It was an exciting, tense and emotionally draining 11-inning affair for true baseball fans. Only the third inning featured no scoring. The argument for why Game 6 of the 2011 World Series is the most compelling of all time lies in the box score. But those extra minutes seemed to breathe new life into the Cubs, as they put together a rally in the 10th to score two and hold on to win their first World Series in over 100 years. Only a rain delay after the bottom of the 9th could give both teams a chance to catch their breath. An overworked Aroldis Chapman gave up a shocking, game-tying, two-run home run to the Indians’ usually slap-hitting Rajai Davis in the 8th inning, driving the crowd, and country, into hysterics. The nearly invincible Indians middle reliever Andrew Miller coughed up four hits and a few runs. A wild pitch by Cubs ace Jon Lester scored two. But as the game unfolded, the momentum constantly shifted back and forth. It HAD to be these two historically frustrated (and frustrating) franchises going head-to-head on the last day of the 2016 baseball season for this game to feel as epic as it did, even before the first pitch was thrown. Others, you may have to ask your parents or grandparents about. Here is a look at the Cubs-Indians Game 7 as well as a look back at a few other World Series classics. It was so incredible and amazing to watch that it should be able to stand on its own, without having to rank it as lesser or greater than other Fall Classic games. And they would have plenty of supporters. There are plenty of baseball fans who would say that the last game of the 2016 World Series WAS the best World Series game ever.
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