With a lead in his back pocket, Yankees starter Danny Neagle worked a scoreless first inning with a pair of strikeouts, before the Bronx bats got back on the horse in the second inning. With one out, Paul O’Neill sent a triple down the left field line, before being pushed across later thanks to a Scott Brosius sacrifice fly.

With the second quarter of the 21st century ready to crown another baseball king, USA TODAY Sports ranks the 25 World Series champions from least-accomplished to the very best:

Addison Barger just rocked Toronto, launching the first pinch-hit grand slam in World Series history. If the Blue Jays can pull this off and win their first World Series championship since they went back-to-back in 1992 and ’93,

As the World Series moved across town, the Yankees had the Mets flat on the mat. They’d won a pair of thrillers, outlasting the Mets with a walk-off in Game 1 before holding on for dear life in a memorable Game 2.