Wither the Sports Illustrated Cover Jinx
In retrospect, this is a pretty amazing cover from 2014. They even had the MVP right.
I will admit to some bias, having grown up in Houston, but I have always loved that striped Astros uniform.
Game 5 was the most entertaining baseball game I ever saw, but probably not the best. The best probably would have to have things like pitching and defense too. The best game I ever saw was probably game 7 between the Yankees and the Diamondbacks back in 2001.
Sorry, the best game 7 was in 1991. I can only imagine Jack Morris was watching this year's game seeing all the pitchers being pulled after a few innings and thinking to himself "wusses".
I have to agree about the Diamondbacks Yankees 2001 game 7.
Not only the best game was game 7 in 1991, but also the best World Series period. Some sort on unbelievable percentage of games were won in the last inning.
Three extra inning games. 5 one run games. Kirby Puckett's amazing catch against the wall followed by his walk off home run in the 11th. Then Jack Morris and hit 10 inning 1-0 game. Just thinking about it gives me goose bumps.
My vote is for the most incredible game ever pitched in the World Series. Those of us old enough to have watched game 5 of the 1956 World Series will favor the Don Larsen gem, a perfect "no windup, no hit " game against the Brooklyn Dodgers and believe it or not, Yogi Berra never made a trip to the mound and Larson never shook off a Berra sign. Larsen used 97 pitches to retire 27 batters, getting a called third strike on pinch-hitter Dale Mitchell. The home plate umpire was Babe Pinelli.
Greatest color commentary of all time in 2001 Game 7. When Gonzalez came to bat, the Yankees pulled the infield in to prevent the run from scoring on a grounder. McCarver says that bringing the infield in is risky, because Rivera's cutter produces a lot of flares off the bat handle into the deep infield. Which is exactly what happened, driving in the winning run.
That uniform reminds me of the Windows 3 theme "Hot Dog Stand".