From Freddie Freeman’s 10th-inning Game 1 slam to this year’s glitzy, high-scoring championship, World Series history is full of memorable moments. Here are 24 of the best.
1. MICKEY OWN’S DROPPED THIRD STRIKE
After a series of egregious Yankee misplays, the most famous came in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 4. Dodgers catcher Mickey Owen had two strikes and one out when he attempted to throw out Yankees first baseman Joe DiMaggio on a bunt. Instead, the ball rolled to the pitcher’s mound, where Owen, who was a drinking and boxing buddy of Ernest Hemingway, missed it. DiMaggio raced home, the Yankees won 5-4, and a legendary play was born.
2. THE DREWITT CATCH
The champagne was on ice, and the Commissioner’s Trophy was just a few wins away. That’s how it looked after Jack Morris won Game 1 and took a no-decision in Game 4, but Fernandomania was about to explode, with Pedro Guerrero and Steve Yeager delivering back-to-back home runs off Morris.
3. THE LAST PERFECT GAME
This was the last time a team won consecutive World Series titles, and the Yankees did so with ease, taking all seven games against the Phillies, who had never won one before. Throughout the series, Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra hit multiple homers, and Don Larsen tossed the only perfect game in World Series history. This was the final World Series played at Ebbets Field, and the last one to feature the New York-Brooklyn rivalry.