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2001 World Series at Baseball Almanac; 2001 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com; The 2001 Post-Season Games (box scores and play-by-play) at Retrosheet; History of the World Series - 2001 at The Sporting News. Archived from the original in May 2006. Book on 2001 WS is "the last word on the inside game of baseball" SI.com: MLB Postseason 2001
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 Diamondbacks reached the World Series that year and faced off against the New York Yankees, who featured Gonzalez's childhood friend Tino Martinez starting at first base. [2] In a climactic moment, Gonzalez came to the plate in the bottom of the 9th inning of game 7, with the score even at 2–2, the bases loaded and one out.
Let’s see, he hit the game-winning homer in the 10 th inning in Game 1, the first walk-off grand slam in World Series history. He hit his second homer in the third inning in Game 2.
The 2001 series was last time the Arizona Diamondbacks made it to the Fall Classic. They upset the heavily favored New York Yankees on Luis Gonzalez’s game-winning hit in the bottom of the ninth ...
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.
He long has been one of the best players in the game, with a glossy resume: eight-time All-Star, three-time Silver Slugger, Gold Glove winner, eight top-10 MVP finishes and the 2020 MVP.
January 22 – Tommie Agee, 58, All-Star center fielder and two-time Gold Glove winner, who played from 1962 through 1973 for the Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, New York Mets, Houston Astros and St. Louis Cardinals, winning the 1966 AL Rookie of the Year; best remembered for two outstanding catches in Game 3 of the 1969 World Series that ...