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1904 New York Highlander Happy Jack Chesbro defeats Boston, 3-2 to notch his 41st victory of the season.
1905 Fred Odwell hits his ninth and final home run of the season, making the Reds' outfielder the National League's home run champion. 'Fritz' hit just one last year as a rookie, and after leading the majors this season, will never hit another round-tripper again.
1935 In Game 6 of the Fall Classic, the Tigers win their first World Series as Goose Goslin singles home Mickey Cochrane in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat the Cubs, 4-3.
1939 In Game 3 at Crosley Field, Charlie Keller becomes the first rookie to hit two home runs in the same World Series game. The 22-year old outfielder's first and fifth inning homers, both off starter Junior Thompson, helps the Yankees beat the Reds, 7-3.
1950 Rookie hurler Whitey Ford, with ninth inning help from Allie Reynolds, beats the Phillies, 5-2, as the Yankees complete the World Series sweep of Philadelphia’s ‘Whiz Kids’. Jerry Coleman wins the Babe Ruth Award as the series MVP.
1952 In the decisive Game 7, the Yankees beat the Dodgers at Ebbets Field, 4-2, to win their fourth consecutive World Championship. Gil Hodges finishes the Fall Classic hitless in twenty-one at-bats, which had prompted some Brooklyn fans to gather at local churches asking for divine help for their beloved first baseman.
1960 At Crosley Field, the Yankees win Game Three of the World Series beating the hometown Reds, 3-2. The decisive blow is a lead-off home run in the top of the ninth inning off Cincinnati starter Bob Purkey.
1969 The Cardinals trade Curt Flood along with Byron Browne, Joe Hoerner and Tim McCarver to the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Dick Allen, Jerry Johnson, and Cookie Rojas. When Flood refuses to report to Philadelphia, St. Louis will send Willie Montanez and a minor leaguer to complete the trade, but the outfielder's courageous challenge to the reserve clause will have a dramatic impact on the game.
1977 Trailing by two runs in Game 3 of the NLCS, the Dodgers rally for three runs with none on and two outs in the ninth to take a one-run lead. Los Angeles goes on to beat the Phillies, 6-5.

1978 In Game 4 of the NLCS, Ron Cey scores in the 10th inning on Bill Russell's two-out game winning single giving the Dodgers a 5-4 victory over the Phillies and their second consecutive National League pennant. Cey, who walked after the first two batters were retired, advanced into scoring position when Garry Maddox misplayed Dusty Baker's fly ball in center field.
1984 In a game that will be best remembered for Cubs first baseman Leon Durham's seventh-inning error on easy ground ball, the Padres win the NLCS when Tony Gwynn's seventh inning two-run double breaks a 3-3 tie en route to a 6-3 victory at Jack Murphy Stadium. Chicago had a 2-0 game advantage as well as 3-0 lead in the decisive Game 5, but were unable to end their thirty-nine year World Series appearance drought.
1988 The Yankees replace manager Billy Martin with Dallas Green. 'Billy the Kid' will compile a 1253-1013 (.553) record piloting the Tigers, Twins, Yankees, A's and Rangers during his 19-year managerial career.
1995 With a 10-4 victory over Colorado, the Braves win their Division Series behind the solid pitching of Greg Maddux and the power provided by Fred McGriff's two home runs. The eventual World champs will sweep Cincinnati in the NLCS before beating Cleveland in the Fall Classic
1995 In Game 4 of the ALDS, Edgar Martinez's eighth-inning grand slam breaks a 6-6 tie with the Yankees at the Kingdome. The Mariner DH's round-tripper, considered by many the biggest in franchise history, is the difference in Seattle's eventual 11-10 victory, forcing a decisive Game 5.
1996 Vince Naimoli, the founding owner of the Devil Rays and St. Petersburg Mayor David Fischer preside over the official groundbreaking ceremony for the planned renovations to be done at Tropicana Field, the home of the new American League franchise. The $63 million facelift of the eight-year old facility, originally known as the Florida Suncoast Dome, will take fifteen months to complete.
2000 Benny Agbayani’s 13th inning home run ends the longest LDS game ever played, 5 hours and 22 minutes. The dramatic round tripper by the Mets outfielder, who was voted the 36th greatest athlete from Hawaii by Sports Illustrated, gives New York a 3-2 victory and 2-1 series advantage over the Giants.
2001 On the last day of the season, Rickey Henderson bloops a double down the right field line off Rockies' hurler John Thomson to become the 25th major leaguer to collect 3000 hits. Tony Gwynn, who is playing in his last major league game and is also a member of the 3000 hit club, meets the Padre outfielder at home plate in front of a sell out crowd Qualcomm Park.
2001 Barry Bonds extends his major league record for home runs in a season to 73 as he drives a 3-2 first inning knuckleball off Dodger Dennis Spriner over the right field fence. The blast also secures two more major league records for the Giants' left fielder as he surpasses Babe Ruth (1920 - .847) with a .863 season slugging percentage and bests Mark McGwire (1998 - one HR every 7.27 AB) by homering in every 6.52 at-bats.
2005 In Game 3 of the ALDS played at Fenway Park, the White Sox complete the three-game sweep of the defending World Series champion by beating the Red Sox, 5-3. It is the first time since 1917 the Pale Hose have won a post-season series.
2006 Three years after enduring a 119-loss season, the wild card Tigers upset the much-favored Yankees to advance to the ALCS for the first time since 1987. After beating New York 8-3 to take the ALDS 3 games to 1, Detroit players start spraying champagne on fans at Comerica Park who have suffered through 12 consecutive losing seasons and a tough month of September before the team wins their first post-season series in 19 years.
2006 The Mets defeat Los Angeles at Dodger Stadium, 9-5, to complete a three-game sweep in the NLDS. Since beating the A's in the 1988 World Series the Dodgers have won only one postseason game in 13 attempts.
2007 George Steinbrenner makes it clear if the Yankees do not get past the first round of playoffs against the Indians, Joe Torre's job, the longest tenured manager under the Boss's ownership, will be in jeopardy. Trailing the ALDS 2-0, the team responds for their popular skipper with a come-from-behind 6-4 victory over the Tribe at the Stadium.
2009 On the last day of the season in the Bronx Bombers' 10-2 victory at Tampa Bay, the Yankees break a franchise record, thanks to Alex Rodriguez's three-run blast in the 10-run sixth inning, by hitting their 243rd homer of the season. In the same frame, A-Rod goes deep again, this time with the bases loaded, to extend the team's mark and sets a new American League record collecting seven RBI's in the same inning.
2010 With only 17 instances of a manager being tossed in the history of the postseason, two occurrences happen on the same day when the Rays' Joe Maddon and Twins' Ron Gardenhire are both ejected from different ALCS games. The Tampa Bay skipper gets the heave-ho in the fifth frame in a game against Texas for arguing a check swing with home plate umpire Jim Wolf, and the Minnesota pilot suffers the same fate with Hunter Wendelstedt for arguing balls and strikes in the seventh inning in the contest against the Yankees.
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