The 1998 Yankees finished with a then-AL record 114 wins and added 11 more in the postseason to set a major league record with 125 victories.<\/b>
\nNEW YORK (CBSNewYork\/AP) \u2014 Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte and Jorge Posada returned to the Bronx on Saturday for the New York Yankees\u2019 celebration of their 1998 World Series championship team.
Darryl Strawberry and former manager Joe Torre also attended the ceremony before New York\u2019s game against the Toronto Blue Jays. Derek Jeter did not make the trip because of his daughter Bella\u2019s first birthday, but sent a video message for the fans.
Jeter, a one-time fixture at Yankee Stadium ceremonies, hasn\u2019t made a public appearance at his longtime home since becoming the chief executive officer of the Miami Marlins.
The 1998 Yankees finished with a then-AL record 114 wins and added 11 more in the postseason to set a major league record with 125 victories. New York swept San Diego to win the World Series.
The 1906 Chicago Cubs hold the National League record with 116 wins, but they lost to the Chicago White Sox in the World Series. The Seattle Mariners broke New York\u2019s record just three seasons later, matching the Cubs\u2019 total, but they were eliminated by the Yankees in the AL Championship Series in five games.
Of the top 11 teams on baseball\u2019s single-season wins list, Seattle is the only one to fall short of the World Series.
The impressive 1998 season for the Yankees \u201cwasn\u2019t the big thing for me,\u201d Rivera said. \u201cThe next 11 wins was the thing to wrap up everything. Seattle won 116, but they didn\u2019t win the championship. The season is there but is erased.\u201d
So that is the challenge for Boston as it threatens the wins record this year. Members of the 1998 Yankees say it doesn\u2019t mean very much without a title.
\u201cAt the end of the day, if you don\u2019t win, you don\u2019t remember.\u201d Posada said.
The major league-leading Red Sox began the day with an 87-36 record. They need 30 wins over their last 39 games to break the record.
\u201cThey\u2019re a great team. They\u2019ve been playing really well,\u201d said Torre, who managed the Yankees for 12 seasons, winning four championships. \u201cBut I tell you what, when you get to postseason, there is a whole lot of pressure on you. As proven by Seattle in \u201901, you have to remind people that they did that because they didn\u2019t go anywhere. They won the division, but they didn\u2019t beat us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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