I was watching the Baseball Seasons special on MLB Network about the '01 season. Am I the only one who was so freakin happy the D'Backs beat the Yankees? 9/11 or not, I still hate the Yankees. I was happy in 2001 and am still happy in 2009. I don't care if the city needed it, I REALLY don't like the Yankees. If they had won, I don't think we would have ever heard the end of it...

It's like when New Orleans "needed" a winner more than us in '06 because of Katrina. If somebody crashes a plane into the Sears Tower does that mean Chicago "needs" a winner more than everybody else? Hell no! And the 2001 World Series was BY FAR the best of this decade.

The "9 Innings From Ground Zero" special on HBO about this World Series is fantastic.

It's like when New Orleans "needed" a winner more than us in '06 because of Katrina. If somebody crashes a plane into the Sears Tower does that mean Chicago "needs" a winner more than everybody else? Hell no! And the 2001 World Series was BY FAR the best of this decade.

 

The most politically incorrect sign to ever be shown on national television was at the NFC finals when a Bears fan had a sign saying "Let's finish what Katrina started".

I was rooting for them as I felt for NY, rooted for the AL, like dynasties, wasn't too big on yet another expansion team winning a world series before us, and Luis Gonzalez was having a totally roided out season.

I remember watching that World Series vividly. I was extremely into it, and definitely rooting for Arizona. The series as a whole was incredible, with momentum swinging back and forth constantly. The Yankees winning in New York was very cool, especially since the series ended up going in favor of the Diamondbacks. That last game...whew!

I was watching the Baseball Seasons special on MLB Network about the '01 season. Am I the only one who was so freakin happy the D'Backs beat the Yankees? 9/11 or not, I still hate the Yankees. I was happy in 2001 and am still happy in 2009. I don't care if the city needed it, I REALLY don't like the Yankees. If they had won, I don't think we would have ever heard the end of it...

I also watched this on Sunday and relived the awesomness that was the 2001 World Series. I hate the Yankees, but it was pretty cool how they came back to win back to back games when down 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th. Of course, it was even better to see Mariano blow the 7th game. In my opinion, this series was definitely the most entertaining non-White Sox series that i remember watching.

This series turned Byun Yung Kim from an untouchable phenom into a complete bust. I remember feeling an odd satisfaction that Mark Grace got a ring

This series turned Byun Yung Kim from an untouchable phenom into a complete bust. I remember feeling an odd satisfaction that Mark Grace got a ring

 

The satisfaction was from Grace winning a ring NOT as a member of the Chicago Cubs.

 

I remember watching that whole series and it was easily the best series I have ever seen. From the back to back blown games by Kim, to the pitching of Unit and Schilling, to the 9th innning, game 7 comeback against the "greatest postseason reliever ever", it was pretty awesome. I was definitely rooting for the D-Backs, just cause I was sick of the Yankees winning every year, and at that time, I had no idea how big of a d-bag Schilling was...

I hate Curt Schilling more than I hate the Yankees. And I HATE the Yankees.

That was a great world series. Schilling/Johnson being such work horses was fun to watch. Everything game minus one blowout? Was amazing. The fact that home field decided it so. What a great series.

Now that I dont think much of Randy Johnson or Curt Schilling as human beings Id maybe of rooted for the yankees, but at the time it happened I was just starting to really get into baseball and the stories behind that world series will make any individual a fan of the game for life.

The "9 Innings From Ground Zero" special on HBO about this World Series is fantastic.

 

They showed it on MLB network too. I was a bit drunk, but I teared up quite a few times throughout it.

It's like when New Orleans "needed" a winner more than us in '06 because of Katrina. If somebody crashes a plane into the Sears Tower does that mean Chicago "needs" a winner more than everybody else? Hell no! And the 2001 World Series was BY FAR the best of this decade.

Cough, 2005, cough.

Cough, 2005, cough.

 

You can make an argument even though it was a sweep. Every game was very close.

I almost always root for the American League, and no different that time.

Edited January 28, 200917 yr by WilliamTell

man that series was great, I actually got to go to game five in NYC and Yankee Stadium was shaking! I was also very happy the D-Backs won:)

i remember watching that series on the tv in my parents bedroom. and yeah, i was rooting arizona all the way. for whatever reason, that one and 05 are the only series to really stand out in my head of this decade. come on - at the time, the schilling johnson thing was incredible to watch.

The "9 Innings From Ground Zero" special on HBO about this World Series is fantastic.

thank you

I almost always root for the American League, and no different that time.

I mostly do too, but not when its the Yankees or a AL Central team (Detroit 06) or last year's upstart punks Rays.