WS Game 7 voted Best Trending Topic

They saved the best for last.

Game 7 of the 112th World Series between the Cubs and Indians was voted Best Trending Topic of the entire 2016 Major League Baseball season in the Esurance MLB Awards that were announced on Friday, and it was so good that Hall of Fame pitcher John Smoltz — an expert on these matters — said he is “still pinching myself.”

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Smoltz, whose duel with Jack Morris in Game 7 of the 1991 World Series is remembered as one of the top all-time postseason thrillers, was in the FOX broadcast booth with Joe Buck, calling his first Fall Classic amid soaring ratings and profound suspense.

“To have it be played out with two teams that were desperately trying to end a long drought, and to have it play out and go seven games, all I know is, I had a blast,” Smoltz said. “I hope it was received that way, because for me, I’ve loved every moment of every World Series I’ve ever played in. Now as a broadcaster, [I’m] giving a point of view and a reference to what it’s like, trying to give the viewer just a little bit of an insight into the moments of tension and drama that all comes into what I call a classic forum for winning and crowning a championship.”

The Twitterverse concurred. So did the rest of social media. This Game 7 was especially gripping simply because of the combined 176-year wait of those two teams to finally celebrate a title. A little over a couple weeks later, it is still mind-blowing to think that there was champagne on ice inside Progressive Field, and MLB and clubhouse officials had to wait until the …

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