The 1991 World Series pitted the Minnesota Twins (95–67) of the American League against the Atlanta Braves (94–68) of the National League. Minnesota won, in seven games.
The Series had many highlights; many of the games were close or went into extra innings. For example, the seventh game was scoreless (a 0–0 tie) through the regular nine innings, and went into extra innings; Minnesota won the seventh game by a score of one to none in the 10th inning, with their starting pitcher, Jack Morris, pitching all ten innings. (He was named Most Valuable Player for the Series.)
The 1991 World Series has been considered one of the best to have ever been played. In their "World Series 100th Anniversary" countdown, ESPN selected the 1991 World Series as the "Greatest of All Time", with five of its games being decided by a single run, four games decided in the final at-bat and three games going into extra innings.
With 69 innings in total, the 1991 World Series holds the record for longest seven-game World Series ever (some of the early years had nine-game Series, extending longer).
The series was played from Saturday, October 19 to Sunday, October 27.
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