August 17, 2018

The brawls, El Duque and Jeter’s girlfriend: Behind the scenes of the 1998 Yankees

by Felix Pantaleón

Late on the night of Oct. 21, 1998, in the charming port city of San Diego, you could feel the relief and exhaustion. Primarily the exhaustion. I’m pretty sure those senses dominated those Yankees after they validated their record-setting regular season by steamrolling the overmatched Padres to win their 24th World Series title. I know…

Written by Felix Pantaleón

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