I was at the blowup of the Met in Bloomington where Mall of America is now.
the Metrodome wasn’t ALL bad:
3. Kirby Puckett, Twins: 1991 World Series, Game 6
AB H R RBI
4 3 2 3
Result: Twins 4, Braves 3 Series: Minnesota wins in 7
What didn’t Puckett do that night in the Metrodome? Well, he didn’t turn an unassisted triple play, skip the light fandango or sail across the ocean blue. But everything else? Yep. Did it. He won the game with a walk-off, 11th-inning home run against Charlie Leibrandt in Minnesota’s 4-3 win over the Braves to force a Game 7. He tripled in a run and then scored himself in the first inning. His sacrifice fly put the Twins up 3-2 in the fifth. He stole a base. And he made a sensational catch on a Ron Gant drive to center in the third inning.
2. Jack Morris, Twins: 1991 World Series, Game 7
IP H R ER BB K
10.0 7 0 0 2 8
Result: Twins 1, Braves 0 Series: Minnesota wins in 7
Morris versus John Smoltz, mano a mano through scoreless inning after scoreless inning in the game to decide the world championship. Who was going to flinch? Smoltz finally left in the bottom of the eighth after giving up no runs on only six hits. But Morris pitched on, turning away several suggestions from Twins manager Tom Kelly to the effect that, seeing as how this was his third start in the Series, maybe it was time to take a seat and let the bullpen finish it up. Morris insisted on pitching the 10th inning, too, and retired Jeff Blauser, Lonnie Smith and Terry Pendleton in order. Finally, little-used Gene Larkin singled in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th to make a winner of Morris in one of the best World Series games ever played.
A seven-game series with every game decided by one run. At the conclusion, Sports Illustrated called it the best World Series in history.
But that still doesn't change the fact that Ken Hrbek tackled Ron Gant at first base.