2001 American League Championship Series

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The 2001 American League Championship Series (ALCS) was a best-of-seven playoff series in Major League Baseball’s 2001 postseason pitting the overall #1 seeded Seattle Mariners against the three-time defending World Series champion and second-seeded New York Yankees for the American League pennant. The Series began October 17 and ended on October 22. The Mariners held home-field advantage by virtue of having a better regular season record. This was a rematch of the 2000 ALCS, which the Yankees won in six games. The series had additional poignancy, coming immediately after New York City was devastated by the September 11 attacks (the series was played in late October, due to Major League Baseball temporarily shutting down in the wake of the attacks). Though the Mariners had won an American League record 116 regular season games (tying the major league record established by the 1906 Chicago Cubs (116–36 (.763)), the Yankees won the first two games in Seattle. Mariners' manager Lou Piniella...

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