2000 World Series

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The 2000 World Series (a "Subway Series") featured a crosstown matchup between the two-time defending champion New York Yankees and the New York Mets, with the Yankees winning 4 games to 1 for their third straight championship and 26th overall. It marks, to date, the last World Series won by the Yankees, and the last series with repeat champions. It was the first Subway Series since 1956.

Managers: Joe Torre (Yankees), Bobby Valentine (Mets)

Umpires: Ed Montague, Jerry Crawford, Tim McClelland, Tim Welke, Charlie Reliford, Jeff Kellogg NOTE: Under the new Collective Bargaining Agreement between MLB and the new World Umpires Association signed in 2000, the traditional National League and American League umpire was discontinued. All umpires belonged to Major League Baseball, with an interim uniform. During the 2000 playoffs, the new umpire uniforms (black and cream shirts), with the Major League Baseball logo on the caps and shirts, were used for the first time.

Series MVP: Derek Jeter (Yankees)

Television: FOX (Joe Buck, Tim McCarver and Bob Brenly announcing)

1 Summary
2 Miscellaneaous
3 Quotes of the Series
4 External links

[edit] Summary

[edit] Game 1

Saturday, October 21, 2000 at Yankee Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
NY Mets	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	0
NY Yankees	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	12	0
W: Mike Stanton (1-0) L: Turk Wendell (0-1)

[edit] Game 2

Sunday, October 22, 2000 at Yankee Stadium [1]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NY Mets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	7	3
NY Yankees	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	X	6	12	1
W: Roger Clemens (1-0) L: Mike Hampton (0-1)
HR: NYM – Mike Piazza (1), Jay Payton (1) NYY – Scott Brosius (1)

[edit] Game 3

Tuesday, October 24, 2000 at Shea Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NY Yankees	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	0
NY Mets	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	X	4	9	0
W: John Franco (1-0) L: Orlando Hernandez (0-1) S: Armando Benitez (1)
HR: NYM – Robin Ventura (1)

[edit] Game 4

Wednesday, October 25, 2000 at Shea Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NY Yankees	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	0
NY Mets	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	1
W: Jeff Nelson (1-0) L: Bobby J. Jones (0-1) S: Mariano Rivera (1)
HR: NYY – Derek Jeter (1) NYM – Mike Piazza (2)

[edit] Game 5

Thursday, October 26, 2000 at Shea Stadium Game 5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NY Yankees	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	7	1
NY Mets	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	1
W: Mike Stanton (2-0) L: Al Leiter (0-1) S: Mariano Rivera (2)
HR: NYY – Bernie Williams (1), Derek Jeter (2)

[edit] Miscellaneaous

This was the first Subway Series since 1956 and the only one since the Dodgers and Giants moved to California.
The 1998-2000 New York Yankees establish a record of ten consecutive games won in consecutive World Series. The previous record was nine by the 1937-1939 Yankees. Overall, the Yankees had won fourteen straight World Series games (starting with Game 3 of the 1996 World Series) breaking the mark of twelve straight by the 1927,1928 and 1932 Yankees.
The Yankees' Game 2 win eclipsed the longest AL winning streak in the World Series at 11 games (the AL had previously won 10 straight from 1927-29 and again from 1937-1940)
The Yankees were the first team to "three-peat" as champions since the 1972-1974 Oakland Athletics.
The Yankees were the first franchise to appear in three straight World Series since the 1988-1990 Oakland Athletics.
Starting with this Series, MLB started changing the World Series logo each year. Prior to this, logos were not changed year after year. The 1998 and 1999 series had one logo, the series from 1992 through 1997 had another logo, and the series from 1987 through 1991 had another.
The New York Mets won game 3 of the 2000 World series by a score of 4-2, their only victory in a World Series game since game 7 of the 1986 World Series.
Yankee hurler Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez earned the loss in Game 3, snapping his undefeated postseason record (6-0).
New York Mets relief pitcher John Franco earned his only World Series victory of his career in game 3.
This was Mike Piazza's first appearance in a World Series.
The World Series winning RBI was driven in by Yankees utility man and fan favorite Luis Sojo.
The day of the 2000 World Series opener (October 21, 2000), marked 2 Anniversaries. (1) 25 years ago to this date Boston Red Sox's catcher Carlton Fisk ends game 6 of the 1975 World Series with his famous homerun off the left field foul pole in Fenway Park in Boston to beat the Cincinnati Reds and force a Game 7. (2) 20 years ago to this date the Philadelphia Phillies won their only World Series title, defeating the Kansas City Royals in 6 Games.

Mets Left Fielder Benny Agbayani becomes the first Hawaiian born player to play in the World Series since another Mets' player Sid Fernandez played in 1986.

[edit] Quotes of the Series

"Piazza gets into one to center, back is Bernie Williams...a threepeat" - FOX Sports' Joe Buck on the Last out.

"Now Rivera is set, and the 0-1...swung on and hit in the air to deep center. Bernie back, away back! He's there! He MAKES THE CATCH! BALLGAME OVER! WORLD SERIES OVER! YANKEES WIN! THEEEEEEEEEEE YANKEES WIN! The New York Yankees have once again reached the summit of the sports world! They've won their third straight championship,4th in the last 5 years, and 26th overall. The most sucessful franchise in all of sports! Starting the new millenium, the New York Yankees are once again World Champions!!"-John Sterling calls the last out

"Vizcaino, left field base hit, Yankees win game one!!" -- (FOX) Sports Joe Buck calling Yankees' Jose Vizcaino game winning single in the Bottom of the 12th inning of Game 1.

"And he goes after the first pitch, way back! Derek Jeter! He's lined it out! Goodbye Home Run! First pitch homer for Derek Jeter!"-Gary Thorne calls Derek Jeters leadoff Game 4 Home Run that shifted the momentum back to the Yankees.

"Broken bat, foul ball off to the right side. And the barrell of the bat, came out to Clemens and he picked it up and threw it back at Piazza! I dont know what Clemens had in mind!!"--Gary Cohen (WFAN) describes the incident in Game 2.

"They'll be talkin' about this 40 years from now, and we're here now."-Yankees fan and New Yorker Spike Lee explaining the importance of the Series