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The 2001 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2001 season.The 97th edition of the World Series, [1] it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Arizona Diamondbacks and the three-time defending World Series champions and American League (AL) champion New York Yankees.
In the World Series, they won a dramatic seven-game series against the New York Yankees on a walk-off hit by Gonzalez, against Yankees closer Mariano Rivera. The Arizona Diamondbacks became the fastest expansion franchise in Major League history to win a World Series title in just their fourth season.
Arizona Diamondbacks former players Mark Grace (left) and Luis Gonzalez and former manager Bob Brenly (right) throw out the first pitches during a celebration for the 2001 World Series team prior ...
They made it to the National League Division Series but they lost to the New York Mets. [4] The early success of the franchise was exemplified in 2001 when the Diamondbacks defeated the New York Yankees in a dramatic seven game World Series in 2001. [5] In the 2002 baseball season, Arizona returned to the playoffs but were defeated by the St ...
The 2001 World Series is regarded as one of the best World Series in MLB history, with two extra-inning games and a comeback win in the ninth inning of Game 7 by the DBacks to become world champions.
The following is a list of past and current players who have played in at least one game for the Arizona Diamondbacks franchise. Players in Bold are members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame . Contents:
Mark Curtis of 12 News in Phoenix covered the 2001 World Series between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the New York Yankees. 'It was knee buckling.'
Bret Randolph Prinz (born June 15, 1977) is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played with the Arizona Diamondbacks (2001–2003), New York Yankees (2003–2004), Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim , and Chicago White Sox . He batted and threw right-handed.