September 25, 1959: Millers win second consecutive American Association championship
In his first season managing the Minneapolis Millers, Gene Mauch…
September 28, 1959: Millers win final minor-league postseason game at Metropolitan Stadium
Ed Sadowski, one of three baseball-playing brothers, homered…
September 29, 1958: Minneapolis Millers win their second Junior World Series
When the Shaughnessy playoffs began after the 1958 American Association…
October 9, 1956: Clem Labine’s extra-inning shutout, Jackie Robinson’s walk-off single force Game 7
The Brooklyn Dodgers had fallen behind in the 1956 World…
October 6, 1959: Bob Shaw’s 1-0 shutout beats Koufax, Dodgers to send World Series back to Chicago
The White Sox needed a win badly. After splitting the first two…
October 4, 1961: Whitey Ford pitches third consecutive World Series shutout as Yankees win Game 1
By Whitey Ford’s standards, 1960 had been a down year. With…
October 1, 1959: White Sox clobber Dodgers in World Series opener
After a 40-year drought, the Chicago White Sox clinched the American…
October 2, 1959: Dodgers’ clutch homers sink White Sox in Game 2
A swarm of excited White Sox fans converged on the South Side…
October 5, 1960: Bill Virdon saves the day as Pirates get jump on Yankees in Game 1
Like muddy urchins tromping through Buckingham Palace and into…
October 8, 1959: Dodgers win their first World Series after moving west to Los Angeles
“I guess maybe I was a little hasty, but I had complete confidence…
October 5, 1961: Underdog Reds win first World Series game in 21 years
Heading into the 1961 season, the National League pennant race…
October 3, 1955: Yankees’ Whitey Ford shuts down Dodgers to send World Series to deciding game
The Brooklyn Dodgers were all smiles after they swept the Yankees…
September 29, 1955: Tommy Byrne’s pitching gives Yankees 2-0 lead in World Series
Their 6-5 loss in Game One was disappointing for the Brooklyn…
October 7, 1961: Roger Maris’s ninth-inning home run wins Game 3 for Yankees
The 1961 World Series between the Cincinnati Reds and the New…
October 13, 1960: Bill Mazeroski’s heroic homer brings World Series championship to Pittsburgh
Bottom of the ninth. Game tied. Series tied. Only one team can…
October 8, 1956: Don Larsen throws a perfect game in the World Series
It was a perfect day for a perfect game. Under a clear blue…
October 4, 1955: Brooklyn Dodgers win first World Series as ‘Next Year’ finally arrives
Wait ’til Next Year! The phrase became a euphemism for a…
October 9, 1958: Yankees rally late to beat Braves in Game 7 of World Series
The New York Yankees broke a 2-2 tie with four runs in the eighth…
October 8, 1958: Yankees score two in 10th to send World Series to Game 7
Having beaten the New York Yankees in the 1957 World Series,…
October 2, 1958: Braves hammer Yankees in Game 2 of World Series
With the Milwaukee Braves having won the opening game of the…
October 1, 1958: Spahn’s 10-inning complete game beats Yankees
The 1958 World Series featured a rematch from 1957, the defending…
October 7, 1957: Fidgety Lew Burdette befuddles Yankees in World Series shutout
Game Five of the 1957 World Series had everything a fan wanted…
October 6, 1957: Spahn goes the distance; Mathews belts two-run homer in 10th to tie Series
When Warren Spahn took the hill for Game Four of the 1957 World…
October 5, 1957: Yankees’ Tony Kubek comes home, hits two World Series home runs in Milwaukee
The Braves had last hosted a World Series game in 1948, and that…