Apr 11, Apr 12, Apr 13, Apr 14, Apr 15, Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Apr 16, Apr 17, Apr 19, Comerica Park. Apr 20, Apr 21, Apr 22, Apr 23, Apr 24, Apr 26, Apr 27, Apr 28, Apr 29, Ewing M. Kauffman Stadium.
Apr 30, May 1, May 2, Rogers Centre. May 3, May 4, May 6, May 7, May 8, May 10, May 11, May 12, Guaranteed Rate Field. May 13, May 14, May 15, May 16, May 17, May 18, May 19, May 20, May 21, May 22, May 23, May 24, May 25, May 26, Tropicana Field. May 27, May 28, May 29, May 31, Jun 1, Jun 2, Jun 3, Jun 4, Jun 5, Jun 7, Target Field. Jun 8, Jun 9, Earlier this week, you might have seen that we here at Pinstripe Alley debuted our Champions Series.
In just their second year in New York, the then-Highlanders went into the final day of the season with a chance at winning the AL pennant. The Highlanders were scheduled to host a doubleheader against the Boston Americans now the Red Sox to close out the regular season.
Trailing Boston by 1. In the ninth inning of a game in the opener, Highlanders ace and star Jack Chesbro threw a wild pitch with a runner on third, allowing Boston to take a lead and win the game, clinching the AL. To make matters worse, New York won the second game, meaning they were agonizingly close to winning their first pennant way back in Instead, they had to wait another couple decades.
It took another 17 years for the franchise to break through and win their first pennant, but the Yankees finally did so in The Babe Ruth-led team took the AL by 4.
The Yankees got off to a great start in the then best-of-nine World Series, taking the first two contests. However, the Giants took five of the next six games, winning the series After a successful debut season guiding the Yankees in , manager Casey Stengel returned with a mix of proven veterans and some exciting young players.
The season would prove to be incredibly competitive in the American League with four teams in the mix for most of the season. World Series: Yankees sweep Philadelphia Phillies, The Yankees played well from the start of the season, but were matched along the way by three other teams that would prove to have staying power through the season.
Martin entered the game in the bottom of the sixth with the Yankees trailing Boston They rallied in the eighth inning, and he knocked in Yogi Berra with both of his hits in the inning as the Yankees scored nine times. The Yankees held the AL lead for the second half of May, building up a four-game lead on the league by May 26th.
This would prove to be their largest lead at any point during the season. The team could not sustain the lead and lost it in early June to the Detroit Tigers, who remained in first place for much of the season. New York stayed close and found themselves in a back-and-forth battle with both Boston and Cleveland for second place.
He was hitting just. He battled through two 0-for stretches that were troubling for the extremely proud three-time MVP. The early results would not indicate what was to come for the future Cy Young Award winner and Hall of Famer.
Facing a Boston team that knocked out Tommy Byrne after just 1. He would quickly bounce back from this outing and show the form that he would become known for by pitching in 20 games with a 2.
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