<p>Putting together this list of the best World Series games was not easy, there have been <strong>many great moments in the fall classic over the last 100 years. </strong>From Sandy Koufax pitching a magnificent Game 7 against the Twins to win the 1965 World Series for the Dodgersto Kirk Gibson’s 1988 home run in the bottom of the 9th inning against the Oakland A’s also for the Dodgers.</p>
<p>Throw in the 27 times the New York Yankees have claimed the <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/mlb/mlb-champions-teams-with-most-world-series-titles-20200723-0004.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">top prize</a> with legendary Baseball figures like Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, and Derek Jeter and you have a slew of memories to choose from.</p>
<p>This list will break down some of the most <strong>insane and amazing World Series games of all time. </strong>Take your pick as to which one tops the other, that will depend on what team you follow. One thing is true though, these are baseball memories we have not and will not ever forget.</p>
<h2>10.1993, Game 4: BlueJays 15, Phillies 14</h2>
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<p>Yeah, we are not making that score line up. <strong>There was a World Series game that produced 29 runs! </strong>The Toronto Blue Jays entered Game 4 of the 1993 World Series up two games to one over the Philadelphia Phillies on a rainy night in Phili. The first inning alone produced 7 runs combined for both teams and the game was a seesaw battle for much of the night with Toronto scoring 4 in the third and Philadelphia countering with 5 runs in the fifth inning. Toronto would break open the game with a six-run top of the eighth. <strong>Devon White would provide a two-run triple for the Blue Jays who would take the series lead 3-1.</strong></p>
<p>A side note to this game was that Game 4 starter Mitch Williams, of the Phillies, received two death threats during the game and was not aware until the next night such threats were sent. Pretty much a wild night at the ballpark.</p>
<h2>9. 1975, Game 6: Red Sox 7, Reds 6</h2>
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<p>The Boston Red Sox have provided some of the greatest World Series moments, be it for good or bad reasons. It’s hard to imagine that despite providing these memories the club did not lift The Curse of the Bambino until 2004. No game exemplifies this more than Game 6 of the 1975 series.</p>
<p><strong>In the 12th inning, Boston’s<a href="https://us.bolavip.com/mlb/all-red-sox-retired-numbers-fenway-legends-20200810-0001.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Carlton Fisk </a>hit a sinker down the left-field line and made gestures on his way to first by waving his hands for the ball to stay fair and the Home Run to stand when it struck the foul pole above the Green Monster.</strong> The home run counted, and the Red Sox tied the series and took that momentum into Game 7. Unfortunately, it was all for not as the Red Sox would blow a 3-0 lead and the Cincinnati Reds would claim the championship.</p>
<h2><strong>8. 2011, Game 6: Cardinals 10, Rangers 9</strong></h2>
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<p>The Texas Rangers entered Game 6 of the 2011 World Series with a 3-2 lead and were leading 7-4 in Game 6 until the St. Louis Cardinals David Freese hit a two-run triple that tied the game at 7. During extra innings, the Rangers scored two runs in the top of the 10th but the Cardinals would counter by scoringtwo in the bottom of the 10th to tie the game. <strong>David Freese, the night’s hero, would score a solo home run in the 11th to send the series to a seventh game. </strong></p>
<h2>7. 2016, Game 7: Cubs 8, Indians 7</h2>
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<p>Our list may seem a bit modern but that’s because a lot of these games are still in the fan’s recent memory. When we talk about curses and breaking steaks, the Chicago Cubs need a very honorable mention. The Cubs last World Series victory was in 1908 so that makes this achievement even more historic. <strong>In 2016 in the seventh game of the fall classic, the Cubs scored twice in the 10th inning and held on to the lead and ended the curseonce and for all.</strong></p>
<h2>6. 2001, Game 4: Yankees 4, Diamondbacks 3</h2>
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<p>In a very difficult year for New York, after the attacks of September 11th, the city needed something to get behind after the tragic terror attacks on the World Trade Center. Enter the New York Yankees, who by then, had become Baseball’s modern dynasty. In a tight contest, Tino Martinez hit a two-run home run to tie the game at 3 in the bottom of the ninth and send the game to extra innings. <strong>Then at the stroke of midnight on November 1st, Derek Jeter became “Mr. November” and hit a solo home run to win the game for the Yankees 4-3.</strong></p>
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<h2>5. 1977, Game 6: Yankees 8, Dodgers 4</h2>
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<p>Enter “Mr. October”, <strong><a href="https://www.mlb.com/es/player/reggie-jackson-116439" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reggie Jackson </a>became the first player since Babe Ruth to hit three home runs in one World Series game and lift the Yankees to a championship.</strong> It was a strange year in New York in 1977, a blackout, the killer Son of Sam was caught in August after terrifying New Yorkers for two years, and a long hot summer ended with the Yankees winning the first of their back-to-back World Series over the Los Angeles Dodgers.</p>
<h2>4. 1991, Game 7: Twins 1, Braves 0</h2>
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<p>It’s all on the line, there is no tomorrow, it’s Game 7 of the World Series. Does it get much bigger than that? <strong>In 1991 in a tied series, the Minnesota Twins sent Jack Morris to the mound while the Atlanta Braves counted with John Smoltz. What resulted was an intense pitching match that produced 10 scoreless innings. It was not until Gene Larkin’s pinch-hit single that Minnesota won the title and one of Baseball’s most intense series of all time.</strong></p>
<h2>3. 2004, Game 4: Red Sox 3, Cardinals 0</h2>
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<p><strong>October 27, 2004, will be a day forever remembered by Boston Red Sox and baseball fans. It marked the end of The Curse of the Bambino and finally gave Boston their sought-after World Series. </strong>The Series itself may not go down in the history books but the story around it was amazing. The Red Sox entered the 2004 World Series being down 0-3 to the New York Yankees in the ALCS and winning 4 games in a row as the Yankees choked to get to the big stage.</p>
<p>How to top that? Sweeping the World Series to end the Curse of the Bambino, how does that sound? Boston did just that, winning all 4 games to capture the World Series on October 27th. <strong>They never trailed in the series and buried the curse for good, ending their 86-year drought.</strong></p>
<h2>2. 1932, Game 3: Yankees 7, Cubs 5</h2>
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<p>What list can be complete without the Babe? The Yankees swept the Chicago Cubs in four games, but Game 3 went down in the history books for one of baseball’s most historical moments. <strong>Babe Ruth “called his shot” by pointing to the outfield of Wrigley Field and signaling he was about to hit a home run. He did just that and the Yankees won the game and eventually captured the World Series.</strong></p>
<h2>1. 1986, Game 6: Mets 6, Red Sox 5</h2>
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<p><strong>In one of the craziest World Series ever played,the 1986 classic between the New York Mets and Boston Red Soxwas a rollercoaster from start to finish.</strong> The Red Sox took a 2-0 series lead only for the Mets to bounce back and tie the series at two, then the Red Sox took a 3-2 series lead by winning Game 5.</p>
<p>Enter Game 6 and one of baseball’s most incredible games. The night started when a parashooter entered Shea Stadium in the top of the first with a “Let’s Go Mets” sign. Boston took an early lead only for the Mets to rally. Boston would retake the lead in the seventh but in the eighth inning Mets catcher, Gary Carter drove in Lee Mazzilli to tie the game. </p>
<p><strong>Boston would then have their chance to end The Curse of the Bambino in the tenth inning with Dave Henderson’s home run and Marty Barrett’s RBI single thatgave Boston a two-run lead. In the bottom of the tenth the Mets led off with two outs and needing only one more out, the Red Sox choked.</strong></p>
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<p>The Mets, down to their final out, were able to get Gary Carter and Kevin Mitchell, who was buying plane tickets home when he was called in to bat, on base. Ray Knight would hit a third consecutive single that drove in Carter and had the Mets down to one. A visibly shaken Calvin Schiraldi was pulled from the game in favor of Boston’s other reliever Bob Stanley who pitched to Mookie Wilson.</p>
<p>The rest is history, <strong>Stanley would throw a wild pitch that drove in Mitchell and with a full count Wilson was able to hit a roller to first baseman Bill Buckner but the ball went through his glove and Ray Knight scored to give the Mets a 6-5 win.</strong></p>
<p>Legend has it that during the 10th inning <strong>MLB representatives prepared the champagne and “Boston Red Sox, 1986 World Champions” shirts in the Boston locker room, and that during the course of the inninghad to move the champagne, shirts, and celebration preparations out as Boston fell apart.</strong> Two nights later the <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/mets-1986-world-series-where-are-they-now/c-155569738" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mets</a> would rally again to defeat a bewildered Boston team.</p>

Top 10 best World Series games of all time

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<p>There have been <strong>over 110 editions of the World Series</strong> and 24 out of the 30 active MLB teams can brag about having at least one<a href="https://us.bolavip.com/mlb/mlb-all-time-world-series-champions-by-year-20200724-0001.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> World Series title</a>. Even so, there are some clubs that are still waiting to wrap their hands around the commissioner’s trophy once and for all.</p>
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<p><strong>Not all <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/mlb/15-biggest-mlb-rivalries-of-all-time-20200727-0002.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MLB teams</a> are suited to become World Series champions.</strong> It takes a lot of consistency to compete for such a long season but you also need to stay healthy and, why not, even have luck on your side more often than not.</p>
<p>Teams have to endure a 162-game season but records simply don’t matter when they reach the postseason. A good final stretch can lead an underdog all the way to the ultimate stage,<strong> as we’ve seen it before.</strong></p>
<p>Baseball is a game of passion so you can never lose hope. The day will also come for those unlucky<strong> six <a href="https://www.mlb.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MLB</a> teams that haveyet to win their first World Series title</strong>, and we’ll let you know everything about them.</p>
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<h2>Tampa Bay Rays</h2>
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<p><strong>The Tampa Bay Rays</strong> have been slowly working their way through contention and, despite their ups and downs and the lack of a supportive fanbase, they even won an American League pennant in 2008. <strong>Sadly, they lost 4-1 in the World Series vs. the Phillies.</strong></p>
<p>There has even been some talk about <strong>potentially relocating the Rays</strong> to a bigger market so the team could finally take a step forward toward contention, but that’s a conversation for another day.</p>
<h2>Colorado Rockies</h2>
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<p><strong>The Colorado Rockies </strong>have had their fair share of struggles throughout their history. They’re far from being a perennial contender and had never made it to the playoffs in back-to-back seasons until 2017 and 2018.</p>
<p><strong>The Rockies did make the World Series in 2007 </strong>but the Boston Red Sox were just too much to handle and swept them. They’ve struggled to win a playoffs series ever since and it doesn’t seem like that’s going to change any time soon.</p>
<h2>Seattle Mariners</h2>
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<p><strong>The Seattle Mariners </strong>have seen some of the greatest players of all-time break out with their team<strong>. Ken Griffey Jr, Álex Rodríguez, Randy Johnson, Ichiro Suzuki, Edgar Martínez, Félix Hernández, </strong>you name it, they’ve had it all.</p>
<p>Even so,<strong> they have never made it to the World Series </strong>and are currently sitting on a 17-year playoff drought, which also happens to be the longest in all Major League Baseball. How does that even happen?</p>
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<h2>Texas Rangers</h2>
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<p><strong>The Texas Rangers</strong> have been pretty close to the glory over the past decade but they’ve never been able to seal the deal when it mattered the most. They’ve become steady contenders for a playoffs berth but constantly underperform in tough situations.</p>
<p><strong>The <a href="https://www.mlb.com/rangers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rangers</a> even made it to back-to-back World Series in 2010 and 2011</strong> but they lost to the San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals, respectively. Hopefully, they’ll get back to the Fall Classic again in no time.</p>
<h2>Milwaukee Brewers</h2>
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<p><strong>The Milwaukee Brewers</strong> are perhaps the MLB team with the best tradition and culture of all in this list. They have a strong and supportive fanbase and have been around the league long enough to win – at least – a World Series title but it just hasn’t happened yet.</p>
<p><strong>The Brewers were pretty close to winning the World Series in 1982</strong>, when they faced their lifelong fans St. Louis Cardinals in seven games. They almost made it back in 2018 but the Dodgers beat them in seven games in the NLCS.</p>
<h2>San Diego Padres</h2>
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<p>The<strong> San Diego Padres</strong> have the smallest market in California and that has been quite tough to overcome considering their lack of playoffs success and how much the team has struggled throughout history.</p>
<p><strong>They did make it to a couple of World Series in 1984 and 1998 </strong>but both times they had to deal with incredibly overpowered teams, the Detroit Tigers and the 114-game-winners New York Yankees. Tough luck.</p>

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<p><a href="https://www.mlb.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Major League Baseball’s</strong> </a>regular season is great and all but perhaps the most important, intense, and exciting time in all sports is the <strong>World Series</strong>. Not all teams are suited to become World Series champions.</p>
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<p>There have been<a href="https://us.bolavip.com/mlb/mlb-all-time-world-series-champions-by-year-20200724-0001.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> 114 editions of the World Series</a> thus far. However, perhaps none of them have been as iconic as the very first edition, the 1903 World Series between the <strong>Boston Americans and the Pittsburgh Pirates.</strong></p>
<p>Most young baseball fans may not be aware of the history that preceded this historical edition but the game as we know it today would have never been possible <strong>if it wasn’t for that matchup in 1903.</strong><span></span></p>
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<p>That’s why today, we’re going to walk you through everything that happened before, during, and after the 1903 World Series, <strong>one of the most important moments in the history of major sports.</strong></p>
<h2>Pre World Series era</h2>
<p>Long before the American League existed, the <strong>American Association (AA) and the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (NAPBBP)</strong> were the two major organizations for professional baseball in the United States.</p>
<p>The NAPBBP ceased to exist in 1875 and<strong> </strong>the<strong> National League (NL)</strong>was born the next season. But before the was a World Series to determine the champion of professional baseball, the teams with the best regular-season record on each league were awarded the title without any kind of postseason.</p>
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<h2>Original World Series</h2>
<p>Then, from 1884 to 1890, the ‘winning’ team of the National League faced the winners of the American Association <strong>to determine the champion of baseball.</strong> Teams and owners agreed on several terms like the length of the series (from 3 to 15 games), locations, and other minor rule changes for every edition.</p>
<p>Two of those editions (1885 and 1890) even ended up with a tie, and both associations couldn’t even agree on a name for this series. It was called the <strong>World Series Championship, World Series, and The Championship of the United States.</strong></p>
<h2>National League Monopoly and the Temple Cup</h2>
<p>The American Association ceased to exist after the 1891 season as it just couldn’t compete with the National League. Plenty of its teams defected to join the NL right away, <strong>thus making it the only professional baseball league in the country.</strong></p>
<p>The 1892 champion was settled after a series between two half-season champions, but that scheme only lasted for one season. Then, in 1893, <strong>the team with the best record was crowned at the end of the season.</strong></p>
<p>The NL then tried a different format where the team with the best record faced the runner-up in a postseason series called the <strong>Temple Cup. </strong>This went from 1894 to 1897 but shortly after the American League was born in 1891.</p>
<p>And with the American League and National League fighting for the supremacy of the market, there wasn’t even a champion in 1901 and 1902, leaving the door wide open<strong> for the creation of the modern World Series.</strong></p>
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<h2>1903 World Series: First AL Champion</h2>
<p>Both leagues agreed to stop fighting and most of their teams played some interleague exhibition games in 1903. However, there wasn’t a better way to prove that they could coexist <strong>than having their best two teams going toe-to-toe.</strong></p>
<p>Thus, the leagues agreed on terms for the very first World Series. <strong>The Pittsburgh Pirates</strong> had been – by far – the best team in the NL, while the <strong>Boston Americans (<a href="https://www.mlb.com/redsox" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Red Sox</a>) </strong>have done the same in the Junior Circuit.</p>
<p>Pirates and Americans faced off on a better-to-nine series, with Boston upsetting the Pirates thanks to<strong> CY Young’s</strong><a href="https://us.bolavip.com/mlb/Top-25-most-dominating-pitchers-in-MLB-history-20200504-0001.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> historically dominant pitching</a>. Also, Pittsburgh was riddled by injuries and lost the final three games in a row.</p>
<p>This World Series title was the ultimate statement. It proved that the American League could keep up with the National League and that there was plenty of room and market for both of them. <strong>The rest, as you know, it’s history.</strong></p>

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