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Article: Likely suspects It seems fitting that the last teams standing are the Yankees and Phillies
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- October 28, 2009
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By TOM HAUDRICOURT
After losing to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Luis Gonzalez's
broken-bat, ninth-inning single in Game 7 of the 2001 World Series,
the New York Yankees had no reason to think a major title drought
was on the horizon.
With four crowns from 1996-2000, the Yankees had every reason to
believe their dynasty would continue. And, sure enough, they
returned to the Fall Classic in '03, only to be knocked off in six
games by the upstart Florida Marlins.
Then, the World Series well went dry for the Yankees, who were
stunned by the rival Boston Red Sox in the 2004 American League
Championship Series after taking a three-games-to-none lead. The men
in stripes went the last five years at ...