I Put Up With All the Scenes, and This Is One Scene That's Going to Be Played My Way

Congratulations to Mr. Joel Weckerly for correctly naming "Margaritaville" by Jimmy Buffett as the Friday Song of the Day.

#8-2002 World Series--Angels v. Giants

Somehow, this World Series seems tainted in my memory. Perhaps it is because this was the postseason that gave rise to the nuisance known as "Thunder Stix" or maybe because we should have suspected that Barry Bonds performance in the 2002 postseason was too good to be true. Nonetheless, this was a barn-burner of a series that was contested entirely within the confines of California.

The Giants actually came within 6 outs of winning the title in Game 6, but they could simply not hold off another Angels comeback led by the infamous Rally Monkey.
Ultimately the Angels were led to the title in Game 7 behind a tremendous performance from Abilene, TX native John Lackey.

All in all, not the greatest World Series of my lifetime, but it did contain enough drama and intrigue on and off the field to earn it the number 8 spot on the list.