Arizona Diamondbacks
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The Diamondbacks debuted with a retractable-roof park downtown. They lost their inaugural opener to the Rockies.
Behind Schilling and Johnson, Arizona beat the Yankees in seven games — Luis Gonzalez's blooper off Rivera the indelible image. The Diamondbacks became the fastest expansion team to win a title.
Bank One was acquired by JPMorgan Chase, and the park was rebranded.
Arizona won the NL Wild Card game over Colorado — their first October victory since 2007.
An 84-win Diamondbacks team made a deep playoff run, sweeping the Dodgers in the NLDS and winning the NLCS over Philadelphia. Texas swept them in the World Series.