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NOT SATISFIED WITH JUST ONE WORLD championship, the Toronto Blue Jays added future Hall of Famers Rickey Henderson and Paul Molitor to their team, transforming an already impressive lineup into a fearsome batting order that drew comparisons to the 1927 Yankees. They faced the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1993 World Series. The Phillies were a hard-drinking, scruffy-looking bunch that had scrapped their way to the National League pennant. Find out more Information about Toronto Blue Jays Tickets. The Phillies had Lenny Dykstra, the lead-off batter who scored 143 runs and chewed so much tobacco that playing center field after he'd been there was "like entering a toxic waste dump," according to one oppo¬nent. They had John Kruk, the rotund and shaggy-haired first baseman who batted .314 while extolling the virtues of staying fit by eating Big Macs. They had Darren Daulton, the catcher who drove in 105 runs and was married to a Playboy Playmate. Philadelphia fans were usually so foul-tempered that they once booed Santa Claus at the Thanksgiving Day parade. Naturally, they embraced these Phillies wholeheartedly. "They aren't afraid of getting dirty or working hard," Mayor Ed Rendell said. "That's the way we like to think of Philadelphia."

Each team opened the Series with its ace, but neither man was effective. Toronto's Juan Guzman labored with control problems, while Philadelphia's Curt Schilling was rocked for seven runs and blew three different Toronto Blue Jays Tickets leads in the game. The Blue Jays Tickets and Schedule, won 8-5, though the Phillies evened things the next day, winning 6-4. The next three games would be played in Philadelphia, where the regal statue of William Penn atop City Hall was newly out-fitted with a bright red Phillies cap. The designated hitter rule would be absent for these three games, which created a dilemma for Toronto manager Cito Gaston. His two best players were Molitor and John Olerud, who finished second and third, respectively, in American League MVP voting. Olerud was the regular first baseman and Molitor was the regular DH. His only viable position in the field was first base. We have great deals on Toronto Blue Jays Tickets. It was a no-win situation for Gaston, who played Molitor at first base in Game 3 while Olerud and his league-leading .363 batting average sat out. (Remarkably, it was not the first time a reigning batting champion had been benched in the World Series. Chick Hafey sat out Game 7 for the 1931 Cardinals and Willie McGee started only two of four games for the 1990 Athletics.) Olerud returned to first in the fourth and fifth games. Molitor played third base for the first time in three years in those games, successfully fielding the only two balls hit his way.

Molitor made Gaston look brilliant when he tripled and homered in his first two at-bats in Game 3, as Toronto won easily, 10-3. Game 4 was played the next night in a misty rain. But the rain was nothing compared to the downpour coming from the hitters' bats. The Phillies led 14-9 entering the eighth. Then the Blue Jays mounted a Toronto Blue Jays Tickets comeback. They led 15-14 after four hits, two walks, and an error. Remarkably, the game's last inning and a half was scoreless. Toronto won to take a three games to one lead. "From a fan's perspective this was a great game to watch," Dave Stewar said. "From a pitcher's standpoint, it was an ugly, ugly game." The roller-coaster contest had seen five lead changes, while the teams had combined for 32 hits, 14 walks, and 29 runs, a new Series record. Sixteen times in World Series history both teams had combined to score fewer runs than that in an entire series. "In the World Series, you don't see games like this," Joe Carter said. "It was like a slow-pitch softball game." Schilling admitted that he had "over-prepared and overanalyzed" before getting shelled in the opening game. He had no such problems in Game 5. The Phillies bullpen was decimated after giving up fifteen runs the night before. Toronto Blue Jays Tickets are available. Schilling staved off elimination and allowed the relievers to rest by throwing a masterful five-hit shut out to force a sixth game in Toronto.

The Blue Jays jumped out to a 5-1 lead in Game 6, but coughed it back up in the seventh inning as the Phillies erupted for five runs off three Toronto pitchers. Philadelphia entered the ninth with a 6-5 lead, and they turned to Mitch Williams, the erratic closer known-affectionately, until now-as "Wild Thing." Just a day earlier, the New York Times had called Williams the "relief pitcher who induces stomach and psychic pain in his followers." That was after Williams had borne the brunt of Toronto's game-winning rally in the crazy fourth Toronto Blue Jays Tickets game. He had received three death threats after that game, which was his third blown save of the postseason. But despite his previous struggles, Williams said later that he "couldn't have felt better" pitching with the lead in Game 6. Rickey Henderson walked and Devon White failed to advance the runner when he flied out. But then Molitor singled to bring Joe Carter to the plate with the potential.