In Game 7 of the ‘Worst to First’ World Series, the Twins beat the Braves, 1-0, when Dan Gladden scores the winning run in the bottom of the tenth on Gene Larkin’s single, clinching its second world championship since relocating from Washington D.C. in 1961. Atlanta and Minnesota had both finished in last place in their respective divisions the previous season.
1991 – Outfielder Kirby Puckett prevents two Atlanta runs with a leaping catch in the 3rd inning and then lofts a sacrifice fly in the 5th to give the Twins the lead in Game 6 of the World Series. The Braves tie it in the 7th, but Puckett turns out the lights in the 10th with a home run to force a seventh game.
History of the World Series – 1991 In this duel of uppity upstarts (the Twins and Braves finished last in 1990), Minnesota proved the better team. Barely. In Game 7, the 36-year-old Morris, a longtime standout for the Tigers, was matched against John Smoltz, 24, a Detroit native who as a youngster had idolized his…