Atlanta Braves 1 at NY Yankees 4, F — The Yankees became the first team to sweep consecutive World Series in 60 years — since the DiMaggio-led Yankees did it to the Cubs and Reds in 1938-39 – when they beat the Atlanta Braves 4-1 in Yankee Stadium. After a regular season filled with personal
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New York Mets 5 at New York Yankees 6, F — Although Roger Clemens dominated the game with eight two-hit innings, it wasn’t his pitching that garnered the postgame headlines. The Yankees seized control of the first Subway Series in 44 years with a 6-5 victory, but the buzz of the game was the “Clemens
New York Yankees 4 at Boston Red Sox 5, F/14 — Fresh off a 12-inning epic the night before, in which the Sox were three outs away from being unceremoniously swept out from the ALCS, Game 5 itself is an all-time playoff classic. Back and forth all game long, the Sox entered the 8th inning
Arizona Diamondbacks 3 at New York Yankees 4, F/10 — Under a full moon on Halloween night, the Yankees pulled off one of the most spectacular and dramatic comebacks in history. Arizona ace Curt Schilling — starting on three days rest for the first time in his career — was solid through seven innings, giving
New York Yankees 4 at New York Mets 2, F — The Yankees held a three-games-to-one advantage as the modern-day Subway Series headed into Game 5 at Shea. Through eight, each club had pushed across just two runs against tough pitching — the Yanks picking up solo home runs by Bernie Williams and Derek Jeter,
San Francisco Giants 1 at Anaheim Angels 4, F — Anaheim completed its magical, Rally Monkey-inspired run to the franchise’s first-ever championship before 44,598 at Edison Field. Third baseman Troy Glaus, who batted .385 with three homers and eight RBIs, was named series MVP.
New York Yankees 2 at Arizona Diamondbacks 3, F — A fitting finale to one of the best World Series ever. Surviving two stunning losses in Games 4 and 5, the Diamondbacks found their own late-inning magic in the person of Luis Gonzalez. It began with Hall-of-Fame-bound starters Roger Clemens and Curt Schilling trading zeros
Detroit Tigers 2 at St. Louis Cardinals 4, F — Jeff Weaver was astounding, allowing one earned run and fanning nine in eight innings, while Series MVP David Eckstein had two RBIs and scored a run to lead the Cardinals to their first World Series win since 1982. Yadier Molina had three hits and scored
American League 7 at National League 7, T/11 — There were home runs, stolen bases and amazing catches (not the least of which was Torii Hunter’s snag that robbed Barry Bonds of a home run), but the game still ended in a 7-7 a tie. With both teams’ 30-man rosters already depleted, the managers, umpires
Boston Red Sox 3 at St. Louis Cardinals 0, F — Curse Reversed! The Red Sox finally win the championship that was 86 years in the making behind a dominant, three-hit performance by Derek Lowe. The sweep of the Cards earned the Sox their first title since 1918. Manny Ramirez was named Series MVP.
Chicago White Sox 1 at Houston Astros 0, F — This low-scoring nail-biter was Chicago’s eighth straight postseason victory, and resulted in their first World Championship since 1917.
National League 1 @ American League, 4, F — The last All-Star game of the 20th century gathered together baseball’s “All-Century” team, the greatest living players of all time. This spine-tingling spectacle was augmented by the appearance of the legend among legends, Ted Williams, on hand to throw out the first pitch. His magnetism led
Boston Red Sox 5 at New York Mets 8, F — Both teams were facing their final game in one of the most dramatic postseasons ever: the Mets finally triumphant in an epic NLCS vs. the Houston Astros; the Red Sox fighting the “Curse of the Bambino” and the California Angels in the ALCS… and
Atlanta Braves 0 at Minnesota Twins 1, F/10 — A classic World Series is capped by a classic Game 7 as the Twins and Braves need extra frames to determine a winner at the Metrodome. Jack Morris goes the distance with a seven-hit, ten-inning shutout masterpiece and a base-running blunder by Atlanta’s Lonnie Smith in
National League 1 at American League 4, F — There was magic in the crisp Seattle air at 2001 Midsummer Classic, as Cal Ripken prepared for his 19th and final All-Star Game. Everyone in attendance at Safeco Field (and watching at home) knew history was in the making. As the teams took the field, starting
New York Yankees 4 at Brooklyn Dodgers 2, F — Gene Woodling and Mickey Mantle homered, and Billy Martin made a game-saving grab of an infield popup gone awry, as the Yankees recovered from a three game to two deficit to win their fourth of five straight World Series, in seven games over the Brooklyn
Boston Red Sox 4 at Colorado Rockies 3, F — A scintillating seven-game winning streak that began in Cleveland with the season on the brink of elimination ended with the Red Sox mobbing each other in the thin air of Coors Field of all places, culminating in a World Series championship that didn’t take even
American League 5 at National League, 4, F: Ichiro Suzuki hit the first inside-the-park homer in All-Star history and had three hits en route to the All-Star MVP award. Tampa Bay’s Carl Crawford and Cleveland’s Victor Martinez also homered to help extend the AL’s unbeaten streak to 11 games — 10 victories and one tie
Oakland Athletics 4 at Los Angeles Dodgers 5, F — The Dodgers, already serious underdogs against the A’s and Bash Brothers Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire, are given even less of a chance with injured star Kirk Gibson on the shelf. Canseco’s second-inning grand slam gives Oakland a 4-3 lead until the bottom of the
Florida Marlins 2 at New York Yankees 0 — Josh Beckett, on short rest, throws a complete-game shutout to clinch the Series and win the MVP. The shutout was the 19th in a World Series-deciding game. Beckett’s 47 strikeouts in the postseason tied Randy Johnson (2001) for the all-time record in a single postseason.