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Oh, what an ending! Larkin's big hit turns agonizing to ecstasy
- Article by: Howard Sinker; Staff Writer
- Updated: October 28, 1991 - 7:38 PM
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Nice, huh?
Maybe you heard the words after the game. It won't hurt to hear them again.
"It was probably the greatest World Series ever," said Fay Vincent, the commissioner of baseball. "I was proud to be here."
What a game! What a Series! What an ending!
It took 10 innings and words won't describe it as well as rewinding the videotape and watching it over and over and over and over. . . .
Sometimes words can't compete.
Watch the tape. See Gene Larkin's fly ball sail deep into left center for a single. See Dan Gladden cross home plate, stomping and being surrounded by a cheering pinstripe mob.
See the Twins win 1-0.
Grab some bench, America. Watch Minnesota party.
"It's some kind of feeling, isn't it?" rookie Chuck Knoblauch yelled at the crowd a few minutes after the game, when the Domeboys commandeered the stadium's public address system.
"This is the craziest place I've ever seen in my life," said Mike Pagliarulo, who used to play for the Yankees. So he knows crazy.
"I love all these guys and I love all of you," shouted Jack Morris, who pitched all 10 innings, alpha to omega, telling the manager he wasn't coming out after nine.
"Words can't describe the respect I have for that man," said Atlanta outfielder David Justice.
The World Series' most valuable player award, which was won by Morris, does justice to Justice could not describe.
Many of the 55,118 fans remained in their seats a half-hour after the game, listening to the best team in the world scream back at them.
At home plate, Kirby Puckett looked into the stands, where his brother Spencer was sitting. He launched a joyful fist in Spencer Puckett's direction that, had it connected, would have knocked out Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and George Foreman. All at once.
Ali and Frazier, too. Remember, this was a classic.
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