The Arizona Diamondbacks hold the major league record for fastest World Series championship by an expansion franchise, defeating the Yankees in seven hard-fought games in 2001 in just their fourth year of existence. This official World Series baseball is NRMT with 26 ink signatures averaging 9/10. Among the key names here are: Luis Gonzalez, whose bloop single won the Series, Randy Johnson, Curt Schilling, Mark Grace, Matt Williams, Jay Bell, Greg Swindell, Byung-Hyun Kim and Bob Brenly, who won it all in his first season as major league manager.