The 1995 World Series provided the only world championship of the 1990s to the decade's most dominant National League team - the Atlanta Braves. After heartbreaking defeats to the Minnesota Twins and Toronto Blue Jays, the Braves were trying for the third time in five years to capture a title. The Series presented an entertaining matchup between the best pitching staff (Atlanta) and the best lineup (Cleveland). It is also sometimes facetiously referred to as the "Politically Incorrect World Series", due to both teams' controversial use of stereotypical Native American nicknames and logos.
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| - The 1995 World Series provided the only world championship of the 1990s to the decade's most dominant National League team - the Atlanta Braves. After heartbreaking defeats to the Minnesota Twins and Toronto Blue Jays, the Braves were trying for the third time in five years to capture a title. The Braves overcame some early inconsistency to win their division by 21 games. In the playoffs, which featured a new first round, the Braves overwhelmed the third-year Colorado Rockies, then swept the Cincinnati Reds in the NLCS (spoiling an all-Ohio World Series in the process; notably, prior to their first World Series meeting in 1948, the Indians had spoiled an all-Boston World Series by beating the Red Sox in a 1-game playoff). The team relied on clutch hitting and its powerful pitching rotation, which was made up of perennial Cy Young Award winner Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, John Smoltz, and Steve Avery. After decades of futility, the city of Cleveland finally had a winner in town. The Indians batted over .300 as a team during a shortened regular season in which they won 100 games and won their division by a whopping 30 games. They swept the Boston Red Sox in the opening round, then held off Ken Griffey, Jr. and the red hot Seattle Mariners in the ALCS. Their offense was, and still is, considered one of the best "on paper" lineups of all time. Led by speedsters Kenny Lofton and Omar Vizquel at the top of the lineup, the Indians offense was driven by the middle of the order power of Albert Belle, Manny Ramírez, Eddie Murray and Jim Thome. Off the bench the Indians were fortunate enough to have future hall of famer Dave Winfield in his last professional season, as well as future stars Jeromy Burnitz and Brian Giles. Cleveland's pitching staff, which was made up of aging veterans such as Orel Hershiser and Dennis Martinez, was seen as their only weak point. The Series presented an entertaining matchup between the best pitching staff (Atlanta) and the best lineup (Cleveland). It is also sometimes facetiously referred to as the "Politically Incorrect World Series", due to both teams' controversial use of stereotypical Native American nicknames and logos. The Boston Beaneaters, a forerunner of the Braves, were also National League Champions in 1892, although this was before the World Series was instituted. They defeated the Cleveland Spiders for the title.
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