1910 Ban Johnson, American League president, declares Tigers' outfielder Ty Cobb the league's batting champ after questioning Nap Lajoie's suspicious eight-hit performance in a doubleheader against the Browns.
1912 Giant center fielder Fred Snodgrass's error in the 10th inning leads to the Red Sox scoring two runs en route to a 3-2 World Series deciding game victory.
1949 Brooklyn does not renew Branch Rickey's contract as president of the Dodgers.
1960 In the first structural change since the turn of the century, the National League votes to admit Houston and New York into the Senior Circuit.
1969 Thanks to Ron Swoboda's double and two Oriole eighth inning errors, the Mets win their straight fourth World Series game to become World Champs. Jerry Koosman tosses a five-hitter and manager Gil Hodges wins the 'shoe polish' argument beating Baltimore 5-3 in Game 5 of the Fall Classic.
1985 In Game 6 of the NLCS, Cardinal first baseman Jack Clark's dramatic come-from-behind ninth inning home run with two outs and two on stuns a sold-out Dodger Stadium. St. Louis wins the game, 7-5 and captures the National League flag.
1990 In Game 1 of the World Series, Oakland's ten-game post-season winning streak ends as the Reds beat the A's, 7-0. Reds outfielder Eric Davis becomes the 22nd player to hit a homer in his first Fall Classic at-bat.
2003 In Game 7 of the ALCS, thanks to Aaron Boone's 11th inning home run at the 'stadium', the Yankees capture their 39th American League pennant beating the Red Sox, 6-5. The defensive replacement becomes the fifth player to end a post-season series with a homer joining Bill Mazeroski ('60 Pirates, WS Game 7 vs. Yankees), Chris Chambliss ('76 Yankees, ALCS Game 5 vs. Royals), the Joe Carter ('93 Blue Jays, WS Game 6 vs. Phillies) and Todd Pratt ('99 Mets, NLDS Game 4 vs. Diamondbacks).
2005 For the first time since 1959 making the 46-year absence between Fall Classic appearances the longest in big league history, the White Sox will represent the American League in the World Series. The Pale Hoses’ starting rotation throws four consecutive complete games victories against the Angels to capture the ALCS in five games earning an opportunity to be World Champions for the first time since 1917.
2006 Former manager of the Year (1995 and 2001 Mariners) Lou Piniella inks a three-year contract worth approximately $10 million which has an option for a fourth year to manage the Cubs. The 64-year old fiery skipper, who is replacing Dusty Baker (66-96), has a record of 1,519-1,420 during his 18 tenure with the Yankees, Reds, Mariners and Devil Rays.
2006 After leading the A's with 93-69 record to win the AL West and sweeping the Twins in three games in the first round of the playoffs, Ken Macha is fired two days after being eliminated by the Tigers in the ALCS. Oakland GM Billy Beane cites a lack of communication between the players and the manager as the reason for releasing his skipper, who compiled a 368-280 reason and brought the team to the post-season two times in his four seasons with the team
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