BB Greatest Dynasties – 1927 NY Yankees - Champs

World Series Box Scores between 1927 NY Yankees & 1986 NY Mets

Congrats to Bruce Thomas for piloting the boys of Murder’s Row to the Tournament Championship.  His combined tournament record was 14-7.  Special congrats to Bill Keller for taking the Amazin’s to a game 6 vs the heavily favored Bombers.  All in all this was one heck of a fun tournament.  Next up…1965 or maybe we’ll do the reverse of this tournament:  The worst team ever dynasties.  Stay tuned…

The Sultan of Swing Clouts 3

GAME 6 - Yankee Stadium
Dwight Gooden vs Herb Pennock
Yankees 9, Mets 5
Thanks to his second putrid performance Gooden won't have to worry about waking up late and missing the victory parade.  There will be a victory parade, but it will be for Murder's Row who tagged Doc for 9 runs in 7 innings.  Herb Pennock, who would notch the win, gave up 5 runs in 8 innings, but only 1 of those runs would be earned.  After 3 innings of play the Yanks were up 5-1.  The Metsies began chipping away, but on a day when Babe Ruth would slug 3 homers the Mets needed runs in droves not in drips.  A 3 run 7th inning finally put Gooden out of his misery and sealed the deal for the Bombers.  Ruth would hit consecutive homers in the 1st (2 run shot), the 3rd (3 run shot) and the 5th (solo blast).  He would be given an unintentional / intentional pass in the 7th and Lou Gehrig would pick up the torch and slam a 3 run shot himself.  Eat your heart out Reggie, the Babe can also hit 3 homers in 3 consecutive at bats in a game 6 clincher where Yankee lumber overcame Yankee leather (4 errors).
Yankees win series 4-2

Babe’s Blast Beats Mets

GAME 5 - Shea Stadium
Dutch Ruether vs Bobby Ojeda
Yankees 8, Mets 7 (11 inn)
It took 5 games for the bats to come alive for the Flushing Faithful.  Unfortunately for them Murderer's Row brought their weaponry too.  The Metsies had themselves a 5-3 lead after 6, but Lou Gehrig's 2 run shot off of Bobby O in the top of the 7th knotted the game up at 5-5.  It would stay that way as regulation ended.  Grabowski's RBI single in the 10th looked to be the game winner for the Yanks, but Straw came up clutch in the bottom of the 10th to single home Lee Mazzilli to re-tie the game and force more extra frames.  After Mark Koenig led off the top of the 11th with a triple off of Roger McDowell, Babe Ruth slammed a 2-1 pitch into the upper the Met bullpen in right to make it 8-6.  Bob Shawkey came on in relief for the Bombers with a two run margin to protect.  After getting Hernandez and Knight to make easy out he would give up a double to Backman and an RBI single to Danny Heep.  Could the Mets pull another miracle out of their hat ?  The answer was a resounding NO when Rafael Santana grounded into a game ending 5-4 force play.
Yankees lead series 3-2

Oh, Darling…

GAME 4 - Shea Stadium
Mets 2, Yankees 1
Waite Hoyt vs Ron Darling
Game 1's rematch saw Yalie Ron Darling reverse his fortune with 7 2/3 innings of 1 run ball.  Once again Orosco would come on board for more than one inning to notch the save.  As was the case the previous day the Bronx Bombers took a 1 run lead, but the Metsies battled back.  Rafael Santana's RBI single with 2 out in the 5th plated Mex to tie the game at 1-1.  Ray Knight's 2 out single in the 6th gave Darling and Orosco a 1 run lead that they were able to protect.  Waite Hoyt went the distance and must have felt snake bit giving up just 2 runs and still taking it on the chin.  The only run scored for the pinstripes was a mammoth clout by the Bambino.
Series tied 2-2

Straw Poll

GAME 3 - Shea Stadium
Urban Shocker vs Sid Fernandez
Mets 2, Yankees 1
El Sid was tossing tablets, fanning 12 in 7 innings of fantastic work.  The Amazin's needed all that Sid had to offer, because they couldn't score either.  Down 1-0 and heading into the bottom of the 6th the Amazin's finally found the scoreboard with a 2 run blast off the bat of Darryl Strawberry.  "Messy" Jesse Orosco was quite the bit tidy with his 2 scoreless innings of relief to notch the save and get the Mets back into the series.
Yankees lead Series 2-1

Iron Horse turns Doc into the Lou-ser

GAME 2 - Yankee Stadium
Herb Pennock vs Dwight Gooden
Yankees 11, Mets 2
Doc must have been out all night bindging, because he put in a pitiful 3+ inning performance.  Murder's Row scored three runs in 3 of the first 4 innings to make this a laugher.  The Iron Horse went 3 for 5 with 2 RBI's and 3 runs scored.  Ruth had an off day (1-5), but that didn't matter one bit as the Bronx Bombers lit up the scoreboard with 11 runs on 17 hits and surprisingly no homers.  Pennock would go 8 and give up 3 before leaving for a pinch hitter in the 8th.  The Amazin's posted 9 hits, but couldn't score until the 7th when they posted 2 meaningless runs.  Kevin Mitchell went 3 for 4, but never found home.
Yankees lead series 2-0

Worth the Waite

GAME 1 - Yankee Stadium
Ron Darling vs Waite Hoyt
1927 Yankees 5, 1986 Mets 0
Waite Hoyt goes the distance tossing a tidy 3 hit shutout.  Wally Backman gets 2 of the Metsies 3 hits (Dykstra the other) as Ron Darling could not keep pace with Hoyt.  "Push em Up" Tony Lazzeri's 2 run single in the bottom of the first got Murder's Row on the board quickly.  Lazzer's solo shot in the 4th made it 3-0.  An RBI triple by Mark Koenig was followed by an RBI single by the Babe as the Yanks won this one easily.
Yankees lead series 1-0