1955 Branch Rickey steps down as the Pirates' general manager and will be replaced by Joe L. Brown.
1955 The Indians trade Larry Doby, the first black to play in the American League, to the White Sox for Chico Carrasquel and Jim Busby.
1956 White Sox manager Marty Marion resigns and will be replaced by Al Lopez.
1981 In Game 5 at Dodger Stadium, Pedro Guerrero and Steve Yeager's back-to-back solo home runs in the seventh inning off Yankee southpaw Ron Guidry give Los Angeles a 2-1 World Series victory.
1986 One strike from defeat, the Mets tie the game on a wild pitch and then, thanks to Bill Buckner's error, win Game 6 knotting the Fall Classic at three games apiece. This event will be selected as one of baseball's 30 most memorable moments.
1987 In a series in which each team never lose a game in its home park, the Twins win the World Championship as the beat the Cards, 4-2 in Game 7. The franchise's last championship came in 1924 as the Washington Senators.
2000 Mike Piazza becomes the first player to hit a World Series home run at both Yankee Stadium and Shea Stadium. The backstop’s third inning homer off Denny Neagle are the only two runs the Mets will score in a 3-2 Game 4 defeat to the cross-town rivals.
2005 The first World Series game ever to be played in the state of Texas proves to be memorable as White Sox Geoff Blum’s 14th inning solo home run (3Oth MLer to hit a HR in first WS AB) becomes the beginning of the end of the longest Fall Classic contest ever played. The 7-5 victory, which gives the Chicago a commanding 3-0 advantage over the Astros, takes 5 hours, 41 minutes to complete and the 14 frames equals the number of innings the Red Sox needed to beat the Dodgers in Game 2 of the 1916 series.
2005 Mark Buehrle becomes first pitcher to start and save consecutive World Series contests. After receiving a no-decision starting Game 2, the 26-year old southpaw gets the final out in the 14th inning of Game 3 to record a save as the White Sox beat the Astros, 7-5.
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