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1. With St. Louis leading Detroit three games to one and 3-2 in game five, the Cards' Lou Brock is thrown out at homeplate trying to score on a base-hit by Julian Javier. The defensive play sparks the Tigers. They rally and comeback to win game five, and subsequently the series.
2. Toronto Blue Jay outfielder Joe Carter hits a homerun off Philly reliever Mitch Williams to clinch the series.
3. In the final game of this series, Kirk Gibson hits a homerun off one of baseball's best-ever relievers clinching victory for his team.
4. During the regular season, Reggie Jackson was an All-Star. But in the World Series, he did not get even one hit. His teammates however, still prevailed. They bested their National League opponent in seven games.
5. Between 1949 and 1963, this is the only World Series that did not feature a team from New York.
6. Of the years listed, it is the only one in which the two Series opponents did not hail from the same city.
7. It was the first time that both teams that Hall-of-Famer Sparky Anderson would eventually manage met in the World Series.
8. The New York Giants defeat the New York Yankees five games to three. It is the last best five-out-of-nine series in the 20th century.
9. The Brooklyn Dodgers first seven appearances in the Fall Classic all resulted in losses. In which year did they lose for the seventh consecutive time?
10. "Pops" Stargell leads his Pirates back from a three games to one deficit as Pittsburgh defeats Baltimore in seven games.
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