AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
ANYONE WHO HAS PLAYED OR WATCHED BASEBALL OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD of time knows it can be a humbling game for losers. Things happen on the field that often border on the unbelievable, setting the stage for an unexpected, crushing defeat that wears on a player's soul.
So it was for the Yankees in Game 7 of the 2001 World Series at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix. There they were, leading the Diamondbacks, 2-1, in the ninth inning with Mariano Rivera, their masterful reliever, on the mound, poised to close out the game and clinch their fourth straight world's championship.
Rivera had already stymied the Diamondbacks in the eighth inning by striking out the ...
Source: HighBeam Research, World Series proved once again baseball can be a humbling game for...