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Posted on 04/17/2020 9:13:22 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff
The Yankees have been a team greater than the sum of its parts all year, and when they secured their own corridor in history tonight, it was appropriate that a pitcher who had struggled in recent weeks pushed them over the finish line.
Andy Pettitte, dropped to the back of the Yankees' rotation for the World Series, applied the final piece to their mosaic tonight, pitching seven and a third shutout innings and outdueling Kevin Brown in a 3-0 victory over the San Diego Padres in Game 4. In achieving their first Series sweep since 1950 and seventh in their history, the Yankees wrapped up their 24th championship and the second in the last three years.
The Yankees set an American League record with 114 victories in the regular season, then eliminated Texas, three games to none, Cleveland, 4-2, and San Diego, 4-0. The Yankees finished the year with 125 victories and 50 losses in the regular season and post-season combined, shattering the previous record of 118, Their winning percentage of .714 is the third best in history for World Series winners, behind the 1927 Yankees (.722) and the 1909 Pittsburgh Pirates (.717).
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2001 WS was very special...9/11...
Arizona had a Korean closer...He blew some save opportunies...Those were interesting games...
The 2001 series was one of the greatest. Americans were United then.
Tony Gwynn, batted 500 in the series, 8 for 16. He never won a ring.
Peanuts and Crackerjack.
Gotta respect that Yank era. SOB Yankees ripped Philadelphia in 1950 and 2009 also.
Tony Gwynn, batted 500 in the series, 8 for 16. He never won a ring.
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I once saw him at the UCLA baseball field...
He was there to coach SDSU baseball team...
Was sorry to see the Yanks whip them in 1998, but the best team won.
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