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Anaheim Angels: 1938 World Series Champions (2nd title)
1934 1938

Mike Francesa:
“Alright, let’s settle in here because this one… this one is gonna sting in San Francisco for a long, long time. The Anaheim Angels are the World Champions of baseball in 1938, winning Game 6 at Angel Stadium 8–7 in ten innings, and they take the series four games to two over the Giants.
And Mike, this was a wild ballgame. Giants down early, they rally late, they actually take the lead in the ninth inning… and somehow the Angels still walk it off in the tenth. That’s a crushing way to lose the World Series.”

Mad Dog Russo (stunned, almost speechless):
“I—I don’t even know what to say here! I mean Mike, the Giants were THIS CLOSE! THIS CLOSE! They score four runs in the ninth inning! Four! They go from trailing 6–3 to leading 7–6 in a World Series elimination game!
You’re thinking ‘Okay, we’re going back to San Francisco for Game 7! The dynasty’s alive!’
AND THEY CAN’T HOLD THE LEAD FOR ONE INNING?! One inning! Amano hits the homer in the eighth, then in the tenth the Angels just keep pounding the baseball — fourteen hits in this game! Fourteen!
The Giants had the dynasty rolling — ’35 champions, ’36 champions — and now they lose the Series on the road after a ninth-inning comeback? I mean that is a heartbreaker of epic proportions!”

Colin Cowherd:
“Let me zoom out because this game perfectly explains why Anaheim won this championship.
The Giants had the bigger late punch. They score four in the ninth. Travis Campbell drives in three in the game. Edgar Perdomo continues to hit in October. On paper, that’s usually enough to force a Game 7.
But Anaheim had something even more important: offensive depth.
Juan Garcia sets the tone with the first-inning homer and ends up with three hits and eight total bases. Corey Wright hits the enormous three-run homer in the fourth that flipped the entire momentum of the game. And Akiyuki Amano — who was already dominating the series — adds another home run in the eighth inning that kept Anaheim within striking distance.
Then in the tenth inning, when the pressure peaks, Anaheim simply keeps putting the ball in play. Fourteen hits in the game tells you everything: they didn’t rely on one moment. They applied pressure for ten innings.
The Giants had star moments. The Angels had sustained pressure, and that’s why they’re champions.”

Bob Costas:
“Baseball has always possessed a peculiar sense of drama, and Game 6 of the 1938 World Series was a perfect illustration of that timeless truth.
For much of the afternoon, the Angels seemed firmly in control. Juan Garcia’s home run in the first inning offered an early signal. In the fourth, Corey Wright delivered the game’s defining blow — a majestic three-run home run that gave Anaheim a commanding lead and sent the crowd at Angel Stadium into a frenzy.
Yet the Giants, champions in 1935 and 1936 and the embodiment of October resilience, refused to fade quietly. In the ninth inning they authored one of those improbable rallies that linger in the imagination of every baseball fan. Four runs crossed the plate, turning a deficit into a stunning 7–6 San Francisco lead. For a moment, it seemed inevitable that the series would return north for a decisive seventh game.
But baseball can be merciless. In the bottom of the inning and into extra frames, Anaheim’s offense — relentless all afternoon — once again found its rhythm. When the decisive run crossed the plate in the tenth inning, the Angels had completed a remarkable 8–7 victory, securing the second World Series championship in franchise history.
And presiding over the entire series was catcher Akiyuki Amano, whose remarkable performance — a .464 average with four home runs — earned him the World Series Most Valuable Player Award.
For the Angels, it was a day of triumph. For the Giants, it was the kind of loss that lingers — a reminder that in baseball, even the most dramatic comeback can still end in heartbreak.”