Article: Reunion with mom completes moment Marlins' Hernandez cops Series MVP award; MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS WORLD SERIES MVPS 1955 Johnny Podres, Brooklyn (NL). 1956 Don Larsen, New York (AL). 1957 Lew Burdette, Milwaukee (NL). 1958 Bob Turley, New York (AL). 1959 Larry Sherry, Los Angeles (NL). 1960 Bobby Richardson, New York (AL). 1961 Whitey Ford, New York (AL). 1962 Ralph Terry, New York (AL). 1963 Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles (NL). 1964 Bob Gibson, St. Louis (NL). 1965 Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles (NL). 1966 Frank Robinson, Baltimore (AL). 1967 Bob Gibson, St. Louis (NL). 1968 Mickey Lolich, Detroit (AL). 1969 Donn Clendenon, New York (NL). 1970 Brooks Robinson, Baltimore (AL). 1971 Roberto Clemente, Pittsburgh (NL). 1972 Gene Tenace, Oakland (AL). 1973 Reggie Jackson, Oakland (AL). 1974 Rollie Fingers, Oakland (AL). 1975 Pete Rose, Cincinnati (NL). 1976 Johnny Bench, Cincinnati (NL). 1977 Reggie Jackson, New York (AL). 1978 Bucky Dent, New York (AL). 1979 Willie Stargell, Pittsburgh (NL). 1980 Mike Schmidt, Philadelphia (NL). 1981 Ron Cey, Pedro Guerrero and Steve Yeager, Los Angeles (NL). 1982 Darrell Porter, St. Louis (NL). 1983 Rick Dempsey, Baltimore (AL). 1984 Alan Trammell, Detroit (AL). 1985 Bret Saberhagen, Kansas City (AL). 1986 Ray Knight, New York (NL). 1987 Frank Viola, Minnesota (AL). 1988 Orel Hershiser, Los Angeles (NL). 1989 Dave Stewart, Oakland (AL). 1990 Jose Rijo, Cincinnati (NL). 1991 Jack Morris, Minnesota (AL). 1992 Pat Borders, Toronto (AL). 1993 Paul Molitor, Toronto (AL). 1994 No Series. 1995 Tom Glavine, Atlanta (NL). 1996 John Wetteland, New York (AL). 1997 Livan Hernandez, Florida (NL).

Sunday was a day Livan Hernandez will never forget for as long as he lives.

As if it weren't enough that Hernandez's mother, Miriam Carreras, was able to leave Cuba to watch the World Series, the 22-year-old rookie right-hander was named most valuable player after the Florida Marlins rallied to defeat the Cleveland Indians, 3-2, in 11 innings in Game 7.

"This is the happiest day of my life," Hernandez said through an interpreter while dancing with a bottle of champagne in his hand in a raucous Marlins clubhouse. "My mother's here and we're the world champions." Despite a less-than-sterling 5.27 earned run average, Hernandez won Games 1 and 5 of the Series, forcing the Indians to play ...

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