New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers August 18, 2010

The Yanks served notice that the Series upset and a new manager (Ralph Houk) would not derail them. They rewrote the record books in 1961 with Roger Maris hitting sixty-one home runs to beat Ruth's single season record and Mantle clubbing fifty-four. The team hit a record two-hundred forty (with no designated hitter), a record that stood until 1996. Whitey Ford won twenty-five games and led the Yanks to a five game win in the World Series. They won it all again in 1962 against the Giants and also won pennants in 1963-64.