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The 2000 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2000 season.The 96th edition of the World Series, [1] it was a best-of-seven playoff between crosstown opponents, the two-time defending World Series champions and American League (AL) champion New York Yankees and the National League (NL) champion New York Mets.
The Yankees won Game 2 by a narrow 6–5 score to go up 2–0 in the series. When the series shifted to Queens for Game 3, the Mets prevailed by a 4–2 score to avoid a sweep. However, the Yankees narrowly prevailed in Games 4 and 5 to secure the title and cap off a three-peat. Game 5 was the last World Series game ever played at Shea Stadium.
The name "Subway Series" was commonly applied to the 2000 World Series between the New York Yankees and the New York Mets. The Yankees won four games to one and celebrated their 26th championship in front of Mets fans at Shea Stadium. This was the only time that visiting teams had ever won a World Series at Shea Stadium.
The 1998 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball 's (MLB) 1998 season. The 94th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League (AL) champion New York Yankees and the National League (NL) champion San Diego Padres. The Yankees swept the Padres in four games to win their second ...
The 2000 New York Yankees season was the 98th season for the Yankees. New York was managed by Joe Torre. The team finished first in the American League East with a record of 87–74, 2.5 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox, after losing 15 of their final 18 games, including their last 7. Despite having the lowest winning percentage of any ...
Leading off the bottom of the second, Tommy Edman hit a solo home run off Yankees starter Carlos Rodón to give the Dodgers a 1-0 lead in Game 2. Acquired from the Cardinals at the trade deadline ...
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The Yankees had not gotten a pair of bases-loaded walks in a postseason game since Bullet Joe Bush and Joe Dugan against the New York Giants’ Rosy Ryan in Game 6 of the 1923 World Series ...