The Reds sweep through the World Series, beating the Red Sox in four.ġ983: 99-63, 2nd in AL East, 3 GB, Team WAR Leader: RF Ron Roenicke (6.9) He was called up late in the season and played four games with the team before retiring after the season. In June, the Yankees sign six-time All-Star catcher Thurman Munson to a minor league deal. He and Lynn are good, but most of the rest of the team is disappointing causing a slide back down he standings. The Yankees also make another free agent signing, bringing in 1980 Cy Young winner Mike Flanagan on a seven-year deal. He immediately leads the Yankees back up the standings, although they still fall a couple games short of the Red Sox.īoston fall in the ALCS to the Angels, who go on to beat the Giants in the World Series.ġ982: 72-90, 7th in AL East, 25 GB, Team WAR Leader: CF Fred Lynn (5.6)īarna’s reign is a short one, as he is let go after just two years, and Richard Niesyto is hired. The former Brewer is coming off five consecutive All-Star seasons. Singleton leaves after just one year, but the Yankees do add another big name when Fred Lynn signs an eight-year deal. Meanwhile in the draft, the Expos select an outfield prospect named Paul O’Neill seventh overall.ġ981: 91-71, 2nd in AL East, 4 GB, Team WAR Leader: CF Fred Lynn (5.5) In the playoffs, Cincinnati breaks “The Curse of the Bambino” winning their first championship since 1926, having not done it since legendary Red Babe Ruth retired. He has a good season, but can’t get the Yankees close to the playoffs. The Yankees do make another free agent splash in his place, signing multi-time All-Star outfielder Ken Singleton on a one-year deal. Pete Rose leaves at the expiration of his contract and goes to Cincinnati to play for the Reds. First, manager Joseph Gorski was let go and replaced by Babe Barna. The Yankees used the new player acquisition method and made a big splashes, bringing in Pete Rose, among others.Īs the new decade begins, can the Yankees build back into World Series contention or will the slide even further out of contention?ġ980: 77-85, 6th in AL East, 20 GB, Team WAR Leader: SP Dennis Leonard (6.2)Ī couple big events happened between the 1979 and 80 seasons. The decade was also the beginning of a new era in baseball as free agency began. The 1970s saw the Yankees bring home one championship in a memorable World Series against the Mets, but ended it falling back toward the bottom of the AL East.
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