Now that the 2007 World Series is over and major league baseball has shifted into the off-season, I found myself reminiscing about some of the greatest moments in the 
World Series that occurred in my lifetime - namely the 10 most dramatic home runs of the fall classic. I recently found myself thinking about every World Series that I could remember in the 57 years that I've been around, and decided to dive into the 10 most dramatic home runs in World Series history that I recently saw on a Yahoo Sports Video. Though accurate and well done with footage and commentary, I've decided to add historical descriptions and footnotes to the presentation here in my article.
The list that I came up with goes back nearly 50 years, and involved a lot of digging, searching, and comparing based on home runs that were not only dramatic, but had altered the outcome of some of the World Series contests. So I decided to countdown from #10 to #1 in this article, with #1 being the most dramatic home run of all time in that near 50 years of the "Fall Classic". But first, a brief history lesson.
The first World Series as we know it was held in 1903, when the Boston Americans (now Red Sox) of the American League defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League five games to three in a best five out of nine game series. Other than the World Series of 1903, 1919, 1920 and 1921, the World Series format has been a best four out of seven game series. Since 1903, the series has taken place every year with the exception of 1904 and 1994.
The 1904 World Series would have featured the AL's Boston Americans and the NL's New York Giants, had John T. Brush, the Giants' owner, felt that the fledgling AL was inferior to his NL Giants. So he refused to allow his players to participate in the championship. In fact he claimed that the team should already be considered champions since the National League was considered the only "major league" in pro baseball.
The list that I came up with goes back nearly 50 years, and involved a lot of digging, searching, and comparing based on home runs that were not only dramatic, but had altered the outcome of some of the World Series contests. So I decided to countdown from #10 to #1 in this article, with #1 being the most dramatic home run of all time in that near 50 years of the "Fall Classic". But first, a brief history lesson.
The first World Series as we know it was held in 1903, when the Boston Americans (now Red Sox) of the American League defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League five games to three in a best five out of nine game series. Other than the World Series of 1903, 1919, 1920 and 1921, the World Series format has been a best four out of seven game series. Since 1903, the series has taken place every year with the exception of 1904 and 1994.
The 1904 World Series would have featured the AL's Boston Americans and the NL's New York Giants, had John T. Brush, the Giants' owner, felt that the fledgling AL was inferior to his NL Giants. So he refused to allow his players to participate in the championship. In fact he claimed that the team should already be considered champions since the National League was considered the only "major league" in pro baseball.
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