Last to First

In the world of sports, one of the most heartening examples of “last to first” occurred in 1991 when the Minnesota Twins faced off with the Atlanta Braves in the World Series.

The Twins, who had placed last in their division the previous year, won the American League pennant; the Braves, who had placed last in THEIR division, won the National League pennant. And what a World Series it was – in my opinion, the best I’ve personally watched.

Minnesota won all of its home games, beating Atlanta 4 games to 3, all of them exciting contests.

More recently, the University of Southern California Trojan football team also has a “last to first” experience. Last year they played in the last-ever Pac 10 Conference football game, beating UCLA 28-14.

This year, the Pac 10 has added two new teams to the conference – the University of Utah Utes and the University of Colorado Buffalos.

And so it is that today, the Trojans play the first-ever Pac 12 football game when they host new Pac 12 member Utah Utes. Kickoff is at 4:30 p.m. Pacific.

Fight on!