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...Both teams have had their ups and downs since then. But since that magical year of Wetteland, Rivera and Jim Leyritz, a dynasty has been resurrected. The Yankees ascended in 1996, stumbled in 1997, were arguably the best team ever in 1998, and barely let up in 1999. They are playing for their third straight World Series crown - look at the last five years, and a Subway Series is just another occasion for the Yankees to dispatch their latest victim while saving on airfare. The recent Mets, meanwhile, have more spirit than stars, more of a habit of late-season...
...This past Wednesday when I was able to bring my seven-year-old cousin Henry, with his awe-filled eyes, to the clinching game of the World Series triumph over the Braves, the heroes stood taller than Paul Bunyan again. When Jim Leyritz, savior of the '96 series, came to bat in the eighth inning, Henry clasped his hands together in prayer and asked the sky "Can he hit another home run?" As the ball sailed over the left center field fence, Henry knew there were deities of the baseball diamond, and that they understood fate...
...around Wells after he suffered "your mama" jokes from opposing fans who didn't realize that his mother had recently died. Strawberry, the recovering troublemaker, was hospitalized with colon cancer in the middle of the play-offs. So everybody stitched his number on their hats, even ex-teammate Jim Leyritz, who played on the opposing Padres. Hernandez pitched his first American season after paddling on a boat to escape from Cuba. His family was permitted to leave Havana for a ticker-tape parade in New York City. Even Fidel Castro is a softy for this team...
...Though the smart money remains on New York, the Padres pose some big problems for the Yankees. One is hard-throwing pitchers, who have given New York hitters the most trouble this season, and another is what is properly termed mojo: Staff ace Kevin Brown and catcher Jim Leyritz were Series heroes in the past two seasons. Still another is character: Like the Yankees, the Pods' people are hard to hate, with nice-guy Gwynn leading a whitebread team low on ego and high on winning. When the series opens in the Bronx on Saturday night, David Justice will...
MLTGCBDAF Award--Padre Jim Leyritz will win this award (Most Likely To Get Capped By a Deranged Astros Fan) with no competition. Leyritz hit three homers in the four-game Divisional Series, meaning he almost single-handedly outproduced Houston's entire lineup...