Derek Jeter and Co.: The 2020 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot

Since baseball expanded the playoff field in 1995, Josh Beckett is the only pitcher to throw a shutout in a division series, a league championship series and a World Series. Two of his gems came for the Marlins in 2003 — against the Cubs in the N.L.C.S. and the Yankees in the World Series — and the other for the Red Sox in the 2007 division series opener against the Angels. Beckett tossed only six shutouts in his 14 regular seasons, but the last was a no-hitter for the Dodgers in 2014.

The last time the Padres finished with a winning record, Heath Bell saved more than half of their victories. That was in 2010, the second of his three seasons as an All-Star. For his last appearance in the All-Star Game, the next summer in Phoenix, Bell did his customary sprint to the mound from the bullpen — but just before he got there, he slid on the grass. Breathing heavily, with a grass stain and a small tear on his pants, Bell retired Jhonny Peralta on a pop-up. “I got to do something at the All-Star Game that nobody’s ever done before,” Bell said later. “I really wanted to have a good time.”

The Yankees’ dynasty hung in the balance before the decisive game of their 2000 division series in Oakland. They had won three of the last four World Series, but the young A’s were ascending. “They’ve won enough times,” Eric Chavez said of the Yankees in a news conference before Game 5. “It’s time for some other people to have some glory.” Chavez didn’t know it, but a live feed of his interview was playing on the Coliseum scoreboard while the Yankees took batting practice, and they noticed. The Yankees would score six times in the first inning and win, 7-5, with Chavez making the final out. “You can’t beat us with your mouth,” Derek Jeter said after the game. “You have to beat us on the field.” All was forgiven a decade later; the Yankees signed Chavez after the 2010 season, and he helped them win two division titles.

Source: The New York Times

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