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Blyleven's commentary was occasionally risqué for a baseball broadcast but provided interesting and friendly conversation between him and play-by-play announcer Dick Bremer. One of his trademarks was circling fans with the telestrator on screen. Fans—both at home and at road games—carried signs to the games saying "Circle me Bert".
Morris started for the Twins three times in the series, going 2–0 with a 1.17 ERA, making his final outing in the deciding Game 7. In a postseason performance for the ages, the 36-year-old hurler threw 10 innings of shutout baseball against the Braves, as the Twins won the game 1–0 on a 10th-inning single by Gene Larkin that scored Dan Gladden.
The 1991 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1991 season.The 88th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Minnesota Twins (95–67) and the National League (NL) champion Atlanta Braves (94–68).
In Game Two of the NLCS against the Atlanta Braves, Koosman was shelled for six runs in 4 2 ⁄ 3 innings (including a Hank Aaron three-run homer). The Mets won 11–6, however, then won the next game to complete the series sweep. Koosman was the pitching star of the 1969 World Series against the Baltimore Orioles.
Game 7 was a scoreless tie through all nine innings of regulation; Minnesota won 1–0 in the tenth inning, with starting pitcher Jack Morris pitching a complete game. This was the first of five World Series appearances for the Braves during the 1990s, they would return to the World Series the following year , only to lose to the Toronto Blue ...
The 1965 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1965 season.The 62nd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the National League champion Los Angeles Dodgers against the American League champion Minnesota Twins.
On July 17, 1990, the Twins became the only team in major league history to pull off two triple plays in the same game. Twins' pitcher and Minnesota native Jack Morris was the star of the series in 1991, going 2–0 in his three starts with a 1.17 ERA.
A starting pitcher who is replaced by a pinch hitter in the final half inning of a game will still be credited with a complete game. The frequency of complete games has evolved since the early days of baseball. The complete game was essentially an expectation in the early 20th century and pitchers completed almost all of the games they started.
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