Before the world was changed forever, the World Series had seen
much of its history played out in New York, often delivered by
the Yankees -- not the only team to bring baseball's biggest
event to the Big Apple, but by far the most frequent one.  On
Sept. 10, 2001, the Yankees appeared well on their way to
another chance to earn the game's greatest prize, standing at 13
games up on the rival Red Sox with 19 to play and primed for a
run at their fourth consecutive American League pennant.  On
Sept. 11, 2001, none of that mattered.  The Twin Towers had
fallen that morning in the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil,
and New York was suddenly a profoundly different place. At that
point, the Yankees' annual quest for October glory couldn't have
been less important to anyone in New York -- or anywhere --
including the Yankees themselves.  "It was in the part of the
season where you're starting to concentrate on postseason and
the World Series and all the things we were accustomed to,"
recalls Paul O'Neill, then the