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2006 Mark Kiger becomes the first player in history to make his big league debut during the postseason. The second baseman enters Game 3 as a...
000 Mariano Rivera, extending his streak to 33.1 innings, breaks the 38-year-old record of Whitey Ford for consecutive scoreless frames in...
1993 At Veterans Stadium, the Phillies win the National League pennant by beating the Braves in Game 6 of the NLCS, 6-3. With Tommy Greene...
1983 "I would like to thank Frank Cashen for being smart enough to hire me." - DAVEY JOHNSON, speaking to the press about the Mets GM's decision...
1970 In Game 3 of the Fall Classic played at Memorial Stadium, Dave McNally goes deep with the bases loaded off Reds' right-hander Wayne...
1960 At Forbes Field, Bill Mazeroski's dramatic walk-off home run off Yankee hurler Ralph Terry breaks up a 9-9 tie, ending one of the most...
Today in Baseball History October 13th 1862 In a game against the Unions of Morrisania, Jim Creighton of the Excelsiors hits a sixth-inning...
OCTOBER 13 BASEBALL BIRTHDAYS ************************************** 1876 Rube Waddell, Hall of Fame pitcher (Triple Crown, AL wins leader 1905;...
OCTOBER 12 BASEBALL BIRTHDAYS ************************************** 1874 Jimmy Burke third baseman Pittsburgh Pirates; coach World Series 1932...
OCTOBER 11 BASEBALL BIRTHDAYS ************************************** 1899 Eddie Dyer 1944 Mike Fiore (Kansas City Royals) 1960 Curt Ford 1966...
Some of Charlie’s ideas were successful, others weren’t. [IMG]
1957: The Milwaukee #Braves defeat the New York #Yankees in seven games to become World Series champions! Pitcher Lew Burdette is named MVP of the...
2008 Earlier in the day, Phillies manager Charlie Manuel learns of his mother's death at a Virginia hospital. The grieving skipper, one of ten...
2000 In Game 1, the Mariners (9) and Yankees (13) combined for 22 strikeouts to set an ALCS record. Seattle wins the contest behind the solid...
1982 In Game 5, the Brewers capture the American League flag, beating the Angels at County Stadium, 4-3. Milwaukee becomes the first team to...
970 In the first World Series game played on artificial turf, Boog Powell, Ellie Hendricks, and Brooks Robinson homer to power the Orioles past...
1961 The three-round National League expansion draft begins at the circuit's headquarters in Cincinnati when the Colt .45s select former Giant...
1948 Until the Dodgers host the 1959 Fall Classic at the LA Coliseum, the largest crowd to attend a World Series game jam into Cleveland's...
