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Will the Real Mr. November Please Step Up

only the second time in Major League Baseball history the World Series continues into November. An interesting piece of trivia is that the New York Yankees have been involved in both of the November series.

The first time this occurred was in 2001 and was a result of baseball being postponed a week after the bombings of the World Trade Center. This delayed the end of the regular season by six days and in turn pushed the playoffs and ultimately the World Series by a week.

The 2001 World Series is of course near and dear to the hearts of Arizona Diamondbacks fans. It was that year when Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling lead the Diamondbacks to the Promised Land that ultimately ended on a bloop single by left-fielder Luis Gonzalez off Mariano Rivera.

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