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Brosius was the mvp of the series as the yankees also came back from a 30 deficit to win game 3. The 1998 world series of poker wsop was an amount of poker championships held at binions horseshoe. With the win, the yankees posted an mlb record with the most overall wins in a. With a 11044 record, the bronx bombers ran away with the american league pennant, winning by a staggering nineteen games. The yankees swept the padres in four games to win their second.
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Atlanta braves 1 at ny yankees 4, f the yankees became the first team to sweep consecutive world series in 60 years since the dimaggioled. Both the 1998 and 1999 series were won by the yankees. Mariano rivera gets mark sweeney to ground out for the final out as the yankees win game 4 and sweep the world series. Mariano rivera records the final four outs of game 4 of the world series for the save, as the yankees go on to win their 24th championship check ou. The 1998 yankees are considered to be one of the top teams in baseball history. The 1998 world series, the 94th edition of major league baseballs championship.