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October 10, 1951: Yankees edge Giants in Game 6 to win third straight World Series
The clock finally struck midnight on the Cinderella New York…
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October 9, 1951: Gil McDougald’s grand slam leads Yankees to Game 5 rout of Giants
The pendulum kept swinging the same way after the New York Yankees…
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October 8, 1951: A day of rain, and Reynolds rather than Sain, lifts Yankees in Game 4
After outscoring the New York Yankees 12-6 to take two of the…
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October 6, 1951: Eddie Stanky leads Giants past Yankees in Game 3
After his brain cramp in Game Two of the 1951 World Series, Eddie…
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October 2, 1951: Clem Labine shuts out Giants, Jackie Robinson homers to knot NL playoff at one game apiece
“Dressen first saw this boy in Boston in 1944 when a group…
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October 5, 1951: Eddie Lopat’s hurling, hitting lead Yankees to Game 2 win over Giants
In Game Two of the 1951 World Series, Eddie Lopat of the New…
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September 30, 1951: Giants defeat Braves to set up playoff for NL pennant
As the 1951 National League season entered its final weekend,…
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August 15, 1951: Willie Mays’ defensive gem caps Giants victory
Three years before Willie Mays made perhaps the most famous…
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August 11, 1951: Giants reach lowest point of pennant-winning season
It would have been a wonder had the New York Giants not felt…
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June 3, 1951: Dave Koslo hurls two-hit shutout as Giants continue surge
The New York Giants were on an upswing when they headed to the…
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May 25, 1951: Willie Mays makes his major-league debut with Giants
On May 25, 1951, the New York Giants were in the final stop of…
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April 30, 1951: New York Giants start long climb out of the cellar
Nothing in the early spring of 1951 gave any clue that this would…
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October 3, 1951: The Giants Win The Pennant!
On August 11, 1951, the second-place New York Giants trailed…