I am cheating a little bit but while I have never attended a World Series game I did attend game one of the 1987 NLCS in St. Louis against San Francisco.
That afternoon while waiting outside I saw Duke Snider, Hank Aaron and dozens of other Hall of Famers walking into the stadium. An hour before the game the gates in center opened and out came the Clydesdales pulling the Budweiser wagon with Mr. Busch riding next to the driver, dalmatian barking. While the organist played the Bud theme music the wagon made two laps around the stadium with the crowd absolutely going wild. Pooper scoopers followed.
Ozzie did his flip and then Jeffrey Leonard did his home run trot with "one flap down." I have been to a couple of NFL playoff games and several bowl games but the excitement that night tops them all.
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