1907 At Detroit’s Bennett Park, the Cubs, behind the Three Finger Brown’s seven-hitter, blank the Tigers, 2-0, to capture the World Championship. Although Game 1 ended in a tie, Chicago becomes the first club to sweep a World Series.
1916 Ernie Shore three-hits the Dodgers, 4-1 as the Red Sox win the World Series in five games.
1920 At Cleveland's League Park, the Indians' hurler Stan Coveleski blanks the Robins, 3-0, to win the 1920 World Series. The Tribe wins the best of nine series 5 games to 2.
1923 In front of the largest crowd in baseball history, 62,430 fans are on hand to see Casey Stengel hit his second home run of the Series. The round-tripper proves to be the difference as Giants hurler Art Nerf out duels Sam Jones and the Bronx Bombers in Game 3 of the Fall Classic, 1-0.
1929 Trailing 8-0 during the fourth game of the World Series, the Philadelphia A's erupt for 10 seven inning runs off three Cub pitchers en route 10-8 victory. Chicago's Hack Wilson was one of the goats of the game, losing two balls in the sun.
1948 The Yankees name Casey Stengel to pilot the team. In his previous stints as manager with the Braves and Dodgers, the 'Old Professor' has never finished higher than fifth place.
1967 The Impossible Dream comes to an end as Bob Gibson throws his third complete game and three-hits the Red Sox, 7-2.
1969 Thanks to Al Wiess' ninth inning hit and the combined two-hitter tossed by Koosman and Ron Taylor, Mets even the World Series at one game apiece with the Orioles.
1982 In Game 1, Brewers' lead off batter Paul Molitor becomes the first player to collect five hits in a World Series game. The third baseman's 5-for-6 performance helps Milwaukee to rout the Cardinals,10-0, the biggest shut-out margin since Yankees blank the Bucs 12-0 in 1960.
1983 At Baltimore's Memorial Stadium, the Orioles even the series at a game apiece as they defeat the Phillies, 4-1. In a battle between rookie pitchers, Mike Boddicker throws a three-hitter besting Charles Hudson as John Lowenstein paces the Birds' offense with three hits, including a fifth inning home run.
1986 The Angels are one strike away from the World Series, when Dave Henderson, who had earlier watched Bobby Grich's fly ball bounce off the heel of his glove and over the center field fence to give California the lead, hits a two-run homer off of Donnie Moore on a 2-2 count putting the Red Sox ahead, 6-5; California will tie game in the bottom of the frame, but Boston will prevail scoring the deciding run in the 11th inning on a Henderson sac fly.
2001 Tom Kelly retires as the Twins' skipper. During his 15-season tenure, the longest among current managers, he won two World Series titles and compiled a record of 1140-1244 for the small market team.
2003 Thirty-five years after an anthem dispute, Jose Feliciano sings the Star-Spangled Banner at the Marlins' NLCS game against the Cubs at Pro Player Stadium. In 1968, during Game 5 of the World Series in Detroit , his nontraditional gospelized rendition of the song at Tiger Stadium caused such flap that some radio stations stopped playing the blind singer's records on the air.
2005 The White Sox 2-1 victory tying the ALCS at one-game apiece with the Angels will be best remembered for the Doug Eddings's controversial call which appears to signal the third out of ninth inning has been made, but A.J. Pierzynski takes first base as the home plate ump belatedly rules the catcher had trapped the swinging strike. The ‘Pale Hose’ will take advantage of the incident as pinch runner Pablo Ozuna steals second and scores the winning run on Joe Crede’s double.
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