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The 1993 World Series was the championship series of
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and the
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. The Blue Jays defeated the Phillies, four games to two. With Toronto ahead three games to two in the Series, but trailing Game 6 by a score of 6–5 in the bottom of the ninth
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hit a game-winning three-run
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to clinch Toronto's second consecutive championship (the first team to repeat as champions since the 197778 Yankees). This was only the second Series concluded by such a home run (the first was in on a
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home run for the
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, in the bottom of the ninth in the seventh game), and the first such occasion where a come-from-behind walk-off home run won a World Series. This was the last major North American professional sports championship won by a Canadian team until
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won the
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. This was the fourth World Series with games played entirely on
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, following the series of , , and . A fifth occurred in , although that was a neutral-site series due to the
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was the only member of the Phillies who had played for the
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in its previous World Series appearance in .
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had been a late season call-up in 1983, but only served as the bullpen catcher in the World Series that year.


Summary


Matchups


Game 1

The Series' first game sent two staff aces—
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for Philadelphia and Juan Guzman for Toronto—against one another. The result was less than a pitcher's duel, however, as both teams scored early and often. The Philles struck first in the top of the first on RBI singles by
John Kruk John Martin Kruk (born February 9, 1961) is an American former professional baseball first baseman and outfielder. Kruk played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Philadelphia Phillies, and Chicago White Sox from through . Du ...
and
Darren Daulton Darren Arthur Daulton (January 3, 1962 – August 6, 2017), nicknamed "Dutch", was an American professional baseball catcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies (, –) and Florida Marlins (1997). While with ...
aided by two walks. In the bottom of the second, after two singles and a wild pitch,
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's single and Tony Fernandez's groundout scored a run each to tie the game. The Phillies took a 3–2 lead in the third when
Mariano Duncan Mariano Duncan Nalasco (born March 13, 1963) is a retired second baseman and shortstop who played for several Major League Baseball teams during his 12-year career. He was the infield coach and first base coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers under ...
hit a leadoff single, stole second and scored on Kruk's single, but the Blue Jays tied the game in the bottom half when Devon White reached third on left fielder's Milt Thompson's error and scored on
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's sacrifice fly. The Phillies retook the lead in the fifth inning when Duncan tripled with one out and scored on a wild pitch, but White hit a home run to tie the game in the bottom of the inning. The next inning, John Olerud hit a home run of his own to put Toronto on top 5–4. In the seventh, after two one-out singles, Schilling was relieved by David West, who allowed an RBI double to White and two-run double to
Roberto Alomar Roberto "Robbie" Alomar Velázquez (; ; born February 5, 1968) is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball player for the San Diego Padres, Toronto Blue Jays, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, New York Mets, Chicago White Sox, and Arizon ...
to pad Toronto's lead to 8–4. The Phillies got a run in the ninth when Kruk hit a leadoff single, moved to second on an error and scored on Jim Eisenreich's two-out single, but
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got
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to fly out to end the game as Toronto won 8–5.
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pitched innings—in relief of an erratic Juan Guzman, who walked four in just five innings—for his first World Series win. Kruk had three hits for Philadelphia. Alomar made an amazing diving catch on a
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looper behind first in the top of the fifth.


Game 2

In the second game of the Series, ALCS MVP Dave Stewart was on the mound for Toronto and
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started for Philadelphia. Philadelphia jumped out to an early lead: in the third inning, After two walks,
John Kruk John Martin Kruk (born February 9, 1961) is an American former professional baseball first baseman and outfielder. Kruk played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Philadelphia Phillies, and Chicago White Sox from through . Du ...
and
Dave Hollins David Michael Hollins (born May 25, 1966) is an American former third baseman in Major League Baseball. Early life Hollins played baseball at Orchard Park High School, where he graduated in 1984. He attended the University of South Carolina an ...
hit back-to-back RBI singles, then Jim Eisenreich followed with a three-run home run to deep right-center to put them up 5–0. Toronto got on the scoreboard in the fourth inning courtesy of a
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two-run home run to left, then cut the Phillies' lead to 5–3 in the sixth when
Roberto Alomar Roberto "Robbie" Alomar Velázquez (; ; born February 5, 1968) is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball player for the San Diego Padres, Toronto Blue Jays, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, New York Mets, Chicago White Sox, and Arizon ...
singled with two outs and scored on Tony Fernandez's double, but the Phillies got that run back in the seventh on
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's home run off of Tony Castillo. Toronto cut the lead to 6–4 in the eighth when
Paul Molitor Paul Leo Molitor (born August 22, 1956), nicknamed "Molly" and "the Ignitor", is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) player and former manager of the Minnesota Twins, who is in the Baseball Hall of Fame. During his 21-year baseball car ...
hit a leadoff double off of Roger Mason, stole third and scored on John Olerud's sacrifice fly off of
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. Alomar then walked and stole second, but was caught stealing third to end the inning. Williams then pitched a scoreless ninth as the Phillies won to tie the series. Mulholland pitched innings, allowing three earned runs, for the win.


Game 3

As he had in the previous World Series, when the 1993 edition moved into the National League ballpark Toronto manager
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was faced with a decision regarding his designated hitter. In 1992,
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was Gaston’s regular DH but in the three games the series was played in Atlanta, he inserted him into the lineup in his natural position of right field; in two of those games Gaston moved his regular right fielder,
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, to first base and kept John Olerud out of his lineup. This time, with
Paul Molitor Paul Leo Molitor (born August 22, 1956), nicknamed "Molly" and "the Ignitor", is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) player and former manager of the Minnesota Twins, who is in the Baseball Hall of Fame. During his 21-year baseball car ...
in his lineup, Gaston again had to decide whether or not to keep Olerud, who led the major leagues with a .363 batting average and was a good defensive first baseman, in the lineup or replace him with the veteran Molitor, who at this point in his career had mostly been a regular DH and could only play first base if needed. Gaston decided to stick with the veteran Molitor. The Blue Jays sent future Cy Young winner
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to the mound for Game 3. The Phillies countered with veteran
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, who was one of the few Phillies that had pitched in a World Series; he was part of the 1985 Kansas City and 1990 Cincinnati teams that won World Series championships. The Blue Jays struck for two runs before recording an out. After
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’s leadoff single and Devon White’s walk, Molitor tripled to drive them both in.
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then extended the Toronto lead to 3–0 with a sacrifice fly, but Jackson got out of the inning by retiring
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and Tony Fernandez. The Phillies got two runners in scoring position with one out in their half of the first, with
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and
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singling and an error by Carter enabling both runners to advance a base. Hentgen ended the threat by striking out
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and
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; the Phillies only got one more man on base before the sixth inning. Molitor struck again with two out in the fourth, hitting a solo home run to extend the lead to four. Carter, Alomar, and Fernandez followed with singles to load the bases, but Jackson struck out
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to end the inning without further damage. Jackson would be lifted for a pinch hitter in the fifth. In the sixth, Phillies reliever
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gave up a leadoff single to Alomar. With Fernandez up, the speedy second baseman stole second and third and scored on a sacrifice fly by his double play partner. The Phillies got on the board in the bottom of the inning on a single by Jim Eisenreich that drove in Kruk. This was Hentgen’s last inning of work; Danny Cox would come on for the seventh. In the top of the seventh, Henderson hit a leadoff double, then scored on a triple by White. After a walk by Molitor and a Carter strikeout, Alomar's RBI single made it 7–1 in favor of Toronto.
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relieved Rivera and walked Fernandez before Sprague's sacrifice fly made it 8–1. The Phillies managed a run off of Cox in the seventh, with a string of singles by Milt Thompson,
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, and Duncan with one out resulted in Thompson scoring. The Blue Jays finished their offensive output in the top of the ninth with an RBI triple by Alomar that scored Molitor and a single by Fernandez that followed to bring in Alomar. Thompson hit a solo home run against Toronto closer
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in the bottom of the ninth to finish out the scoring, and the Blue Jays emerged with a 10–3 victory and a two-games-to-one lead in the series.


Game 4

In the fourth game of the Series, Toronto sent
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to the mound while Philadelphia countered with
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. It had been a rainy day in Philadelphia, which water-logged the aging turf at Veterans Stadium, making for particularly slippery conditions. Toronto loaded the bases in the first on a double, walk and single.
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walked to force in a run before Tony Fernandez's single scored two more. In the bottom half, three walks loaded the bases for the Phillies before Jim Eisenreich walked to force in a run, then Milt Thompson's three-run triple put the Phillies up 4–3.
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's two-run home run next inning made it 6–3 Phillies. In the top of the third, after a one-out walk and single, consecutive RBI singles by Tony Fernandez and Pat Borders cut the lead to 6–5. Roger Mason relieved Greene and after a groundout and walk, Devon White's two-run single put Toronto up 7–6, but the Phillies tied the game in the fourth when Dykstra doubled with two outs off of
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and scored on
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's single. Next inning, after a leadoff single,
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's two-run home run put the Phillies up 9–7. After another single, Thompson's RBI double made it 10–7, then Dykstra's second home run of the game made it 12–7 Phillies. In the sixth, White hit a leadoff double before scoring on
Roberto Alomar Roberto "Robbie" Alomar Velázquez (; ; born February 5, 1968) is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball player for the San Diego Padres, Toronto Blue Jays, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, New York Mets, Chicago White Sox, and Arizon ...
's single off of David West. After a single and hit-by-pitch loaded the bases, Fernandez's RBI groundout cut the Phillies' lead to 12–9, but they added a run in the bottom half when
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hit a leadoff double off of Tony Castillo and scored on Thompson's two-out single. Next inning, a hit-by-pitch to Daulton with the bases loaded made it 14–9 Phillies. In the eighth, though, after a one-out single and walk off of
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, Molitor's RBI double made it 14–10 Phillies. Fernandez then hit an RBI single off of
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. A walk loaded the bases, then after a strikeout,
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's single and White's triple scored two runs each to put Toronto ahead 15–14.
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earned the save, retiring the last four Phillies batters. Three new World Series records were set, including the longest game (4:14), most total runs scored in a single game (29), and most runs scored by a losing team (14). Also, Charlie Williams became the first
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to serve as the home plate umpire for a World Series game. Two
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s directed towards Mitch Williams were phoned into Veterans Stadium as soon as it became evident that Williams was going to be the losing pitcher of Game 4. Williams was not aware of the death threats until after Game 5.


Game 5

The offenses were due for an off-day, and it came in Game 5 courtesy of a
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(Philadelphia) and Juan Guzman (Toronto) pitching duel. Schilling shut down the previously unstoppable Toronto offense, limiting the team to just five hits, no extra-base hits (although catcher Pat Borders had two hits) and no runs in a complete-game shutout. It was only the second time all season that Toronto had been shut out. Guzman pitched well in a losing effort, allowing only two runs and five hits in seven innings of work. The two runs scored as a result of scrappy baserunning play from the Philadelphia offense. In the first inning,
Lenny Dykstra Leonard Kyle Dykstra (; born February 10, 1963), is an American former professional baseball center fielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets (1985–1989) and Philadelphia Phillies (1989–1996). Dykstra was a thre ...
walked, stole second, moved to third on a Pat Borders throwing error, and scored on a
John Kruk John Martin Kruk (born February 9, 1961) is an American former professional baseball first baseman and outfielder. Kruk played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Philadelphia Phillies, and Chicago White Sox from through . Du ...
ground out. In the second inning,
Darren Daulton Darren Arthur Daulton (January 3, 1962 – August 6, 2017), nicknamed "Dutch", was an American professional baseball catcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies (, –) and Florida Marlins (1997). While with ...
opened with a double, took third on a groundout, and scored on a
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single. As it turned out, it was the final postseason baseball game in
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. It was demolished after the
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.


Game 6

The sixth game in the Series was a rematch between Game 2 starters
Terry Mulholland Terence John Mulholland (born March 9, 1963) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. His Major League Baseball (MLB) career spanned 20 seasons, and to . He threw left-handed and batted right-handed. Early life and education Mulhol ...
and Dave Stewart, who would have similar results. Toronto scored in the bottom of the first with a run-scoring
Paul Molitor Paul Leo Molitor (born August 22, 1956), nicknamed "Molly" and "the Ignitor", is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) player and former manager of the Minnesota Twins, who is in the Baseball Hall of Fame. During his 21-year baseball car ...
triple after a walk,
Joe Carter Joseph Chris Carter (born March 7, 1960) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an outfielder and first baseman for the Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres, Toronto Blue Jays, ...
sacrifice fly to score Molitor, and
Roberto Alomar Roberto "Robbie" Alomar Velázquez (; ; born February 5, 1968) is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball player for the San Diego Padres, Toronto Blue Jays, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, New York Mets, Chicago White Sox, and Arizon ...
RBI single after a double. The Phillies got on the board in the fourth when
Darren Daulton Darren Arthur Daulton (January 3, 1962 – August 6, 2017), nicknamed "Dutch", was an American professional baseball catcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies (, –) and Florida Marlins (1997). While with ...
doubled with two outs and scored on Jim Eisenreich's single, but the Blue Jays got that run back in the bottom of the inning on when Alomar hit a leadoff double, moved to third on a groundout and scored on
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's sacrifice fly.
Paul Molitor Paul Leo Molitor (born August 22, 1956), nicknamed "Molly" and "the Ignitor", is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) player and former manager of the Minnesota Twins, who is in the Baseball Hall of Fame. During his 21-year baseball car ...
added a home run in the fifth inning while the Toronto fans were chanting "MVP" for Paul, bringing the score to 5–1 for Toronto. Molitor became the first player in World Series history to have at least two home runs, two doubles, and two triples. In the seventh inning, Philadelphia fought back with five runs. After a walk and single,
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hit a three-run home run to knock Stewart out of the game.
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singled off reliever Danny Cox, stole second, and scored on
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's RBI single to tie the game. A walk and single loaded the bases before
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hit a sacrifice fly to put the Phillies up 6–5. The Blue Jays would try to threaten in the bottom of the eighth. John Olerud drew a one-out walk and the Phillies brought in
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to face
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. After Alomar grounded out, Andersen then hit Tony Fernandez with a pitch and walked
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to load the bases. Andersen got out of the inning by inducing a pop-fly to Pat Borders. This became significant in the next inning, with the batting order reset to the top with
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leading off. Philadelphia closer
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came on to pitch the bottom of the ninth with his team clinging to a 6–5 lead. After beginning the inning by walking
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, Williams tried to counter Henderson's speed by using a slide-step style of pitching delivery. Prior to the game, Williams had never used the slide-step delivery in his career, and this may have cut back on his velocity. The walk to Henderson was followed by a Devon White flyout and a
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single that moved Henderson to second.
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came up next and, with the count 2–2, he hit a three-run home run to win the game and the World Series. Just before the fifth and final pitch to Joe Carter,
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announcer
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commented that Carter (relatively unproductive in the Series to date) looked awkward and uncomfortable at the plate. The same pitch allowed Blue Jays radio announcer
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the opportunity to utter his famous "Touch 'em all, Joe" quote, when Joe Carter clinched the series. Carter joined
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as the only two players to win a World Series with a home run in the bottom of the ninth inning (Mazeroski hit his home run in the deciding Game 7, while Carter hit his in Game 6). Carter was actively involved in the final play of the World Series for the second year in a row. In the previous year, Carter caught the final out as first baseman after relief pitcher
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fielded
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's bunt. Taking the 1993 ALCS into account (where he caught the final out in the outfield), he had been involved in the final play of three straight postseason series. American League president Dr. Bobby Brown presented the
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instead of the
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; this event also occurred in the year before. When Joe Carter appeared in the 1996 All-Star Game, he was booed by the crowd for his aforementioned home run that won him this World Series.


Composite box

1993 World Series (4–2):
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(A.L.) over
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(N.L.)


Aftermath

The Blue Jays became the second expansion team to win two World Series championships, following the
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in . The
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would win their second title in , and the
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would accomplish the same feat in . With the
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winning the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals five months earlier, it marked the only time Canadian teams won multiple league championships among the four major North American team sports in a calendar year. Mitch Williams would later place blame on himself for the Series loss: ::—Mitch Williams on his feelings about surrendering the home run to Joe Carter. Williams would be traded that off-season by the Phillies to the
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.
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's review of the Series in ''
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'' was entitled "Oh, What a Lovely War". Both teams would experience absences from the postseason; the Phillies did not return to the postseason until 2007, or appear in another World Series until their championship season of , bringing the city of Philadelphia its first championship since the
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swept the 1983 NBA Finals. The general manager of the Blue Jays,
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, was general manager of the
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team that won the 2008 World Series. The Blue Jays did not qualify for the playoffs again until the 2015 season. This was the last time a Toronto team made it to the championship round in one of the four major sports until the
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reached and won the 2019 NBA Finals. By accumulating 45 runs over the course of the series, the Blue Jays scored the highest number of runs of any ''series-winning'' team in World Series history. Only the series-losing 1960 New York Yankees accumulated more runs in a series (55). Coincidentally, that series also ended on a walk-off home run. 1993 was the last postseason played under a two-division, two post-season round format. After the season, MLB owners agreed to a new three-division setup, with extra post-season round (
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). The extra round format had been used once before during the 1981 strike shortened season.


Broadcasting

Game 6 (October 23) is to date, the last Major League Baseball game to be televised on
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.
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(play-by-play) and
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(color commentary and himself a former Phillies broadcaster) called the action for CBS. The following season, Major League Baseball entered into a revenue sharing
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with
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and
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called
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, but that joint venture was cancelled after two seasons, and by 1996,
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took over the broadcasting rights to MLB games. McDonough stayed at CBS as a broadcaster until 2000, primarily calling
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and
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games for the network, then left for
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, where he remains today. McCarver, meanwhile, reunited with his former ABC colleagues
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and
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as the lead announce team for their Baseball Network telecasts and, following the dissolving of the network, joined Fox as their lead analyst alongside
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. CBS's
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became the first woman to co-host (alongside
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) a World Series. Serving as field reporters for CBS were
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(in the Blue Jays' dugout) and Jim Gray (in the
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' dugout) The national radio broadcast was also provided by
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, with
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and
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on the call. Locally, the Series was called on WOGL-AM in Philadelphia by
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,
Richie Ashburn Don Richard Ashburn (March 19, 1927 – September 9, 1997), also known by the nicknames, "Putt-Putt", "The Tilden Flash", and "Whitey" (due to his light-blond hair), was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball. (Some sources give his ...
,
Chris Wheeler Chris Wheeler (born August 9, 1945) is a former announcer and color commentator for the Philadelphia Phillies in Major League Baseball. He is nicknamed "Wheels". Wheeler attended Marple Newtown High School in Pennsylvania and received a B.A. i ...
,
Andy Musser Andrew J. Musser Jr. (December 28, 1937 – January 22, 2012) was an American sportscaster. He is best known for his time as a play-by-play announcer for Philadelphia Phillies baseball from 1976 to 2001. Early life and education Born in Lemoyne, ...
, and
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and on
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in Toronto by
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and
Tom Cheek Thomas F. Cheek (June 13, 1939 – October 9, 2005) was an American sports commentator who is best remembered as the play-by-play radio announcer for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB), from the team's establishment in 197 ...
. Cheek's famous call of the Carter home run ("Touch 'em all Joe, you'll never hit a bigger home run in your life!") lives on in Blue Jays folklore. Tom Cheek never called another postseason game in his role as voice of the Blue Jays, from which he retired in
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prior to his death from
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. The 1993 series was Richie Ashburn's last as a Phillies broadcaster, as he died in
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. Andy Musser also called his last World Series as a member of the Phillies' broadcast team; he retired in
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and died eleven years later. Game 6 also marked Johnny Bench's final broadcast for CBS Radio after nine years (he would be replaced on CBS Radio's World Series broadcasts by
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), while Harry Kalas would not call another World Series until
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. Kalas later died in
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prior to a game at
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in
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Chris Wheeler continued to call games for the Phillies until being released in
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and Jerry Howarth continued to call Blue Jays games, moving into the primary play-by-play position following the death of Cheek, until his retirement before the 2018 season. Howarth would return to call postseason games when the Blue Jays qualified in
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and
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, where they were eliminated in the ALCS both years.


The Joe Carter home run calls

*
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, with
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: ::''Fastball, it's hit to left field, down the line, in the corner, home run! Joe Carter who took the 2 and 0 pitch for a strike right down the middle hits the 2 and 1 (sic) pitch over the left field wall and the Toronto Blue Jays come back with 3 in the bottom of the ninth inning to become the World Champions yet again. The final score: Toronto 8, Philadelphia 6.'' * CJCL-AM Radio in
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by
Tom Cheek Thomas F. Cheek (June 13, 1939 – October 9, 2005) was an American sports commentator who is best remembered as the play-by-play radio announcer for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB), from the team's establishment in 197 ...
: ::''Joe has had his moments. Trying to lay off that ball, low to the outside part of the plate, he just went after one. Two balls and two strikes on him. Here's a pitch on the way, a swing and a belt! Left field, way back, BLUE JAYS WIN! The Blue Jays are World Series champions, as Joe Carter hits a three-run home run in the ninth inning and the Blue Jays have repeated as World Series champions! Touch 'em all, Joe, you'll never hit a bigger home run in your life!'' * WOGL-AM Radio in
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by
Harry Kalas Harold Norbert Kalas (March 26, 1936 – April 13, 2009) was an American sportscaster, best known for his Ford C. Frick Award-winning role as lead play-by-play announcer for Major League Baseball's Philadelphia Phillies, a position he held fr ...
: ::''The 2–2 pitch, line drive in deep left, this ball is outta here. Three-run home run, Joe Carter, and the Toronto Blue Jays are the world champions of baseball for the second straight year. A three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth by Joe Carter who's being mobbed at home plate.'' *
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.
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: ::''Now the 2-2. Well-hit down the left-field line, way back and GONE! Joe Carter with a three-run homer! The winners and still world champions, the Toronto Blue Jays!''


Music

Toronto rapper
Choclair Kareem Blake (born March 27, 1975), better known by his stage name Choclair, is a Canadian rapper. He was one of the most successful Canadian rappers in Canada in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Choclair has been nominated for six Juno Awards, winn ...
refers to Joe Carter's walk-off home run in his 1999 song, " Let's Ride". On July 29, 2015, Toronto rapper
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released a
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against Philadelphia rapper
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entitled " Back to Back". The cover of the diss track features a picture of Joe Carter, just after hitting the series-clinching home run.


See also

* 1993 Japan Series


Sources

*


References


External links


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