This year’s World Series promises to end a long championship drought for someone. That fact alone means it’s sure to provide at least a few memorable moments that will live on in the minds of baseball fans across the country.

But will those moments take their place alongside some of these memories that are etched in the annals of the Fall Classic? Only time will tell.

Kirk Gibson’s home run (Game 1, 1988)

Many baseball fans and experts alike argue that Gibson’s walk-off homer in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series belongs at the top of the list simply because it couldn’t happen.

The underdog Dodgers had no chance against a powerhouse A’s team that had won 104 games in the regular season and had swept the American League Championship Series against the Red Sox.

Oakland closer Dennis Eckersley, who had saved 45 games during the season, was close to unhittable.

Gibson, hobbled by a leg injury, had no chance of even playing in the World Series. Indeed, this would be his only plate appearance in that year’s Fall Classic.

But to paraphrase Hall of Fame announcer Vin Scully’s memorable call, in a year that was so improbable, the impossible was inevitable.

Kirby Puckett’s home run (Game 6, 1991)

Often overlooked on lists like this, Puckett’s walk-off shot in the 11th inning that sent the ’91 Series to a seventh game elevated it, in the eyes of many, to a true fall classic. It also capped one of the great individual game performances in Series history — Puckett finished a double shy of hitting for the cycle.

Bill Buckner’s error (Game 6, 1986)

With a 5-3 lead in the bottom of the 10th inning of Game 6, the Boston Red Sox appeared poised to exorcise a 68-year championship drought — and, perhaps, the “Curse of the Bambino” — with a win over the New York Mets.

But it came unraveled quickly for Boston. The Red Sox twice came within one strike of the title, but the Mets somehow scratched out three runs — the last one scoring when Mookie Wilson’s grounder trickled through Buckner’s legs for the most (in)famous error in World Series history.

Carlton Fisk’s home run (Game 6, 1975)

Fisk, a young catcher with the Red Sox, hit one of the most famous home runs in Series history in the bottom of the 12th inning of Game 6 against the Cincinnati Reds. It gave Boston a 7-6 win and sent the series to Game 7, which the Reds won 4-3 to claim the first of their back-to-back world titles as the “Big Red Machine.”

Fisk’s blast ended what many consider not only one of the greatest games in World Series history, but one of the greatest games in baseball history, period.

Bill Mazeroski’s home run (Game 7, 1960)

Bottom of the ninth inning. Game 7. Against the vaunted (and many would say hated) New York Yankees, who had won seven of the previous 11 World Series in a run of dominance the sport had never seen. Pittsburgh second baseman Bill Mazeroski hit what remains the only Game 7 walk-off home run in history.

Joe Carter’s home run (Game 6, 1993)

Carter’s blast gave the Blue Jays their second straight World Series title, but it’s perhaps best remembered for the outfielder’s joyful, leaping trip around the bases. It’s one of only two home runs (see Bill Mazeroski, above) that have ended a World Series.