I am weirdly protective about some things.

So the World Series Game 6 (edit) was tonight (before it got cancelled by rain,) and it has by all accounts been a pretty fantastic series. Just about every game has been wrought with intrigue and games have been decided by small margin of errors. Game 2 saw the Cardinals blow a lead in the 9th... Game 3 saw Albert Pujols have perhaps the single greatest World Series game of all time... Game 4 featured a two hit shutout... and Game 5 saw the Cardinals lose because of miscommunication on the phone. It's been pretty great.

So obviously, we can only hope that the next game or two are as memorable as the ones preceding it, right?

Wrong. Texas needs to win 6-1 tomorrow in the most pedestrian way possible to close out this series.

Why? It's simple. Because the 1991 World Series is... and will be, the greatest World Series of all time. And having this series end in a rather mediocre way will prevent anyone from thinking otherwise.

Back in 2001, I had to listen to a bunch of pundits extoll the Yankees/Diamondbacks series as "the best of all time." Which it wasn't. It came down to the final out and provided an absolutely riveting ending... but at least three games were just OK. Whereas the Twins/Braves series had about 5 classic games... with the two pivotal games being absolute classics in each their own regard.

But it was annoying hearing everyone claim the Yanks/DBacks series as the best... because they were wrong. So this is what we're trying to avoid here... pundits and fans erroneously thinking that this series could possibly be the best of all time. Because they WOULD be wrong. Unless something drastic happens, like a team down 15 coming back in the 9th to win it. But that isn't going to happen, so...

(Oh, and also... I heard people saying that the Angels/Giants series in 2002 was perhaps the "best" once the series ended. Which is even stupider... but no one really believes that anymore.)

I know I am totally biased in this regard. And that it's stupid to be cheering against drama and good games. But I am. The 91 World Series is pretty much *the* thing Minnesota fans have to be proud of, so I'm going to be protective.

The fact that it's also ACTUALLY the best helps my case, too...