Even the best teams have stinkers. With a seven-game division lead with fewer than 20 games left, the 2000 Yankees had no reason to stress out about a disaster against Cleveland, as they dropped their second straight game for the first time since mid-August. Unbeknownst at the time, though, this loss was a harbinger of potential disaster, as the Yankees would enter a freefall that caused them to almost miss the postseason entirely.

September 15: Yankees 1, Cleveland 11 (box score)

Record: 84-61 (1st in AL East, 7.0 games ahead)

Making his first start since suffering a dislocated left shoulder on September 5th, David Cone had a very mixed outing. Cleveland jumped out to an early lead, as Omar Vizquel worked a one-out walk and came around to score on a Roberto Alomar double. Following tha

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