MLB Showdown Obsession

 By 1956, the city of New York knew they were being spoiled with baseball. By the start of the season, they were touting 7 strait titles as a city, with all three of their teams contributing at least once, and many of those World Series titles were only played by NY teams in the Subway Series. But in just a few short seasons that would all end, with two of those teams moving out west, and with no immediate team set to replace them in the five boroughs, that mean there wouldn't be any more Subway Series matchups. But if 1956 would mark the final Subway Series, then the baseball gods picked a heck of a way to end it. The Yankees had been reeling in the offseason after finally being bested by the Brooklyn Dodgers a year ago, but by opening day they were back to business as they rattled off a 97-57 record to run away with the American League pennant by 9 games over the Cleveland Indians. By now though the directive for every Bronx Bombers team was clear: the pennant isn't enough. t...