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Post by trav768 on Oct 24, 2021 11:35:46 GMT -5
October 24th
1985 Danny Jackson becomes the first pitcher to throw an immaculate inning in World Series history.
1994 Greg Maddux becomes the first pitcher in major league history to win three straight Cy Young Awards
2000 Mets defeat the Yankees. ending the Yankees record 14-game World Series winning streak.
2004 Curt Schilling becomes the first starting pitcher to win a World Series game for three different teams
2007 Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia becomes the second player, and the first rookie to hit a leadoff home run in a World Series opener.
2011 Mike Napoli becomes only the second player to have four multi-RBI games in a World Series.
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Post by trav768 on Oct 25, 2021 15:53:05 GMT -5
October 25th
1978 Gaylord Perry of the San Diego Padres becomes the first pitcher to win the Cy Young Award in both leagues.
2000 Mike Piazza becomes the first player to hit a World Series home run at Yankee Stadium and Shea Stadium.
2005 Mark Buehrle becomes the first pitcher to start and save consecutive World Series contests.
2016 Cubs play their first world series game since 1945. they will lose the game 6-0.
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Post by Reverency on Oct 26, 2021 7:59:26 GMT -5
October 25th
2016 Cubs play their first world series game since 1945. they will lose the game 6-0. As we get closer and closer to the piece of Baseball History we REALLY, REALLY want to celebrate!
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Post by trav768 on Oct 26, 2021 15:52:12 GMT -5
October 26
1940 outfielder Hank Greenberg becomes the first player to win the MVP playing 2 different positions. he won MVP as a 1st baseman in 1935.
1982 Steve Carlton is the first pitcher to win 4 Cy Young Awards
2000 Derek Jeter becomes the first player to win the All-Star Game and the World Series MVP honors in the same season.
2002 The Angels, scoring a total of six times in the seventh and eighth innings, rally from the large deficit and stage the biggest comeback for a team facing elimination in the Fall Classic, beating the Giants, 6-5.
2004 Curt Schilling becomes the first starting pitcher to win a World Series for three different teams.
2013 umpires ruled that Will Middlebrooks interfered with the baserunner, giving the Cardinals an unusual 5-4 walk-off victory. its the first World Series game to ever end on an obstruction call.
2016 in game 2, Cubs win their first world series game since 1945. Cubs win the game 5-1. Arrieta took a no-hitter into the 6th inning and the Cubs bullpen helped hold the Indians to just one run on the night. Schwarber drove in 2 runs with a double.
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Post by trav768 on Oct 27, 2021 17:43:17 GMT -5
October 27th
2004 Red Sox broke the curse of the Bambino by winning their first World Series since 1918. a 86 year drought.
2007 Daisuke Matsuzaka becomes the first Japanese starting pitcher in World Series history.
2006 Cardinals became the first team to win as few as 83 games to win the World Series
2008 Game 5 of the World Series is suspended, making it the first Fall Classic contest to start and not be played to completion. The 2-2 tied game between the Rays and hometown Phillies, who are one victory away from a world championship, will resume tomorrow at the point the rain delay stopped play.
2013 The Red Sox win the first World Series game to ever end on a pickoff.
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Post by lajoiesghost on Oct 28, 2021 8:11:00 GMT -5
2006 Never happened. I have wiped it from my memory and it should be stricken from the record books.
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Post by trav768 on Oct 28, 2021 16:09:06 GMT -5
October 28th
2001 Matt Williams becomes the first player in World Series history to hit home runs with three different teams
2009 Chase Utley, en route to a record-tying five World Series homers, becomes the first left-handed batter in 81 years to hit two round-trippers off a southpaw in a Fall Classic game. The Philadelphia second baseman, who also set a postseason record by reaching base in 26 straight games with his first-inning walk, goes deep twice off Yankee southpaw CC Sabathia in the Phillies’ 6-1 victory in New York, to match Babe Ruth’s performance in the fourth and final game of the 1928 series.
2016 Wrigley Field hosts game 3 of the world series. it is 1st world series game played at Wrigley Field since 1945. Cubs do lose the game 1-0
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Post by trav768 on Oct 29, 2021 15:46:34 GMT -5
October 29th
1991 Braves skipper Bobby Cox becomes the first person to be named the Manager of the Year in both leagues. won the AL honor with the Blue Jays in 1985.
2008 Phillies complete the first-ever suspended game in World Series history, playing three innings at Citizens Bank Park, beating the Rays, 4-3, in Game 5 to win the Fall Classic.
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Post by trav768 on Oct 30, 2021 8:51:20 GMT -5
October 30th
2013 Red Sox captures the World Championship at Fenway Park for the first time since 1918.
2016 game 5, Cubs win their first world series game at Wrigley Field since 1945. they win game 3-2 and force a game 6. series heads back to Cleveland.
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Post by trav768 on Oct 31, 2021 10:38:14 GMT -5
October 31st
1967 it is the first year in which Cy Young award is honored in both leagues.
1973 Tom Seaver wins the National League Cy Young Award, the first time the honor has gone to a pitcher with fewer than 20 victories (19-10).
2009 first time instant replay is used in World Series history.
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Post by irishcubfan on Oct 31, 2021 19:26:46 GMT -5
October 31 2021- The Astros and Braves combine to use 14 hurlers in a 9 inning contest. Sadly, the Astros won the game to force a game 6.
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Post by fine09 on Oct 31, 2021 19:39:42 GMT -5
October 31 2021- The Astros and Braves combine to use 14 hurlers in a 9 inning contest. Sadly, the Astros won the game to force a game 6. I sure hope not & Duval just made that a Herculean task.. Go Braves!!
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Post by irishcubfan on Oct 31, 2021 19:41:18 GMT -5
October 31 2021- The Astros and Braves combine to use 14 hurlers in a 9 inning contest. Sadly, the Astros won the game to force a game 6. I sure hope not & Duval just made that a Herculean task.. Go Braves!! All can thank me for that post as the reverse happens with any and all of my predictions.
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Post by fine09 on Oct 31, 2021 21:00:34 GMT -5
I sure hope not & Duval just made that a Herculean task.. Go Braves!! All can thank me for that post as the reverse happens with any and all of my predictions. I hope so but it got scary pretty fast..
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Post by trav768 on Oct 31, 2021 23:38:38 GMT -5
November 1st
1966 Sandy Koufax becomes the first three-time winner of the Cy Young Award.
2016 game 6, Kris Bryant opens the scoring with a solo homer off Josh Tomlin in the 1st, and later in the inning Addison Russell adds a two-run double on a ball that falls between 2 outfielders. Russell also adds a grand slam in the 3rd. Rizzo hits a 2 run homerun. Cubs win the game 9-3 and force a decisive Game 7 in the World Series!
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Post by addisondad on Nov 1, 2021 0:06:17 GMT -5
Almost there!
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Post by trav768 on Nov 1, 2021 23:02:11 GMT -5
November 2nd
1938 Jimmie Foxx becomes the first player to win the Most Valuable Player award three times.
2016 in game 7 of the world series, Dexter Fowler becomes first player in world series history to leadoff a game 7 with a homerun. in his final game and at bat David Ross becomes the oldest player ever to hit a homerun in a world series game 7. after 9 innings the game is tied at 6-6. at the start of the 10th inning, the game goes into a rain delay that would last 17 minutes. top of the 10th, Kyle Schwarber leads off with a single and is pinch ran for by Albert Almora, he will tag up and go to 2nd on deep fly ball by Kris Bryant. Anthony Rizzo is intentionally walked. Ben Zobrist gives the Cubs lead with a rbi double down left field line scoring Almora. After another intention walk, Miguel Montero got a pinch hit single driving in the 8th run of the game. Indians would get a run closer. Mike Montgomery earns his 1st MLB save as he induces a ground ball to Bryant who throws it over to Rizzo to end the game. Cubs win the world series for first time since 1908, ending a 108 year old drought. final score 8-7, 10 innings!
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Post by fine09 on Nov 2, 2021 4:17:48 GMT -5
November 2nd
1938 Jimmie Foxx becomes the first player to win the Most Valuable Player award three times. 2016 in game 7 of the world series, Dexter Fowler becomes first player in world series history to leadoff a game 7 with a homerun. in his final game and at bat David Ross becomes the oldest player ever to hit a homerun in a world series game 7. after 9 innings the game is tied at 6-6. at the start of the 10th inning, the game goes into a rain delay that would last 17 minutes. top of the 10th, Kyle Schwarber leads off with a single and is pinch ran for by Albert Almora, he will tag up and go to 2nd on deep fly ball by Kris Bryant. Anthony Rizzo is intentionally walked. Ben Zobrist gives the Cubs lead with a rbi double down left field line scoring Almora. After another intention walk, Miguel Montero got a pinch hit single driving in the 8th run of the game. Indians would get a run closer. Mike Montgomery earns his 1st MLB save as he induces a ground ball to Bryant who throws it over to Rizzo to end the game. Cubs win the world series for first time since 1908, ending a 108 year old drought. final score 8-7, 10 innings! YES! I remember that! It was freaking awesome!! Go Cubs!!
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Post by threeandone on Nov 2, 2021 9:29:38 GMT -5
November 2nd
1938 Jimmie Foxx becomes the first player to win the Most Valuable Player award three times. 2016 in game 7 of the world series, Dexter Fowler becomes first player in world series history to leadoff a game 7 with a homerun. in his final game and at bat David Ross becomes the oldest player ever to hit a homerun in a world series game 7. after 9 innings the game is tied at 6-6. at the start of the 10th inning, the game goes into a rain delay that would last 17 minutes. top of the 10th, Kyle Schwarber leads off with a single and is pinch ran for by Albert Almora, he will tag up and go to 2nd on deep fly ball by Kris Bryant. Anthony Rizzo is intentionally walked. Ben Zobrist gives the Cubs lead with a rbi double down left field line scoring Almora. After another intention walk, Miguel Montero got a pinch hit single driving in the 8th run of the game. Indians would get a run closer. Mike Montgomery earns his 1st MLB save as he induces a ground ball to Bryant who throws it over to Rizzo to end the game. Cubs win the world series for first time since 1908, ending a 108 year old drought. final score 8-7, 10 innings! The greatest day of all in the "today in baseball history" thread is now here.
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Post by addisondad on Nov 2, 2021 10:19:35 GMT -5
November 2nd
1938 Jimmie Foxx becomes the first player to win the Most Valuable Player award three times. 2016 in game 7 of the world series, Dexter Fowler becomes first player in world series history to leadoff a game 7 with a homerun. in his final game and at bat David Ross becomes the oldest player ever to hit a homerun in a world series game 7. after 9 innings the game is tied at 6-6. at the start of the 10th inning, the game goes into a rain delay that would last 17 minutes. top of the 10th, Kyle Schwarber leads off with a single and is pinch ran for by Albert Almora, he will tag up and go to 2nd on deep fly ball by Kris Bryant. Anthony Rizzo is intentionally walked. Ben Zobrist gives the Cubs lead with a rbi double down left field line scoring Almora. After another intention walk, Miguel Montero got a pinch hit single driving in the 8th run of the game. Indians would get a run closer. Mike Montgomery earns his 1st MLB save as he induces a ground ball to Bryant who throws it over to Rizzo to end the game. Cubs win the world series for first time since 1908, ending a 108 year old drought. final score 8-7, 10 innings! Great job trav! Didn't take a day off from the day you started this thread. You are the Cal Ripken of the Cubbies Fever forum! On that note you will remember that the greatest game ever played didn't end until the early hours of November 3rd. And that was one of the greatest days in my life!
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