1991 World Series

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The 1991 World Series was a Major League Baseball championship between the Minnesota Twins and the Atlanta Braves that is widely regarded as one of the greatest World Series ever played, featuring multiple extra-inning games and a dramatic seven-game finish.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Major League Baseball championship series
World Series
American League champion Minnesota Twins
awayTeam Atlanta Braves
championshipOf Major League Baseball
cityOfGames Atlanta
Minneapolis
country United States of America
surface form: United States
endDate 1991-10-27
finalSeriesResult Minnesota Twins defeated Atlanta Braves 4–3
followedBy 1992 World Series
format best-of-seven
game6FinalScore Minnesota Twins 4–3 Atlanta Braves
game6Innings 11
game6NotablePlay Kirby Puckett walk-off home run in the 11th inning
game7FinalScore Minnesota Twins 1–0 Atlanta Braves
game7Innings 10
game7LosingPitcher Alejandro Peña
game7NotablePlay Gene Larkin walk-off single in the 10th inning
game7StartingPitcherForBraves John Smoltz
game7StartingPitcherForTwins Jack Morris
game7WinningPitcher Jack Morris
game7WinningRunBattedInBy Gene Larkin
game7WinningRunScoredBy Gene Larkin
gamePlayedAt Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
gamesWithOneRunMargin 5
homeTeam Minnesota Twins
league American League
National League
loser Atlanta Braves
managerOfLosingTeam Bobby Cox
managerOfWinningTeam Tom Kelly
MostValuablePlayer Jack Morris
MVPTeam Minnesota Twins
National League champion Atlanta Braves
notableFor dramatic seven-game finish
multiple extra-inning games
numberOfExtraInningGames 3
numberOfGames 7
precededBy 1990 World Series
radioNetworkUS CBS Radio
reputation one of the greatest World Series ever played
seasonOf 1991 Major League Baseball season
sport baseball
startDate 1991-10-19
televisionNetworkUS CBS
umpireCrewChief Don Denkinger
winner Minnesota Twins
year 1991

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1990 World Series nextEdition 1991 World Series
1992 World Series precededBy 1991 World Series
John Smoltz playedIn 1991 World Series
Chicago White Sox–Minnesota Twins rivalry team2WorldSeriesTitlesContext 1991 World Series
this entity surface form: Minnesota Twins 1991 World Series championship
Jack Morris worldSeriesMVP 1991 World Series
Tom Kelly teamChampionship 1991 World Series
Rick Aguilera wonChampionship 1991 World Series
89th World Series precededBy 1991 World Series
John McSherry workedInWorldSeries 1991 World Series
Don Denkinger participatedIn 1991 World Series