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Greatest World Series Moments

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Albert Pujols' three homers in one game was an amazing World Series spectacle, but it was hardly the greatest moment the Fall Classic has ever seen.

  • 1926: Babe Ruth hits what everyone in attendance agrees is the best foul tip in World Series history
  • 1975: Carlton Fisk hits a home run down the left field line and does the YMCA dance all the way to first base
  • 1986: Bill Buckner makes the only infield error any human being has remembered for more than 30 seconds
  • 1993: Joe Carter lives out every little boy's dream of hitting a Series-winning walk-off and living part-time in Canada
  • 1996: Baseball fans everywhere are abuzz with the prospect of either the Yankees or Braves losing the World Series
  • 1997: Edgar Renteria's RBI single in extra innings during Game 7 gives Florida Marlins fans a World Series victory they will remember for weeks to come
  • 2001: The nation realizes that two months was all it took to start rooting against New York again after 9/11
  • 1903-2011: Home runs
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