This Date in Baseball

"Touch 'em all Joe, you'll never hit a bigger home run in
your life." -TOM CHEEK, Blue Jays announcer signature call of Joe Carter's
dramatic ninth inning three-run homer to win 1993 World Series.

1910 A's hurler Jack Coombs picks up his record-tying third World Series win as he beats the Cubs, 7-1. Philadelphia takes the Fall Classic in five games.
1945 Dodger President, Branch Rickey, announces that Jackie Robinson has signed to play with Brooklyn's Triple A team in Montreal. The 26-year old Negro League star will be the first black player to play in organized baseball since 1884.
1951 The Associated Press selects Giants' skipper Leo Durocher as the manager of the year.
1952 The Pacific Coast League announces its teams will play 176-game schedule next season.
1993 The Blue Jays beat the Phillies 8-6 to win their second consecutive World Series thanks to Joe Carter's dramatic ninth inning three-run homer. The Toronto outfielder becomes just the second player to end the Fall Classic with a home run joining Bill Mazeroski whose Forbes Field's round tripper beat the Yankees in 1960.

1996 After losing the first two games of the Fall Classic at the Stadium, David Cone limits the Braves to four hits and one run in six innings en route to a Yankee 5-2 win. It will be first of 14 consecutive World Series victories as the Bronx Bombers start their run of four titles in five years.
1998 Davey Johnson is hired as the manager of the Dodgers. The former Met, Red and Oriole skipper has finished first with every team he has managed.
2000 Although lacking big league managerial experience, Pirates' hitting coach Lloyd McClendon is named as the team's manager replacing recently-fired Gene Lamont.
2002 Lou Gehrig's consecutive games streak being broken by Cal Ripken Jr. in 1995 is voted as baseball's most memorable moment by the fan participating Major league baseball and MasterCard promotion. Hank Aaron breaking Babe Ruth's all-time home run record, Jackie Robinson becoming the first black to play in major league baseball, Mark McGwire breaking Roger Maris' single-season home run record and Lou Gehrig's farewell speech were also in the top five events selected by the fans.

2002 Joining Roberto Clemente and Thurman Munson, Darryl Kile will become the third player to appear on the 2003 Hall of Fame ballot before the mandatory five-year waiting period. The 33-year-old Cardinal pitcher, who died of heart disease, was found dead in his Chicago hotel room in June.
2005 For 14th time in World Series history, a walk off home run ends Game 2 as Scott Podsednik's ninth inning blast at Chicago’s U.S. Cellular Field beats the Astros, 7-6. In 1960, Hall of Famer Bill Mazeroski was the first player to accomplish the feat as his game-ending homer makes the Pirates World Champions.
2005 On the verge of the first World Series game in Texas, much to the chagrin of the Astros, MLB rules Houston must play Game 3 of the Fall Classic with its Minute Maid Park roof open. During the regular season, the team had a much better record (38-17) when ballpark was enclosed than in games started in open air (15-11) .

2006 Extending his scoreless streak to 24 1/3 postseason innings, dating back to 2003 with the Twins, Kenny Rogers blanks the Cardinals for eight innings as the Tigers beat the Cardinals 3-1 to even the World Series at a game a piece. The "Gambler's" recent play-off success comes under suspicious as TV cameras spot an unknown dark spot on the right-hander's pitching hand in the first inning which he claims to be only mud