Talk:1991 World Series

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I don't think there is a citation needed to say "in arguably the best baseball game ever played." A citation WOULD be needed if it were worded "in the best baseball game ever played," but you don't need to cite anything if all you're saying is that, literally, "one could argue" something. Kaiserkarl13 (talk) 00:59, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
 * If it says "arguably" then we need to say who argues it. Kingturtle (talk) 11:30, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

I changed the trivia part mentioned above. Using Baseball-reference.com I looked it up and here is what I found. Kent Hrbek, Kirby Puckett, Dan Gladden, Greg Gagne, Gene Larkin, Randy Bush and Al Newman were on both the 1987 and 1991 teams. Further all 7 played in a game in both Series. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.84.66.113 (talk • contribs).
 * changed grammar regarding entry in trivia section —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 192.138.89.234 (talk • contribs).
 * The trivia part where it says that 5 players appeared in both the 1987 and 1991 series is wrong. It should be 7 players and they are as follows: Kent Hrbek, Kirby Puckett, Dan Gladden, Gene Larkin, Al Newman, Randy Bush and Greg Gagne. But then again I dont know if the statement means they were on the team and played in the series or if it means that they were on the team but did not play in a game. Either way this statement is wrong. Dan Gladden played in both Series. Im not sure if the following players played in a game in both series: Al Newman, Gene Larkin Randy Bush. But they were on both teams. Hrbek, Puckett, Gagne and Gladden were on both teams and played in both series. I will look it up and fix this error after I research it.


 * This entry seems to have a little bit of a Minnesota Twins bias. In particular, the descriptions of Games 4 & 5 focus on the fact that the Twins lost, rather than the fact that the Braves won. This implies that the article was written from Minnesota's perspective, rather than a neutral perspective. Examples: "Battered by their marathon loss in Game 3, the Twins came back the next day and fought fiercely, losing Game 4 by a score of 3-2." and "However, the wheels came off in Game 5 and the exhausted Twins didn't put up much of a fight as they were routed 14-5." These two statements are also misleading, because the description contradicts the outcome. "came back ... and fought fiercely" implies a win (comeback). And starting Game 5 with "however" implies that it has a different result than the previous game (when it was, in fact, Minnesota's third straight loss, giving Atlanta the Series lead 3-2). I have never edited Wikipedia, so I have not made any changes to the article itself.
 * I was the one who left the comment above about Twins bias, but it has been rectified (and then some!) by some more thorough game recaps by Maestroh. Thanks! BJ Nemeth 23:17, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Gene Larkin's "Texas-league single" that ended Game 7 more appropriately should be described as a long fly ball that was deep enough to allow Gladden to tag-up from third base; the left fielder simply allowed the ball to drop because Gladden would have been safe at home either way. Wood0194 03:29, 15 April 2007 (UTC)j

MORE NPOV

I don't know who's changing it, but the Minnesota Twins bias is reappearing in a number of forms.

1) Who gives a damn what kind of hitter Puckett was as far as what he could hit? 2) What difference does it make that Puckett only missed the cycle by not hitting a double? There are plenty of players in WS history who got three of the four 3) "Rarely mentioned" regarding the decoy? Whoever said this has been living on another planet for the past 15 years. Every mention of this series brings up Lonnie Smith's falling for the decoy - the notion it is rarely mentioned is ludicrous. 4) Morris best performance? Again, so what? It was also Smoltz' best performance, but that doesn't get mentioned.

71.170.218.38 03:02, 22 April 2007 (UTC)Maestroh

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BetacommandBot (talk) 07:49, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Changed erroneous reference to Jeff Blauser completing the unassisted double play on soft liner by Hrbek to end the 8th of Game 7. It was 2B Mark Lemke. Just watched it on Costas show regarding this game as 2nd best in the history of the Game. Also, every other reference on the Interwebs has it correctly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.15.44.129 (talk) 17:52, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

Oh, and it was Knoblauch who got doubled up and not pinch runner Newman. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.15.44.129 (talk) 17:59, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

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Home Field Advantage
Totally omitted is that all 7 games were won by the home team. Also the Domed Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome was very noisy - a helpful factor to the Twins. Was this a factor in the decision a few years later that Assigned World Series Home field advantage to the league Winning the All Star Game. Wfoj3 (talk) 13:43, 31 August 2019 (UTC)