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November I, 2000 ÌJuriluuò (Obeerurr Page B3 ¿Elie ìJnvll.ttiò (Ohôeruer Metro/Sport Yankees Celebrate Series Threepeat ever.” H ow close? For only the second tim e ever and first since 1915— when Babe Ruth was a rookie as the Boston Red Sox beat the Philadelphia Phillies — no W orld Series gam e w as de cided by m ore than tw o runs. “T here w ere so m any balls that co u ld ’ve gone the other w ay,” Torre said. So w hile Luis S o jo ’s grounder sneaked through the m iddle for the go-ahead single in the top o f the ninth inning, P iazza’s long drive was hauled in to finish it, ending a Sub w ay Series that city fans had w aited 44 years to see. “Going in, I knew this W orld Series w ould be m ore than five nine-inning gam es,” T orre said. “ It w ould be 24- hour days.” B y F rid a y m o rn in g , th o u g h , all th a t h a p p e n e d th is w ee k — p u n c tu a te d b y th e R o g e r C le m e n s - P i a z z a b a t-th ro w in g e p iso d e — w as in th e p a s t. T h e fin a l g a m e , h a v in g h a p p e n e d ju s t a 1 4 -m in u te d riv e a w a y in Q u e e n s , a lre a d y w a s p a r t o f th e h is to ry b o o k s. O v e r in th e B ro n x , th e b ig sig n a b o v e Y a n k e e S ta d iu m th a t lists th e n e x t h o m e g a m e w as b e in g c h a n g e d to re a d "26 W o rld C h a m p io n s h i p s .” N EW Y O RK (AP) — Even in the final inning, Joe Torre found him self wondering. “ You ’re sitting there in the dugout thinking, ‘H ow long is this run going to go?’” the Y ankees m anager said Friday. M oments later, when center fielder Bernie Williams caught M ike Piazza’s bid for a tying hom e run on the edge o f the w arning track for the final out at exactly the stroke o f midnight, Torre had his answer. N ew Y o rk C ity h ad its c h a m p io n , an d so d id b a s e b a ll. T he m a jo r s ’ firs t th re e p e a t in a q u a r te r-c e n tu ry , fo u r o u t o f five a n d a re c o rd 2 6 o v e ra ll. T h e Y a n k e e s ’ 4-2 w in o v e r th e M ets a t S h e a S ta d iu m in G a m e 5 T h u rs d a y n ig h t m a d e it o ffic ia l. T o rre ro d e o f f th e fie ld o n the s h o u ld e rs o f te a m m a te s , M V P D e re k J e te r h o is te d th e W o rld S e rie s tro p h y fo r p in s trip e d fans to s a v o r a n d P a u l O 'N e ill to a s te d w ith c h a m p a g n e b e h in d se c o n d base. A celebration at the hom e o f their Subw ay Series rivals, no less. “This was the best o f the four series since I’ve been m ayor,” said the Y ankees’ No. 1 fan, Rudolph G iuliani said. “This w as the closest Personal Training That Fits Into Your Life Randy Cannon Fitness Professional Fitness Trainer Nationally Certified Cell # 313*3708 Personal Training and randycannon@thepersonaltrainer net Nutritional Counseling NOVEMBER EVENTS JO N KOONCE & THE GAS HOGS Thursday, N ovem ber 2, 7pm Hog Madness PIG IRON Thursday, N ovem ber 9, 7pm Old Time String Band The New York Yankees celebrate winning the 2000 World Series over the New York Mets. SUNDAY GOSPEL BRUNCH w ith p erform ance by DISCIPLES OF SONG Sunday, N ovem ber 12, 2pm Fans Cheer Champs in Ticker Tape Parade NEW YORK (A P) — Y ankees fans aren’t getting tiled o f these ticker-tape parades. Fans o f the W orld Series cham pions braved raw w inds M onday to cheer their heroes during the Bronx B om bers’ fourth parade in five years. “ I got here at 6 a m., and I’m not crazy,” said Robert Schaeffer. 54, o f the Bronx. “ It's a little cold but it’s worth it.” Reams o f shredded p aper hurled from office w indow s created a virtual blizzard as the parade kicked oft shortly after noon. G rand M arshal Y ogi Ben .« vvaved from a 1952 Chrysler convert ible w hile a grinning M ayor R udolph Giuliani joined Yankees m anager Joe T orreon the trophy float. Thousands crowded the parade route along lower Broadway. Many were skipping school or work. “W e called the school from here and they know who the hooky m others are,” said Donna Toscano o f W yckoff. N .J.. w ith her friend Lori Cooke and their four young children. Ticker Tape Parade. Oregon, Oregon State Have Eyes on Rose Bowl Ducks control own destiny, Beavers need some help, and a Civil War win drive 80 yards in the final seconds to w in at Stanford 31 -28. N ow , to earn a trip to Pasadena the B eavers m ust w in their last three gam es - including at hom e against O regon on Nov. 18 -a n d hope W ash ington loses som ew here dow n the road. T he H uskies alread y have beaten the Beavers. O regon State already has m atched its victory total Corvallis, Ore. (A P) - H ow crazy was the P a c -10 last w eekend? The only certainty w as a lopsided victory by Oregon State. Oregon State, for decades the 98-pound w eaklings o f the conference, routed W ashing ton State 38-9 Saturday night and im proved to 7-1 for only the second tim e since 1939. T he previous such start for the B eavers w as in 1964, the team ’s last R ose Bow l season. W ith A rizona’s loss to U CLA , No. 14 Oregon State is am ong a dwindl ing group o f challengers for this y e a r's P a c -10 title. The B eavers are tied for second place w ith W ashington at 4- 1, a gam e behind unbeaten Oregon. W ere it not for rem arkable com e backs by the D ucks and H uskies, O regon State actually w ould be in control o f the conference race. O r egon rallied from tw o touchdow ns behind in the fourth quarter at A ri zona State to prevail 56-55 in two overtim es; and W ashington had to from last season, when it w ent 7-5 for its first winning record since 1970. To com plete its transform ation, the Bea vers have a sim ple formula: m ore de fense and m ore Ken Simonton. O n Saturday night, the 5-foot-8 194-pound tailback ran for 169 yard- and becam e the first player in P a c -10 history to rush for at least 1,000 yards as a freshman, sophomore m djunioi “ H e ’s really a special guy,” q uar terback Jonathan Smith said. “ Some times I hand it to him, and ii s amazing to w atch him go." 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