You don't even really need speed to win a WS. Beside Jeter and Bernie (who never stole bases), who on the 96 Yankee team could run? Tino, Duncan, Hayes, Fielder, O'Neil, Boggs, Leyritz, Girardi, and Sojo ect .. were all really slow, and that team was all about doing the right thing, moving runners over, hit and run, and timley hitting.