31 years ago today, the Blue Jays won their first World Series in an 11-inning game. Joe Carter's jumping celebration marked the victory, despite a tense bottom of the 9th inning. Tom Henke's unfortunate performance allowed the Braves to tie the game, but Jimmy Key and Roberto Alomar's efforts led the Blue Jays to victory in the 11th inning.
31 years ago today The Blue Jays won their first World Series. It seems our first World Series win isn’t as celebrated as our second one, likely because it didn’t end in a walk-off homer. But it did end with Joe Carter jumping up and down. Game 6 was a 4-3 win, an 11-inning win. We were up 2-1 going into the bottom of the 9th, and Cito Gaston brought Tom Henke into the game. We had high hopes. Henke had pitched in 8 playoff games that year and hadn’t given up a run.
With Carter up, the whole baseball world figured Braves manager Bobby Cox would bring Jeff Reardon, the closer they picked up in an August 30th deal with the Red Sox, into the game. But Jeff had had a tough time in his two series appearances, giving up a game-winning home run to Ed Sprague in game two and a game-winning single to Maldonado in game three. So, Cox stuck with the tiring Charlie Leibrandt. Carter hit a fly ball to deep center .
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