The Amazing 90's By: Jake Caccavaro

Why I chose the '90s I chose to do the 1990’s This decade will feature the World Series’ from each decade and information about them I chose to do this because I love baseball and thought it would be interesting to be able to research the various World Series’.

1990

1990 Cincinnati Reds .vs. Oakland Athletics This was Oakland’s third straight Series. The Reds swept the series in four games. Jose Rijo of the Reds won the World Series MVP after winning Game 1 and Game 4

1991

1991 Minnesota Twins .vs. Atlanta Braves Minnesota won the Series in an exciting 7 games Jack Morris won the Series MVP after going 2-0 in the Series and pitching 10 innings to win Game 7 Three of these games went into extra innings

1992

1992 Toronto Blue Jays .vs. Atlanta Braves This was the first World Series to be played in Canada Toronto won the Series in six games Pat Borders was awarded the World Series MVP Every game except for one was decided by two runs or less

1993

1993 Toronto Blue Jays .vs. Philadelphia Phillies Toronto, the defending champions won the Series in six games Paul Molitor was the Series MVP Joe Carter hit a walk-off homerun in Game 6 to win the Series

1994

1994 Baseball went on strike 920 games were cancelled The strike lasted 234 days The strike also cancelled the postseason, including the World Series This was the first time a sport had ever lost its postseason due to a labor dispute

1995

1995 Cleveland Indians .vs. Atlanta Braves The Braves had made it to the World Series two of the previous four years The Braves won the Series in six games Tom Glavine was named the Series MVP

1996

1996 New York Yankees .vs. Atlanta Braves The Yankees won the Series in 6 games This was the Yankees 23rd World Series championship in franchise history Atlanta outscored the Yankees 26-18 despite losing the Series

1997

1997 Florida Marlins .vs. Cleveland Indians The Marlins won the Series in seven games Livan Hernandez was named the World Series MVP This was the Indians 2nd series in the last three years

1998

1998 New York Yankees .vs. San Diego Padres The Yankees won a record 125 total games that year The Yankees swept the Series 4-0 Scott Brosius was the MVP of the series

1999

1999 New York Yankees .vs. Atlanta Braves The Yankees swept the Braves 4-0 for their 2nd straight World Series sweep This was the Braves 4th Series of the decade and the Yankees’ 3rd. Mariano Rivera won the Series MVP

Credits http://www.superpages.com/supertips/1990-world-series.html http://lifetimetopps.wordpress.com/2011/10/13/please-note-cincinnati-reds-1990-world-series-champs/ http://reds.enquirer.com/2002/06/23/red_surprise_90_series.html http://www.startribune.com/sports/twins/132754908.html http://www.homemediamagazine.com/ae/magic-minnesota-remembering-1991-world-series-championship-dvd-review http://www.amazon.com/1991-World-Minnesota-Atlanta-Braves/product-reviews/6304964692 http://www.amazon.com/MLB-World-Toronto-Atlanta-Braves/dp/6304964706 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/toronto-blue-jays-finally-win-a-world-series-for-canada http://articles.latimes.com/1991-10-19/sports/sp-588_1_minnesota-twins http://www.torontomike.com/2006/06/pat_borders_1992_world_series.html

Cont. http://www.amazon.com/1993-World-Toronto-Philadelphia-Phillies/dp/6304964714 http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/nl/phillies/2008-10-24-wiliams-1993-phillies_N.htm http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_was_the_MVP_of_the_1993_World_Series http://www.funtrivia.com/en/Sports/Toronto-Blue-Jays-1367.html http://www.sporcle.com/games/Polandice/1993worldseries http://reds.enquirer.com/2004/08/12/STRIKEBOX12-LOPRESTI.html http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2004-09-12-cover-94strike_x.htm http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704335904574497433535880354.html http://www.amazon.com/1995-World-Atlanta-Cleveland-Indians/dp/6304964722 http://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/25/sports/1995-world-series-after-47-years-and-11-innings-indians-win-one.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm www.baseball-reference.com http://fackyouk.blogspot.com/2009/06/1996-world-series-game-6.html http://www.superpages.com/supertips/1996-world-series.html http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/04/sports/baseball/04smoltz.html?_r=1

Cont...Again http://www.superpages.com/supertips/1997-world-series.html http://www.amazon.com/1997-World-Official-Video-Cleveland/dp/630472201X/ref=pd_sbs_mov_1 http://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/18/sports/97-world-series-in-marlins-vs-indians-a-clash-of-young-and-old.html?src=pm http://www.superpages.com/supertips/1998-world-series.html http://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/22/sports/1998-world-series-yankees-vs-padres-yanks-sweep-series-and-assure-legacy.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm http://www.baseball-reference.com http://www.superpages.com/supertips/1999-world-series.html http://fackyouk.blogspot.com/2009/06/1999-world-series-game-3.html http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/1999/postseason/world_series/

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