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THE YOUNG ATLANTA BRAVES FOUGHT their way back to the Fall Classic after their heartbreaking loss in the 1991 World Series. Their opponents this time would be the Toronto Blue Jays, who became the fourth expansion franchise to reach the World Series, following in the footsteps of the Royals, Brewers, and Padres. The Blue Jays entered the American League in 1977 and enjoyed their tenth consecutive winning season in 1992, posting 96 wins to capture the American League pennant. They also played in baseball's most state-of-the-art stadium, the three-year-old Skydome. The upscale and groundbreaking park featured a retractable roof, a Hard Rock Cafe in the out-field, and a hotel with windows overlooking the playing field. The park and the winning team attracted Canadians in droves as the Blue Jays became the first team in baseball history to sell 4 million tickets in one season.

Free agent signee Jack Morris, who had so memorably won the last World Series game the year before, started the first game for Toronto. In his own estimation, he made only "one bad pitch," but it was a three-run homer by Damon Berryhill. The blow was enough to give Atlanta a 3-1 win. The second game started with an international controversy, as the bumbling U.S. Marine Corps displayed the Canadian flag upside down during the playing of "0 Canada" before the game. The unintentional insult outraged Canadian fans and they called in with thousands of complaints. They were probably appeased, though, when the Jays' Ed Sprague, a backup catcher with 55 hits in his career, came up to face Jeff Reardon in the ninth. Reardon was baseball's career leader in saves at the time, but Sprague hit a two-run pinch hit homer off him to give Toronto a 5-4 victory.

The highlight of the third game was a catch by Toronto's Devon White in center field that ranks among the handful of most spectacular plays in World Series history. Atlanta Braves placed runners on first and second with nobody out in the fourth inning of the scoreless game, when David Justice launched a four-hundred-foot drive deep to center field. White ran back and caught the ball while crashing into the fence. But that was only the beginning. Terry Pendleton, the runner at first, was called out for passing Deion Sanders, the runner on second. That made two outs with Sanders still scrambling to get back to second base. No fielder was at the base, but third baseman Kelly Gruber ran after Sanders, dove at him, and tagged him on the heel. Sanders was ruled safe, although replays later showed otherwise.