If you look through Yankees’ seasons past and search for World Series near misses, a couple jump out. In 1955, they lost in seven games after getting shutout by 23-year-old Johnny Podres to give the Dodgers their only championship in Brooklyn. In 1960, they lost in Game Seven on a walk-off home run, despite outscoring the Pirates 55-27 in the series. Most of you probably remember 2001.
One year that does not get mentioned alongside the rest is 1922. That’s for good reason. The Yankees were technically swept in 1922.