25 Most Memorable MLB Postseason Moments

22. The Arizona Diamondbacks become giant slayers

MLB Postseason Moment: November 4th, 2001. The Arizona Diamondbacks win the 2001 World Series in game seven, winning their first in franchise history while defeating the heavily favored New York Yankees.

Why It’s Memorable: Anytime a franchise wins its first title, that is always memorable, but in this case, even more so. The Diamondbacks rode the arms of their two Cy Young aces — Curt Schilling and Randy Johnson — who won a combined three games in the series.

This was just the beginning of epic World Series moments for Schilling, which we will get to later on. Speaking of Johnson, the daunting 6′ 11″ southpaw won both games six and seven, which was no easy feat against a fearsome Yankees lineup.

The most memorable moment was the RBI single by Luis Gonzales off of Yankees Hall of Fame stopper Mariano Rivera, whose postseason resume is nearly immaculate, outside of this blunder and the 2004 ALCS, which we will dive into with great detail later.

A tale of two franchises, one around for ages, the other just getting started, showing that past accomplishments mean nothing once the first pitch is thrown.

The Diamondbacks’ first season was in 1998, so winning a World Series in just their 4th season as a franchise is impressive, most impressive, to say the least. As of 2017, the Yankees have 27 World Series titles in their team’s history out of 42 appearances, while the Diamondbacks have that lone appearance and championship, but what a title that was!