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World Series: Diamonds Are Forever
The Arizona Diamondbacks, a 4-year-old team, defeated the New York Yankees, baseball's most winning team, 3-2 Sunday night in the decisive seventh game.
Originally posted Monday November 05, 2001 12:05 PM EST
The bottom of the ninth inning Sunday night, Mariano Rivera was on the mound, the Yankees' clubhouse was being set up for a champagne celebration and the Arizona Diamondbacks, who'd only been in the League for four years, were in trouble. "We were done," Arizona's Mark Grace said. Yet in a World Series full of late twists, David Dellucci thought there might be one more in Game 7. He said so in the Diamondbacks' dugout Sunday night, according to the Associated Press. "I looked over at Grace and said, 'Man, it's time for us to create our own magic,' " he said. And so, they did. In a stunning comeback, Luis Gonzalez blooped an RBI single that capped a two-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning off Rivera, and the Diamondbacks beat New York 3-2 to win their first championship. "It seemed pretty surreal to me, watching this all develop," said Arizona pitching ace Randy Johnson, who, with fellow ace Curt Schilling, wound up as co-MVPs, accounting for all four Arizona victories. The Yankees were only two outs from their fourth straight championship and fifth in six years when it suddenly fell apart. "We're obviously disappointed in the result, but not the effort," Yankees manager Joe Torre said. "I'm not a good loser," said team owner George Steinbrenner, who was consoled by Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. "We can't win every year," said the mayor, the Yankees' No. 1 fan. "They did the city proud, George." And there's always next year.
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