Greatest World Series Moments

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