The World Series features the very best of the best -- two teams duking it out for the right to call themselves world champions. With so much at stake, every play goes under the microscope, with a select few going down in history for the impact and legacy they have. Here are some moments from the World Series over the last 30 years that live on -- some in infamy -- and have made some players legends.
Winning the World Series is the ultimate accomplishment for any baseball player. Getting to the Fall Classic, though, is a feat unto itself that no one in cleats and stirrups should take for granted because you never know if you’ll ever make it back.
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Lorenzo Cain scored the go-ahead run from first base on Eric Hosmer’s single in the eighth inning, and the Royals beat the Toronto Blue Jays, 4-3, in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series in Kansas City on Friday night to reach their second consecutive World Series.
Lucas Duda had five RBIs and series MVP Daniel Murphy homered in a record sixth straight postseason game, as the New York Mets completed a four-game sweep of the Cubs, 8-3, in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series in Chicago on Wednesday night.
Johnny Cueto retired the final 19 batters he faced, and the Royals beat the Astros, 7-2, in the decisive Game 5 of the American League Division Series in Kansas City on Wednesday night.
Jose Bautista hit a tie-breaking three-run homer in an absolutely wild seventh inning, and the Blue Jays rallied to beat the Texas Rangers, 6-3, in Toronto on Wednesday and win a turbulent, decisive Game 5 of the American League Division Series.
One-hundred-one-year-old Chicago Cubs Loretta Dolan has seen a lot of things in her life. One thing she's still waiting to see: the Cubbies winning the World Series.
Anthony Rizzo hit a tie-breaking home run in the sixth inning, and the Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 6-4, in Chicago on Tuesday to win the National League Division Series and advance to their first National League Championship Series since 2003...
Dallas Keuchel threw six shutout innings and Colby Rasmus and Carlos Gomez homered to lead the Houston Astros over the New York Yankees, 3-0, in the American League Wild Card game in the Bronx on Tuesday night.