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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.
The 2001 Major League Baseball season finished with the Arizona Diamondbacks defeating the New York Yankees in seven games for the World Series championship. The September 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C. pushed the end of the regular season from September 30 to October 7.
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 ...
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 ...
The 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks season was the franchise's 4th season in Major League Baseball and their 4th season at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix, Arizona, as members of the National League West. They looked to improve on their 2000 season.
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.
Because of the attack, the World Series was not completed until November 4. The 2001 World Series was the first World Series to end in November. The postseason began on October 9, 2001, and ended on November 4, 2001, with the Diamondbacks shocking the three-time defending World Series champion Yankees in seven games in the 2001 World Series.
The Arizona Diamondbacks last World Series in 2001 was a classic against the New York Yankees in the wake of 9/11. This is what it was like to cover. Things I still think about 22 years after ...