What was the worst loss in Yankee History?

RichG · 10-20-2003, 02:58 PM

To not "pile on" the Red Sox...

Craig S. · 10-20-2003, 03:00 PM

Geez, they just don't have the same tradition of losing and heartbreak as do the Sox.

The only recent one that comes to my mind was a couple of years ago, losing to Arizona with their "unbeatable" closer on the mound. I think it was assumed that they were going to win, given the heroics against Kim earlier in the series, and the fact that they just weren't a team that gave up games in the ninth.

Wolf Hopper · 10-20-2003, 03:05 PM

How about Game 5 of the 1995 ALDS?
How about Games 3 or 5 of the 1981 WS?
How about Games 3 or 5 of the 1997 ALDS?

sweaver · 10-20-2003, 03:08 PM

1904: Chesbro's WP costs Yankees pennant.
1926: Alexander strikes out Lazzeri and shuts down Yankees to win Series.

Ytown Tribe fan · 10-20-2003, 03:23 PM

June 2, 1941. A great loss for all of baseball.

rcartman28 · 10-20-2003, 03:27 PM

I went with the game two years ago, not having seen either of the games in 1955 or 1960. Losing that game in Seattle in 1995 would be a good choice, too.

KCBOOMER · 10-20-2003, 04:30 PM

The loss in the 7th game of the 1960 WS has to be the worse. First no loss in the ALDS or ALCS equates to losing a series.

In the other series the Yankees' opponent was competitive with them and it was hardly a shock the other team won. The 1960 Pirates were no match for the Yanks and it showed in the cumulative score. And then to get beat when a banjo hitting catcher hits a three-run homer in the eighth and an even lighter hitting second baseman hits the the game winner in the ninth had to have been devastating.

KCBOOMER · 10-20-2003, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Ytown Tribe fan

June 2, 1941. A great loss for all of baseball.

Very true.

pwdennis · 10-20-2003, 05:56 PM

The entire 1963 World Series. Never has such a good team looked so futile in being swept by the Dodgers in four straight . The Yankees scored only 4 runs (the Dogers scored but 12) in the four game series with stats of .171 / .201 / .240 collectively.

captain_napalm · 10-27-2003, 07:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pwdennis

The entire 1963 World Series. Never has such a good team looked so futile in being swept by the Dodgers in four straight . The Yankees scored only 4 runs (the Dogers scored but 12) in the four game series with stats of .171 / .201 / .240 collectively.

Koufax & Drysdale'll do that to ya

JamesI · 10-20-2003, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Ytown Tribe fan

June 2, 1941. A great loss for all of baseball.

Agreed.

But in the spirit of the thread, I picked 2001 WS, but will admit it was because I watched that game cheering. I can easily be persuaded it was a game that occured before I was born.

gyb13 · 10-21-2003, 03:52 PM

2001
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10-24-2003, 02:54 PM

I picked "Other" - if I had to pick a specific game I'd say game 5 of the ALDS. After a 14 year drought the Yanks were back and Donnie Baseball was in the playoffs. That one hurt a lot, especially since we didn't know that we'd be in the playoffs the next 8 years in a row.

I'd also say that lossing the 81 WS hust a lot too. No specific game comes to mind - I was only 11 at the time, but I remember watching the Yanks lose game 3 while out to eat dinner with my parents. Being up 2-0 and not winning the seris was tough, especially against LA.

Fuzzy Bear · 10-27-2003, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by NJYANKEE

I picked "Other" - if I had to pick a specific game I'd say game 5 of the ALDS. After a 14 year drought the Yanks were back and Donnie Baseball was in the playoffs. That one hurt a lot, especially since we didn't know that we'd be in the playoffs the next 8 years in a row.

I'd also say that lossing the 81 WS hust a lot too. No specific game comes to mind - I was only 11 at the time, but I remember watching the Yanks lose game 3 while out to eat dinner with my parents. Being up 2-0 and not winning the seris was tough, especially against LA.

I would pick the 1963 World Series where the L. A. Dodgers spanked the Yankees, 4 straight.

I remember this; I was in 1st grade in Long Island. The teacher told us that the Yankees lost and she was sad. A number of kids started cheering "Yeah, Dodgers!" I guess loyalty to the Bums died hard.

View Poll Results: What was the worst loss in Yankee History?
1960 World Series Game 7 vs Pittsburgh	4	25.00%
1955 World Series Game 7 vs Brooklyn	0	0%
2001 World Series Game 7 vs Arizona	7	43.75%
Other	5	31.25%
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rcartman28 NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Hudson, WI Posts: 1,408	I went with the game two years ago, not having seen either of the games in 1955 or 1960. Losing that game in Seattle in 1995 would be a good choice, too. __________________ I would have looked out for the water main. But that's just me..... Brett Favre

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KCBOOMER NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Home of the T-Bones Posts: 11,116	The loss in the 7th game of the 1960 WS has to be the worse. First no loss in the ALDS or ALCS equates to losing a series. In the other series the Yankees' opponent was competitive with them and it was hardly a shock the other team won. The 1960 Pirates were no match for the Yanks and it showed in the cumulative score. And then to get beat when a banjo hitting catcher hits a three-run homer in the eighth and an even lighter hitting second baseman hits the the game winner in the ninth had to have been devastating. __________________ KCBOOMER *Buck O'Neil: The Monarch of Baseball*

10-20-2003, 03:00 PM	#2
Craig S. Guest Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 6,330	Geez, they just don't have the same tradition of losing and heartbreak as do the Sox. The only recent one that comes to my mind was a couple of years ago, losing to Arizona with their "unbeatable" closer on the mound. I think it was assumed that they were going to win, given the heroics against Kim earlier in the series, and the fact that they just weren't a team that gave up games in the ninth.

10-20-2003, 03:08 PM	#4
sweaver Netshrine Cleanup Hitter Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The Mountain State Posts: 8,883	1904: Chesbro's WP costs Yankees pennant. 1926: Alexander strikes out Lazzeri and shuts down Yankees to win Series.

10-20-2003, 03:23 PM	#5
Ytown Tribe fan Guest Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Scrappers territory Posts: 2,515	June 2, 1941. A great loss for all of baseball.

10-20-2003, 05:56 PM	#9
pwdennis NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Winter Springs, FL Posts: 2,503	The entire 1963 World Series. Never has such a good team looked so futile in being swept by the Dodgers in four straight . The Yankees scored only 4 runs (the Dogers scored but 12) in the four game series with stats of .171 / .201 / .240 collectively. __________________ "I would submit that if the world survives for a million years, perhaps its finest hour may be that in the last half of the 20th century, when the power to blow up the world rested in the hands of a few men in two very unsophisticated and suspicious countries, we didn't do it, and one American, Richard Nixon, moved the cold war away from permanent confrontation toward victory. How could any wrong that he did compare with that?" - John Sears

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gyb13 NS Omnipresent Brasilian Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Crazy George's playground Posts: 10,903	2001 but on the bright side, that's what brought me to NetShrine: http://www.netshrine.com/vbulletin2/...6&postcount=27 __________________ Gustavo NDF Moderator Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin

10-24-2003, 02:54 PM	#13
NJYANKEE Posts: n/a	I picked "Other" - if I had to pick a specific game I'd say game 5 of the ALDS. After a 14 year drought the Yanks were back and Donnie Baseball was in the playoffs. That one hurt a lot, especially since we didn't know that we'd be in the playoffs the next 8 years in a row. I'd also say that lossing the 81 WS hust a lot too. No specific game comes to mind - I was only 11 at the time, but I remember watching the Yanks lose game 3 while out to eat dinner with my parents. Being up 2-0 and not winning the seris was tough, especially against LA.

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