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Canada’s Baseball Team: From Snowball Chance To World Series Champs
Toronto did not sleep that night. The city poured into the downtown streets and stayed there until dawn. Canada finally had its world champions. 1993: Joe Carter and the Walk-Off That Closed the Book They returned in 1993 and engineered an even more dramatic encore. The front office reinforced a championship machine by adding Rickey Henderson — the greatest leadoff hitter who ever lived — and Paul Molitor, a future Hall of Famer who batted .332 that season and claimed World Series MVP honors. They cruised to 95 wins and... Read more...