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(2001) Arizona 4, NY Yankees 3

Baseball is an outdoor sport in which a pitcher pitches a hard, fist sized ball to the hitting area of a batter. Baseball is sometimes called hardball to differentiate it from similar games such as softball. It is a popular game in North America, parts of Latin America, the Caribbean and East Asia. The modern game initially developed in the United States from an early bat-and-ball game called rounders, and now it has become the national sport of United States. The World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball. The World Series is played between the American League and National League champions and the Series winner is determined through a best-of-seven playoff.

The final World Series was played between the Arizona Diamondbacks and NY Yankees. Arizona Diamondbacks won the world series of 2001 by 4-3 defeating the NY Yankees. The Diamondbacks found their own mystique and aura. Trailing 2-1 in the ninth, Mark Grace singled to lead off against Rivera, who had converted 23 consecutive saves in postseason play. Damian Miller then reached on a fielder's choice and pinch-runner David Dellucci was safe at second on a throwing error by Rivera, who fielded the bunt but overthrew second base.

Tony Womack doubled to right, scoring pinch-runner Midre Cummings and tying the game at 2. It was the first run off Rivera after six scoreless innings. Craig Counsell, the only D-Back with a World Series ring and now has two was hit by a pitch to load the bases for Gonzalez who blooped a single over shortstop Derek Jeter into shallow center, scoring for the game. Arizona had taken a 1-0 lead on Danny Bautista's RBI. Runs Batted In double in the sixth but the Yankees quickly tied it in the seventh on Martinez's RBI single. Luis Gonzalez made an RBI single with one out in the ninth inning Sunday night to give the expansion Diamondbacks a 3-2 game 7 victory.

Schilling, who retired 16 in a row at one point, served up Soriano's blast on a 0-2 pitch into the left field bleachers. He faced two more Yankees before giving way to Miguel Batista who got one out and exited for Johnson. The Diamondbacks became the first team in World Series history to enter the bottom of the ninth inning trailing in a game 7 and then rally to win before the game went into extra innings.

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