1937 tends to get lost in the shuffle of the vast library of Yankees titles, but it turned out to be a pivotal year. After their title in '36, the Yankees were sitting on 5 titles in all, tying them with the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Athletics for the most in baseball. As for supremacy of just New York City, they were also stuck in a tie, with them having split with the Giants with 2 titles each. By time the dust settled in the 1937 World Series, the Yankees broke all those ties. First order of business was for Joe McCarthy and the Yankees to take care of the competition in the American League. With a near identical record from the previous season, the 102-52 Yankees had no problem leaving the rest of the league in the rearview, finishing 13 games ahead of 2nd place Detroit while the Browns were 56 long games in last place. The New York Giants met them for a rematch of the previous years series. Everything was on the line, with not only the tie breaking series against the Yan...