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OCTOBER 27, 1999 -- The Yankees became the first team to sweep consecutive World Series in 60 years -- since the DiMaggio Yankees did it to the Cubs and Reds in 1938-39 - when they beat the Atlanta Braves 4-1 in Yankee Stadium. After a regular season filled with personal tragedies and illnesses, the final game of the decade saw 56,752 fans cheer on Roger Clemens for seven-plus innings as the future Hall of Famer allowed just one run, then sat back and watched as Mariano Rivera finished-off Atlanta and helped the Rocket earn his first World Series title.

OCTOBER 17, 1999 -- At five hours and 46 minutes, it is the longest game in postseason history -- but this Shea Stadium classic is well worth the wait. Facing elimination, the Mets hang on against the rival Braves until the 15th inning, when the bases fill up for Robin Ventura. Ventura, hitless thus far in the series, belts a grand slam into the right-field seats ... or does he? Because he is mobbed before he even reaches second base, Ventura's game-winner is scored a single.

OCTOBER 11, 1999 -- If the Red Sox are going to complete their comeback from an 0-2 deficit, they need to do it without Pedro Martinez, who pulled out of Game 1 with back problems and had yet to return. But with the deciding game all tied in the fourth, Pedro comes on in relief and throws six innings of no-hit ball. Troy O'Leary, who hit a grand slam earlier in the game, wins it for the Sox with a three-run blast in the seventh.

AUGUST 7, 1999 -- Just one day after Tony Gwynn had reached the milestone, Wade Boggs was sitting three hits away from 3,000. Fans not sure they were going to witness history that night became restless as he rapped out hits #2,998 and #2,999 early in the game... anticipation was in the air. Boggs then stepped to the plate in the sixth inning and became the first player to join the 3,000 hit club via a home run, when he drilled a Chris Haney pitch to deep right. He celebrated by racing around the bases, pumping his fist in the air, pointing toward the heavens and then kneeling down in front of home plate and giving it a great, big kiss. When he was inducted into Hall of Fame on January 4th, 2005, he said, "I first started thinking about the Hall of Fame on Aug. 7, 1999. That's the first time I felt like I had good enough numbers to qualify for the Hall of Fame."

JULY 18, 1999 -- Before the game, the Yankees honored Yogi Berra, who caught the first pitch from Don Larsen. Almost 43 years earlier, with Berra behind the plate, Larsen pitched a perfect game in the World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers at the stadium. Fast-forward to that July day and it was -- as Berra might put it -- "deja vu all over again."

OCTOBER 16, 1998 -- After ending the regular season with an AL-record 114 wins, the inevitable happened when the Yankees finished off the Padres, beating them 3-0 at Jack Murphy Stadium. Padres' starter Kevin Brown kept the Yanks off the board until the sixth, but Andy Pettitte was strong into the eighth, eventually getting extra support in the form of an RBI single from series MVP Scott Brosius. Mariano Rivera quashed a mild San Diego threat, completed the game and the 24th New York Yankees World Championship.

SEPTEMBER 13, 1998 -- It was standing room only at Wrigley Field, but the Sunday afternoon crowd wasn't there just for the Cubs-Brewers game. They wanted to see Sammy Sosa swing into the history books, and Slammin' Sammy was in one of those hot streaks. He had hit #59 two days earlier, and #60 the next day, to tie Babe Ruth's 1927 record. Now the slugger was chasing history: Roger Maris' 61 single-season mark as well as his buddy Mark McGwire's, who had hit his 62nd the weekend before.

SEPTEMBER 8, 1998 -- For 37 years, Roger Maris' single-season mark of 61 homers had defied challenge. But in the summer of 1998 not one, but two sluggers, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa took aim at Maris' magic mark. McGwire got there first - launching #62 over the left field fence while Sosa played in right field and Maris' family sat in the stands. Big Mac would finish up with 70 homers - but his record would only last three seasons.

MAY 17, 1998 - The season, up to this point, had not been an easy one for David Wells. Being yanked from his previous start in the third inning, despite a 9-0 Yankee lead, had Boomer openly contemplating retirement. Not an irrational thought for someone two weeks shy of his 35th birthday. But he didn't, of course, and on May 17 dragged his 5.23 ERA out to the Yankee Stadium mound to face the Minnesota Twins. 27 batters later, as Paul O'Neill squeezed the last out in right field, Boomer would drop to his knees, elated and overwhelmed... a member of baseball's immortal pantheon.

MAY 6, 1998 -- The most dominating pitching performance of the 1998 season wasn’t turned in by one of the usual suspects. No, it wasn’t Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez or Roger Clemens who blew up on May 6th with a phenomenal 20-strikeout, one-hit gem; it was a 20-year old neophyte by the name of Kerry Wood who went from a promising Cubs rookie to a household name in a matter of hours.

OCTOBER 26, 1997 -- At first, the 1997 World Series between the powerful Cleveland Indians and the upstart Marlins seemed as if it would be memorable only because it marked the first time a wild-card team made it to the big dance. But as Florida’s Craig Counsell touched home plate to end only the third extra-inning Game 7 in Major League history, it became clear that the two teams had played in a modern classic that was as memorable as any of the great Series-ending contests in Octobers past.

OCTOBER 11, 1997 -- Mike Mussina spun a gem for the Orioles, striking out an LCS-record 15 through seven innings, but veteran Orel Hirshiser matched him zero-for-zero. The stellar starters were long gone by the 12th inning, though (and the were bullpens close to depletion) when the Tribe threatend. With two outs and a man on first, the winning run stood at third base in the person of the speedy Marquis Grissom. Indians' manager Mike Hargrove called for the squeeze bunt from Omar Vizquel. On a 2-1 Randy Meyers pitch, Grissom broke toward home and Vizquel bunted at the ball, which went rolling away from Baltimore catcher Lenny Webster, allowing the run to score. Despite heated arguments from O's manager Davey Jones and Cal Ripken, it was ruled that Vizquel did not foul it off and Webster was charged with a passed ball, giving the Indians the victory and a 2-1 series lead.

OCTOBER 26, 1996 -- Having blown a two-games-to-none lead in the series, the Braves needed a win to stay alive. But the Yanks broke through early, scoring three runs in the third inning off ace Greg Maddux. After a Joe Girardi triple got things rolling, Bernie Williams provided a single that scored Derek Jeter with the winning run in the Series' decisive contest. Jimmy Key and a strong Yankee bullpen held off Atlanta, closing things out when Charlie Hayes squeezed Mark Lemke's foul pop for the final out and the end of a dramatic series.

OCTOBER 23, 1996 -- Up two games to one and leading 6-0 in the sixth inning of Game 4, the defending champion Braves have the Yankees against the wall. But New York scores three runs in the sixth to cut the lead in half. Then in the eighth, with Mark Wohlers on the hill, Jim Leyritz belts a clutch, three-run homer to tie the game and keep the Yankees' World Series hopes alive. The Yanks go ahead in the 10th on an RBI walk from Wade Boggs and never look back.

OCTOBER 9, 1996 -- Home-field advantage took on new meaning in Game 1 of the 1996 ALCS as the Yankees earned the upper hand in the series. With the Orioles holding a 4-3 lead going to the bottom of the eighth, fate - in the form of 12-year-old Yankee fan Jeffrey Maier - intervened. Yankee rookie Derek Jeter led off the inning with a fly ball to right field, and Orioles rightfielder Tony Tarasco appeared to have it measured for the catch, but Maier reached out and snatched it away and over the fence. Bernie Williams led off the bottom of the 11th with a homer off Orioles closer Randy Myers to lift the Yankees to the win.

OCTOBER 5, 1996 -- MVP Ken Caminiti does his best to keep San Diego alive, blasting two homers and making a run-saving play in the field. But Brian Jordan steals the show with some sparkling defense of his own, followed by a game-winning blast off Padres closer Trevor Hoffman. Dennis Eckersley slams the door for his third save of the series as the Cardinals finish the sweep of the Padres.

OCTOBER 2, 1996 -- The Yankees and Rangers hooked up for a true classic in game two of the AL Division Series. Juan Gonzalez almost beat the Bronx Bombers single-handedly, belting two homers and driving in all four Texas runs, but the teams ended the ninth tied at four apiece. The game went into the twelfth before Dean Palmer's error on an attempted sac bunt by Charlie Hayes allowed rookie Derek Jeter to cross the plate with the game's winning run.

SEPTEMBER 18, 1996 -- As Roger Clemens recorded the final out of what turned out to be his final win for the Boston Red Sox, he had just tied Cy Young for most victories (192) and shutouts (38) in the long and storied franchise history. Striking out Travis Fryman for that final out had also just equaled his own Major League record of 20 strikeouts in a game.

OCTOBER 28, 1995 -- After losing the 1991 and 1992 World Series, as well as the 1993 NLCS, the Braves finally put it all together in 1995. Tom Glavine is masterful, allowing just one hit and three walks over eight shutout innings, with Mark Wohlers working the ninth for the save. David Justice provides all the offense Atlanta needs with a sixth-inning solo shot off Jim Poole.

OCTOBER 8, 1995 -- The Mariners come back from a 0-2 deficit to force a deciding Game 5. David Cone takes a 4-2 lead into the eighth but allows two runs, including Ken Griffey Jr.'s fifth homer of the series. With the score tied in the ninth, both Game 3 starters -- Randy Johnson for the M's and Jack McDowell for the Yanks -- come on in relief. Johnson allows a run in the 11th, but Edgar Martinez doubles home two runs to give the Mariners the series.

OCTOBER 4, 1995 -- This dramatic five-game Division Series was, in hindsight, an October stage that played host a "changing of the guard" for the New York Yankees. Don Mattingly, in the midst of playing in his first postseason, was also, ironically, making his last appearance in pinstripes. "Donnie Baseball's" home run electrified the Yankee Stadium crowd, as much as Seattle's dynamic Ken Griffey Jr's dampened it, but in the end, it would be part-timer Jim Leyritz' game-winning home run (the first in a string of clutch postseason blasts for Leyritz) in the rain-misted bottom of the 15th that sent the confident Yanks to Seattle up 2-0.

OCTOBER 3, 1995 -- The Colorado Rockies, in just their third season of existence, won the NL Wild Card and drew perennial powerhouse Atlanta as their inaugural playoff opponent. The Rockies gave the Braves all they could handle in Game 1, loading the bases in each of the last three innings, but the Braves bullpen wriggled out of the jams, allowing just one run to cross the plate. Rookie Chipper Jones blasted two homers and Marquis Grissom added a solo shot, as the Braves escaped with a 5-4 win en route to a four-game series victory.

SEPTEMBER 6, 1995 -- They called it the record that could never be broken, but Cal Ripken, superstar of the Baltimore Orioles came to work for the 2,131st straight day, surpassing one of baseball's most mythical records. When the game vs. California became official, Cal Ripken had passed Lou Gehrig as baseball's all-time Iron Man.

OCTOBER 23, 1993 -- Facing elimination, the Phillies trail by four in the seventh. But they battle back to score five runs -- three of them courtesy of a Lenny Dykstra homer -- to take a 6-5 lead into the bottom of the ninth. That's when the Wild Thing, Mitch Williams, trots out to close the door on the Jays. Instead, he puts two men on for Joe Carter, who slams the first come-from-behind, Series-winning homer in baseball history.

SEPTEMBER 27, 1993 -- The memories of the game between the White Sox and the Seattle Mariners on Sept. 27, 1993 have lasted a lifetime for the 42,116 in attendance at Comiskey Park, as well as for the Sox faithful who were simply watching the game on television or listening to it on the radio. The 4-2 victory for the White Sox, who finished the season 94-68 , clinched their first American League West title in 10 years.

SEPTEMBER 7, 1993 -- Few players in the annals of Major League history can claim such a spectacular day at the ballpark as Mark Whiten had in this record-tying 12-RBI, four homer performance in the second game of a twinbill.

OCTOBER 24, 1992 -- Dave Winfield picks the perfect moment for his first extra-base hit in twelve career World Series games. With the score tied in the 11th and the Blue Jays one win away from Canada's first ever World Series title, Winfield burns Charlie Leibrandt for a double down the leftfield line to put Toronto up 4-2. The Braves mount a comeback, but ultimately fall short, 4-3.

OCTOBER 14, 1992 -- Pirates ace Doug Drabek pitches eight innings of shutout baseball, putting the Pirates three outs from the World Series. But Drabek fails to retire the first three batters in the ninth and is lifted in favor of closer Stan Belinda. After Belinda records two outs, little-used Francisco Cabrera singles to left and Sid Bream chugs home from second ahead of Barry Bonds' throw to give Atlanta the Pennant.

OCTOBER 27, 1991 -- A classic World Series is capped by a classic Game 7 as the Twins and Braves need extra frames to determine a winner at the Metrodome. Jack Morris goes the distance with a seven-hit, ten-inning shutout masterpiece and a base-running blunder by Atlanta's Lonnie Smith in the eighth comes back to haunt the Braves as they hold the Twins scoreless through nine and might have won had Smith scored in the eighth. Regardless, the "Dome Field" advantage works its magic for the Twins who take home their second title in five years.

OCTOBER 26, 1991 -- With the game tied 3-3 in the 11th inning and the Braves just one win away from a World Series crown, Atlanta manager Bobby Cox hands the ball to Charlie Leibrandt. The first batter he faces is Kirby Puckett, who earlier in the game saved a run with a leaping grab against the wall on a line drive by Ron Gant. Puckett blasts Leibrandt's offering over the left-centerfield wall for his third RBI of the game, forcing a decisive Game 7 at the Metrodome.

MAY 1, 1991 - When baseball's King of Ks, Nolan Ryan, strikes out Roberto Alomar for his 16th strikeout of the game, it marks the completion of Ryan's record seventh no-hit gem - three more than the man with the second most no-nos in history, Sandy Koufax. The 44 year-old Ryan proved yet again that there was still plenty of life left in the ole right arm.

OCTOBER 20, 1990 -- Like in 1988, Jose Canseco, Mark McGwire and the A's are supposed to dominate the Series, this time against the overachieving Reds. But while Oakland ace Dave Stewart is sharp, he cannot match Reds starter Jose Rijo, who allows just one run and two hits in eight-plus innings. Nasty Boy Randy Myers comes on for the save, securing the Reds' improbable World Series sweep over the mighty A's.