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October 16, 1911: Home Run Baker’s bash knots World Series in Game 2
The World Series returned to Philadelphia for the second…
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October 18, 1910: Jack Coombs, Eddie Collins lead Athletics over Cubs
After Philadelphia defeated the Chicago Cubs 4-1 in Game One…
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October 17, 1910: Charles Bender baffles Cubs in World Series opener
Skipper Connie Mack was tired of waiting. Eleven days after…
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October 18, 1886: Chicago’s John Clarkson ‘calcimines’ the Browns in World Series opener
The 1886 Chicago White Stockings successfully defended their…
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October 5, 1896: Baltimore’s Birds building to sweep the Temple Cup from Cleveland
“Three games they lost for the Temple Cup;
Three games right…
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October 3, 1903: ‘Police unable to control crowd,’ but Pirates prevail in Game 3
The headline ran in the Boston Globe: “Swarm on the Field;…
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October 2, 1903: Patsy Dougherty hits a pair of home runs as Bill Dinneen shuts out Pirates in Game 2
Boston right-hander Bill Dinneen shut out the Pirates, 3-0, allowing…
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October 1, 1903: Deacon Phillippe, Pirates beat Boston’s Cy Young in first ‘World’s Series’ game
In what is widely considered the first World Series, Barney Dreyfuss,…
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October 7, 1903: Boston breaks open Game 5 with back-to-back big innings
Roaring Bill Kennedy took the mound for the Pirates in Game…
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October 6, 1903: Deacon Phillippe wins third World Series game for Pirates … and it’s only Game 4
The Pirates, back home at Exposition Park, took a three-games-to-one…
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October 8, 1903: Boston’s Bill Dinneen wins Game 6 to even World Series at three apiece
Both teams managed 10 base hits, but the Bostons scored twice…
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October 10, 1903: Pirates’ Deacon Phillippe finally proves mortal as Boston wins Game 7
Two calculations contributed to the hosts calling for a day off…
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October 17, 1911: Home Run Baker, A’s get the best of Giants’ Christy Mathewson in Game 3
“Mighty Baker Pulls Another Home Run Hit,” squawked the headline…
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October 13, 1903: Big Bill Dinneen leads Boston to a triumph in first modern World Series
The first World Series ever played was a best-of-nine competition,…
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October 16, 1888: Tim Keefe leads Giants to tense victory in Game One
In October 1888, the atmosphere at New York Giants headquarters…
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October 14, 1909: Tigers top Pirates in ‘most exciting’ Game Six
The third time was supposed to be the charm for manager Hughie…
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October 14, 1908: Cubs win World Series for second year in a row
For the second season in a row, the Chicago Cubs claimed the…
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October 1892: The Split-Season Playoff
Major-league baseball faced a serious crisis in the early 1890s.…
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October 29, 1889: Giants win back-to-back World’s Series
They might have called it the first “Subway Series” if there…
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October 18, 1889: Genesis of a rivalry: Brooklyn vs. New York
In 1889, for the first time, both the National League and the…
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October 21, 1887: Sam Thompson’s triple trouble
Sam Thompson may have been the best hitter in baseball in 1887.…
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October 23, 1886: Curt Welch’s winning slide
After the 1885 season the two major-league pennant winners, the…
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October 23-25, 1884: The first “World Series”
This chapter is not about a single game. Instead, it is about…
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October 16, 1909: Pirates’ hopes rest in hands of a Babe
The first postseason meeting between the champions of the American…