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As it was in the N.B.A. finals, so it was in the World Series: New York vs. Houston. A titanic tussle! Great glove work by Don Mattingly (his first Series in a noble 13-year career) and, for the Astros, some clutch hits by Yankee reject Andy Stankiewicz. The seventh game was a 1-1 tie after 26 innings, equaling the record set by Brooklyn and Boston in 1920. In the top of the 27th, the Yanks got four runs off late-season call-back Mitch Williams. In the home half of the inning, Houston loaded the bases but had exhausted its roster. Who would come to bat? Finally, a wheelchair appeared on the field and a nurse rolled Jeff Bagwell to the batter's box. Mulholland threw a fat fast ball down the middle . . .
And then I woke up.