Five greatest come-backs in American League Championship Series – Part 1
A new thrill in baseball sparked when the authorities rearranged the sport into two separate American League and National League division. More games, more drama, more thrill and more expectations were born with the rise of American League Championship Series.
Since then a new drama has been recorded in ALCS just like Nelson Cruz of Texas Rangers wrote in Game 2 of the 2011 Series.
This year the Rangers and Detroit Tigers created the biggest story of the ALCS, disturbing the spectators from both sides. Stumbling from Michigan to Arlington kept the fans on the edge of their seats, but where would they place 2011 ALCS after looking at
the five greatest ALCS finales.
Game 7 of 1986 ALCS: Boston Red Sox got their revenge over Los Angeles Angels
Every time Game 7 creates some unsurpassed moments of the season, but sometimes it washes away all previous mistakes.
Led by one of the greatest pitchers Roger Clemens, who had just capped both another Cy Young Award and Most Valuable Player of the season, the Boston Red Sox entered the playoffs competition after posting a phenomenal regular season.
The opposition though was the strong and determined California Angels who sprawled the Red Sox 3-1 down in the series. With only one bad day away to close down the season, the wounded Red Sox would have gone home until the hard hitter Dave Henderson launched
a big dramatic ninth-inning walk-off home-run to clinch the fifth outing.
Sox came back in the series with 3-2 and then with astonishing performance overthrow the Angels out of the seven game series. In Game 7, the Red Sox starter Clemens washed out the mistakes of Game 1 and crushed the Angels 8-1 to write the biggest win for
the club.
Red Sox entered the World Series against the New York Mets but this time destiny did not support them. Series ended but the Red Sox second baseman Dave Henderson was long overdue to clinch the MVP award, but the moments he provided were the most memorable
of the season.
First seven game ALCS: Kansas City Royals crush Toronto Blue Jays
Since 1969 when MLB reorganised the sport into AL and NL, the Championship Series was a five-game battle, but in 1985 the first seven-game ALCS was played.
Both the Royals and their old rival the Toronto Blue Jays hesitated to accept seven-games, but somehow prepared to land validating the MLB’s decision.
With a spectacular season at their back, Toronto were considered the favourites and their record making 99 wins in American League were the source of gruesome pressure over the opposition. Acting as per expectations, Blue Jays took home advantage and soared
to a 3-1 lead.
Blue Jays might have thought it as a regular ALCS which required only three to lift the Championship trophy, but it was 1985 and one more game was needed to win. The fourth win became the biggest challenge of for Blue Jays, as Kansas City made their way
back and displayed an inspiring performance to take all the remaining games.
George Brett snatched the series MVP touching 8-for-23 in the first seven game series and it might be the cause of his future Hall of Fame inclusion. Royals went into the World Series and continued their come-back to overrule the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3
and lift the 1985 World Series trophy. An unsurpassed performance by the Royals was one of the memorable moments of the 1985 season, in which many unexpected things happened.
Continued in Part 2
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