The 1993 World Series was the
championship series of
Major League Baseball
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's (MLB) season. The 90th edition of the World Series, it was a
best-of-seven playoff played between the
defending World Series champion and
American League
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(AL)
champion Toronto Blue Jays
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and the
National League
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(NL)
champion Philadelphia Phillies
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. The Blue Jays defeated the Phillies in six games, becoming the seventh franchise in MLB history to win back-to-back championships.
With Toronto ahead three games to two in the Series, but trailing Game 6 by a score of 6–5 in the bottom of the ninth
inning
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,
Joe Carter hit a
game-winning three-run
home run
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to clinch Toronto's second consecutive championship (the first team to repeat as champions since the
1977
Events January
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* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...
–
78 Yankees).
This was only the second Series concluded by such a home run (the first was on a
Bill Mazeroski home run for the
Pittsburgh Pirates
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, in the bottom of the ninth in the seventh game of the
1960 World Series
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), and the first such occasion where a come-from-behind walk-off home run won a World Series. This victory, along with the
Montreal Canadiens
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winning the
Stanley Cup
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four months earlier, was the last
major North American professional sports championship won by a Canadian team until
Toronto FC
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won the
MLS Cup
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in
2017
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Events January
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.
This was the fourth World Series with games played entirely on
artificial turf
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, following the series of , , and . A fifth occurred in , although that was a neutral-site series during the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. The sixth would be the
2023 World Series.
Larry Andersen was the only member of the Phillies who had played for the
team
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in its previous World Series appearance in (although he played for several other teams from 1986 to 1992).
Darren Daulton
Darren Arthur Daulton (January 3, 1962 – August 6, 2017), nicknamed "Dutch", was an American professional baseball catcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies (, –) and Miami Marlins, Florida Marlins (199 ...
had been a late season call-up in 1983, but only served as the bullpen catcher in the World Series that year.
To date, this remains Toronto’s last World Series victory and appearance.
Summary
Matchups
Game 1
The Series' first game sent two staff aces—
Curt Schilling for Philadelphia and
Juan Guzman for Toronto—against one another. The result was less than a pitcher's duel, however, as both teams scored early and often. The Philles struck first in the top of the first on RBI
singles by
John Kruk and
Darren Daulton
Darren Arthur Daulton (January 3, 1962 – August 6, 2017), nicknamed "Dutch", was an American professional baseball catcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies (, –) and Miami Marlins, Florida Marlins (199 ...
aided by two
walks. In the bottom of the second, after two singles and a
wild pitch,
Paul Molitor's single and
Tony Fernandez's groundout scored a run each to tie the game. The Phillies took a 3–2 lead in the third
inning
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when
Mariano Duncan
Mariano Duncan Nalasco (born March 13, 1963) is a Dominican former second baseman and shortstop who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, and Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball and ...
hit a
leadoff single,
stole second and scored on Kruk's single, but the Blue Jays tied the game in the bottom half of the inning when
Devon White reached
third base
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on left fielder's
Milt Thompson's
error
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and scored on
Joe Carter's
sacrifice fly. The Phillies retook the lead in the fifth inning when Duncan
tripled with one out and scored on a wild pitch, but White hit a home run to tie the game in the bottom of the inning. The next inning,
John Olerud hit a home run to put Toronto on top 5–4. In the seventh, after two one-out singles, Schilling was relieved by
David West, who allowed an RBI
double
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to White and two-run double to
Roberto Alomar
Roberto Alomar Velázquez (; ; born February 5, 1968) is a Puerto Ricans, Puerto Rican former second baseman who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for seventeen seasons. He is regarded as one of the greatest second basemen and all-around pla ...
to pad Toronto's lead to 8–4. The Phillies got a run in the ninth when Kruk hit a leadoff single, moved to second on an error and scored on
Jim Eisenreich's two-out single, but
Duane Ward got
Ricky Jordan to fly out to end the game as Toronto won 8–5.
Al Leiter pitched innings—in relief of an erratic
Juan Guzman, who walked four in just five innings—for his first World Series win. Kruk had three hits for Philadelphia. Alomar made an amazing diving catch on a
Lenny Dykstra looper behind first in the top of the fifth.
Game 2
In the second game of the Series, ALCS MVP
Dave Stewart was on the mound for Toronto and
Terry Mulholland started for Philadelphia. Philadelphia jumped out to an early lead: in the third inning, After two walks,
John Kruk and
Dave Hollins hit back-to-back RBI singles, then
Jim Eisenreich followed with a three-run home run to deep right-center to put them up 5–0. Toronto got on the scoreboard in the fourth inning courtesy of a
Joe Carter two-run home run to left, then cut the Phillies' lead to 5–3 in the sixth when
Roberto Alomar
Roberto Alomar Velázquez (; ; born February 5, 1968) is a Puerto Ricans, Puerto Rican former second baseman who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for seventeen seasons. He is regarded as one of the greatest second basemen and all-around pla ...
singled with two outs and scored on
Tony Fernandez's double, but the Phillies got that run back in the seventh on
Lenny Dykstra's home run off
Tony Castillo. Toronto cut the lead to 6–4 in the eighth when
Paul Molitor hit a leadoff double off
Roger Mason, stole third and scored on
John Olerud's sacrifice fly off
Mitch Williams. Alomar then walked and stole second, but was caught stealing third to end the inning. Williams then pitched a scoreless ninth as the Phillies won to tie the series. Mulholland pitched innings, allowing three earned runs, for the win.
Game 3
As he had in the preceding World Series, when the 1993 edition moved into the National League ballpark Toronto manager
Cito Gaston was faced with a decision regarding his
designated hitter
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. In 1992,
Dave Winfield was Gaston’s regular DH but in the three games the series was played in Atlanta, he inserted him into the lineup in his natural position of right field; in two of those games Gaston moved his regular right fielder,
Joe Carter, to first base and kept
John Olerud out of his lineup. This time, with
Paul Molitor in his lineup, Gaston again had to decide whether or not to keep Olerud, who led the major leagues with a .363 batting average and was a good defensive first baseman, in the lineup or replace him with the veteran Molitor, who at this point in his career had mostly been a regular DH and could only play first base if needed. Against a left-handed pitcher, Gaston decided to stick with the right-handed veteran Molitor, but had left-hitting Olerud on the bench if needed later in the game.
The Blue Jays sent future Cy Young winner
Pat Hentgen to the mound for Game 3. The Phillies countered with veteran
Danny Jackson, who was one of the few Phillies that had pitched in a World Series; he was part of the
1985 Kansas City and
1990 Cincinnati teams that won World Series championships.
The Blue Jays struck for two runs before recording an out. After
Rickey Henderson
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’s leadoff single and
Devon White’s walk, Molitor tripled to drive them both in.
Joe Carter then extended the Toronto lead to 3–0 with a sacrifice fly, but Jackson got out of the inning by retiring
Roberto Alomar
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and
Tony Fernandez.
The Phillies got two runners in scoring position with one out in their half of the first, with
Mariano Duncan
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and
John Kruk singling and an error by Carter enabling both runners to advance a base. Hentgen ended the threat by striking out
Dave Hollins and
Darren Daulton
Darren Arthur Daulton (January 3, 1962 – August 6, 2017), nicknamed "Dutch", was an American professional baseball catcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies (, –) and Miami Marlins, Florida Marlins (199 ...
; the Phillies only got one more man on base before the sixth inning.
Molitor struck again with two out in the fourth, hitting a solo home run to extend the lead to four. Carter, Alomar, and Fernandez followed with singles to load the bases, but Jackson struck out
Ed Sprague Jr. to end the inning without further damage. Jackson would be lifted for a pinch hitter in the fifth.
In the sixth, Phillies reliever
Ben Rivera gave up a leadoff single to Alomar. With Fernandez up, the speedy second baseman stole second and third and scored on a sacrifice fly by his double-play partner. The Phillies got on the board in the bottom of the inning on a single by
Jim Eisenreich that drove in Kruk. This was Hentgen’s last inning of work;
Danny Cox would come on for the seventh.
In the top of the seventh, Henderson hit a leadoff double, then scored on a triple by White. After a walk by Molitor and a Carter strikeout, Alomar's RBI single made it 7–1 in favor of Toronto.
Bobby Thigpen relieved Rivera and walked Fernandez before Sprague's sacrifice fly made it 8–1.
The Phillies managed a run off Cox in the seventh, with a string of singles by
Milt Thompson,
Lenny Dykstra, and Duncan with one out resulting in Thompson scoring. The Blue Jays finished their offensive output in the top of the ninth with an RBI triple by Alomar that scored Molitor and a single by Fernandez that followed to bring in Alomar. Thompson hit a solo home run against Toronto closer
Duane Ward in the bottom of the ninth to finish out the scoring, and the Blue Jays emerged with a 10–3 victory and a two-games-to-one lead in the series.
Game 4
In the fourth game of the Series, Toronto sent
Todd Stottlemyre to the mound while Philadelphia countered with
Tommy Greene. It had been a rainy day in Philadelphia, which water-logged the aging turf at Veterans Stadium, making for particularly slippery conditions.
Toronto loaded the bases in the first on a double, walk and single.
Paul Molitor walked to force in a run before
Tony Fernandez's single scored two more. In the bottom half, three walks loaded the bases for the Phillies before
Jim Eisenreich walked to force in a run, then
Milt Thompson's three-run triple put the Phillies up 4–3.
Lenny Dykstra's two-run home run next inning made it 6–3 Phillies. In the top of the third, after a one-out walk and single, consecutive RBI singles by
Tony Fernandez and
Pat Borders cut the lead to 6–5.
Roger Mason relieved Greene and after a groundout and walk,
Devon White's two-run single put Toronto up 7–6, but the Phillies tied the game in the fourth when Dykstra doubled with two outs off
Al Leiter and scored on
Mariano Duncan
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's single. Next inning, after a leadoff single,
Darren Daulton
Darren Arthur Daulton (January 3, 1962 – August 6, 2017), nicknamed "Dutch", was an American professional baseball catcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies (, –) and Miami Marlins, Florida Marlins (199 ...
's two-run home run put the Phillies up 9–7. After another single, Thompson's RBI double made it 10–7, then Dykstra's second home run of the game made it 12–7 Phillies.
In the sixth, White hit a leadoff double before scoring on
Roberto Alomar
Roberto Alomar Velázquez (; ; born February 5, 1968) is a Puerto Ricans, Puerto Rican former second baseman who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for seventeen seasons. He is regarded as one of the greatest second basemen and all-around pla ...
's single off
David West. After a single and hit-by-pitch loaded the bases, Fernandez's RBI groundout cut the Phillies' lead to 12–9, but they added a run in the bottom half when
Dave Hollins hit a leadoff double off
Tony Castillo and scored on Thompson's two-out single. Next inning, a hit-by-pitch to Daulton with the bases loaded made it 14–9 Phillies. In the eighth, though, after a one-out single and walk off
Larry Andersen, Molitor's RBI double made it 14–10 Phillies. Fernandez then hit an RBI single off
Mitch Williams. A walk loaded the bases, then after a strikeout,
Rickey Henderson
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's single and White's triple scored two runs each to put Toronto ahead 15–14.
Duane Ward earned the save, retiring the last four Phillies batters.
Three new World Series records were set, including the longest game (4:14), most total runs scored in a single game (29), and most runs scored by a losing team (14). Also,
Charlie Williams became the first
African American
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to serve as the home plate
umpire for a World Series game.
Two
death threats directed towards Mitch Williams were phoned into Veterans Stadium as soon as it became evident that Williams was going to be the losing pitcher of Game 4. Williams was not aware of the death threats until after Game 5.
Game 5
The offenses were due for an off-day, and it came in Game 5 courtesy of a
Curt Schilling (Philadelphia) and
Juan Guzman (Toronto) pitching duel. With the Phillies' backs to the wall, Schilling shut down the previously unstoppable Toronto offense, limiting the team to just five hits, three walks, no extra-base hits (although catcher
Pat Borders had two hits) and no runs in a complete-game shutout. It was only the second time all season that Toronto had been shut out. Guzman pitched well in a losing effort, allowing only two runs and five hits in seven innings of work.
The two runs scored as a result of scrappy baserunning play from the Philadelphia offense. In the first inning,
Lenny Dykstra walked, stole second, moved to third on a
Pat Borders throwing error during the steal, and scored on a
John Kruk ground out. In the second inning,
Darren Daulton
Darren Arthur Daulton (January 3, 1962 – August 6, 2017), nicknamed "Dutch", was an American professional baseball catcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies (, –) and Miami Marlins, Florida Marlins (199 ...
opened with a double, took third on a groundout, and scored on a
Kevin Stocker single.
As it turned out, it was the final postseason baseball game in
Veterans Stadium
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. It was demolished after the
2003 season.
Game 6
The sixth game in the Series was a rematch between Game 2 starters
Terry Mulholland and
Dave Stewart, who would have similar results. Toronto scored in the bottom of the first with a run-scoring
Paul Molitor triple after a walk,
Joe Carter sacrifice fly to score Molitor, and
Roberto Alomar
Roberto Alomar Velázquez (; ; born February 5, 1968) is a Puerto Ricans, Puerto Rican former second baseman who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for seventeen seasons. He is regarded as one of the greatest second basemen and all-around pla ...
RBI single after a double. The Phillies got on the board in the fourth when
Darren Daulton
Darren Arthur Daulton (January 3, 1962 – August 6, 2017), nicknamed "Dutch", was an American professional baseball catcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies (, –) and Miami Marlins, Florida Marlins (199 ...
doubled with two outs and scored on
Jim Eisenreich's single, but the Blue Jays got that run back in the bottom of the inning on when Alomar hit a leadoff double, moved to third on a groundout and scored on
Ed Sprague Jr.'s sacrifice fly.
Paul Molitor added a home run in the fifth inning while the Toronto fans were chanting "MVP" for Paul, bringing the score to 5–1 for Toronto. Molitor became the first player in World Series history to have at least two home runs, two doubles, and two triples.
In the seventh inning, Philadelphia fought back with five runs. After a walk and single,
Lenny Dykstra hit a three-run home run to knock Stewart out of the game.
Mariano Duncan
Mariano Duncan Nalasco (born March 13, 1963) is a Dominican former second baseman and shortstop who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, and Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball and ...
singled off reliever
Danny Cox, stole second, and scored on
Dave Hollins's RBI single to tie the game. A walk and single loaded the bases before
Pete Incaviglia hit a sacrifice fly to put the Phillies up 6–5.
The Blue Jays would try to threaten in the bottom of the eighth.
John Olerud drew a one-out walk and the Phillies brought in
Larry Andersen to face
Roberto Alomar
Roberto Alomar Velázquez (; ; born February 5, 1968) is a Puerto Ricans, Puerto Rican former second baseman who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for seventeen seasons. He is regarded as one of the greatest second basemen and all-around pla ...
. After Alomar grounded out, Andersen then hit
Tony Fernandez with a pitch and walked
Ed Sprague Jr. to load the bases. Andersen got out of the inning by inducing a pop-fly to
Pat Borders. This became significant in the next inning, with the batting order reset to the top with
Rickey Henderson
Rickey Nelson Henley Henderson (December 25, 1958 – December 20, 2024), nicknamed "Man of Steal", was an American professional baseball left fielder who played 25 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for nine teams from 1979 to 2003, inc ...
leading off.
Philadelphia closer
Mitch Williams came on to pitch the bottom of the ninth with his team clinging to a 6–5 lead. After beginning the inning by walking
Rickey Henderson
Rickey Nelson Henley Henderson (December 25, 1958 – December 20, 2024), nicknamed "Man of Steal", was an American professional baseball left fielder who played 25 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for nine teams from 1979 to 2003, inc ...
, Williams tried to counter Henderson's speed by using a slide-step style of pitching delivery. Prior to the game, Williams had never used the slide-step delivery in his career, and this may have cut back on his velocity. The walk to Henderson was followed by a
Devon White flyout and a
Paul Molitor single that moved Henderson to second.
Joe Carter came up next and, with the count 2–2, he hit a three-run home run to win the game and the World Series. Just before the fifth and final pitch to Joe Carter,
CBS Sports
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announcer
Tim McCarver commented that Carter (relatively unproductive in the Series to date) looked awkward and uncomfortable at the plate. The same pitch allowed Blue Jays radio announcer
Tom Cheek the opportunity to utter his famous "Touch 'em all, Joe" quote, when Joe Carter clinched the series. Carter joined
Bill Mazeroski as the only two players to win a World Series with a home run in the bottom of the ninth inning (Mazeroski hit his home run in the deciding Game 7, while Carter hit his in Game 6).
Carter was actively involved in the final play of the World Series for the second year in a row. In the
previous year, Carter caught the final out as first baseman after relief pitcher
Mike Timlin fielded
Otis Nixon's bunt. Taking the 1993 ALCS into account (where he caught the final out in the outfield), he had been involved in the final play of three straight postseason championship series.
American League president
Dr. Bobby Brown presented the
World Series Trophy instead of the
Commissioner of Baseball
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; this event also occurred in
the year before.
Composite box
1993 World Series (4–2):
Toronto Blue Jays
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(A.L.) over
Philadelphia Phillies
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(N.L.)
Aftermath
The Blue Jays became the second expansion team to win two World Series championships, following the
New York Mets
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in . This has since been achieved by the
Florida Marlins
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The ...
in , the
Kansas City Royals
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in , and the
Houston Astros
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in . With the
Montreal Canadiens
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winning the
1993 Stanley Cup Finals
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five months earlier, it marked the only time Canadian teams won multiple league championships among the four major North American team sports in a calendar year.
Mitch Williams would later place blame on himself for the World Series loss:
::—Mitch Williams on his feelings about surrendering the home run to Joe Carter. Williams would be traded that off-season by the Phillies to the
Astros.
Roger Angell's review of the World Series in ''
The New Yorker
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'' was entitled "Oh, What a Lovely War".
When Joe Carter appeared in the
1996 All-Star Game at
Veterans Stadium
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, he was booed by the crowd for his aforementioned home run that won him this World Series.
Both teams would experience absences from the postseason; the Phillies did not return to the postseason until
2007
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, or appear in another World Series until their championship season of , bringing the city of Philadelphia its first championship since the
76ers swept the
1983 NBA Finals
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. The general manager of the Blue Jays,
Pat Gillick, was general manager of the
Phillies team that won the 2008 World Series. The Blue Jays did not qualify for the playoffs again until the
2015 season. This was the last time a Toronto team made it to the championship round in one of the four major sports until the
Toronto Raptors
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in their championship season.
By accumulating 45 runs over the course of the series, the Blue Jays scored the highest number of runs of any ''series-winning'' team in World Series history. Only the series-losing
1960 New York Yankees accumulated more runs in a series (55). Coincidentally, that series also ended on a walk-off home run.
1993 was the last postseason played under a two-division, two post-season round format. After the season, MLB owners agreed to a new three-division setup, with extra post-season round (
League Division Series).
The extra round format had been used once before during the
1981 strike shortened season.
Broadcasting
CBS Sports
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covered the World Series on television for the fourth consecutive year; it was also the final World Series in CBS's contract to air Major League Baseball games. For the second consecutive year,
Sean McDonough
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served as lead announcer, with
Tim McCarver serving as analyst for the fourth consecutive year. Pregame and postgame shows saw
Andrea Joyce and
Pat O'Brien as hosts, while
Lesley Visser and
Jim Gray were field level reporters.
CBS Radio was once again the nationwide radio partner for the World Series.
Vin Scully
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led the broadcast for a fourth consecutive year, with
Johnny Bench
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serving as analyst for the fifth and last time.
John Rooney served as the pregame and postgame show host.
Locally, the World Series was called on
WOGL-AM in Philadelphia by
Harry Kalas,
Richie Ashburn
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,
Chris Wheeler,
Andy Musser, and
Garry Maddox and on
CJCL-AM in Toronto by
Jerry Howarth
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Howarth had shared the play-by-play duties with his la ...
and
Tom Cheek. Cheek's famous call of the Carter home run ("Touch 'em all Joe, you'll never hit a bigger home run in your life!") lives on in Blue Jays folklore. Tom Cheek never called another postseason game in his role as voice of the Blue Jays, from which he retired in
2005
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prior to his death from
brain cancer
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.
The 1993 series was Richie Ashburn's last as a Phillies broadcaster, as he died in
1997
Events January
* January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States.
* January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis.
* January 1 ...
. Andy Musser also called his last World Series as a member of the Phillies' broadcast team; he retired in
2001
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and died eleven years later. Game 6 also marked Johnny Bench's final broadcast for CBS Radio after nine years (he would be replaced on CBS Radio's World Series broadcasts by
Jeff Torborg), while Harry Kalas would not call another World Series until
2008
2008 was designated as:
*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
. Kalas later died in
2009
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prior to a game at
Nationals Park
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in
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Chris Wheeler continued to call games for the Phillies until being released in
2014
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and Jerry Howarth continued to call Blue Jays games, moving into the primary play-by-play position following the death of Cheek, until his retirement before the
2018 season. Howarth would return to call postseason games when the Blue Jays qualified in
2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
* International Year of Light
* International Year of Soil __TOC__
Events
January
* January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
and
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
, where they were eliminated in the
ALCS both years.
The Joe Carter home run calls
*
CBS Radio, with
Vin Scully
Vincent Edward Scully (November 29, 1927 – August 2, 2022) was an American sportscaster, best known for his broadcast work in Major League Baseball. Scully was the play-by-play announcer for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers for sixty-se ...
:
::''Fastball, it's hit to left field, down the line, in the corner, home run! Joe Carter who took the 2 and 0 pitch for a strike right down the middle hits the 2 and 1 (sic) pitch over the left field wall and the Toronto Blue Jays come back with 3 in the bottom of the ninth inning to become the World Champions yet again. The final score: Toronto 8, Philadelphia 6.''
*
CJCL-AM Radio in
Toronto
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by
Tom Cheek:
::''Joe has had his moments. Trying to lay off that ball, low to the outside part of the plate, he just went after one. Two balls and two strikes on him. Here's a pitch on the way, a swing and a belt! Left field, way back, BLUE JAYS WIN IT! The Blue Jays are World Series champions, as Joe Carter hits a three-run home run in the ninth inning and the Blue Jays have repeated as World Series champions! Touch 'em all, Joe, you'll never hit a bigger home run in your life!''
*
WOGL-AM Radio in
Philadelphia
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by
Harry Kalas:
::''The 2–2 pitch, line drive in deep left, this ball is outta here. Three-run home run, Joe Carter, and the Toronto Blue Jays are the world champions of baseball for the second straight year. A three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth by Joe Carter who's being mobbed at home plate.''
*
CBS Television
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.
Sean McDonough
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:
::''Now the 2-2. Well-hit down the left-field line, way back and GONE! Joe Carter with a three-run homer! The winners and still world champions, the Toronto Blue Jays!''
Music
The
West Chester University "Incomparable" Golden Rams Marching Band performed the pregame show for Game 3.
Toronto rapper
Choclair
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refers to Joe Carter's walk-off home run in his 1999 song, "
Let's Ride".
On July 29, 2015, Toronto rapper
Drake
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released a
diss track
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against Philadelphia rapper
Meek Mill
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entitled "
Back to Back". The cover of the diss track features a picture of Joe Carter, just after hitting the series-clinching home run.
See also
*
1993 Japan Series
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Sources
*
References
External links
Seattle Times article about Roberto Alomar's game 1 catch1993 Toronto Blue Jays1993 Philadelphia PhilliesMP3 download of Blue Jays' radio broadcaster Tom Cheek calling Joe Carter's World Series winning home run*
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