockers 21-1.

Cartwright eventually moved to California in 1849 to chase the gold rush. On his journey across the country, he introduced baseball to every town he stayed along the way. He later moved to Hawaii and set up formal baseball leagues, which have been credited as the direct precursors of the Major Leagues.

In 1953, Congress officially recognized Cartwright as the inventor of modern baseball. Some baseball scholars now challenge this assertion, but to date, there is no proof of an earlier baseball game or an earlier delineation of the formal rules of the game. Unless and until such evidence is unearthed, it should be accepted that Alexander Cartwright invented baseball.

[TheNamelessPoet]

i wholeheartedly agree rage and was about to post it myself

[HoustonGM]

Okay. Definitely can't argue with that.

[dickay]

His homer wasnt that dramatic, they had runners on first and second with no outs down by one run. It seemed likely if anything they would tie.

it was a walk off WS clinching homer, first and only of its kind.

I can see arguing that it wasn't the greatest momont in baseball history...I stated it was my opinion, and I stand by it (at least that of which I've seen). Saying it wasn't dramatic though??? Thats baffleing.

[warpriest]

I have to say the Twins and Braves from 1991, it turned me from a kid that did nothing but read the back of baseball cards, to actually enjoying watching the game.

Absolutely agree with this one. Followed closely by 1975 (Reds-RedSox) Several otherS were very good, but pale kinda to these two, IMHO.

[Arctic Blast]

Twins-Braves in '91 and Yanks-Diamondbacks in 2001 were both VERY good, but I'll go with Blue Jays-Phillies. The weirdest part of that series it that there were more (non-Toronto) Canadian fans cheering for the Phillies (and how could you not? They LOOKED like a beer league team! Probably my favorite baseball team ever) than the perceived 'corporate' Jays.

[metsguy234]

I have yet to watch an entire WS from beginning to end, I just started following baseball in the 2006 season.

[eggson27]

it was a walk off WS clinching homer, first and only of its kind.

Wrong--1960 Bill Mazeroski's walk off WS clinching homer was probably better and more dramatic than Joe Carter's.

[metsguy234]

Wrong--1960 Bill Mazeroski's walk off WS clinching homer was probably better and more dramatic than Joe Carter's.

Agreed, it was against the powerhouse Yankees, and the walk-off HR came in Game 7 of the Series (Carter's came in Game 6, with his team leading the series 3-2)

[dickay]

Wrong--1960 Bill Mazeroski's walk off WS clinching homer was probably better and more dramatic than Joe Carter's.

wow, i actually didn't know about that one. I wonder why it gets no play...we constantly hear and see Carters, Bobby Thompsons, and many other memorable HR's. I wonder why game 7 clincher is talked about so infrequently??

[metsguy234]

wow, i actually didn't know about that one. I wonder why it gets no play...we constantly hear and see Carters, Bobby Thompsons, and many other memorable HR's. I wonder why game 7 clincher is talked about so infrequently??

I hear about it quite alot, Prime 9 ranked it as the 2nd greatest HR of all time