"Oh, we've got it! The Yankees were also down 0-2 against the Atlanta Braves in 1996! And then they came back to win four straight! Why not us again!?" Not the same! At all! In those first two ...

Repeatedly. The Yankees did it a few times. Those Yankees who first vanquished the mighty Braves, in 1996, where faced with an impossible task. Atlanta was the defending World Series champion.

In sworn testimony made public this week, ahead of a pair of key court dates, Giuliani described the 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000 World Series rings as something of a family heirloom and Yankees good ...