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The Yankees’ Nearly Teams: Part 1

Earlier this week, you might have seen that we here at Pinstripe Alley debuted our Champions Series. With the lockout putting a hold on a lot of offseason acquisition news, we’re taking a look back and profiling the Yankees’ teams that have won the franchise’s 27 World Series championships.

While we shouldn’t really complain about being the MLB team with the most titles, those 27 championship seasons aren’t the only occasions in which the Yankees have been within the grasp of glory. As we continue to profile the World Series winners, I’m going to take a quicker look at several more of the “nearly” teams in Yankees’ history, starting with these five:

In just their second year in New York, the then-Highlanders went into the final day of the season with a chance at winning the AL pennant.