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The 2001 World Series was the first World Series to end in November. The postseason began on October 9, 2001, and ended on November 4, 2001, with the Diamondbacks shocking the three-time defending World Series champion Yankees in seven games in the 2001 World Series. It was the first major league championship won by a team from Arizona.
The 2001 Major League Baseball season finished with the Arizona Diamondbacks defeating the New York Yankees in seven games for the World Series championship. The September 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C. pushed the end of the regular season from September 30 to October 7.
The 2001 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the American League side in Major League Baseball’s (MLB) 2001 postseason, began on Tuesday, October 9, and ended on Monday, October 15, with the champions of the three AL divisions—along with a "wild card" team—participating in two best-of-five series. The teams were:
The 2001 American League Championship Series (ALCS) was a semifinal series in Major League Baseball's 2001 postseason.It was a rematch of the previous year’s ALCS between the second-seeded New York Yankees, who had come off a dramatic comeback against the Oakland Athletics in the Division Series after being down two games to zero, and the overall top seed Seattle Mariners, who also rallied ...
November 6 – Major League Baseball owners vote 28–2 to contract two teams for the following season, with the Minnesota Twins and Montreal Expos—the teams expected to be eliminated—casting the dissenting votes. November 11 – Mark McGwire announces his retirement. His 583 career home runs place him fifth on the all-time list. November 12:
The 2001 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2001 season.The 97th edition of the World Series, [1] it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Arizona Diamondbacks and the three-time defending World Series champions and American League (AL) champion New York Yankees.
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The 2001 National League Championship Series (NLCS) was a semifinal series in Major League Baseball’s 2001 postseason which saw the second-seeded Arizona Diamondbacks defeat the third-seeded Atlanta Braves in five games to win the National League pennant in the franchise's fourth year of existence.