Glad to report that I am indeed a doofus and Kirby Puckett is (very deservedly) in the Hall of Fame.

My favorite anecdote from this WS is that after Jack Morris pitched his 9th scoreless inning in game 7, manager Tom Kelly approached him and told him that he would be taken out for the 10th, Morris flat out refused to be removed from the game. In response to Morris's intransigence, Kelly replied "Ah hell, it's only a game" and sent his starter out for the 10th.

Such an amazing series. After game 7 even Mark Lemke said, "The only thing better would have been if we stopped after nine innings and cut the trophy in half."

“And we’ll see you tomorrow night!” Still gets me. 😢

Kirby Puckett was a first ballot hall of famer (2001), but it is a shame that most people have forgotten him because his career was cut short.

I was at Game 6 in Minneapolis. I'm originally from Iowa, and was living in Charles City at the time and my step-father surprised me with the tickets one day. You can imagine what that would do to a 12 year old baseball fan! So my step-father and I were both watching the series very closely, hoping to god there'd be a Game 6. Anyway, the game was nuts man. Had me on the edge of my seat. It was the loudest thing I think I've ever witnessed. When Kirby Puckett got up and nailed that home run, I couldn't hear myself think. I was yelling to my step dad, and I couldn't even hear what I was saying or feel if my vocal cords were vibrating. It was THAT loud. Greatest sporting experience of my life! I STILL have the program somewhere in my items in Iowa. I need to try and find that the next time I'm there!

One more neat bit about Morris’ performance: he’s a Saint Paul guy. This is his hometown team. While he’ll always be remembered as a Tigers legend first, I think there’s something very special in the hometown hero showing up big when it mattered most. I wish Joe Mauer had that kind of opportunity, but alas.

As a lifelong Twins fan growing up playing little league in Minnesota thru the 80s/90s... I can tell you the series was nothing short of the best sporting event in HUMAN HISTORY 💯 ... especially if you were a human from Minnesota

This was the year a 6 year old me, a relatively new resident of Minnesota, discovered and fell in love with baseball. I’ve been a Twins fan ever since. I’m still not entirely sure how baseball entered my life as my family does not care about sports, but I’m so grateful that I did and this was a great year for it to happen.

Jack Morris in Game 7 was the greatest performance by a pitcher that I've ever seen.

Appreciate you throwing in the John Gordon call for Kirby's walkoff. His signature line was 'Touch em all' after a Twins player hit a homerun and the only time he said it twice was for the game 6 walkoff.

People are naming other "famous moment" series, but the biggest clincher about this series is how bloody competitive it was in almost every game. The cute line about it is "in 5 of 7 games the game was decided in the winning team's last at-bat." Games 3 (12 innings), 4 (9 innings), 6 (11 innings), and 7 (10 innings) were all walkoff wins and game 2 had the go-ahead run in the bottom of the 8th by the Twins.

I was stationed in the Netherlands and watched the series on AFN Soesterberg. When Gladden scored in Game 7 to win it, I was outside at 0530 yelling at the top of my lungs. My next door neighbor looked at his wife and said "well we now know the Twins won it". Best sports memory of my life.

This World Series was literally the first exposure to baseball I ever had as a kid. I was 7. I've been hooked ever since.

As a lifelong Twins fan, so thankful for this Jolly, great job man!

The sequence starting at 12:18 with the pitcher getting ready, delivering the pitch, falling out of frame, and the runner then coming into frame from the direction the pitcher left was super cool for some reason

I was 13 & watched every second. I got to watch my Twinkies win 2 magical WS in my childhood. I wish everyone could watch their team take it all in the innocence of youth. They don't need any more for me, but I'll always pull for them for all the kids still dreaming. Thanks for this walk down memory lane. You captured the magic pretty well.

This series was so insane there were a million other things you could have also added. Mark Lemke would have been WS MVP had Atlanta won. In the fifth inning of game 4, Brian Harper stopped 2 men from scoring with terrific plays at the plate. Lonnie Smith had a 3 game homer streak in the world series. Also his 4 different different team he was in the world series with. Before game 6, Kirby walked into the clubhouse after admittedly having a down series to that point and announced to the team "climb on my back tonight boys!" Game 2 and game 3 started the exact same way with Dan Gladden reaching base with miscommunication on a flyball involving David Justice. In game 7, the 8th inning (top and bottom of the inning) the bases loaded with 1 out, and both sides got a massive, unconventional double play. Terry Pendleton lost 8 straight world series games in the metrodome. The 2013 redsox are the only team since to finish in last, and win it all the next year. They are the only current minnesota based team win a championship. In game 3, the two teams used Almost every player on their teams. And Tom Kelly was forced to pinch hit Closer Rick Augilara eigth the bases loaded and 2 outs in the top of the 12th. And he hit a rocket to CF that was caught.

Two other cool facts: It was the first (and I think only?) time that both teams in the WS went from Worst to First in one season. Also: the hometown won each game. I was living in Georgia at the time, and unless you grew up in Atlanta in the 1980's you can't understand what 1991 felt like. The Braves were so bad (like the video explains) that it felt like they ceased to exist. No one talked about them. But then they started not just winning, but winning in miraculous fashion. The 91-93 teams had more comeback victories than any team I've ever seen, or at least it felt that way. Also, there were no Florida Marlins back then, so it wasn't just Georgia that was in a fever dream and tomahawk chopping their brains out: it was the entire South. Unless you were there you just can't understand how electrifying it was to have a team be sooo bad for so long and then suddenly become a freaking dynasty. But you also can't fathom how absolutely crushed we were to make it to extra innings of game 7 in the World Series only to lose. But hey--the dynasty had begun. Great video, thank you.

I was a 14 yr old kid in northern Minnesota in 91. An amazing time to be a twins fan!

I think its pretty obvious that Gant fell off the bag. Its a good thing Herby was there to catch him in fact, could've been injured!

1987 and 1991, I watched every pitch of both series. I was in high school in 87 and college in 91. Now I can't make time to sit through one game. Great memories.

This series made me love baseball, but realize how it can break your heart. I was allowed to stay up late for the first time ever on school nights to watch this. We lived about 4 hours from Atlanta and my Dad and I would see the Braves at least once a year (oh...they use to give discount coupons at GA welcome rest stops). Part of what makes it great, if you watched in '91, is that the last two games were both so close. The great dramatic end.....P.S. Kent Hrbek is on my 'enemies' list.

The 91' Twins are and always will be my favorite pro team in any sport ever. So many elements to the series I don't where to begin. One thing the young man brought up in the video which was astute, and largely forgotten, is the fact the Twins got to set their rotation. That, along with literally another half dozen reasons, was the difference in the series. I can vividly remember crapping my pants before Game 6. Steve Avery, at that moment in time, was the Braves starter I feared the most. Once we got through that game I felt pretty good about our chances. Of course, I had no idea the 3-4 hours during Game 7 would be the most excruciating sports hours of my life. Holy smokes what a series.

Kirby Pucket was put into the Hall of Fame back in 2001. Great video though my guy!

I have only been to one World Series game in my life and my wife and I were lucky to attend game 6 in 1991. What a phenomenal game!! It was so loud in the Metrodome that may ears were ringing for several days afterwards. Puckett was clutch!!

That Yankees Diamondbacks series was nuts too

"Touch em allllll Kirby Puckett!" Still brings a tear of joy to my eyes!

Down memory lane we go ( as Twin Cities radio icon Dark Star used to say). I was livid at management when they traded Frankie V after the '87 Series win but they proved they knew what they were doing by the time that '91 season played out. The Series was as electric as you describe and an hour documentary could be filled with stories and highlights I'm sure. Thanks for the fun review.

I am a White Sox fan that dated a twins fan for a few years. Even her father who was in attendance couldn’t have described - in detail - the way Jolly does! This was amazing and I felt joyous when watching them win it!

This is without a doubt the best series. So many firsts happen in this series with it also being the loudest recorded

My first memory of watching baseball on tv is watching the 1991 WS (I was 8 at the time). I think that series started my lifelong love of the game and MLB.

What a ride! I wish I was alive to witness that series. What a true back-and-forth contest between these two teams. I loved the 2010s Giants dynasty series wins, but this 1991 series is head and shoulders above those. I hope we get a World Series as exhilarating as this one soon (or at least as crazy as the 2016 one)!

This World Series was fantastic according to what my family has told me about it and the clips I have seen. I do hope to see a championship during my lifetime as a Twins fan. Or any championship from one of Minnesota’s men’s sports teams. 😅

Twins fans out there utterly salivating over this video.

I’ll agree. I was 9. I was a sports fan, in the simplest definition. I remember watching this and falling in love with The Braves because of it. I was baseball obsessed after.

I watched/listened to EVERY Twins game that season. I had to walk out of the room a few times in game 7. By far the most nerve racking sports event I’ve ever watched.

I was 15 when this series happened, and a twins fan, and it was pure magic. Especially that game 7.

I remember watching this series. Game 7, 10 shutout innings is insane. Great video.

As a young guy and always watching baseball a sport I dearly love and miss terribly, I went through my childhood watching pretty much only the Reds,and the braves as both teams were the only teams covered locally by a couple of the TV stations were i live. I have very fond memories of rooting on the two teams I watched and followed the most. Other than the year I followed one of the best teams to my recollection The Red Sox in the early to middle 90s I had my two teams The Reds, and The Braves, watching those teams battle it out in person as a kid, even witnessing on one occasion in Cincinnati, my late father take off after a Brett Butler foul ball diving in the isle and catching the foul ball, this was captured by many cameras and on TV as well that ball set in my families restaurant for many years as a reminder of a very good time spent with my late father, boy I sure do miss those times , it was a time of great wholesome baseball experiences.

These were the days. As an 11 yr old in 1991 i remember this series very well. Lemke was on fire and that Kirby walk off hr was epic along with the game 7 pitching duel. Early 90's baseball was just magical.

I was 8 years old when this Series happened. It was the first time my parents let me stay up late to see the end of each game. Though not a Twins fan (and definitely not a Braves fan, lol), no other Series comes close to that one.

Fantastic Video. I could not agree more. I was 17 and watched every pitch of that series. I lived in Southern California, had TBS, and was rooting for the Braves 100%. I've maintained this ever since. 94 Jays, 2001 Backs, I'd say the Cubs v. Indians was one of the best. I'd say the Giants V Angels was too. However, Morris pitching a 10 inning Shutty. Was all piss and vinegar, and guts. Plus, I met Kirby once and I loved it.he remembered my name. He was a badass, may he rest in peace. The only thing missing, (and I understand the cultural sensitivity and choice not to glorify) was "The Chop". This was after Sid Bream beat a wet noodle arm Barry Bonds to the plate running like a 3 toed Sloth. The Chop was iconic. It was loud and awesome and transcended Baseball and become its own thing. I am sorry if I offended anyone by my joy I took in it, however it gives me goosebumps remembering watching 50,000 Braves Fans doing this in every scoring opp. I wish there was a clip. It was intense and completely original to the year and moment. I loved it and the passion it was used.

I remember pretty much everything from that series even though I was a month shy of my 8th birthday. Puckett's catch and blast, Morris' pitching, Larkin's bloop winner, and my school decked out in Twins gear waving Homer Hankies and pennants parading through the neighborhood while teachers blew whistles. Then watching the big parade at school on tv. One the most fun times of my life.

brian harper was my coach during club ball. wonderful coach and even better person!

As a lifelong Twins fan that was born in ‘85 I was aware that it was a special series but this is the first deep dive into it that I have seen. Loved the video!

What wasn't stated is that both teams won their home games and lost their road games. Great series and video.

In World Series history there have been only 2 series where the home team won all games. The first was Twins-Cardinals in 1987, and the second is this series - ‘91 Twins-Braves. Frank Viola was amazing in 87, but Jack Morris’s effort in game 7 of ‘91 was one of the greatest games ever pitched, and certainly the best I’ve ever seen. Great pick for your best series ever.

16:55 that line is ingrained in my head as one of Joe Buck's best calls ever. Had no idea presumably his dad made the same call here. hell of a callback by joe buck

So nice to see someone acknowledge how incredible the 91 WS truly was. Game 6 and 7 ... Just wow.

I agree with you wholeheartedly. 1991 was the best world series in recent memory.

I'm just here for the piano outro music at the end. Seriously though, great spotlight on an awesome World Series. Thanks, and cheers.

Over the spring I had a sick day and sat down to watch this game 7, I would’ve loved to have watched this one live! What a way to cap off a fantastic series.

You deserve more subscribers, brother man. Great stuff you got here

It's hard to describe just how improbable the Atlanta Braves' rise was. I grew up Georgia assuming that the World Series was an annual event in which the Braves weren't invited -- that only professional teams could consider. And then, suddenly, in a single season, they broke through.

When i started watching this video because of the title, I wasn't expecting to see this series as the subject. I was a 12 year old. The twins became a part time favorite of mine after the 87 series. THe braves were my favorite though (Thank you TBS) I had been watching them since I was like 8. Dale Murphy was my favorite, but this was my first time seeing the braves have a playoff run.

First and best World Series I have ever seen. Basically fell in love with baseball because of this series ❤❤❤ Also kicked off a lifetime of memories watching World Series with my family.

I remember reading a book called World Series Classics, which had the top 5 (in the author's opinion) back when I was maybe12 or 13 (back in the late 1990's). 1991, 1975, 1947, 1924 and 1912. It's a bit dated (written by Dan Gutman), but I found it such an amazing read back then. I do think it made some great points and went through each series game by game. Great video, and I hope you put the deek in Game 7 in there. I'll find out in a minute.

Loved this. I was fortunate to be in attendance at both Games 6 & 7 of this series. Minnesota sports teams seem to live under some sort of ongoing curse (Vikings & Timberwolves are great examples) but if that is the cost for having played in/won this series... it was probably worth it.

Excellent recap!! Thank you

born and raised in northern minnesota..i watched every minute on the edge of my chair,even sweeter was my sister was a braves fan

Great vid! Watched game seven in 2020 when mlb vault was showcasing games. That was a great series, the vault. Jm should look into highlighting past games and maybe even streaming the “greatest games” of our sport and doing a live commentary to give it a modern feel. Too many great games and series are forgotten sadly. You guys are now the ambassadors for the next generation and they need to know where it comes from to understand where it is going.

@JollyOlive: I love your content and I love how you don’t even try to hide how deeply you love the Game. Respect, brother.

Born and raised in southern MN and was 10 in 87 and 14 in 91. I fell asleep during both game 7s only to be woken up by yelling and screaming. It may be that I am a MN fan, but the 91 series is the best Ive watched. I have watched virtually every series since but 91 is still the best just based off the teams and the drama the games had. I have the 91 series on DVD and its nice to go back and watch it in all its glory.

Here to relive it one more time. Thanks for posting!

It’s Jolly time

Loved this video! Great work

I moved to Minnesota from the UK where football (soccer) is the national sport but after watching the Twins win in '87 I became a diehard Twins fan. 😄

Thank you for this, as a partisan Twins fan this has always been my favorite World Series. There were many legends, Black Jack Morris will always be remembered, but it was a team effort.

Game 6 will forever live on in the memories of everyone who was there that night. Touch'em all Kirby Puckett, touch'em all.

Dude - super well done. Baseball is my favorite sport for the very reasons you so amazingly outlined in this video: the drama, the intrigue, and the fact that there is no other game on earth where those little intangibles can all of a sudden become the way you win a championship.

I’ll never forget that series. I grew (and still am) I big Tiger fan. I wanted Jack Morris to win and I grew up playing against Steve Avery and it was crazy to see a guy I played against pitching in the World Series. There were so many individual performances that won and lost it for their teams. Jack pitched the best game 7 we will ever see. Deservingly finally made it into the HOF. 👏👏👏👏👏

I was there for 3 of the 4 Twins home games. Sat next to a Braves fan. When Gene Larkin got the game winning hit, time stood still. I didn't even hear the noise. It was, as G.K. Chesterton said, "a moment filled with eternity."

1991? You are 100% correct. Then for both teams to come from worst to first? Amazing! Edit: btw: 1975 was close.

I was just out of the military in Sept of 91, moved back home to minnesota and witnessed this WS... For me it was my first as I was going through basic training in 87 and I didn't get to see any of that game. Nail biter the whole way through. Great vid!

I wasn’t QUITE yet in high school - I lost SOOOO much sleep all the way through to the end of that WS, sneaking under my covers nearly every night to listen to the legendary voice of Skip Carey, gritting my teeth through anxiety filled comeback win night after night as we clawed our way towards the end of the regular season 😁…. And while it took me until my later years to appreciate just how legendary that series was, it still was never anything but fond memories, even the memory of being rounded up by the red dog squad of the GBI because my mother listened (for once) to the pleas of the two boys, and straight up spider-womaned up the side of a building with a group of men who then came down and opened the door, allowing us to watch the parade from the roof. (they let us go :D) Aaaaaand then we just happened to be a few hundred feet away from the shooting that happened later at Underground…. I loved every minute of it and it’s one of the most glorious memories of my childhood

thank you for this trip down memory lane. i was 4 years old when this happened and have fuzzy memories of watching baseball and celebrating, but not really understanding what was going on. also enjoyed the appreciation of kirby puckett. truly a one of a kind player and one of my childhood heroes.

I grew up in minnesota. 87 was my first sports memory when I was 6. I loved 91. I have an 8x10 of gladden at home plate and Greg olsons head stand signed by Dan. My parents wouldn’t let me stay up and watch game 7 so my dad recorded it for me. I still have the tape. Jack signed it for me at their annual winter meet and greet tour in 2020

Great video, always heard about and watched replays of these games growing up, definitely one of the best WS of all time. Gene Larkin was my baseball coach in travel ball for many years really nice and down to earth guy.

13 year old me got to go to one of those games. Atlanta hadn't had a truly good team of any sort in so long, it was magic in that city.

What a great video. Thank you

Long time Jon Bois fans like myself knew that the Lonnie Smith baserunning blunder was going to be mentioned. I can still hear Jon banging his table telling Lonnie to keep running.

Brought me right back to 1991 and age 11. As a Blue Jays fan the next two years were so special largely because of this series! That Jack Morris performance pops in my head sporadically and I barely watch baseball anymore. It was very special.

Nice job! I lived it and you summarized the best moment in MN sports very well! We don't have much to hang our hats on... so this was and still is big for us!

Amazing video and very well done!

The MLB power pros music is the chefs kiss on a great video. Good stuff Jolly!

I absolutely 100% agree that the 1991 WS was the best one in recent decades. When I saw the title of this video I was wondering, hoping that this was going to be about the 1991 Series and you did not disappoint. Great great choice, in fact, it is the only right choice. Every game was close, every game had drama, every game was a nail-biter. It was thrilling to watch.

I was a high school kid living just outside of Atlanta. What a time to be alive.

I think for best World Series in our lifetime, the argument is between 2014 and 2016. Both were wild series and a joy to watch. Though I will say, if Alex Gordon went home on that final play it could’ve been the most exciting finish we’ve ever seen.

I was turning 8 during this series, and it is one of my earliest baseball memories. Great video.

I absolutely loved this magical season! Lifelong Twins fan that has since relocated. When I heard the announcer say "touch em all Kirby Puckett" It immediately took me back. For years after that, WCCO would play that line when Twins games would come on. As an odd clash, my stepdad's family lived in Atlanta, so they didn't share our enthusiasm.

EXCELLENT video jolly

My birth year. What a great video thanks

I'm still waiting for this 90s Braves team to get featured in a Secret Base "Collapse" video. There has never been another team that deserves such an "honour"

Good videos, also nice to have a guy making these who knows his stuff.

I once met Steve Avery. He was sent to Greenville for a rehab start. He only pitched 2 innings and since it was a school night I decided to get my Son home early so we left in the 4th inning and ran straight into him in the car park. It was really cool. Couldn’t ask for a nicer Guy and my Son never forgot that, he would talk about that up until right before he passed away. Great memory cause Steve could’ve been a douche. Dark parking lot and he didn’t know us. But it was cool and there was no one there but my Son and I and Steve and his trainer.

The pirates would offer Ohtani a one year, 3.7 million dollar deal lol. Either them or the A’s.

This is the greatest World Series of _modern times_ . But the greatest World Series EVER is the 1924 World Series, in my opinion. Between the Washington Senators and the New York Giants. Four of the games were decided by 1 run, one by 2 runs (with the bases being loaded as the game ended), one by 3 runs (with the tying run at the plate), and one by 4 runs (though it was a 1-run game in the 8th inning). Games 1 and 2 each featured 9th inning comebacks, while Game 7 featured the Senators trailing 3-1 in the 8th inning and tying it, and proceeding to win it 4-3 in the 12th (the longest Game 7 in World Series history). Walter Johnson, perhaps the greatest pitcher who ever lived, entered Game 7 in relief as an 18-year veteran. One ONE DAY of rest after a complete game loss in Game 5, he pitched 4 shutout innings of relief -- the 9th through 12th innings -- escaping multiple jams. And he won 4-3, defeating a Giants team that had just won its fourth consecutive pennant. It's the only title the Senators won during their time in Washington.....and the funniest part is, that team went on to become the Minnesota Twins.

This is the kind of video that makes me really enjoy KZfaq. Just a great presentation all around (though the Mike Stanton joke was a bit overplayed). Excellent cadence, good choices in knowing what information to focus on, and OMG that Twins team video. High quality work.

Admittedly I come from a place of bias as a Tigers fan, but I'm going to give a shoutout to the 1968 World Series. Tigers over Cardinals in 7. The Detroit riots happened the year prior, the Tigers had a few games rescheduled, and gassed from multiple double-headers, fell 1 game short of the AL pennant. It was the year of the pitcher. Gibson of the Cards and McLain of the Tigers were the MVPs and Cy Youngs. McLain had over 30 wins, Gibson had been doing unreal things for years and continued right into the World Series, with 17 strikeouts. But the Tigers #2 pitcher Mickey Lolich came out of nowhere, winning Games 2, 5, and 7 (all complete games), hitting an HR in the process. You have the Tigers' clutch decision to move Mickey Stanley to SS for the first time ever in his career, the tightening to a two-man pitching rotation mid-series, the Tigers reversing a 3-1 deficit, a wild triple in Game 7, a monster throw from outfield to home to tag out a Cards runner...it had everything.