 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Munguva dzemanzwiro aSeptember 2001 muNew York City, zvichitevera kurwiswa kwaSeptember 11 paNew Yorks World Trade Center, maYankees akakunda maOakland As mitambo mitatu kusvika kuviri muALDS, uye ipapo maSeattle Mariners, avo vakanga vakunda mitambo 116, mitambo mina kusvika kune imwe muALCS. Nokukunda pennant yegore rechina rakatevedzana, 1998-2001 Yankees akabatana ne1921-1924 New York Giants, uye maYankee zvikwata zve1936-1939, 1949-1953, 1955-1958 uye 1960-1964 semadzinza chete kuti asvike angangoita mana akateedzana pennants. Yankees yakanga yava kukunda mitambo gumi nerimwe yakatevedzana mumakore mana. Zvisinei, maYankees akarasikirwa neWorld Series mumutambo unoshamisa wemitambo minomwe kuArizona Diamondbacks, apo nyeredzi yeYankees yakavhara Mariano Rivera zvisina kujairika akarasikirwa nekutungamira uye Series muchikamu chepfumbamwe chemutambo wekupedzisira. Nokurasikirwa uku, iyi yaive nguva yechipiri mumakore mashanu kuti timu yarasikirwa neWorld Series mushure mekutungamira kusvika pasi pechinomwe chechinomwe cheMutambo 7 kutevera Cleveland Indians muna 2001 uye nguva yekutanga kubva ipapo iyo timu yekumba yakakunda mutambo wechinomwe weWorld Series. 