Monday, October 25,1993 WORLD SERIES UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Oh, Canada! Historic blast gives Toronto championship The Associated Press "I wasn't sure if it had enough height," Joe Carter said. TORONTO — The ball hung high over left field, and the World Series hung in the balance. When it sailed over the fence, it sealed his name in baseball lore with Bill Mazeroski and Bobby Thomson and sent the Toronto Blue Jays to their second straight championship. Joe Carter, Toronto Blue Jays outfielder, is carried off the field after hitting the World Series-winning home run off Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Mitch Williams. The Blue Jays won Saturday's game 8-6, which gave them their second consecutive Series title. Carter's three-run-homer off Mitch Williams with one out in the ninth inning rallied the Blue Jays to an 8-6 victory against the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 6 Saturday night. The victory made Toronto the first World Series winner to repeat since the 1978 New York Yankees. Carter jumped for joy after joining Mazeroski as the only players to end the World Series with a home run. Mazeroski did it with a solo shot in the bottom of the ninth that lifted Pittsburgh over the Yankees 10-9 in Game 7 in 1960. Thomson's three-run homer, the most replayed moment in baseball history, led the New York Giants over the Brooklyn Dodgers in a 1951 NL playoff. "This was a storybook ending," Carter said. "The only way it could've been better would have been in the seventh game." Until Carter connected on a 2-2 slider, it looked like there would be a Game 7. A parade already had been planned for yesterday afternoon, and it seemed like it might have to be postponed after Lenny Dykstra's fourth homer of the Series. It keyed a five-run rally that put the Phillies ahead 6-5 in the seventh inning. But it was not enough in the second-highest scoring Series ever, especially with Williams on the mound. "With Mitch out there, we knew something good was going to happen," Carter said. "And it did." Williams, who blew a late lead in Philadelphia's 15-14 defeat in Game 4, walked Rickey Henderson on four pitches to start the ninth. One out later, Series MVP Paul Molitor singled and up stepped Carter. "I'm not going to commit suicide," Williams said. "I'll go home and be back next season. I made a mistake, and he hit a mistake." Bringing in Williams may have been a mistake, too, although Phillies manager Jim Fregosi said, "He's the guy. There's no question of what I was going to do." It was Williams' fourth blown save in seven postseason chances after blowing eight of 11 during the regular season. Williams just hung his head as he walked off after the winning winner. He also added his name to a history list, joining Ralph Branca, who gave up Thomson's homer, and Ralph Terry, who gave up Mazeroski's, as hard-luck losers. Molitor, meanwhile, got the one big victory he wanted. Molitor left Milwaukee after 15 seasons in December and signed with Toronto in hopes of winning his first title. He homered, tripled, singled, scored three times and finished 12-for-24. World Series allows Phillie to shine By Steve Wilsteln The Associated Press TORONTO — Lenny Dykstra slumped near his locker. He looked small and vulnerable, a child's hurt on his face. He wanted to hide. He knew he couldn't. He was drained, pallid and dazed, his voice a whisper. A season was over. "I tried. I tried and tried and tried again. It wasn't enough," he said. Dykstra tried his damnedest to make the 1993 World Series all his. In so many ways it was. Then it wasn't. Joe Carter homered. Dykstra stared. "It was a weird feeling, watching that ball go out. Helpless, man. I can't really describe it." Dykstra said. Dykstra could not move, bent over for a moment in the outfield as if wounded. Then he jogged slowly toward the Philadelphia dugout. He didn't look back. The Toronto Blue jays mobbed Carter and cavorted like crazy. Dykstra was gone. "I didn't want to watch it." he said. "I didn't No tears, no regrets. Nothing more to offer. Only its. "If we'd won tonight, Danny Jackson would have pitched tomorrow, and he's been a big-game pitcher for us. We would have put a lot of thoughts into a lot of people's minds around here." If the rulers had won Saturday night and yesterday, Dykstra would have been the MVP. Toronto won, so it was Paul Molitor. Deservedly, Dykstra knew. Everyone learned that Dykstra can hit, too. Homers, singles, clutch situations. And he can field, bouncing off the center-field wall, chasing down gappers. They learned what a pest he is on the basepaths. How cold and penetrating and resolute his eyes look at the plate. No. 4 showed them what kind of ballplayer he can be when he's not all busted up as he had been for most of two seasons. "If I learned anything during this World Series, I learned that Paul Molitor can hit." cheek, the muscled forearms that seemed too large for his body. He's short and chunky. In this World Series, he loomed gigantic. Rickey Henderson may be the best leadoff hitter in history, but Dykstra outplayed him in the same spot from spring to fall. "What can you say about Dykstra?" Carter said. "I thought we had the best lead off hitter in the game. After not seeing Lenny play over the past three years, I may have to change my mind. Rickey is a great athlete, but that little guy can just flat-out play." Everyone saw beyond the chaw in his Dykstra knew it all along. Didn't surprise himself. Didn't prove anything to himself. Didn't have to. Only one man in history, Reggie Jackson, hit more homers in a World Series. No one ever hit more homers in the playoffs and World Series together than Dvkstra's six. His 10 career postseason homers matched a fellow named Lou Gehrig. And only five players ever hit more. Mickey Mantle, Babe Ruth, Yogi Berra, Duke Snider and Reggie Jackson. Dykstra's keeping good company these days. Jays manager gains credit with victory By Hal Bock The Associated Press TORONTO — Let's hear what the critics have to say about Cito Gaston, now. Let them criticize his moves. Let them second guess all they want. He's the guy sitting with two World Series rings. He's the guy traveling in the company of some of the game's most renowned managers. "It doesn't matter what I do," Gaston said. "I'll still get criticized. I don't mind. Some people were really nasty with their comments, and I think some people are jealous about it. I'm not a jealous person. No matter what happens, as long as I have the respect of my players, that's what I care about." There's no problem with that, not after consecutive World Series championships — the first manager to accomplish that feat since Sparky Anderson with Cincinnati in 1975-76. Only nine others — Dick Williams, Ralph Houk, Casey Stengel, Joe McCarthy, Connie Mack, Miller Huggins, John McGraw, Frank Chance and Bill Carrigan — have done it in 90 years of World Series history. Most of those pilots were high-profile guys in stark contrast to Gaston, who is the strong, silent type. "Citto doesn't speak loud," Series hero Joe Carter said. "A team meeting is maybe four or five words. That's the truth. But when he comes to the mound, it's not a conference call. He lets you know what he's there for in no uncertain terms." Gaston is a big man, but he rarely argues with umpires and is fiercely loyal to his players. "I love these guys," he said after the Blue Jays won the Series. "They make my job easy. They play hurt. They play every day. I'm really happy for the guys on the club who never won a World Series before." Pitcher Dave Stewart said Gaston was focused when it came to his players. "He still follows his guidelines," Stewart said. 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