What's everyone's favorite World Series?

 

For ones that I have personally seen (95-present), i'll go with 2001.

 

But IMO the best one ever was 1991.

What's everyone's favorite World Series?

2005.

2005.

 

From a BASEBALL fan's standpoint, not a Sox fans.

From a BASEBALL fan's standpoint, not a Sox fans.

 

2005...seeing Roger Clemens get hit around gave me great pleasure

2005, it was fantastic.

Twins-Braves was magic. Jack Morris was just unreal

Outside of 2005, I'd say 1993 with Joe Carter's series-ending walkoff.

its my opinion that typically when we look back at things we get so caught up in trying not to overlook past events that recent events/records/players etc. become underrated......having said that from the standpoint of the series as a whole was there anything better than 01??? brosius jeter tino taking Kim deep, the heroics of schilling and johnson, the walkoff from gonzalez on rivera (possibly the greatest october/ november pitcher ever)....not to mention baseball and the countrys triumphs after sept. 11.....mccain and guliani side by side wearing NYPD/NYFD hats...good stuff and in terms of the games...unbelievably exciting basbeall

Edited October 24, 200718 yr by daa84

The '97 Series was quite something too. Game 7 being tied in the ninth of a pitchers duel and ending on a walkoff in extras. i believe its the only Game 7 to ever go extras. It may not compare to 2001, but as a whole that series had a lot going on as well.

1975 was a great one too.

2005..of course

2001 because i was at game 5 and Yankee stadium was shaking.

1986 Mets comeback on Bahston.....priceless

The '97 Series was quite something too. Game 7 being tied in the ninth of a pitchers duel and ending on a walkoff in extras. i believe its the only Game 7 to ever go extras. It may not compare to 2001, but as a whole that series had a lot going on as well.

That's my vote too. I am a part-time marlins and Rockies fan. That was an outstanding series with a nail bitting game 7. Best series I've seen in a long time.

The A's/Dodgers series in '88 was very memorable for me. I really hated the A's and they were heavy favorites if I recall correctly. The Gibson HR is one of the most memorable sports moments of my life.

2005, thats my sox fan's perspective haha.

 

honestly, the tribe/marlins series was fantastic, as was the yankees/braves series when the yanks were the underdogs.

In my lifetime...I only really remember the Loma Prieta series on...I'll give you 1991 ("and we'll see you tomorrow night!") and 2001.

2005, thats my sox fan's perspective haha.

 

honestly, the tribe/marlins series was fantastic, as was the yankees/braves series when the yanks were the underdogs.

 

1906!

 

Seriously, for an old guy like me though, it was 1961. Mantle and Maris (Mantle was hurt and Maris didn't do much), Berra, Skowron, Richardson and Kubek, Whitey Ford, Elston Howard, Clete Boyer. Jeez, I hated the Yankees, but what a team.

And the Reds with Frank Robinson, Vada Pinson, Gene Freese, Jim O'Toole, Joey Jay were formidable.

Whitey Ford was amazing in that series: 2 games, 2 wins, 0.00 E.R.A.

Besides 2005, the best one I ever saw was 1991, which was ranked #1 in a poll of best WS by ESPN.

 

Five games decided by one run.

 

Four games decided in the final at bat.

 

Three extra inning games.

 

At 69 innings, its also the longest series ever.

 

Check it out:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_World_Series

Edited November 4, 200718 yr by easyw

Aside from 2005, I'll go with 1970, the Brooks Robinson series.

 

I love this quote from Sparky Anderson after the 70 Series (from Wiki):

"I'm beginning to see Brooks in my sleep. If I dropped this paper plate, he'd pick it up on one hop and throw me out at first."