Speaker 1: Hello, Welcome to the Stupid Disherman. I'm your host, Kep Pound.
Speaker 1: Today we're talking about the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Arizona Diamondbacks
Speaker 1: joined Major League Baseball as an expansion team in nineteen
Speaker 1: ninety eight. Owned by Jerry Colangelo and named after Arizona's
Speaker 1: venomous rattlesnake, the Diamondbacks shocked the baseball world by winning
Speaker 1: the World Series in just their fourth season in two
Speaker 1: thousand and one. Led by pitchers Randy Johnson and Kirk Shilling,
Speaker 1: they defeated the mighty New York Yankees of one of
Speaker 1: the greatest World Series ever played. Not bad for a
Speaker 1: team that was still learning where to hang US jerseys.
Speaker 1: This has been the Stupid History Minute, and I'm kept Pound.
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