2000 – According to rankings of the Elias Sports Bureau, Randy Johnson is named the top player for the 2000 season.
2000 – According to rankings of the Elias Sports Bureau, Randy Johnson is named the top player for the 2000 season.
Diamondback broadcaster Bob Brenly, signing a three-year, $2 million contract, is named as manager of the team. The former major league catcher replaces Buck Showalter, the club’s’ only manager, who was let go at the end of the season after compiling a 250-236 record for the three year-old franchise.
Diamondback broadcaster Bob Brenly, signing a three-year, $2 million contract, is named as manager of the team. The former major league catcher replaces Buck Showalter, the club’s’ only manager, who was let go at the end of the season after compiling a 250-236 record for the three year-old franchise.
2000 – Andujar Cedeno dies in an automobile accident in his hometown of La Romana, DR, at age 31. The shortstop arrives with high expectations and hits .250 with 31 homers during five seasons but he has trouble fulfilling his potential and is included in the mega-trade with San Diego, eventually returning from Detroit for three final big league games in 1996.
2000 – Andujar Cedeno dies in an automobile accident in his hometown of La Romana, DR, at age 31. The shortstop arrives with high expectations and hits .250 with 31 homers during five seasons but he has trouble fulfilling his potential and is included in the mega-trade with San Diego, eventually returning from Detroit for three final big league games in 1996.
The Mets, this year’s runner-up in the Subway Series, turn down New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s invitation to be part of the parade for the World Champion Yankees down the Canyon of Heroes in lower Manhattan.
The Mets, this year’s runner-up in the Subway Series, turn down New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s invitation to be part of the parade for the World Champion Yankees down the Canyon of Heroes in lower Manhattan.
2000 – New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani thinks it is okay for children to take a day off from school to watch the Yankees’ ticker-tape parade. His Honor, believing baseball can be an educational experience, has allowed his own kids, Andrew and Caroline, to miss classes in the past to watch the Bronx Bombers’ post-season celebrations. The Mets, this year’s runner-ups in the Subway Series, turn down Giuliani’s invitation to be part of the parade for the World Champion Yankees down the Canyon of Heroes in lower Manhattan.
2000 – New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani thinks it is okay for children to take a day off from school to watch the Yankees’ ticker-tape parade. His Honor, believing baseball can be an educational experience, has allowed his own kids, Andrew and Caroline, to miss classes in the past to watch the Bronx Bombers’ post-season celebrations. The Mets, this year’s runner-ups in the Subway Series, turn down Giuliani’s invitation to be part of the parade for the World Champion Yankees down the Canyon of Heroes in lower Manhattan.
The Yankees win their third consecutive World Series, their fourth title in five years
In Game 5 at Shea Stadium, the Yankees win their third consecutive World Series, their fourth title in five years, and record their 26th World championship, by defeating the Mets, 4 – 2. Luis Sojo’s 9th-inning two-out, tie-breaking single off starter Al Leiter is the decisive hit. Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter becomes the first player to win the All-Star Game MVP and the Series MVP honors in the same season. Joe Torre becomes only the fifth manager to win four World Series championships, joining Hall of Famers Joe McCarthy (7), Casey Stengel (7), Connie Mack (5) and Walter Alston (4) .
Mike Piazza becomes the first player to hit a World Series home run at both Yankee Stadium and Shea Stadium. The backstop’s third-inning homer off Denny Neagle will account for the only two runs the Mets will score in a 3-2 Game 4 defeat to their cross-town rivals.
Mike Piazza becomes the first player to hit a World Series home run at both Yankee Stadium and Shea Stadium. The backstop’s third-inning homer off Denny Neagle will account for the only two runs the Mets will score in a 3-2 Game 4 defeat to their cross-town rivals.
Roger Clemens is fined a reported $50,000 for throwing the jagged barrel of a shattered bat in the direction of Met catcher Mike Piazza in the first inning of Game 2 of the World Series
Roger Clemens is fined a reported $50,000 for throwing the jagged barrel of a shattered bat in the direction of Met catcher Mike Piazza in the first inning of Game 2 of the World Series. Yankee manager Joe Torre and the right-hander both deny the incident was intentional.
2000 – Pitcher Orlando Hernandez, with an 8-0 record and a 1.90 ERA in his postseason career, loses his first postseason game as the Mets defeat the Yankees, 4 – 2, on a tie-breaking 8th-inning double by Benny Agbayani. New York native John Franco gets the win, ending the Yankees’ record 14-game World Series winning streak. Also today, Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens is fined a reported $50,000 for throwing the jagged barrel of a shattered bat in the direction of Mets catcher Mike Piazza in Game 2.
2000 – Pitcher Orlando Hernandez, with an 8-0 record and a 1.90 ERA in his postseason career, loses his first postseason game as the Mets defeat the Yankees, 4 – 2, on a tie-breaking 8th-inning double by Benny Agbayani. New York native John Franco gets the win, ending the Yankees’ record 14-game World Series winning streak. Also today, Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens is fined a reported $50,000 for throwing the jagged barrel of a shattered bat in the direction of Mets catcher Mike Piazza in Game 2.
Although lacking big league managerial experience, Pirates hitting coach Lloyd McClendon is named as the team’s skipper, replacing the recently-fired Gene Lamont. During the new manager’s five-year tenure in the Pittsburgh dugout, the struggling Bucs will compile a 336-446 (.430) record.
Although lacking big league managerial experience, Pirates hitting coach Lloyd McClendon is named as the team’s skipper, replacing the recently-fired Gene Lamont. During the new manager’s five-year tenure in the Pittsburgh dugout, the struggling Bucs will compile a 336-446 (.430) record.
