their first regular-season series against the Braves at Turner Field in May 2013; the Braves swept the three-game set. In 2016, the teams met twice. A two-game series at Target Field was swept by the visiting Braves in July, while the Twins won two games at Turner Field in August. In their most recent series in 2019, the Braves won two out of three games in Minnesota. To date, this is the most recent appearance (and win) by a Minnesota-based Big Four team in the final round of its sport. In addition to the 2002 Twins reaching the ALCS before falling to the Anaheim Angels in five games, the closest a Minnesota-based team has come to reaching the final round of its sport since the 1991 World Series were the NFL's Minnesota Vikings reaching the NFC Championship Game in 1998, 2000, 2009, and 2017, the NHL's Minnesota Wild reaching the Stanley Cup Western Conference Final in 2003, and the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves reaching the Western Conference Finals in 2004. Broadcasting In 1991, CBS used three field reporters, Jim Kaat (both teams as well as the trophy presentation), Lesley Visser (Twins' dugout) and Andrea Joyce (Braves' dugout). This was also the last World Series broadcast by Jack Buck. In 1992, CBS replaced him in the role of lead play-by-play man with Sean McDonough and he returned to his role as the lead broadcaster for the St. Louis Cardinals. Buck called postseason action for the Cardinals several times before the decade was over, but his health steadily worsened and he succumbed to lung cancer in 2002, two years before the Cardinals returned to the World Series. The Series telecast drew an overall national Nielsen rating of 24.0 and a 39 share for CBS; Game 7 drew a 32.2 rating and 49 share. As of 2021, no subsequent World Series has approached either number in national TV ratings. Quotes See also 1991 Japan Series Notes External links 1991 Minnesota Twins 1991 Atlanta Braves A Series to Savor 'Worst-to-First' World Series a real winner 1991 World Series had it all ESPN 25 – 100: Twins win epic Game 7 duel with Braves The Greatest World Series of Them All World Series World Series Minnesota Twins postseason Atlanta Braves postseason World Series World Series 1991 in Atlanta 1990s in Minneapolis October 1991 sports events in the United States Baseball competitions in Atlanta Baseball competitions in