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October 7, 1920: Sherry Smith stymies Cleveland bats in Game 3
Acrowd of just over 25,000 filed into Ebbets Field in Brooklyn…
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October 6, 1920: Burleigh Grimes throws World Series shutout for Brooklyn
Fans in Brooklyn lined up outside Ebbets Field for tickets…
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October 11, 1916: Larry Gardner’s 3-run homer deflates Robins in Boston’s Game 4 win
With a Game Three win under their belts, the Brooklyn Robins…
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September 11, 1918: Red Sox win their fifth World Series as Carl Mays stops Cubs
Attendance was down dramatically for Game Six of the 1918 World…
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September 10, 1918: Players decide not to strike during World Series as Cubs shut out Red Sox in Game 5
Game Five of the 1918 World Series was an elimination game for…
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September 9, 1918: Babe Ruth finally gets his first base hit in a World Series game
Through the first three games of the 1918 World Series, the Boston…
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October 6, 1917: White Sox win World Series opener at Comiskey Park
Oh, how it rained. The day before the first World Series game…
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October 7, 1917: Red Faber’s pitching, not baserunning, lead to White Sox victory in Game 2
Before his first career World Series start, Red Faber was mostly…
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October 13, 1917: White Sox’s big push brings bedlam in Game 5 comeback
Game Five of the 1917 World Series was back in Chicago and the…
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September 5, 1918: Babe Ruth tosses shutout in Game 1 as patriotism prevails in World Series opener
With the war in Europe two months from the Allies’ victory,…
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September 6, 1918: Lefty Tyler’s pitching, batting tie World Series at 1-1
Prior to the start of Game Two of the 1918 World Series, Fred…
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September 7, 1918: Boston’s Carl Mays outduels Cubs’ Hippo Vaughn in Game 3
Chicago Cubs ace James “Hippo” Vaughn had a dream regular…
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August 24, 1918: Cubs clinch fifth National League pennant in 13 years with doubleheader sweep
On August 24, 1918, the Chicago Cubs hosted the fifth-place Brooklyn…
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October 1, 1919: Favored White Sox, Cicotte pummeled by Reds in World Series opener
When Eddie Cicotte's first pitch crossed the middle of home plate…
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October 2, 1919: Reds take advantage of Lefty Williams’s wildness in Game 2
After the Cincinnati Reds stunned the “baseball dope” in…
October 3, 1919: White Sox rookie Dickey Kerr turns tables on Reds, gamblers in Game 3
After the Chicago White Sox lost the first two games of the 1919…
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October 4, 1919: Ring’s pitching, Cicotte’s errors lead Reds over White Sox in Game 4
Thanks to Dickey Kerr serving his teammates a dose of rejuvenating…
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October 6, 1919: Hod Eller scatters three hits, fans nine to lead Reds in Game 5
Boasting a three-games-to-one lead after four tilts, the Reds…
October 7, 1919: Rookie Dickey Kerr keeps White Sox alive in Game 6
The Cincinnati Reds could be forgiven for celebrating too hard…
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October 8, 1919: Eddie Cicotte returns to form in Game 7
Optimism was in short supply among Cincinnati Reds fans on the…
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October 9, 1919: Cincinnati Reds beat the Black Sox to win first World Series championship
After wins in Games Six and Seven in Cincinnati by scores of…
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October 12, 1916: Red Sox claim championship on adopted turf
It was Columbus Day and the biggest crowd of the 1916 World Series.…
October 9, 1920: Coveleski stops Brooklyn to tie World Series at 2-2
Fortunes turn fast in baseball. After Cleveland won Game One…
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October 5, 1920: Coveleski goes the distance to give Indians 1-0 lead in World Series
The 1920 best-of-nine World Series opened on October 5 at…