This Day in Baseball - The Daily Rewind
Sports:Baseball
October 9, 1996 - Bernie Williams hit a home run in the
11th inning to give the New York Yankees a 5 - 4 victory over Baltimore in Game
1 of the American League Championship Series. The Yankees were also aided by an
assist from a young fan, which proved to be a game changer. The O’s held a 4-3
lead when Derek Jeter hit a ball to deep right field. Right fielder Tony
Tarasco positioned himself to make the play when 12 year old Jeffrey Maier
reached out and deflected the ball into the stands and Umpire Rich Garcia
called the hit a home run. Garcia later
admitted that there was spectator interference, though he maintained the ball
was not catchable despite overwhelming visual evidence to the contrary.
October 9, 1910 - Nap Lajoie, in a batting race with Ty
Cobb, collected eight hits for Cleveland in a season-ending doubleheader with
the St. Louis Browns. The hits were somewhat tainted; however, as St. Louis
third baseman Red Corriden played back as Lajoie bunted safely six times.
Regardless, Cobb was awarded the batting title by a fraction of a point.
October 9, 1920 - Several hours before the start of Game
4 of the World Series, Brooklyn's Rube Marquard, a Cleveland native, is
arrested when he tries to sell a ticket to an undercover cop for $350. He will
be found guilty and fined one dollar and court costs ($3.80). For their first World
Series game on the lakefront, 25,734 Indians fans watch their home team win the
game 5 - 1.
October 9, 2005 - The Houston Astros defeated the Atlanta
Braves 7 - 6 in a record setting NLDS Game 4 in extra innings. The game set
several records, including longest post season game ever at 18 innings, longest
post season game by time (5 hours, 50 minutes), and first post season game with
two grand slams.
Historical Recap performed by:
Robyn Newton from - Robyn Says
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