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The Giants beat the Yankees
in their last World Series as a New York team.

1921

The First Subway Series

The Giants' first championship since 1905

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The entire series was played at Polo Grounds. Yankees took the first two games, but the Giants came back in a big way in game three, winnng 13-5.

Game 1: NYY 3, NYG 0

Game 2, NYY 3, NYG 0

Game 3: NYG 13, NYY 5

Game 4: NYG 4 NYY 2

Game 5: NYY 3, NYG 1

Game 6: NYG 8, NYY 5

Game 7: NYG 2, NYY 1

Game 8: NYG 1, NYY 0

GIANTS WIN!

After that game, there was a lot of back and forth, but the Giants wound up on top. Part of the Yankees collapse was due to the loss of
Babe Ruth after the fourth game.

1922

The World Series that had a tie game.

Giants ... again.

Frankie Frisch

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As a sign of how much times have changed, Game 2 ended in a tie. The game was called due to darkness. But the Giants won the series easily with help from Heinie Groh, who batted .474 , and Frankie Frisch, who hit .471.

Game 1: NYG 3, NYY2

Game 2: NYY 3, NYG 3

Game 3: NYG 3, NYG 0

Game 4: NYG 4, NYY 3

Game 5: NYG 5, NYY 3

GIANTS WIN!

1923

The Yanks avenge themselves and in "house that Ruth built," their new home, Yankee Stadium.

Having batted .394 all season, Babe Ruth came through with his big bat. He smashed a bases-empty, upper-deck homerun in the first inning of Game 6, and set the tone for the rest of the Series.

Game 1: NYG 5, NYY 4

Game 2: NYY 4, NYG 2

Game 3: NYG 1, NYY 0

Game 4: NYY 8, NYG 4

Game 5: NYY 8, NYG 1

Game 6: NYY 6, NYG 4

YANKEES WIN!

1936

After 13 years, they meet again -- but the result is the same as last time, and the Yanks do it without Ruth.

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Lou Gehrig

This time the story was about a kid named Joe DiMaggio and veteran Lou Gehrig. DiMaggio batted .346 on the series and Gerig drove in seven runs.

Game 1: NYG 6, NYY 1

Game 2: NYY 18, NYG 4

Game 3: NYY 2, NYG 1

Game 4: NYY 5, NYG 2

Game 5: NYG 5, NYY 4

Game 6: NYY 13, NYG 5

YANKEES WIN!

1937

Birth
of a dynasty.

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Joe DiMaggio signing autographs
at the World Series.

After coming off their second-straight season of 102 wins, the Yankees rolled over the Giants in five games. They had become the dynasty the are today.

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Pitcher Lefty Gomez, who won 20 games for the Yankees, gave up only one hit in Game 1, and drew two walks, even though
he was a notoriously bad hitter.

Game 1: NYY 8, NYG 1

Game 2: NYY 8, NYG 1

Game 3: NYY 5, NYY 1

Game 4: NYG 7, NYY3

Game 5: NYY 4, NYG 2

YANKEES WIN!

1941

Finally, a new contender. The Brooklyn Dodgers try their hand at the Series.

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A new team, but the same result. Yankees win in five.

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One of the major turning points in the Series was when Dodgers catcher Mickey Owen dropped a third strike and allowed the Yankees to score and win Game 4.

Game 1: BD 3, NYY 2

Game 2: BD 3, NYY 2

Game 3: NYY 2, BD 1

Game 4: NYY 7, BD 4

Game 5: NYY 3, NYG 1

YANKEES WIN!

1947

Closer, but still no victory for Brooklyn.

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In Game 3, Yankees catcher Yogi Berra hit the first pinch-hitting home run in baseball history.

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But the real story was the Major Leagues' first
Afircan-American player, Jackie Robbinson. He had a .297 average that year and stole 29 bases.

Game 1: NYY 6, BD 3

Game 2: NYY 10, BD 3

Game 3: BD 9, NYY 8

Game 4: BD 3, NYY 2

Game 5: NYY 2, BD 1

Game 6: BD 8, NYY 6

Game 7: NYY 5, BD 2

YANKEES WIN!

1949

Brooklyn still can't make it work.

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Yankees pitcher Allie Reynold struck out nine in Game 1 and didn't
give up one run, which pretty much sealed Brooklyn's fate.

Game 1: NYY 1, BD 0

Game 2: BD 1, NYY )

Game 3: NYY 4, BD 3

Game 4: NYY 6, BD 4

Game 5: NYY 10, NYG 4

YANKEES WIN!

1951

The Last Subway Series for the Giants.

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Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle

This marked the Subway Series' debut of some of baseball's most legendary figures, such as Mickey Mantle of the Yankees and Willy Mays of the Giants. It was also the last time DiMaggio played in the World Series. Armed with such a powerful roster, the Yankees
won in six games.

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Not only did the Giants' Monte Irvin hit thee singles and a triple in Game 1, but he also stole home and help the Giants get the first "W."

Game 1: NYG 5, NYY 1

Game 2, NYY 3, NYG 1

Game 3: NYG 6, NYY 2

Game 4: NYY 6, NYG 2

Game 5: NYY 13, NYG 1

Game 6: NYY 4, NYG 3

YANKEES WIN!

1952

Brooklyn: Robbed again.

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In one of the closest and most
intense Subway Series in history,
the teams traded wins and losses back and forth, starting with a Yankee victory, capped off by Mickey
Mantle's eighth-inning homerun.

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The series was tied at 3-3, and it came down to Jackie Robinson. He popped up between pitcher Bob Kuzava and first baseman Joe Collins, but they both lost sight of the ball. Brooklyn scored twice on that error, but the Yankees controlled
the rest of the game and won the Series.

Game 1: BD 4, NYY 2

Game 2: NYY 7, BD 1

Game 3: BD 5, NYY 3

Game 4: NYY 2, BD 0

Game 5: BD 6, NYY 5

Game 6: NYY 3, BD 2

Game 7: NYY 4, BD 2

YANKEES WIN!

1952

The Yankees cannot be stopped.

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Martin being congratulated by his teamates.

The Yankees' Billy Martin punished Brooklyn with his bat, hitting
.500 in the series. He also hit a
three-run triple.

Game 1: NYY 9, BD 5

Game 2: NYY 4, BD 2

Game 3: BD 3, NYY 2

Game 4: BD 7, NYY 3

Game 5: NYY 11, BD 7

Game 6: NYY 4, BD 3

YANKEES WIN!

1955

Just when it's starting to get old -- a twist! Brooklyn wins! The foundation of Ruth's house is shaken up a bit.

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After losing Game 1, the Dodgers looked to their offense to come up big. That came in the form of Duke Snider homers in games 1 and 5, when he hit two.

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Zimmer being helped off the field at Fenway Park after Martinez threw him to the ground in 2003.

Some say the reason for the Yanks' loss was the absense of Don Zimmer through much of the Series. Without his definsive skills at second base, the Dodgers were able to get around the bases easier.

Of course, today we remember Don Zimmer as the Yankees coach whom Red Sox pitcher, Pedro Martinez, pushed down in the 2003 ALCS.

Game 1: NYY 6 BD 5

Game 2: NYY 4, BD 2

Game 3: BD 8, NYY 3

Game 4: BD 8, NYY 5

Game 5: BD 5, NYY 1

Game 6: NYY 5, BD 1

Game 7:BD 2, NYY 0

DODGERS WIN!

1956

The Yanks come roaring back and reclaim their throne in another thriller.

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Sal Maglie with Dodgers owner Walter F. O'Malley

The story in this Series was of two pitchers:
Don Larsen the 27-year-old kid who had struggled in the past for the Yankees and Dodgers' veteran Sal (The Barber) Maglie.
They were deadlocked in Game 5.

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Larsen being congratulated.

The Yankees had lost the first two games and gone through a lot of pitchers, but Larsen's performance, even though he bombed in Game 1, gave the Bronx bombers faith back in their bullpen. Not one Dodger scored. Larsen pitched a perfect game.

Game 1: BD 6, NYY 3

Game 2: BD 13, NYY 8

Game 3: NYY 5, BD 3

Game 4: NYY 6, BD 2

Game 5: NYY 2, BD 0

Game 6: BD 1, NYY 0

Game 7: NYY 9, BD 0

YANKEES WIN!

World Series

GAME ONE:

YANKEES 4,
METS 3

12 innings

Al Leiter pitched
seven superb innings for
the Mets, but the Yankees jumped ahead by two
in the sixth inning.

In the bottom of the ninth, Yankee legend Paul O'Neil had a 10-pitch at bat, and eventually scored and tied the game, 3-3.

Yankee Manager Joe Torre put Jose Vizcaino in as a pinch hitter.
He drove in the winning run.

GAME TWO:

YANKEES 6, METS 5

The Fight

Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens and Mets catcher Mike Piazza already had a history of bad blood after Piazza was knocked down by a Clemens' fast ball earlier in the season.

After Piazza hit a broken bat single, Clemens threw a piece of the broken bat at the catcher on his way to first base.
The benches emptied.

In the ninth, Jay Payton hit a three-run, homerun run off Mariano Rivera to add to Piazza's earlier two-run homer, but the Yankees added a run
just in time with a
Scott Brocius home run.

GAME THREE: METS 4, YANKEES 2

The end to the Yankees' 14-game World Series Winning Streak

The normally flawless Orlando Hernandez, "El Duque," was handed his first-ever post-season loss.

Benny Agbayani's double in the bottom of the
eighth put the Mets
ahead for good.

GAME FOUR:

YANKEES 3, METS 2

Yanks back
on top

Short-stop Derek Jeter hit a towering
homerun off the first pitch of Game 4.

Former Met David Cone allowed only one run
during his relief stint and
got back some of his good name that had been
tarnished by a 4-14 season.

Formidable Yankees closer Mariano Rivera gave up only one hit in the
last two innings, recording his 18th
post-season save.

GAME FIVE:

YANKEES 4, METS 2

Still the Champions

Yankee Pitcher Andy Pettitte held the
Mets to two runs throughout the first
seven innings.

Manager Bobby Valentine stuck with veteran pitcher and former Yankee Al Leiter, who also held his opposition to two runs until the the last inning.

With two outs in the top of the ninth, Luis Sojo slapped a single past Leiter to drive in two runs and win the game.

A triumphant Bernine Williams hoists the World
Series Trophy over
his head. It is the Yankees' third-straight World Series and their 26th championship.

Since they started playing during the regular season, the Yankees have dominated the Mets with a record of . They will play once series at Yankee stadium and another at Sheathis year.

1997

Yankees 2 Mets 2

A tie: the city is happy

Joe Girardi

1998

Yankees 2, Mets 1

Met Shortstop Rey Ordonez makes a flying catch

1999

Yankees 2, Mets 1

Mets 2 , Yankees 1

Paul O'Neil angry at being caught stealing third

2000

Yankees 1, Mets 1

Yankees 3, Mets 1

Roger Clemmens knocked Piazza out with his fast ball, which led to the brawl during the World Series.

2001

Yankees 2, Mets 1

Yankees 2, Mets 1

Andy Pettitte throwing against the Mets.

2002

Mets 2, Yankees 1

Yankees 2, Mets 1

Derek Jeter steals second base

2003

Yankees 2, Mets 0

Yankees 4, Mets 0

Jason Phillips strikes out and Yankees catcher Jorge Posada looks on

2004

Yankees 2, Mets 1

Mets 3, Yankees 0

Kaz Matsui steals second base, avoiding Miguel Cairo's tag

2005

The Mets and Yankees will play three times this year.

May 20 at Shea

May 21 at Shea

 May 22 at Shea

June 24 at Yankees

June 25 at Yankees

June 26 at Yankees