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Bostonblows4life
08-21-01, 03:33 PM
I'd have to say 2000 only cause I hate the Mets.
1TonHumanHamsterWheel
08-21-01, 03:45 PM
'96, because I had no idea that the Yanks would come back and win the whole thing after being humiliated in the first two games at the Stadium. But they did it, and that's what makes it such a great series.
Dynasty2000
08-21-01, 04:04 PM
1996 was amazing because we came back from behind, we were the under dogs and NO ONE thought we would win it all. It was an awesome comeback and it was also the first WS in 18 years.
1998 was a magical season but it would have meant NOTHING if we didn't win it all in October. It was great and a once in a lifetime experience to win 125 games especially after being knocked out of the playoffs the year before. It was like proof that we were for real.
1999 was special because we were going for a repeat and alot of people thought that 1998 was a fluke and we couldn't do it again.
2000 just when I thought it couldn't get any more satisfying...along came the 2000 WS and I have to say that it was the one that gave me the most pleasure. To have a Subway series for the first time in over 4 decades was AMAZING. The way the city was buzzing was something that I will tell my grandchildren about some day. I hate the mets with devotion and I will never forget the torture that I went through when the mets won the WS in 1986. I never want to go through that again---and I couldn't even begin to imagine the torture of sharing a city with Mets fans if we would have lost to them.
...But I have to say that if & when we win in 2001, this will be the most gratifying. It will be the most satisfying one yet because of all the hoopla surrounding the Seattle record and the Oakland pitching, etc... If we beat those two teams and go on to win it all---it will be sweet. I am so sick of hearing about how we are old and the reign is over, Seattle is the best team ever, Oakland will be the team to beat, blah, blah, blah. I swear that if we win again I am going to be ecstatic....and I dare to say that as satisfying as the other WS were this will indeed be the MOST satisfying. :bad: :NY:
SanFrANSKY
08-21-01, 04:08 PM
1996. We were out-hit, out-homered, and outscored by a team that was supposedly on a higher level. Nobody in the media thought we had a chance going down South after losing two games at home. Nobody thought we could defeat baseball's best pitching staff. Nobody thought we could stave off elimination, down two-games-to-none and heading for three games without a DH. The storybook season was ovah.
And then ...
West Texas
08-21-01, 05:27 PM
1996. First, we came back from two games down. Second, Atlanta was considered (and probably was) the better team. And lastly, it is this series we can point to and say "this is where the new era all began".
1996 without a doubt...No one thought The Yanks would come back...except Papa Joe that is...
bagger015
08-26-01, 06:45 PM
:NY: '96 :) The year of the comeback. How sweet it was and still is when looking back at that series. :D
1996, it was new and fresh, Torre got his first ring, his brother's story as a back drop, the comeback, it was great! :D
Bozidar
08-27-01, 01:14 PM
Can I get a vote for 1918 :) The most memorable WS win in this New Englander's life :D
Seriously though, 1998 - Greatest team of all time :)
CalifYanksFan
08-27-01, 03:05 PM
I, too, chose the 1998 team. I rank that team the greatest individual team performance in the Yankees history. Followed by 1927 and 1961. Those would be my top three. However, in reality we could argue points for and against all night long.
afsargent
08-28-01, 10:40 AM
1996, This started it all for the Yankees. I wish Donnie stayed with the team that year to get his WS ring.
StartSpreadin'TheNews
08-30-01, 02:10 AM
1996..first WS in 18 years, total comeback, the aura of the city and it's aliveness towards the team, first time I ever saw my yanks in a WS, and just the adversity we had to overcome. Man, reading this post and writing this reply is giving me chills:)
# 21 Forever
08-31-01, 08:35 AM
I chose 1998 because it was such a dream season all the way around!
Jersey Yankee
08-31-01, 11:09 PM
1996, because it got me much more focused on the Yankees than I've ever been, and 1998, since this was not only the icing on the cake, but boy, what a cake.
1999 & 2000 proved we weren't flukes.
Needed all of 'em to have 26, so I'll take 'em all.
Three Cheers!!!
Jersey Yankee
08-31-01, 11:52 PM
Since the Braves had more W's in '96 (http://www.baseballreference.com/postseason/1996_WS.shtml), why was Game 1 started at The Stadium, not at Turner Field?
Bernie51
09-01-01, 10:00 PM
1996 was great. Tha comeback was amazing! I also like 98 becasue like most of you said, it was the Yanks' magical year and that Grand Slam by Tino just made my year.
Slippery Elm
09-01-01, 10:41 PM
I want to throw in 1978.
That was especially good because when the Yankees finally won it, Tommy Lasorda went nuts in the locker room screaming out curses and throwing furniture. He really ran amok!
W168 & Broadway
09-02-01, 09:59 AM
If you were 12 years old on 1969, the 2000 Series was so sweet. For me, 1978 Series capped off one of the greatest comebacks of all time.
And that was a comeback Series also.:)
I have to go for 96. The first win in 18 years. We lost the first two
at home badly and went on to take the next four games.
My friend accidently split my lip when Charlie Hayes caught the
last out.
deranged2005
09-04-01, 10:59 AM
ALl of them were very good Series. 2000 was great though.
Bostonblows4life
09-04-01, 11:33 AM
Originally posted by Jersey Yankee
Since the Braves had more W's in '96 (http://www.baseballreference.com/postseason/1996_WS.shtml), why was Game 1 started at The Stadium, not at Turner Field?
Because the World Series similar to the All-Star game allternates who starts at home and who starts away. It just happened to be at that time that it was the American League's time to be at home. Best record is only for the Division series and the championship series.
Luvtino
09-04-01, 04:34 PM
They were all so special in there own way. Last year beating the Mets was HUGE and a great series. My second fave is 1996 which is what got all of this started.
Sixty one
09-07-01, 09:17 PM
I think they were all special in their own way, but if you had to pick one I would have to say 1996 because of the tremendous comeback with the Braves and the feeling of winning it all for the first time in 18 years. Who would have thought that it would have started this dynasty! I have been saying for a long time that we need to really support this latest collection of great Yankee teams but we don't know how long this one is going to last. I have been rooting for them since 1947 and have seen the great teams and the weak ones. This group ranks right up there with the early 50's group in my opinion. What a classy group of players and coaches. I hope we can celebrate the 4th in row !:) :) :NY: :NY: :NY:
Shadowboxer
09-09-01, 06:05 AM
1996 was most satisfying because of the team's underdog status. But 1999 was a TOTAL domination. I taped all '99 playoff games except the Fenway blowout and it's still amazing to see how surgically efficient this team was during the whole playoff.
I also have to go with the '96 team, for the same reasons already mentioned.
Bernie, Derek, Tino, Pettitte, Rivera, O'Neill, Sojo, Boehringer, Cone, Key, Lloyd, Nelson, Rogers, Weathers, Wetteland, Girardi, Leyritz, Boggs, Duncan, Fielder, Fox, Hayes, Aldrete, Raines, Strawberry, Zim, Mel, and Torre.
Who'd of thought that this team would be the foundation of one greatest dynasties in baseball history. And the best part is it's still going. :)
27 in '01
jojos_2
09-13-01, 09:27 PM
1996, because we were the underdogs and no one thought we could do it. :D We sure as hell showed them. :D
ConnYankee
09-16-01, 12:36 PM
1996 because no one (except me!) thought the Yanks could beat Atlanta.
Followed by 2000. After 38 years we were finally able to put the Mutts AND their mealy-mouthed fair weather jerkoff fans IN THEIR PLACE!!!!!!!:
billny33
10-23-01, 12:51 AM
In the words of narrator Len Cariou, the 1996 Yankees.
"They were a team, a likeable team, maybe in fact, a team of destiny, each player and coach with his own tale to tell. They were outhit, outhomered, and outscored, but because they were a team, they won." Every time I watch that World Series video I get a lump in my throat hearing those words and even now typing it I get emotional over one of the most magical teams to ever win it all, the 1996 Yankees.
billny33
10-23-01, 01:00 AM
Can I just say one thing about the repeated message about Bill WHite's call of Bucky Dent's homerun in 78 vs Boston? That call is incorrect along with the date. I kno this and I wasnt even alive for it. The date was October 1, 1978, not the 2nd. And the correct call by Bill White was
"Deep to left, Yatrzemski will not get it, ITS A HOMERUN! A three-run home run by Bucky Dent and the Yankees now lead by a score of three to two. Bucky Dent has just hit his fifth homerun of the year into the screen. And look at them Yankees."
billny33
10-23-01, 01:10 AM
How about Paul O'Neill's catch in game 5 as one of the biggest catches in Yankee WS history. Its very underrated and few remember this. But in game 5, the Braves had runners at the corners with 2 out in the 9th trailing 1-0. O'Neill had a horribly sore hamstring that you could see him tug at every so often. On the fifth 0-2 delivery from Wetteland to Polonia (what a battle that was too) Luis hit a drive into right center that Paul O'Neill had no business getting to in his condition. He sprinted anyway and made a nice running and reaching catch on a ball that would have otherwise won game five for Atlanta. When O'Neill finally caught the ball, he showed no pain, only exuberance in victory by smacking his arms into the outfield padding with a rarely-seen grin on his face. Without that gutty effort by Paulie they go back to NY down 3-2 and it is more questionable whether the Yankees win that series or not. Game four of that series was a great comeback but for overall suspense and drama, I just loved that game 5! (all you owners of the 96 WS video know what I'm talking about with the "Last Chance" sequence of game 5 on the tape)
billny33
10-23-01, 01:13 AM
Hey, let me correct myself b4 anyone else does, but I was wrong about the Bucky Dent date. It was October 2nd, not 1st. My mistake. But my version of White's call still stands
bobdude57
10-24-01, 10:27 PM
I'd have to say that 1996 was the most satisfying! Coming back from 2 down and beating the vaunted Braves pitching staff was great. Little did we know then that was the begining of the present modern day dynasty. Someone mentioned the 70's championship teams and I think 77 was great. After getting swept 4 straight by the big red machine in 76 getting back in 77 and beating the dodgers was special.(because we beat the damn dodgers) take that national league!!!
Slippery Elm
11-08-01, 12:23 AM
The date was Oct. 2nd.
Originally posted by Bostonblows4life
I'd have to say 2000 only cause I hate the Mets.
Ditto!
:NY: :NY: :NY: :NY:
deranged2005
11-08-01, 03:16 PM
It defintaly wasn't this years WS!
RebelYank97
11-10-01, 12:15 PM
1996 was my favorite.
I live in Atlanta Braves country...worked with some transplanted Bostonians...so when NY was down 2 games..I heard it all...
What a great, classic comeback! Was it game 5 that we were down 6-0....and came back to win? Rock on Yanks!
-reb
Yankee_AJE
11-10-01, 11:03 PM
1996 To me this was my favorite. We took it to the favored Braves after dropping the first two games at home. We were heavy underdogs and no one gave us a chance. It also felt so good to win it all again after an 18 year drought. It ended all the frustrations of the 1980's and early 90's. This one also started our current dynasty.
yankfan67
11-13-01, 05:56 PM
1996! Anytime we beat the Braves
Tachycardia
11-17-01, 02:48 AM
1978 was memorable for I was considered old enough to join in the victory. 1996 was special for it ended the drought.1998 was magical for the team was simply perfect all the way.
But I have to go with 2000 WS. Watching Derek et al celebrating on the mound at SHEA Stadium was PRICELESS! After all the abuses we endured at Shea, it was pure joy to see Mariano finally pump his fist in victory.
:lol:
jiffyjeff
11-17-01, 01:59 PM
next year's win is going to be sweet
YankeeFan00
11-17-01, 06:44 PM
Originally posted by jiffyjeff
next year's win is going to be sweet
I agree!!!!:D But, I voted for 2000 because it's the only one I remember. :)
jiffyjeff
11-17-01, 09:02 PM
Summer of '49
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