2001:
In Game 7 of a classic World Series, the Arizona Diamondbacks rally for
two runs in the bottom of the 9th inning to defeat the Yankees and the
usually unbeatable Mariano Rivera 3-2. The four-year-old Diamondbacks,
the youngest franchise to win a
Fall Classic, end New York's string of three consecutive World
Championships. Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling share Series MVP
honours. The Arizona pitchers are the first multiple winners since the
Dodgers trio of Ron Cey, Pedro Guerrero and Steve Yeager shared the
award in the 1981 WS.
1934: Lou Gehrig is officially recognized as the winner of the American League Triple Crown, having hit
.363 with 49 home runs and 165 RBI. He loses in the voting for AL MVP,
however, to A's catcher Mickey Cochrane, who hit .320 with 2 home runs
and 76 RBI.
1942: Joe Gordon is voted AL MVP, beating out Ted Williams despite the latter's Triple Crown season.
1955: The Yankees launch a tour of Japan and
draw a record crowd of 64,000 when they play the first game against the
All-Japan Stars in Osaka. Andy Carey slugs 13 home runs, and Elston
Howard bats .468 on the 25-game trek.
1992: The Yankees make
one of their best trades ever by acquiring Paul O'Neill from the Reds
for outfielder Roberto Kelly. O'Neill will help the Bronx Bombers win
four World Championships.
1960: Roger Maris defeats Mickey Mantle for the AL MVP award by a vote of 225-222, the second-closest vote ever, after the Joe DiMaggio-Ted Williams race in 1947.
On the same day, George Weiss resigns as Yankee GM.
1964: CBS becomes the first corporate owner of a major league team, buying eighty percent of the Yankees for $11,200,000.
1995: The Yankees name Joe Torre as their new manager, replacing the recently departed Buck Showalter. Torre, a former Cardinals star and NL batting champion, will pilot the Yanks to four World Championships in his first five years with the team.
1978: Ron Guidry is
the unanimous choice for the 1978 American League Cy Young Award.
Guidry led the league in wins (25), winning percentage (.893), shutouts
(9), and ERA (1.74).
1979: After a disappointing season, the Yankees begin wheeling and dealing,
acquiring outfielder Ruppert Jones from the Mariners and catcher Rick
Cerone and pitcher Tom Underwood from the Blue Jays, giving up seven
players, including popular first baseman Chris Chambliss, shortstop
Damaso Garcia, outfielder Juan Beniquez, and pitchers Jim Beattie and
Paul Mirabella.
1988: Masahiro Tanaka is born.
2001: The
first major league game ever started in the month of November is a
memorable one as the Yankees, for the second consecutive night, make a
dramatic comeback in the bottom of the 9th to tie the game and go on to
victory in extra innings in Game 5 of the World Series. In an amazing
case of history repeating itself, Diamondbacks closer Byung-Hyun Kim is
again victimized, this time by Scott Brosius, who hits a game-tying
two-out two-run home run to knot the game at 2-2 in the 9th inning, as
Alfonso Soriano hits a RBI single with Chuck Knoblauch scoring the
winning run in the 12th to give the Yankees a 3-2 victory and a 3-2 lead
over Arizona.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2001/B11010NYA2001.htm 2009: The
Yankees take a 3 games to 1 lead in the World Series, backing CC
Sabathia to a 7-4 win over the Phillies. The Yanks score three runs off
Brad Lidge with two outs in the 9th, after the Phillies had rallied to
tie the game with homers by Chase Utley and Pedro Feliz.
