Pinstripes and Pennants: the Ultimate New York Yankees Fan Guide by Barry Wilner

Author:Barry Wilner
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: JUVENILE NONFICTION / Sports & Recreation / Baseball & Softball / General / People & Places / United States
Publisher: North Star Editions
Published: 2019-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

In his historic 1978 Cy Young–winning season, Guidry’s masterpiece was when he fanned 18 Angels in a 4–0 four-hitter. Every Angels batter struck out at least once.

“If you saw that pitching too often,” said Angels first baseman Joe Rudi, who fanned four times, “there would be a lot of guys doing different jobs.”

Jeter's Flip

(at Oakland Athletics, 2001 AL Division Series)

Even when he popped up out of nowhere, Derek Jeter somehow was where he belonged.

In Game 3 of the 2001 AL Division Series, with the Yankees down two games to none, they led Oakland 1–0 in the bottom of the seventh inning. Then Terrence Long doubled down the right field line.

The A’s Jeremy Giambi tried to score from first base. That looked like it’d be no problem when outfielder Shane Spencer overthrew both cutoff men. The ball was bouncing between the pitcher’s mound and first base line when Jeter—remember, he’s a shortstop—grabbed the ball and flipped it backhanded to catcher Jorge Posada.

Giambi didn’t slide, Posada made the tag on his leg, and the Yankees held on. They wound up beating Oakland in five games, then Seattle in five before heading to the World Series.

Sorry, Red Sox

(vs. Boston Red Sox, October 1–2, 1949)

Beating your top rival is always sweet. Doing so to win the pennant is even sweeter. On the first two days of October 1949, the Yankees needed a pair of wins over visiting Boston to edge the Red Sox for the AL title.

Johnny Lindell’s homer won the first game 5–4. Then New York had to beat Ellis Kinder, who’d won 15 straight decisions as a starter. The Yankees came out on top, 5–3. It would be 19 years before Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey would visit Yankee Stadium again. And oh yeah: The Yankees won the next five World Series, still a record.

Grand Slams Times Three

(vs. Oakland Athletics, August 25, 2011)

Some people asked whether it was a football game when they heard that the Yankees had beaten Oakland 22–9. To get that many runs, a team normally needs lots of home runs. And the Bronx Bombers had five against the A’s—three of them grand slams.

Yep, the Yankees became the first team with a hat trick of bases-filled homers when Robinson Cano, Russell Martin, and Curtis Granderson did it.

Perfect Positioning

(at San Francisco Giants, 1962 World Series)

Of all the memorable World Series the Yankees have appeared in, seven-game series against San Francisco in 1962 stands out. The Yankees won the odd-numbered games; the Giants took the even numbers. Game 7 was played by the San Francisco Bay. Back then, pitchers often threw all nine innings, and heading into the bottom of the ninth, the Yankees’ Ralph Terry had a two-hit shutout, leading 1–0 on, of all things, a run scored on a double play.

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