BB On this Date ~ Events & Birthdays #2

Bye, Baltimore
We have our first Division Series elimination. The 101-win Orioles got swept last night — and, in the moment, it didn’t even feel like big news. That's how bad this postseason was for Baltimore. ​

 

October 12 Baseball Birthdays​

1874 Jimmy Burke MLB third baseman (Pittsburgh Pirates), coach (World Series 1932, NY Yankees) and manager (St. Louis Cardinals), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1942)


1882 Pete Hill HOF outfielder (NgL lifetime batting average: .326) and manager (Detroit Stars, Baltimore Black Sox), born in Culpeper, Virginia (d. 1951)


Rick Ferrell (1905-1995) Hall of Fame catcher (8 x MLB All Star; Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators), born in Durham, North Carolina


Joe Cronin(1906-1984) HOF shortstop (7 x MLB All Star), manger (Boston RS, Washington Senators) and executive (AL President 1959-73), born in San Francisco, California


1910 Bob Sheppard public address announcer (MLB: NY Yankees 1951–2007; NFL: NY Giants 1956–2006), born in Richmond Hill, New York (d.


1936 Tony Kubek shortstop (MLB All-Star (1958, 59², 61, 61²; World Series 1958, 61, 62; NY Yankees) and sportscaster (NBC-TV, Madison Square Garden), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin


1940 Glenn Beckert second baseman (MLB All-Star 1969-72; Gold Glove Award 1968; Chicago Cubs), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2020)


1962 Sid Fernandez pitcher (NY Mets, Philadelphia Phillies), born in Honolulu, Hawaii

1969 José Valentín, MLB infielder, 1992-2007 (Milwaukee Brewers, and 3 other teams), born in Manatí, Puerto Rico

1970 Tanyon Sturtze (Chicago Cubs), born in Worcester, Massachusetts

1971 Tony Fiore born in Oak Park, Illinois

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This Day in Baseball History October 12
1907 At Detroit's Bennett Park, right-hander Mordecai 'Three Finger' Brown throws a 2-0 shutout, beating the Tigers to capture the World Championship for the Cubs. Although Game 1 ended in a 3-3, 12-inning tie, Chicago becomes the first club to sweep a Fall Classic when the team wins the next four games.

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1916 In front of a record crowd of 43,620 fans at Braves Field, Red Sox right-hander Ernie Shore three-hits the Robins in Game 5 of the World Series, 4-1, to capture the team's fourth World Championship in the 13-year history of the Fall Classic. As it did last season, Boston plays its Fall Classic home games in their crosstown National League rival's larger ballpark, allowing more fans to attend the game than if played at Fenway Park.

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1920 At Cleveland's League Park, the Indians' hurler Stan Coveleski blanks the Robins, 3-0, to win the 1920 World Series. The Tribe, en route to the franchise's first World Championship, wins the best of nine series five games to 2.

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1923 In front of the largest crowd in baseball history, 62,430 fans are on hand to see Casey Stengel hit his second World Series home run. The round-tripper proves to be the difference when Giants hurler Art Nehf outduels Yankees' starter Sam Jones in Game 3 of the Fall Classic, 1-0.

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1929 The A's, trailing 8-0 during Game 4 of the World Series, erupt for ten runs in the seventh inning off three Cub pitchers en route to a 10-8 victory. Chicago's Hack Wilson becomes one of the game's goats when he loses two balls in the sun in center field.

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1948 The Yankees surprise their fans and a skeptical press when they name Casey Stengel to replace Bucky Harris as the team's manager. In his previous stints as the skipper with the National League's Braves and Dodgers, the 'Old Perfesser' had never finished higher than fifth place.

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1949 Vin Scully, working his first broadcast ever, does the play-by-play when Maryland defeats Boston University at Fenway Park, 14-13. The football assignment marks the start of a 67-year career in the broadcast booth for the Hall of Fame baseball announcer, who becomes the iconic voice of the Dodgers.

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1954 Although a group comes forward to keep the team in Philadelphia, the American League owners approve the sale of the A's to Arnold Johnson, a Chicago businessman planning to shift the team to Kansas City next season. The last-minute deal to keep the franchise in the 'City of Brotherly Love' includes Charlie Finley, who will eventually buy the team after moving to KC, taking the club to Oakland in 1968.

1958 Willie Mays makes his first appearance in New York since the Giants moved to San Francisco when his barnstorming NL All-Stars beat Mickey Mantle's American League All-Stars, 6-2. Before the game, the 'Say Hey Kid,' who thrills the Yankee Stadium crowd of 21,129 with a 4-for-5 day at the plate, bests 'The Mick' in a home run hitting contest, 2-1.

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1963 At the last game featuring major leaguers played at the historic Polo Grounds, the Latin stars from the National League beat their AL peers, 5-2, in the first and only Hispanic Major League All-Star Game. Future Hall of Famers Luis Aparicio, Orlando Cepeda, Roberto Clemente, and Juan Marichal are on hand to see Vic Power, a native of Puerto Rico, honored as the number-one Latin American player during a pregame ceremony before the postseason exhibition.

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1965 Larry Bowa, who did not make the baseball team during his first three years in high school, signs as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia. The persistent infielder, who made the C. K. McClatchy squad as a senior, will be given the Phillies' starting shortstop position in 1970 by Phillies' skipper Frank Lucchesi, an admirer of the 24-year-old's fiery personality.

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1967 Lou Brock becomes the third player in major league history to accomplish a trio of thefts in a World Series contest. The three stolen bases during the Cardinals' 7-2 victory over Boston in Game 7 gives the speedy St. Louis left fielder a total of seven for the series, establishing a new Fall Classic mark.

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1967 Boston's Impossible Dream ends when Cardinals' ace Bob Gibson throws a three-hitter, his third complete game in the Fall Classic, beating the Red Sox, 7-2. The team's slogan for the season, based on the hit song from the musical "Man of La Mancha," became popular as the ninth-place team from last year won the AL flag on the last day of the campaign in a pennant race involving four teams and came up one game short from being the World Champions.

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1969 Al Weis's timely ninth-inning hit, combined with the two-hitter tossed by Jerry Koosman and Ron Taylor, enable the Mets to even the Fall Classic with the Orioles at one game apiece. New York will win the next three games, all played at Shea Stadium, to finish their amazing season with a World Championship.

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1972 After clinching the pennant with a 2-1 victory in Game 5 of the ALCS, Blue Moon Odom and Vida Blue give new meaning to the term Swingin' A's when the starting pitcher and the game's closer begin to brawl in the clubhouse. Odom, who left after five innings having allowed a run on two hits, takes exception to the universal choke sign made by Vida Blue when the reliever used the gesture to answer his own question, "How come you starters can't finish what you begin." the A's clinch their first American League pennant since 1931 by beating Detroit at Tiger Stadium, 2-1. Oakland's Blue Moon Odom goes the first five innings, giving up one run on two hits, and Vida Blue shuts down the opponents for a four-inning save.

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1982 In Game 1, Brewers' leadoff batter Paul Molitor becomes the first player to collect five hits in a World Series game. The third baseman's 5-for-6 Fall Classic performance helps Milwaukee rout the Cardinals, 10-0, the largest shutout margin since the Yankees blanked the Bucs 12-0 in 1960.

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1983 At Baltimore's Memorial Stadium, the Orioles even the series at one game apiece when they defeat the Phillies, 4-1. In a battle between rookie pitchers, 26-year-old Mike Boddicker throws a three-hitter, besting 24-year-old Charles Hudson when John Lowenstein paces the Birds' offense with three hits, including a fifth-inning home run.

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1986 The Angels, ahead 5-4 and one strike away from going to the World Series, see their lead vanish when Dave Henderson, who had Bobby Grich's fly ball bounce over the fence off the heel of his glove, hits a two-run homer off Donnie Moore, putting the Red Sox ahead, 6-5. California will tie the Anaheim Stadium contest in the bottom of the frame, but Boston will prevail, scoring the deciding run in the 11th inning on a Henderson sac fly.

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1987 The Twins win their first American League pennant in 22 years, beating Detroit at Tiger Stadium, 9-7. Minnesota, posting the worst road record (29-52) in history for a playoff team, won two of three games in the Motor City to capture the best-of-7 ALCS in five games.

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1997 Livan Hernandez, with a complete-game performance at Pro Player Stadium, strikes out 15 Braves in the Marlins' 2-1 victory in Game 5 of the 1997 NLCS. The rookie right-hander, also the winner in Game 2 for the eventual World Champs, is named the MVP of the NL's championship series.

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2001 Tom Kelly retires as the Twins' skipper. During his 15-season tenure, the longest among current managers, he won two World Series titles and compiled a record of 1140-1244 for the small-market team.

2003 With his team losing three consecutive playoff games and on the brink of elimination in the NLCS, Marlins starter Josh Beckett sends the series back to Chicago, striking out 11 Chicago batters en route to tossing a two-hit 4-0 shutout at Pro Player Stadium. Florida will complete their stunning comeback by winning the final two games at Wrigley Field, including the infamous Game 6 that will make Steve Bartman an instant villain in the Windy City.

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2003 Thirty-five years after creating controversy with his non-traditional rendition of the song, Jose Feliciano sings the Star-Spangled Banner at the Marlins' NLCS game against the Cubs at Pro Player Stadium. The singer's gospelized version of the national anthem sung before Game 5 of the 1968 World Series at Tiger Stadium caused such a flap that some radio stations stopped playing his records on the air.

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2005 Doug Eddings's controversial call, which he appears to signal the third out of the ninth inning, but A.J. Pierzynski takes first base as the home plate ump belatedly rules the catcher had trapped the swinging strike. Chicago will take advantage of the incident when pinch-runner Pablo Ozuna steals second and scores the winning run on Joe Crede's double, tying the ALCS at one game apiece with a 2-1 victory over the Angels.

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2007 In a move commended by environmentalists, the Devil Rays, which had decided to phase out all free parking, continues to extend its offer to all vehicles transporting four or more passengers. The decision exemplifies Tampa Bay's continued approach to the greening of Tropicana Field and its team operations.

2009 The Phillies rally for three runs in the top of the ninth, beating the Rockies 5-4 in Game 4 of the division series to advance to the NLCS. For the second consecutive night at Coors Field, Huston Street, Colorado's reliable closer, gives up runs in the final frame and takes the loss.

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2009 The Cubs file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Wilmington, Delaware. The anticipated short-term move will allow the club's owner, the Tribune Company, to sell the team in an $845 million deal to the family of TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.'s founder, Joe Ricketts.

2010 The Rangers, behind the complete-game effort by Cliff Lee, beat Tampa Bay, 5-1, in the decisive Game 5 of the ALDS at Tropicana Field for the team's first playoff series victory in franchise history, the last major league club to accomplish the task. Texas, who will take on the Yankees for the AL flag, lost three previous playoff appearances with first-round losses to the Bronx Bombers in 1996 and 1998-99.

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2012 Twice within a strike of reaching the NLCS, the Nationals suffer the worst collapse in a winner-take-all baseball postseason game when they are stunned by the visiting Cardinals. After his team takes a 6-0 advantage in the third inning and clings to a two-run lead with two outs in the ninth, Washington's closer Drew Storen gives up four runs in the final frame, resulting in the eventual devastating 9-5 loss at Nationals Park.

2013 Anibal Sanchez becomes the second person to strike out four batters in an inning in the postseason, whiffing Jacoby Ellsbury, Shane Victorino (reaches base on a passed ball), David Ortiz, and Mike Napoli in Detroit's 1-0 ALCS victory over the Red Sox at Fenway Park. The 29-year-old right-hander, whose first-frame feat matches Cubs right-hander Orval Overall's total in Game 5 of the 1908 Fall Classic, is also the first Tiger hurler to accomplish the feat in franchise history including the regular season.

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2013 For the first time in baseball history, two playoff games on the same day end with a score of 1-0. In Game One of the ALCS, the Tigers blank the Red Sox with the lone run scoring on Jhonny Peralta's sixth-inning sac fly, and Jon Jay's fifth-frame sacrifice fly at Busch Stadium provides the only tally the Cardinals needed to take a 2-0 game advantage to LA in the NLCS.

2015 The Cubs homer six times en route to an 8-6 victory over the Cardinals at Wrigley Field in Game 3 of the NLDS. Chicago's sextet of round-trippers, including long balls from Kris Bryant, Starlin Castro, Dexter Fowler, Anthony Rizzo, Kyle Schwarber, and Jorge Soler, sets the postseason mark for home runs by one team in a game.

2018 Brandon Woodruff becomes the first southpaw-swinging reliever to hit a postseason home run off a left-handed pitcher when he drives a Clayton Kershaw fastball 407 feet over the centerfield wall in the Brewers' 6-5 win over the Dodgers Game 1 of the NLCS. The 25-year-old right-hander, the first Milwaukee pitcher to homer in a postseason game since Lew Burdette accomplished the feat against the Yankees in the 1958 World Series, throws two perfect innings of relief for the victory in the Miller Park contest.

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Pete Hill, outfielder and first baseman for the Chicago American Giants, Leland Giants and others, was born #OTD in 1882. He was a .325 career hitter in Black baseball and in Cuba, and was elected to the #HallofFame in 2006
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Today In 1967: Bob Gibson is on the mound as the St. Louis Cardinals win the World Series vs. the Boston Red Sox in seven games!
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Legendary St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Bob Gibson hits a HR in Game 7 of the World Series vs. the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park!
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Posting Friday's early, another early appointment ​

 

October 13 Baseball Birthdays​

1876 Rube Waddell Hall of Fame pitcher (Triple Crown, AL wins leader 1905; ERA leader 1900, 05; strikeout leader 1902–07; Philadelphia A's), born in Bradford, Pennsylvania (d. 1914)


1895 Mike Gazella (NY Yankees), born in Olyphant, Pennsylvania (d. 1978)


1931 Eddie Mathews HOF third baseman (512 career HRs; 12 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1957, 68; Boston/Milwaukee Braves) and manager (Atlanta Braves 1972-74), born in Texarkana, Texas (d. 2001)


1941 Jim Price, catcher (World Series 1968 Detroit Tigers) and broadcaster (ESPN, Detroit Tigers Radio Network 1998-2023), born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (d. 2023)


1942 Bob Bailey born in Long Beach, California

1967 Trevor Hoffman, Hall of Fame closer (first pitcher to 500 & 600 saves milestone; 7 x MLB All Star; SD Padres), born in Bellflower, California


1968 Julio Valera MLB pitcher (KC Royals), born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

1969 Tim Crabtree pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays), born in Jackson, Michigan

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I HOPE BACK TO REGULAR ORDER
October 14 Baseball Birthdays​

1842 Joe Start born in NYC, New York (d. 1927)


1896 Oscar Charleston HOF CF (NgL Triple Crown 1921 St. Louis Giants, 1924, 25 Harrisburg Giants) and manager (NgL WS 1933, 35, 36 Pittsburgh Crawfords), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1954)


1941 Art Shamsky born in St. Louis, Missouri


1946 Al Oliver outfielder (7-time MLB All Star; Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Portsmouth, Ohio


1964 Joe Girardi catcher (4 teams, including NY Yankees, 1996-99), and manager (Yankees, 2006-17), born in Peoria, Illinois


1967 Dave Hajek, infielder (Houston Astros), born in Roseville, California


1967 Pat Kelly player


1976 Henry Mateo player

1978 Ryan Church player

1981 Boof Bonser player

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This Day in Baseball History October 14th​

1905 In Game 5, Christy Mathewson blanks the A's for the third time as the Giants beat the A's 2-0 to win the World Series. It will be the only Fall Classic in which every game ends in a shutout.

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1906 The White Sox, known as baseball's 'hitless wonders,' complete their unbelievable World Series, upsetting their powerful crosstown rivals, beating the Cubs, 8-3, at South Side Park. The Cubs had won a record 116 regular-season games.

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1908 As the result of a formative gathering of sports scribes from New York, Brooklyn, Chicago, and Cincinnati at the National League offices in New York in August, the Baseball Writers' Association of America holds its first meeting with forty-three founding members in attendance in Detroit. The mission of the BBWAA will be to improve working conditions for writers, promote uniformity of scoring methods, and limit the press box to working reporters, telegraphers, and other professional personnel who need to be there.

1908 In front of the smallest crowd in World Series history, Chicago, behind the strong pitching of Orval Overall, beat the Tigers in just 85 minutes to capture the Fall Classic. The 6,210 fans witnessing the fifth and final World Series game at Detroit's Bennett Park have no idea it will be the last time the Cubs will win a World Championship in the next 100+ years.

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1952 The Reds obtain outfielder Gus Bell from the Pirates in exchange for Cal Abrams, Gail Henley, and Joe Rossi. The newest Cincinnati flychaser, considered one of general manager Gabe Paul's best acquisitions for the team, will become a fan favorite and hit .288 during his nine-year tenure in the Queen City.

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1969 Thanks to two great catches by Tommie Agee at Shea Stadium, the Mets beat the Orioles to take a 2-1 game lead in the World Series. The center fielder's outfield heroics save the team at least five runs in the 5-0 victory over Baltimore.

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1972 In Game 1 of the World Series, Gene Tenace, who went 1-for-17 in the ALCS, becomes the first player in history to hit two home runs in his first two at-bats in the Fall Classic. The catcher's round-trippers in the second and fifth inning account for all of the A's runs in the team's 3-2 victory over the Reds at Riverfront Stadium and earn the Oakland backstop a $5,000 bonus from the usually tight-fisted owner of the club, Charlie Finley.

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1973 The contest in which Willie Mays gets his last hit, an RBI single that plates the decisive run in the 12th inning of the Mets' 10-7 victory over the A's in the second game of the World Series. The game, best remembered for the aging superstar's misadventures in the outfield when he loses two fly balls in the sun at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, takes four hours and 13 minutes to complete, making it the longest Fall Classic contest ever played.

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1976 The Yankees dramatically win their 30th pennant on Chris Chambliss' home run in the bottom of the ninth inning. The first baseman's walk-off solo shot beats the Royals in Game Five and deciding contest of the ALCS, 7-6

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1978 In the sixth inning of Game 4, Dodger manager Tommy Lasorda argues unsuccessfully that the umpires should call interference on Reggie Jackson when a throw from Dodger shortstop Bill Russell caroms off his hip near first base, allowing Thurman Munson to score from second. New York eventually overcomes a three-run deficit with a 4-3 walk-off victory in ten innings at the Bronx ballpark, tying the World Series at two games apiece.

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1983 At Veterans Stadium, Jim Palmer pitches two innings of scoreless relief, getting credit for the win when the Orioles beat the Phillies in Game 3 of the World Series, 3-2. The Hall of Famer becomes the only pitcher in baseball history to win a Fall Classic game in three decades.

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1984 The Tigers' 8-4 clinching victory over the Padres marks the last time the World Series is played outdoors in sunlight. A scheduled daytime Fall Classic game will occur in 1987, but the contest is played indoors at the Metrodome in Minnesota.

1984 With the Tigers leading 5-4 in the eighth inning of Game 5 of the World Series, Kirk Gibson hits his second home run of the game, a three-run blast to the upper deck in right field, putting the game out of reach to give the Motor City its fourth World Championship in franchise history. Padres manager Dick Williams had ordered his pitcher to walk the Detroit right fielder intentionally, but after ignoring the walk sign at first, Goose Gossage convinces his skipper he can get the slugger out, only to be proven wrong two pitches later.

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