2000 World Series

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2000 World Series
Image:MLBWS2000.gif
Team / Wins Manager Season
New York Yankees (4) Joe Torre 87-74, .540 GA: 2½
New York Mets (1) Bobby Valentine 94-68, .580 GB: 1
Dates: October 21October 26
MVP:Derek Jeter (New York Yankees)
Television: FOX
TV announcers: Joe Buck, Tim McCarver, and Bob Brenly
Radio network: ESPN
radio announcers: Jon Miller and Joe Morgan
Umpires: Ed Montague, Jerry Crawford, Tim McClelland, Tim Welke, Charlie Reliford, Jeff Kellogg
Future Hall of Famers: none.
ALCS: New York Yankees over Seattle Mariners(4-2)
NLCS: New York Mets over St. Louis Cardinals (4-1)
World Series Program
Image:Subway series.gif
MTA logo for the 2000 Subway Series.

The 2000 World Series featured a crosstown matchup between the two-time defending champion New York Yankees and the New York Mets, with the Yankees winning 4 games to 1 for their third straight championship and 26th overall. It marks, to date, the last World Series won by the Yankees, and the last series with repeat champions. It was the first postseason Subway Series since 1956.

Under the new Collective Bargaining Agreement between MLB and the new World Umpires Association signed in 2000, the traditional National League and American League umpire was discontinued. All umpires belonged to Major League Baseball, with an interim uniform. During the 2000 playoffs, the new umpire uniforms (black and cream shirts), with the Major League Baseball logo on the caps and shirts, were used for the first time.

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[edit] Summary

[edit] Game 1

October 21, 2000 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
NY Mets 000 000 300 000 3100
NY Yankees 000 002 001 001 4120
W: Mike Stanton (1-0) L: Turk Wendell (0-1)

Game 1 was a match-up between postseason veterans Al Leiter and Andy Pettitte. Both starters pitched scoreless until the sixth inning when David Justice's 2-run double put the Yankees on top. In the top half of the 7th, Pettitte would quickly lose the lead on a barrage of hits, the last by Edgardo Alfonzo to put the Mets on top. However, the Yankees would rally to tie the game on Chuck Knoblauch's sacrifice fly against Mets closer Armando Benitez. Jose Vizcaino would drive in Tino Martinez in the 12th inning with his fourth hit of the game to win it for the Yankees.

[edit] Game 2

October 22, 2000 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
NY Mets 000 000 005 573
NY Yankees 210 010 11X 6121
W: Roger Clemens (1-0) L: Mike Hampton (0-1)
HR: NYMMike Piazza (1), Jay Payton (1) NYYScott Brosius (1)

Game 2 had Roger Clemens start for the Yankees. Earlier in the year during regular season Interleague play, Clemens had hit Mets catcher Mike Piazza in the head with a fastball that resulted in Piazza getting a concussion and going on the disabled list. Because pitchers are required to hit in National League parks, Yankees Manager Joe Torre decided to pitch Clemens in Game 2 at Yankee Stadium. This would keep Clemens from forcing himself to pitch in the National League park (and therefore bat) and avoid the Mets getting a chance to retaliate against Clemens. Despite Torre's precautions, Game 2 still saw its share of controversy with Clemens and Piazza. Early in the game during Piazza's first at bat, Clemens pitch had shattered the bat Piazza swung with. The ball went foul, but a sharp edge of the bat came towards Clemens. Clemens rushed off the mound and threw the bat towards the sideline, almost hitting the running Piazza. Piazza saw this as a dangerous stunt and Mets supporters lambasted Clemens for his actions. Clemens, after the game, defended himself saying he did not see Piazza coming and threw the piece angrily because he was pumped up with nervous energy. Piazza did get some revenge by belting a home run, but in the end Clemens had the last laugh by getting credit for the eventual 6-5 win.

[edit] Game 3

October 24, 2000 at Shea Stadium in Queens, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
NY Yankees 001 100 000 280
NY Mets 010 001 02X 490
W: John Franco (1-0) L: Orlando Hernandez (0-1) S: Armando Benitez (1)
HR: NYMRobin Ventura (1)

The Mets broke open a 2-2 tie in the 8th inning to go ahead and eventually win the game. This ended the Yankees 14 game winning streak in World Series play dating back to the 1996 World Series.

[edit] Game 4

October 25, 2000 at Shea Stadium in Queens, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
NY Yankees 111 000 000 380
NY Mets 002 000 000 261
W: Jeff Nelson (1-0) L: Bobby J. Jones (0-1) S: Mariano Rivera (1)
HR: NYYDerek Jeter (1) NYMMike Piazza (2)

[edit] Game 5

October 26, 2000 at Shea Stadium in Queens, New York

Team 123456789RHE
New York Yankees 010001002 4 71
New York Mets 020000000 2 41
WP: Mike Stanton (2-0)  LP: Al Leiter (0-1)  SV: Mariano Rivera (2)  
HRs:  NYY – Bernie Williams (1), Derek Jeter (2)

The Yankees got on top 1-0 on a Bernie Williams home run in the second inning. However, the Mets responded with two unearned runs of Andy Pettitte in the bottom of the inning. In the top of the sixth, Derek Jeter homered to tie the game at 2-2. In the top of the ninth, Luis Sojo hit a two out single off Al Leiter, who had pitched for the Mets since the first inning, that went into the Yankee dugout, allowing Jorge Posada and Scott Brosius to score the put the Yankees on top 4-2. In the bottom of the ninth, Mike Piazza faced Mariano Rivera as the tying run with two outs, but Rivera got Piazza to fly out to Bernie Williams to end the game and give the Yankees their third straight World Title.

[edit] Miscellaneous

  • The 1998-2000 New York Yankees establish a record of ten consecutive games won in consecutive World Series. The previous record was nine by the 1937-1939 Yankees. Overall, the Yankees had won fourteen straight World Series games (starting with Game 3 of the 1996 World Series) breaking the mark of twelve straight by the 1927,1928 and 1932 Yankees.
  • The Yankees' Game 2 win tied the longest AL winning streak in the World Series at 10 games (the AL had previously won 10 straight from 1927-29 and again from 1937-1940)
  • The Yankees were the first team to "three-peat" as champions since the 1972-1974 Oakland Athletics.
  • The Yankees were the first franchise to appear in three straight World Series since the 1988-1990 Oakland Athletics.
  • Starting with this Series, MLB started changing the World Series logo each year. Prior to this year, the logo would be the same for several years in a row, with only the year changing.
  • The New York Mets won game 3 of the 2000 World series by a score of 4-2, their only victory in a World Series game since game 7 of the 1986 World Series.
  • Yankee hurler Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez earned the loss in Game 3, snapping his undefeated postseason record (6-0).
  • New York Mets relief pitcher John Franco earned his only World Series victory of his career in game 3.
  • This was Mike Piazza's first appearance in a World Series.
  • The World Series winning RBI was driven in by Yankees utility man and fan favorite Luis Sojo.
  • The day of the 2000 World Series opener (October 21, 2000), marked 2 Anniversaries. (1) 25 years ago to this date Boston Red Sox's catcher Carlton Fisk ends game 6 of the 1975 World Series with his famous home run off the left field foul pole in Fenway Park in Boston to beat the Cincinnati Reds and force a Game 7. (2) 20 years ago to this date the Philadelphia Phillies won their only World Series title, defeating the Kansas City Royals in 6 Games.
  • Mets Left Fielder Benny Agbayani becomes the first Hawaiian born player to play in the World Series since the Mets' Sid Fernandez and Ron Darling played in 1986.
  • This marked the last championship won by a New York team to date.

[edit] Quotes of the Series

"Piazza gets into one to center, back is Bernie Williams...A THREEPEAT!" - FOX Sports' Joe Buck on the Last out.

"Now Rivera is set, and the 0-1...swung on and hit in the air to deep center. Bernie back, away back! He's there! He MAKES THE CATCH! BALLGAME OVER! WORLD SERIES OVER! YANKEES WIN! THEEEEEEEEEEE YANKEES WIN!!!!! The New York Yankees have once again reached the summit of the sports world! They've won their third straight championship,4th in the last 5 years, and 26th overall. The most successful franchise in all of sports! Starting the new millennium, the New York Yankees are once again World Champions!!"-John Sterling calls the last out

"Vizcaino, left field base hit, Yankees win game one!!" -- (FOX) Sports Joe Buck calling Yankees' Jose Vizcaino game winning single in the Bottom of the 12th inning of Game 1.

"And he goes after the first pitch, way back! Derek Jeter! He's lined it out! Goodbye Home Run! First pitch homer for Derek Jeter!"-Gary Thorne calls Derek Jeters leadoff Game 4 Home Run

"Broken bat, foul ball off to the right side. And the barrel of the bat, came out to Clemens and he picked it up and threw it back at Piazza! I don't know what Clemens had in mind!!"--Gary Cohen (WFAN) describes the incident in Game 2.

"They'll be talkin' about this 40 years from now, and we're here now."-Yankees fan and New Yorker Spike Lee explaining the importance of the Series

"...because when they are winning the dogs come out.......woof!"-Tim McCarver in the eighth inning of Game 5 talking about the Mets slogan "Who Let The Dogs Out?"

[edit] References

  • Forman, Sean L.. 2000 World Series. Baseball-Reference.com - Major League Statistics and Information.. Retrieved on 2007-12-09.

[edit] External links

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zh:2000年世界大賽

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