I know this is about game six, and I got home from work last night around the 8th inning and couldn't stop watching, but the best moment I ever witnessed in the World Series was Gibson v. Eckersley, game 1, 1988 World Series. I was 15 years old, not a Dodgers fan, but kind of instinctively hated the Athletics. I'm a Cubs fan since I can remember so every October we have to pick a favorite because we will never be there, so that year I picked the Dodgers mostly because I liked Gibson who was the gamer of all gamers. When he hit that ball out on one leg it sent chills up my spine and I jumped to the ceiling. Still gives me chills thinking about it. As for last night's game, classic. It was sloppy and scrappy and everything I love about baseball. Yeah, it wasn't a 1-0 gem, and I am as old-school as anyone here, but the drama of that game was fantastic. By the way, I live in Texas now and I am rooting for the Ranger and I hate the Cardinals, but the WOW! in the thread title sums it up perfectly. Just brilliant, sloppy, ugly, transcendent baseball, as it ought to be...
Cheers,
Jim
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