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1991 In Baseball
Champions Major League Baseball *World Series: Minnesota Twins over Atlanta Braves (4-3); Jack Morris, MVP *American League Championship Series MVP: Kirby Puckett *National League Championship Series MVP: Steve Avery *All-Star Game, July 9 at SkyDome: American League, 4-2; Cal Ripken Jr., MVP Other champions *Caribbean World Series: Tigres de Licey (Dominican Republic) *College World Series: LSU *Japan Series: Seibu Lions over Hiroshima Toyo Carp (4-3) *Korean Series: Haitai Tigers over Binggrae Eagles *Big League World Series: Taipei, Taiwan *Junior League World Series: Spring, Texas *Little League World Series: Hsi Nan, Taichung, Taiwan *Senior League World Series: Pingtung, Taiwan *Pan American Games: Cuba over Puerto Rico *Taiwan Series: Uni-President Lions over Wei Chuan Dragons Awards and honors *Baseball Hall of Fame **Rod Carew **Ferguson Jenkins **Tony Lazzeri **Gaylord Perry **Bill Veeck *Most Valuable Player **Cal Ripken Jr., Baltimore Orioles, SS (AL) **Terry Pend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 World Series
The 1991 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) held after the 1991 season. The 88th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Minnesota Twins (95–67) and the National League (NL) champion Atlanta Braves (94–68). The Twins defeated the Braves four games to three to win the championship, their second in Minnesota and third overall. The series was also unique because of the standings of the two participating teams in the previous season: both finished the 1990 season in last place; before 1991, no league champion had ever finished the previous season in last place. In 2003, ESPN selected this championship as the "Greatest of All Time" in their "World Series 100th Anniversary" countdown, with five of its games decided by a single run, four decided in the final at-bat and three going into extra innings. In addition to the suspense of the outcome of many of its games, the Series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |