This Day in Baseball - The Daily Rewind
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October 3 - Frank Robinson becomes the first black manager
October 3,1951 - Bobby Thomson hits a three-run home run off Ralph Branca of the Brooklyn
Dodgers with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the New York
Giants a dramatic 5 – 4 playoff victory and the National League pennant. Seeing
the ball disappear over the fence, Thomson hopped crazily around the bases,
then disappeared into the mob of teammates who had gathered at home plate. The
stunned Dodger players trudged off the field - all except Jackie Robinson. No
doubt knowing of "Merkle’s Boner" 43 years earlier, he watched to be
sure Thomson touched every base before he, too, headed for the clubhouse. The blast would become known in
baseball lore as the Shot Heard 'Round the World.
October 3, 1976 - Hank Aaron singles in his last
major-league at bat and drives in his 2,297th run as the sixth-place Brewers
lose to the Tigers 5 - 2.
October 3, 1999 - On the final day of the season, Mark
McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals hits his 65th home run, moving past Ted
Williams and Willie McCovey into 10th place on the career list with 522.
McGwire finishes with a two-homer edge over Chicago's Sammy Sosa, who hits his
63rd on the same day.
October 3, 2009 - St.
Louis first baseman Albert Pujols ties a major league record with his 184th
assist of the season. He matches the mark set by Bill Buckner with the Red Sox
in 1985. He will finish the year with 185.
October 3, 1974 - Frank Robinson becomes the first black
manager in the major leagues, as the Cleveland Indians name him to replace Ken
Aspromonte.
Historical Recap performed by:
Robyn Newton from - Robyn Says
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