2000: NEW YORK YANKEES OVER NEW YORK METS IN 5 GAMES
2001: ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS OVER NEW YORK YANKEES IN 7 GAMES
2002: ANAHEIM ANGELS OVER SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS IN 7 GAMES
2003: FLORIDA MARLINS OVER NEW YORK YANKEES IN 6 GAMES
2004: BOSTON RED SOX OVER ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IN 4 GAMES
2005: CHICAGO WHITE SOX OVER HOUSTON ASTROS IN 4 GAMES
2006: ST. LOUIS CARDINALS OVER DETROIT TIGERS IN 5 GAMES
2007: BOSTON RED SOX OVER COLORADO ROCKIES IN 4 GAMES
2008: PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES OVER TAMPA BAY RAYS IN 5 GAMES
2009: NEW YORK YANKEES OVER PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES IN 6 GAMES
WORLD SERIES MVPs:
2000: Derek Jeter, New York Yankees Shortstop: .409 average, 9
hits, Leadoff Home Run in Game 4
2001: Randy Johnson, Arizona Diamondbacks Pitcher: 3-0, 19
strikeouts, 1 complete game shutout, Came on in relief in Game 7,
3 earned runs
Curt Schilling,
Arizona Diamondbacks Pitcher: 1-0, 4 earned runs, 26 strikeouts
2002: Troy Glaus, Anaheim Angels Third Baseman: .385 average, 8
RBIs, Hit go-ahead double in Game 6
2003: Josh Beckett, Florida Marlins Pitcher: 1-1, 2 earned runs,
19 strikeouts, Pitched complete game clincher in Game 6
2004: Manny Ramirez, Boston Red Sox Outfielder: .412 average, 7
hits
2005: Jermaine Dye, Chicago White Sox Outfielder: .438 average, 7
hits
2006: David Eckstein, St. Louis Cardinals Shortstop: .364 average,
8 hits
2007: Mike Lowell, Boston Red Sox Third Baseman: .400 average, 6
hits
2008: Cole Hamels, Philadelphia Phillies Pitcher: 1-0, 4 earned
runs
2009: Hideki Matsui, New York Yankees Outfielder: .615 average, 8
RBIs (6 coming in clinching Game 6)
Important Moments:
2000: Yankees come back from 9th inning deficit to win on Jose
Vizcaino hit; Tempers flare in Game 2 due to Roger Clemens
throwing bat in Mike Piazza's direction; Yankees complete
three-peat for 26th Championship
2001: Diamondbacks pitching dominates Yankees, led by Randy
Johnson and Curt Schilling; Yankees tie Games 4 & 5 with
2-outs in bottom of 9th with 2-run home runs: Jeter's Mr. November
Home Run clinches Game 4, Game 5 ends on Play at the Plate; Yankee
fans say goodbye to outfielder Paul O'Neill; Diamondbacks clinch
title with walk-off win in wild Game 7
2002: Barry Bonds plays in first World Series, but fails to
complete Championship race; "Rally Monkey" Angels take Game 6
after being down 5-0 in seventh inning; win first title in
franchise history in Game 7
2003: Roger Clemens plays "last" World Series game in Game 4,
Yankees come back to tie game with two outs in ninth, but
shortstop Alex Gonzalez wins game with walk-off home run in 12th
inning; Marlins complete second title in franchise history
2004: Back-and-forth Game 1 is won by Red Sox with home run in
bottom of 8th inning; Curt Schilling and Pedro Martinez dominate
Cardinals in Games 2 & 3; Red Sox win first title since 1918
2005: Chicago plays in first World Series since 1959; White Sox
take Game 2 on Scott Podsednik's second home run of the SEASON;
Game 3, first game played in state of Texas, sets record for
longest World Series game ever played; White Sox break Curse of
Shoeless Joe in Game 4
2006: Heavy Underdog Cardinals upset Detroit with World Series,
led by sparkplug David Eckstein
2007: Red Sox hitting and pitching dominates Rockies' lineup;
First World Series game played in Colorado; Red Sox win second
title in 4 years behind Jon Lester, cancer survivor
2008: Miracle Rays are unable to stop Philadelphia's second title
in franchise history; Game 4 sees Joe Blanton hit home run as a
pitcher; Clinching Game 5 is postponed for days due to inclement
weather
2009: Pedro Martinez, Yankee Enemy #1, returns in Games 2 & 6;
Cliff Lee dominates Yankees in Games 1 & 5; Alex Rodriguez
hits first World Series instant replay home run in Game 3; Yankees
win 27th title in franchise history thanks to Hideki Matsui's 6
RBI in Game 6