This stuff never gets old hat. After a very tough regular season where the press hounded them and buried them, The Yankees became the third team in history to win 100 games for three seasons in a row. It was their 7th AL East Division Title in a row, and the Boston Red Sox became the first team in history to come second 7 times in a row. The Yankees did it in dramatic fashion, coming from behind to win 6-4 with Bernie Williams's walk-off 2-run homerun; it was their 61st come-from-behind win this season, which was also a major league record.
Williams knew what to do with the moment, blasting a 1-0 pitch onto the netting
above the retired numbers in left-center field at Yankee Stadium, lifting the Yankees to a 6-4 victory and their seventh consecutive division title.The home run had added significance. It was the 241st of the season for the Yankees, breaking the club record set by the fabled 1961 team of Roger Maris and Mickey
Mantle. Williams, who has 21 homers, had ended a regular-season game with a home run only once before in his career. But he has done it twice in the postseason, in the opening games of the 1996 and 1999 American League Championship Series. If the Yankees advance that far again, they are assured of having the home-field advantage. Williams made sure of that."I thought it was going to be maybe a double," Williams said. "When it left, I was like, 'Whoa, man, this is great.' It was a great feeling for me, especially with the tough things this year that I've been going through.
"The whole club has been fighting long and hard for this."
The comment I liked was Ron Gardenhire, manager of the Twins who remarked, "They say they struggled and win 100-games. What a joke. We win 90 games and think that's great."
Yes, sometimes the media has been hysterical this season.
- Art Neuro
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