2001 New York Yankees season: Difference between revisions

In the emotional times of the fall of 2001 in New York City, following the [[September 11 attacks|September 11 attacks]] on New York's [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]], the Yankees defeated the Oakland A's three games to two in the [[2001 American League Division Series|ALDS]], and then the Seattle Mariners, who had won 116 games, four games to one in the [[2001 American League Championship Series|ALCS]]. By winning the pennant for a fourth straight year, the 1998–2001 Yankees joined the 1921–1924 [[New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]], and the Yankee teams of 1936–1939, 1949–1953, 1955–1958 and 1960–1964 as the only dynasties to reach at least four straight [[Pennant (sports)|pennants]]. The Yankees had now won eleven consecutive postseason series over a four-year period. However, the Yankees lost the [[2001 World Series|World Series]] in a dramatic 7 game series to the [[Arizona Diamondbacks]], when Yankees star closer [[Mariano Rivera]] uncharacteristically lost the lead – and the Series – in the bottom of the ninth inning of the final game. With the loss, this marked the second time in five years that a team lost the World Series after taking a lead into the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 7 (following the [[Cleveland Indians]] in {{wsy|1997}}) and the first time since {{wsy|1991}} that the home team won the seventh game of a World Series.<ref>{{cite news|title=In Final Twist, New York Falls in Ninth|first=Buster|last=Olney|newspaper=New York Times|date=November 5, 2001|page=A1|author-link=Buster Olney}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Diamondbacks 3, Yankees 2|date=November 5, 2001|first=Ben|last=Walker|agency=Associated Press|quote=The other two all-home victory Series were both won by [[Minnesota Twins|Minnesota]], {{wsy|1987}} and 1991.}}</ref>