In the third inning of a 13-7 loss to the Boston Red Sox,
the Yankees allow 11 runs—the most scored against the
club in one inning since a 12-run fourth by the Cleveland
Indians on July 2, 1943. Sixteen Red Sox hitters batted
against starter Pettitte
(43 pitches) and reliever Darren Holmes (33) in the 42-minute
frame. |
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A crowd of 27,291 at Yankee Stadium witnesses Hernandez's
major league debut, in which he allows five hits with seven
strikeouts and two walks in seven innings of a 7-1 win over
the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. El Duque's one
miscue: serving up a home run to
Fred McGriff in the fourth
inning. |
Tim Raines becomes the fourth player in major league
history to nab 800 stolen bases, reaching the milestone in
the eighth inning of a 6-2 win in Montreal, the city where
he spent 10 seasons with the Expos. Only Rickey Henderson,
Lou Brock and Ty Cobb
have more career
thefts. |
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Representatives of both sides confirm that shortstop Derek
Jeter and singer Mariah Carey have ended their
relationship. "They have decided to take a step
back," Carey spokeswoman Cindy Berger tells
the New York
Post. "The media pressure got to them. The decision was
mutual. The scrutiny was just too much, on both
sides." |
The Yankees reach the unofficial halfway point of the
season with a 60-20 record following a 1-0 shutout of the
Baltimore Orioles. Cone improves to 12-2 by scattering
seven hits over eight innings before Mariano Rivera
finishes
up. |
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Four Yankees represent the team as reserves at the All-Star
Game: pitcher Wells, shortstop Jeter, third baseman Scott
Brosius and outfielder Paul O'Neill. Williams was also
selected but was replaced because of a strained right knee.
O'Neill throws out
Fernando Vina at the plate in the eighth inning to preserve
the AL's 10-8 lead en route to a 13-8 victory. Wells
starts for the AL and pitched two hitless
innings.
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After more than a month on the disabled list with a
strained right knee, Williams returns to action as the
designated hitter and goes 3-for-5 with a home run, three
runs scored and two RBIs in a 10-3 win over the Blue Jays.
The Yankees went 21-10
without Williams, who was batting .353 when he went
down. |
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The Yankees and Detroit Tigers play the mother of all
doubleheaders. Game 1 is a five-hour, 50-minute affair that
the Tigers win 4-3 in the top of the 17th on a Joe Randa
RBI single off Darren Holmes. Game 2, which starts at 10:32
p.m., lasts a mere
2:45, with the Yankees coming out on the top end of a 4-3
score.
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The Yankees sign highly touted multi-sport star Drew Henson
to a five-year contract with a $2 million signing bonus.
The 18-year-old is the Yankees' third-round draft pick
(97th overall) in the June free-agent draft and the
national high school
record-holder for home runs (70), RBIs (290), runs (259) and grand
slams (10). This fall, Henson, a freshman quarterback, will
exercise his option to play football for the University of
Michigan. |
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As part of Old-Timers Day, former pitcher Jim Bouton
returns to Yankee Stadium for the first time since his
playing career ended. The author of
Ball
Four had been declared
persona non
grata by the Yankees since the 1971 release of his tell-all
book. |
With a 7-0 shutout of the Minnesota Twins, the Yankees
improve to 86-29. These numbers are most significant to
manager Joe Torre, since they even his career record at
.500: 1,168 up, 1,168 down in his 17th season with his
fourth big-league club (Mets,
Braves, Cardinals,
Yankees). |
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During an 11-2 win over the Twins, the Yankees set a major
league record by taking a lead in their 41st consecutive
game, breaking the mark of 40 set by the 1932 Yankees. The
last game in which the Yankees didn't lead was a 2-1 loss
to the Mets on June
28. |
With a 6-4 win over the Texas Rangers, the Yankees improve
to a phenomenal 60 games over .500 (89-29). It's the first
time the team has been this far above the break-even mark
since the 1939 club finished the season 106-45. |
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The Yankees' losing streak reaches a season-high four games
with a 6-4 loss to the Angels in Game 1 of a day-night
doubleheader, but in the nightcap New York rebounds to take
a 7-6 win on Jeter's two-out RBI single in the bottom of
the
ninth. |
Wells flirts with another perfect game, retiring the first
20 Athletics he faces before Jason Giambi lines a soft
single into center field. The lefty would settle for a
two-hit, 7-0 shutout, including a career-high 13
strikeouts.
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The Yankees beat the White Sox 11-6 for victory number 100,
setting an AL record in the process. New York reaches the
century mark in its 138th contest, two games faster than
the 1954 Indians. "Once the season is over, then we
can look back on 100 wins
but we can't lose our focus," Williams says. "We
do know we're a great team but we still have a lot more to
accomplish." |
With a 7-5 win in Boston over their closest pursuers, the
Yankees officially clinch the AL East title.
"Everybody realizes you can't get overly excited with
this," Torre says. "But we can take a day to
enjoy it." The only team to clinch a division title
earlier was the 1975 Cincinnati Reds, who did it on
September
7.
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Late-season callup Shane Spencer bashes a grand slam in the
sixth inning against Tampa Bay to spark a 5-2 victory, the
team's 111th of the season, breaking the franchise record
of 110 set by the 1927 Yankees and tying the 1954 Indians'
American League
mark. Spencer has 11 hits (five HRs, 14 RBIs) in his last 17
at-bats. |
After complaining of stomach pains for a few months, tests
verify that Strawberry has a cancerous growth in his colon.
"It shakes you up. He's one of our leaders, a
well-respected veteran who is part of the personality of
our team," says Cone, who also
played with Strawberry on the Mets in the late 1980s.
"He symbolizes the resilience of our team, all that
he's been through in his career and his life."
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The Yankees complete a sweep of the Texas Rangers in the
Division Series, enduring a three-hour, 16-minute rain
delay to take a 4-0 victory. New York held the A.L.'s top
hitting team (.289 during the regular season) to one run
and 13 hits in the three
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Doctors at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center remove a
16-inch portion of Strawberry's large intestine during a
three-hour operation to get rid of the 2 1/2-inch tumor
that has nearly obstructed his intestine. "Doctors are
optimistic that he will make
a complete recovery and return to full activities,
including playing major league baseball next season,"
the hospital says in a statement. Only one round of
chemotherapy is
expected.
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In the 12th inning of Game 2 of the League Championship
Series, second baseman Knoblauch commits a memorable
blunder by arguing with an umpire rather than chasing after
first baseman Tino Martinez's errant toss, which had hit
Travis Fryman in the back
just as Fryman reached first base. Two runs scored while
Knoblauch pointed and shouted, leading to a 4-1 Indians
win. "I screwed up," Knoblauch would admit the
next day, though observers were left to wonder whether
Fryman should have been called out in
the first place for travelling outside the base
path.
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The Yankees jump out to a 6-0 lead in Game 6 of the LCS and
hold on for a 9-5 victory to clinch the pennant. Wells is
named series MVP after winning Games 1 and 5. "This is
for every guy on the team," he says. "This is
wonderful. The guys are
wonderful."
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The Yankees take their place as one of the greatest teams
of all time by completing a four-game sweep of the San
Diego Padres to win the World Series, raising their overall
record to 125-50. Scott Brosius, who hit two home runs to
win Game 3, is named
Series MVP. "This is the most determined team I've been
around," Torre says afterward. "I don't know if
we have the best team of all time, but I do know that we
have the best record. We have to take a back seat to no one
in my
lifetime."
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