Archive - Baseball's Best (and Worst)

Best 50 — 1936 New York Yankees (#25)

Gehrig and DiMaggio team up to win the AL by almost 20 games

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G. Scott Thomas

June 2025

Best 50 — 1957 Milwaukee Braves (#26)

Henry Aaron’s mighty blow leads Milwaukee to its first championship

Jun 27 •

G. Scott Thomas

Best 50 — 2007 Boston Red Sox (#27)

The Sox overcome several distractions to sweep the World Series

Jun 24 •

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Best 50 — 1989 Oakland Athletics (#28)

Even an earthquake can’t stop the title-bound A’s

Jun 20 •

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Best 50 — 1924 Washington Nationals (#29)

The Nats survive a brutally long road trip to clinch an unexpected title

Jun 17 •

G. Scott Thomas

Best 50 — 1961 New York Yankees (#30)

Roger Maris (61 homers) and Mickey Mantle (54) blast their way into history

Jun 13 •

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Best 50 — 1937 New York Yankees (#31)

Joe DiMaggio emerges as a leader for the Yanks’ latest championship squad

Jun 10 •

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Best 50 — 1962 New York Yankees (#32)

The Yanks shake off an early slump to win another world title

Jun 6 •

G. Scott Thomas

Best 50 — 1912 Boston Red Sox (#33)

Tris Speaker and Joe Wood lead Boston to an unexpected championship

Jun 3 •

G. Scott Thomas

May 2025

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