To the “long-suffering” Yankee fan of the 21st century:
On the night of Sunday, Nov. 4, 2001, the New York Yankees managed one of the most monumental losses of my young sports-following career to that point, with the vaunted Mariano Rivera coughing up a one-run lead in the ninth inning of Game 7 of the World Series against the Arizona Diamondbacks, capped off by a Luis Gonzalez bloop single with the infield drawn in, giving Arizona, behind the monumental efforts of co-MVPs Curt Schilling and Randy Johnson, its first ever title with a 3-2 victory.