Posts Tagged ‘Yankees’
“Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand.”*…
On the eve of the World Series, an appreciation of Game 6 of the 1975 championship contest between the Red Sox and the Reds: “Game Changer: How Carlton Fisk’s home run altered baseball and TV.”
* Leo Durocher
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As we settle in for the run, we might recall that it was on this date in 2000 that the New York Yankees defeated their cross-town rivals, the Mets (4-2 that evening; 4 games to 1 overall) to take what was known as “the subway Series.” The Yankees became the first team in more than a quarter-century to win three straight World Series championships.
Mike Piazza and Derek Jeter face off
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