ESPN ranked the top 100 World Series...here are the top 10...

[SaveElmer]

Poll question: ESPN ranked the top 100 World Series...here are the top 10...

Which do you think is the best on this list?

[JohnKleeb]

1. Hmmmmm

I'd go with '91 or '75. Both were great, I felt the 1997 World Series was underrated though because it went to 7 games and Mesa's blown save in the 9th cost the tribe a world series much to my delight since I hated them for ruining the birds chance to get back to the series and the fact that I had to hear Drew Carey sing Cleveland Rocks, sorry I am ranting but its a tossup between 91 and 75, both were great.

[SaveElmer]

2. ESPN has 1997 at #33....

Top third....it was a pretty good series!

[JohnKleeb]

4. Can you give me the link to the list?

I bet all the series the Orioles have won are in the bottom third since one was a sweep and the other two were won in 5. From what I've heard the 68 series sounds like a classic too wit the Cards and Tigers.

[SaveElmer]

5. Sure here you go....

I think the '69 series is top third!

http://espn.go.com/swf/mlb/anniversary/worldseries_100.html

[JohnKleeb]

6. I always hated that series for obvious reasons

Its a great story I admit and even though I am not a fan of Baltimore football, the same thing happened to the Colts during the super bowl, the underdog New York team in the upset.

[SaveElmer]

13. I wasn't too fond ofthe Orioles back then...

I believe they took out my Twins in 1969 and 1970...if I remember my Twins history correctly!

[JohnKleeb]

14. Yeah

But at least the Twins have won world series in the past 19 years, you gotta like that and you guys have Santana who I like because I am left handed and I usually like lefty pitchers, I have Warren Spahn's autograph because my dad once waited on him when he waited tables when I was younger and he even met Ted Williams.

[SaveElmer]

19. Wow...that is really cool...

Historically speaking Ted Williams was one of my favorites. I've watched a bunch of old games and man that guy could swing. Something about his personality too I found appealing. Kind of churlish with the media, and the whole "wouldn't salute the crowd" thing, but he didn't care about anything but hitting a baseball. And he was a war hero...I believe he and John Glenn were squadron mates and flew together quite a bit.

Santana is definitely something special. I hope the Twins can hang on to him...but they do have him locked in for 3 more years. Twins have a Santana clone coming up as well---Francisco Liriano.

[JohnKleeb]

20. Williams and Stan Musial are among my favorite old timers

I like Musial because he was a regular guy. Funny that you bring up Glenn though, my dad grew up in Arlington, Virginia as a kid and Glenn lived there and my dad shook hands with him too. Williams really was a great hero in so many ways and he served twice, in WWII and Korea, the man really I think was a true American hero and a great player too.

[SaveElmer]

25. Yep Musial was another...

Last summer I did alot of research on the Negro league for a paper I was writing. Quite a few greats there...probably all time greats...Josh Gibson, Satchell Paige to name a couple!!! Really sad they never got the recognition they deserved!

[JohnKleeb]

26. Yeah Gibson and Paige were great

Did you hear about that woman being elected to the hall of fame, she was a wife of a Negro League Team owner who got involved with the team and promoted civil rights and all that.

[SaveElmer]

28. Absolutely...

She was quite a woman...definitely deserving!

I do not understand why Buck O'Neil is not in though. By itself his stats may not get him in...though Negro League stats were rarely kept consistently - but what he has done since for baseball should more than qualify him!!!

[JohnKleeb]

31. I agree, O'Neil was deserving too

I can't wait for the election next year because Ripken and Gwynn will be elected, and I may try to go to Cooperstown.

[SaveElmer]

35. Yeah I've always wanted to do that...

I tried to get up there when Kirby got inducted...

I have to say I am a big Ripken fan now...but I didn't like him too much at first...

I think Kent Hrbek should have gotten the Rookie of the Year...but Cal has so much class I couldn't hate him forever, and by the time he retired he was definitely one of my favorites...

He showed alot of class at the Puckett memorial too!!!

[JohnKleeb]

37. I am glad he went to that

Ripken was my idol growing up even though I wasn't a shortstop, more a first baseman/outfielder/pitcher but he was the face of the team I loved and I enjoyed seeing him play so much, I think my most cherished memory is of an early april game against the Royals in 97 I think where he hit a grand slam, it was the second game of the season, and me and my dad went up to see the game, it was probably the best game I Ever watched live. The last game I saw him play was memorable too since my best friend who was visiting from Texas came and saw the game, and the last at bat I saw of Ripken live he got a hit.

[SaveElmer]

40. Very Cool...

I've been to a bunch of games at Camden Yards...and a few at Memorial...I live here in the DC area now so get up there occasionally...so have seen Cal a number of times...

I think the funnest games I went to was the first I remember in 1969...my dad got a foul ball off the bat of Ted Uhlander. I had it autographed by Billy Martin and Bert Blyleven. I still have the ball, but the autographs have all worn off.

I also went to Bert Blyleven's first game as a rookie, 1970 I think...pretty cool in the old Met Stadium. The Metrodome gets a bit of a bad rap cause it is really not a bad place to watch a game, but I do prefer it outdoors!

[JohnKleeb]

41. I almost got a ball when I went to a Cannons game with

my uncle, but it was someone else's. Another cool memory I have is getting Brady Anderson's autograph back in 96 the year he hit 50, I realize now he was likely juicing but my family named our then new dog after him and in a way since Anderson retired 5 years ago the dog is remembred more than the player. Camden Yards really is great, I finally got to see the Nats play this year because the community college was giving away tickets for like 5-10 bucks each, I really didnt like RFK that much, I am sure their new place will be fine but Camden Yards will always be my first love.

[SaveElmer]

42. When's the last time you were at a Cannons (now P-Nats) game?

My boy and I have get season tickets every summer. Love minor league ball!

[JohnKleeb]

43. Long time ago

My uncle took me there as a birthday present and he's sicne moved down to Florida, though he did live in Norfolk before that and my aunt who is a hotel GM managed to get me and my brother in to the Norfolk Tides dugout and on to the field for a game for this little in between innings show. It was pretty funny because I don't think Rick Dempsey thought too highly of us, he was cursing and shit in the dugout, I still like what I know about him though because he was a clown type when he played for the Oroiles.

[SethInUpstateNY]

3. As a Yankee fan,

as much it pains me to say this, the 2001 World Series was the best I've seen in 25 years of watching baseball. Especially game 4 and 5, where the Yankees hit 2-run home runs in the bottom of the ninth in both games to tie the game. I have to, though, tip my hat to the Diamondbacks in game 7, for beating Mariano Rivera, an impressive feat, considering he hadn't blown a save opportunity in postseason play since game 5 in the ALDS against the Indians.

[brentspeak]

7. That 1991 series was spectacular

My favorite moment was the 3-2-3 bases-loaded double play pulled off by the Twins in top of the 8th inning, game six.

[Reverend_Smitty]

8. As a Mets fan...

I must go with the 86 Series

[brentspeak]

11. I voted for game six, 1986 WS

The Mets were behind the Red Sox two runs, down to their last out, bases empty. They were already breaking out the champagne for the BoSox, and NBC guys were heading for Boston's locker room.

Then the Mets tied it, then won. I don't think there's ever been a more mind-boggling, sensational comeback in a major sports championship series (except for maybe the Bills-Oilers 1993 Wildcard game, but that was only the playoffs.)

[Reverend_Smitty]

15. I love seeing the video of a young Roger Clemens...

getting all excited over the "victory" only to see it dashed away a few minutes later :evilgrin: that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside

[JohnKleeb]

16. I remember that from my great moments of the 80s video

I think he's wearing a hoodie of some kind and he gets more and more panicked as the game goes on.

[Reverend_Smitty]

21. I watched the whole game a few months ago on ESPN Classic...

seeing his smugness turned into sadness and knowing the eventual outcome was priceless

[JohnKleeb]

24. It would have been more sweet if Roger had never got a ring

Oh well. ESPN Classic is the best.

[maveric]

23. As a Red Sox fan I try to forget that one.

Painful memories!

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. Where do they have the '69 Series?

That whole Mets post-season was — I gotta say it — amazin'. It was magic unfolding.

[SaveElmer]

10. They have that one at #32...

Here is the link if y ou'd like to peruse it!!!

http://espn.go.com/swf/mlb/anniversary/worldseries_100.html

[JohnKleeb]

12. 32

I hate that world series but I'll admit it, it was amazin.

[Oeditpus Rex]

17. Sorry, man

But things have a way of evening out, don't they?

I hate the '66 Series.

Still.

[JohnKleeb]

18. Its all good

I wasnt even born, the '66 Series was great, though it was sad that Koufax retired after that year. I'll say this though, I enjoyed the world series highlight video of the '55 world series where the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Yankees, thats always sweet.

[Oeditpus Rex]

34. Dodgers scored two runs in four games

in the '66 Series — both of 'em in the first game.

In Game Two, Koufax gave up four runs in six innings, but only one was earned. The other three scored on three errors by Willie Davis in the fifth inning, two of 'em on one play. Dodgers made six errors in that game, and errors tend to offset a team ERA for the season of 2.62.

(In Game Three, somebody hit a routine fly ball to Davis in left-center, and Lou Johnson came over from left and cut him off to make the catch. Johnson might've been bogarting for teevee, but I didn't blame him a bit.)

[JohnKleeb]

36. Ouch, defense does win championships after all

It really was a shame that Koufax retired that year, he was an incredible pitcher.

[Oeditpus Rex]

38. His arm was gone the year before that

Only ice, cortisone and Dr. Bob Kerlan kept him around another year.

Oh, and sheer guts. The man was incredibly driven.

[JohnKleeb]

39. He went 27-9 that year with a sub 2 ERA though right?

I wish I could have played at least high school ball, imagine my reaction when I found out the Orioels drafted the son of a guy whose baseball camps I went to as a kid and further more went to one of my HS's biggest rivals. I think I like football more than baseball now but of all the sports I played I think I was best at baseball, they were fun times.

[Oeditpus Rex]

44. 1.73, if memory serves

I'll have to get the rest of it from baseball-reference.com.

41 starts, 27 complete games, 323 innings.

'65 and '66 combined — 82 starts, 54 completed (plus two saves in '65), 658 2/3 innings. 53-17 with a 1.89 ERA.

Un. Freakin'. Godly.

No wonder he was my idol.

[FunkyLeprechaun]

22. Sorry to be biased...

I have to say Kirby and the Twins. The only other series that excited me more than that was the Red Sox winning the series against the Yankees before winning the WS.

[Allenberg]

27. Complete bullshit.

Bill Mazeroski hits a walk off game seven HR and its not in the top ten?

Lame.

[JohnKleeb]

29. I thought that was top ten worthly too

Even more incredible if you consider that the Bucs were outscored by the Yankees in that series and the Yankees were the heavy favorites going in.

[SaveElmer]

30. Well they are ranking the series as a whole...

I suspect if it was limited to great WS games that would definitely make the list!

[SaveElmer]

33. They do have it ranked pretty high #18 all time...nt

[Zomby Woof]

32. The Top 2

The '55 Dodgers-Yankees Series, where "next year" arrived for the Brooklyn Dodgers. :D

And #2... the '88 Los Angeles Dodgers, slimed by Eternal Asshole Bob Costas as "the worst team ever to play in a World Series" knocked down the Chokeland A's. Kirk Gibson, baby!