This Day in Baseball - The Daily Rewind
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October 8, 1956 - Don Larsen of the New York Yankees pitched the only perfect game in
World Series history for a 2 - 0 triumph over the Brooklyn Dodgers. Sal Maglie,
the opposing pitcher, gave up five hits. This would be the only post season no hitter until Roy Halladay’s gem for the Phillies against Cincinnati on October 6th 2010.
October 8, 1973 - Rusty Staub's two home runs powered the
New York Mets to a 9 - 2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds and a 2-1 lead in the
NLCS. Pete Rose of the Reds and Bud Harrelson of the Mets scuffled at second
base in the fifth inning after Rose slid hard into the base. The benches
cleared and when the dust settled, the 140 pound Harrelson ended up on losing
end of both conflicts.
October 8, 1989 - The Oakland Athletics beat Toronto 4 - 3 in Game Five of their AL
division series to advance to the World Series for the second straight year.
Rickey Henderson, who hit .400 with eight stolen bases, was named Series MVP.
October 8, 2009 - The Los Angeles Angels open their fourth Division Series in recent years
against the Boston Red Sox in an unusual manner - with a win. John Lackey
pitches 7 1/3 scoreless innings and Torii Hunter hits a three-run homer off Jon
Lester in the 5th to drive the 5 - 0 win.
October 8, 1919 - Ed Cicotte pitched Game Seven of the World Series and the Chicago White Sox played like they meant it. Joe Jackson and Happy Felsch drove in two runs each for a 4
- 1 win to cut the Cincinnati Reds lead of four games to three in the best-of-nine Series.
October 12 - Oakland advances to second World Series at the cost of Mr October
October 11 - George Brett steals the show in Game 3 of the 1985 ALCS
October 10 - Tom Seaver hurls the Mets into the World Series for the second time
Jackie Robinson's last hit - a walk off vs the New York Yankees
October 9 - Jeter gets help from a fan
October 7 - Curt Flood Traded
October 6 - Ruth goes yard 3 times
October 5 - Billy Martin leads NY to 5th straight title
October 4 - Brooklyn Dodgers win the World Series
October 3 - Frank Robinson becomes the first black manager
October 2 - Gibson fans 17 to set World Series Record
October 1 - managerial career of Roberto Clemente began and ended on this day
September 22 Cesar Tovar plays all 9 positions
September 21 Vida Blue no-hits the Twins
September 20 Thurman Munson, has his plaque placed in Monument Park
September 19 - Davey Johnson ties Hornsby
September 18 - Roger Clemens fans 20 Detroit Tigers
September 17 Dwight Gooden leads Mets to 108th victory
September 16 - Dave Winfield collects 3000th hit
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