So I Try to Hear the Music but I'm Always Losing Time

Congratulations to Andrew Tuegel for correctly naming "Warehouse" by the Dave Matthews Band as the Sunday Song of the Day.

#6-1996 World Series--New York Yankees v. Atlanta Braves
Let me preface this entire post by saying that I genuinely dislike the New York Yankees. I'm not going to use the word "hate" because that seems a bit extreme for one's feelings towards a sports franchise. After all, like Jerry Seinfeld once said, "Aren't we really just cheering for laundry?"

With that said, the 1996 World Series was a definite turning point in the baseball universe of the 1990's. It led to the rise of the Yankee dynasty of the late 90's and marked the last really great team that the Braves have had. The Braves were pretty heavy favorites coming into this series and the Yankees were only coming back onto the postseason radar. The boys from Atlanta were the defending World Series Champions. They were led by a great pitching staff and incredible young hitters such as the brothers Jones, Andruw and Chipper.
Whether it was Jim Leyritz's improbable homer off Mark Wohlers in Game 4 (we forget now how dominant Wohlers was in that 95-96 period because he had a Rick Ankiel level meltdown in the next few years) or Wade Boggs riding around on a police horse after Game 6, this Series had some genuinely memorable moments.

Most importantly, the Yankees victory in this World Series led to George Costanza dragging the trophy around the Yankee Stadium parking lot in his futile effort to terminate his own job. Sorry George, I guess the Mets just needed Mr. Willhelm a little bit more.