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Champions again, thank you very much
Hype about a blood feud aside, the Mets prove to be delightful hosts as the Yankees storm to another title.
By Allen St. John Oct 27, 2000
Suck it up, Mets fans!
Your team's $98 million payroll undercuts your working-class pretensions. Besides, you're gonna lose.
  Oct 26, 2000
Put the bat down, Fox
If only the network bringing us the World Series could get over Roger Clemens' meltdown, maybe it could focus on the basics: Sound and pictures.
By King Kaufman Oct 26, 2000
Where have you gone, Darryl Strawberry? Where have you gone, Darryl Strawberry?
As his old team takes a 3-1 Series lead over his other old team, a former hero takes another classic fall.
By Allen St. John Oct 26, 2000
Why you should root for the Mets Why you should root for the Mets
It's John Franco, Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon vs. Roger Clemens, Rudy Giuliani and Puffy Combs. Any questions?
By John Giuffo Oct 26, 2000
Scab power
A pair of former "replacement" players, Rick Reed and Benny Agbayani, lead the Mets to victory in Game 3.
By Allen St. John Oct 25, 2000
News flash: Mets run out batted ball!
And have a bat thrown at them for their trouble. The Yankees are making the plays, and that's why they're dominating the Series.
By Allen Barra Oct 24, 2000
What a wuss!
After his bat-tossing incident in Game 2, Roger Clemens offers lame excuses and weak denials. We should expect more from our World Series heroes.
By King Kaufman Oct 23, 2000
Baseball is the sexiest sport Baseball is the sexiest sport
Manhood is not about muscles, penis size or aggression, but about those softer things: Silence, anticipation, humility and loyalty.
By Harriet Archer Oct 23, 2000
Strung out on pinstripes Strung out on pinstripes
Two days into New York's baseball orgy, the city is cranked up and wild-eyed, but the gunslingers of the Yankees and Mets have only just begun to stare each other down.
By Eric Bogosian Oct 23, 2000
The traffic jam Series The traffic jam Series
Thanks to a bloated playoff format and declining TV viewership, this year's World Series doesn't have quite the resonance of those from the "Golden Age."
By Allen Barra Oct 21, 2000
Save me, Alex Rodriguez
We non-New Yorkers implore the baseball gods: Please don't make us suffer a Subway Series.
By King Kaufman Oct 17, 2000
Where was George?
The Yankees ended the season with a swan dive for the ages, and all their once-cantankerous owner could muster was a shrug.
By Allen Barra Oct 6, 2000
If you fold it, they will come
Minor league baseball is bittersweet. The players are praying for a ticket out, and it's even worse when the team is looking to move, too.
By Steve Burgess Apr 3, 2000
Letters to the Editor
If Pete Rose won't fess up, he shouldn't be in the Hall of Fame; why we're chicken-pox party parents.
Letters to the Editor Nov 2, 1999
The Yankees, inevitably
The New Yorkers sweep their second straight World Series. They may be one of history's best teams, but their charm is starting to fade.
By Steve Kettmann Oct 28, 1999
On the brink
After a come-from-behind win in Game 3, there seems to be no stopping the New York Yankees.
By Steve Kettmann Oct 27, 1999
A battle of the generals
With bragging rights for team of the decade at stake, Yankees manager Joe Torre and Braves skipper Bobby Cox prepare for a strategic World Series duel.
By Steve Kettmann Oct 23, 1999
Blue Glow
Salon's TV picks for
Weekend, Oct. 22-24, 1999
By Joyce Millman Oct 22, 1999
Vin Scully
For 50 years, an Irish redhead from the Bronx has been the gold standard for baseball announcers.
By Gary Kaufman Oct 12, 1999
"29,000 people and a million butterflies"
Vin Scully's radio call of the ninth inning of Sandy Koufax's 1965 perfect game against the Chicago Cubs is pure baseball literature.
By Vin Scully Oct 12, 1999
Escape from New York
The San Diego Padres hope getting out of New York will change the momentum of the World Series.
By Steve Kettmann Oct 19, 1998
Rumble in the Bronx
This is the main event: The gritty Padres venturing into the hard-as-nails mayhem of Yankee Stadium to face one of the most elegant -- and greatest -- teams of our time.
By Steve Kettmann Oct 16, 1998
Now he belongs to the ages
Mark McGwire's towering feat united the country in admiration -- and brought baseball back from its lowest point.
By Steve Kettmann Sep 9, 1998
The Surreal Gourmet
The Surreal Gourmet's cut-and-save El Niño survival meal.
By Bob Blumer Nov 4, 1997
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