After three years without a title, the Yankees finally broke their mini-slump in 1936, beating the Giants in six games. That would begin an unprecedented run of success, as they would go on to win four in a row and five in six years. Today, we will reminisce on the second of those titles, with 1937 signaling the the beginning of one of the most momentous dynastic shifts in the franchise’s history.
For the previous decade-plus, the Yankees had become synonymous with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. Although the former departed after the 1934 season, Gehrig still carried the torch of the vaunted Murderers’ Row and the memory of that initial dynasty.