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.
That’s “Kent Hrbek.”
I was there that night. If you look at the replay, you'll see that by the time Hrbek's glove hand is under Gant's leg, Gant is already out. His momentum had already taken him off the bag.
That said, the Metrodome was built for football. The seats were angled for football, the lights were angled for football, and the ceiling was, and still is, white. A seat behind home plate didn't face toward center field, it faced toward the corner of the football end zone.
All that said, the Metrodome had what none of the cookie-cutter National League parks of the 1970s and 1980s had. It had personality. Whether that's good or bad, I don't know.