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Home > Baseball > World Series History > (2003) Florida 4, NY Yankees 2
(2003) Florida 4, NY Yankees 2
Baseball is an outdoor sport in which a pitcher pitches a hard, fist sized ball to the hitting area of a batter. 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.
Josh Beckett tossed a complete-game, five-hit shutout, striking out nine while literally carrying the Marlins to a 2-0 blanking of the Yankees in game 6 of the World Series before a silenced crowd of 55,773 at Yankee Stadium. He was declared as the MVP, the Most Valuable Player for the World Series.
In the finals, Posada led off with an opposite-field double to leave. But Beckett got Jason Giambi to ground out to third before striking out Garcia looking on a full-count curveball. The threat ended with pinch-hitter Ruben Sierra striking out swinging. The Florida Marlins are champions of the world. Josh Beckett took the mound on three days' rest and tossed a complete-game shutout at Yankee Stadium, giving the Marlins win in and the club's second title in franchise history.
Beckett's masterpiece completed an improbable season for the Marlins, which culminated with the second World Series title in the franchise's 11 seasons.
Reaching the playoffs was taxing enough, but the road to the World Series title was more grueling and draining. The Marlins had to get by Bonds and Co., the Giants, in the Division Series. Then, after trailing 3-1 to the Cubs, again the Marlins came through in a mind-boggling manner, beating Mark Prior and Kerry Wood in back-to-back victories at Wrigley Field. Now, this, upending the Yankees in the House that Ruth built.
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