October 10, 1923: Casey Stengel is hero as Giants nip Yankees in Game 1
The New York Giants had defeated the New York Yankees in the…
October 14, 1923: An epic wedding anniversary for Yankees’ battery in Game 5
Fans line up for bleacher seats during the 1923 World Series.…
October 17, 1920: American Giants barely avoid no-hitter and win ‘Little World Series’
One of the doubleheader’s several previews in the New York…
October 3, 1926: Red Grier throws a no-hitter in Negro League World Series
Red Grier wouldn’t have had the chance to pitch one of the…
October 4, 1924: Giants’ Art Nehf outduels Washington’s Walter Johnson in World Series opener
The 1924 World Series pitted the National League’s New York…
October 12, 1925: Bucs’ offense wakes up as Aldridge gives Pirates hope in Game 5
The Pittsburgh Pirates “played headier baseball this afternoon…
October 11, 1925: Walter Johnson tosses shutout in Game 4 to put Senators on cusp of second straight title
The accolades came pouring in after Walter Johnson’s resounding…
October 10, 1925: Senators’ Sam Rice makes dazzling catch to preserve victory in Game 3 — or did he?
The play sparked immediate controversy and remains one of the…
October 9, 1924: Roger Peckinpaugh leads Senators in Game 6 to force winner-take-all finale against Giants
As they prepared for Game Six of the 1924 World Series on the…
October 5, 1924: Senators blow 9th-inning lead but recover to even World Series at one game apiece
After a hard-fought Game One of the 1924 World Series in which…
September 9-17, 1922: Turkey Stearnes and Memphis Red Sox defeat Dallas Black Giants in Dixie Series
In September 1922, the Memphis Red Sox of the Negro Southern…
October 11, 1921: Jesse Barnes’ stellar relief outing knots World Series at three games each
Shortly before the start of Game Six of the 1921 World Series,…
October 4, 1921: Speed and power propel Chicago American Giants past Hilldale in Game 1
After the Negro Leagues ended their regular seasons, October…
October 7, 1921: Giants blow out Yankees in Game 3 to get back into first Subway Series
“There is no smarter man in baseball today than Miller Huggins.”…
October 6, 1921: Waite Hoyt lifts Yankees to 2-0 lead over Giants in World Series
“The Western Front is now a somber memory of half-filled trenches…
October 5, 1921: Yankees win franchise’s first-ever World Series game against rival Giants
Through 2019 the New York Yankees have played in 225 World Series…
October 9, 1921: Injured Babe Ruth wallops his first World Series home run
On Sunday, October 9, 1921, the sporting world was obsessed with…
October 10, 1921: Yankees win 3-1 and regain World Series lead from Giants after Game 5
In 1921, for the first time in the brief history of the modern…
October 15, 1925: Pirates come from behind to beat Senators, Walter Johnson in muddy Game 7
More than 40,000 fans filled Forbes Field on a cloudy, wet…
October 13, 1921: Giants beat Yankees 1-0 to clinch World Series championship
The day after the Red Sox sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees the New…
October 12, 1920: Cleveland Indians win their first World Series
The Brooklyn Robins were on the brink of elimination in the 1920…
October 11, 1920: Duster Mails shuts out Brooklyn to bring Cleveland to verge of championship
“Brooklyn will be lucky to get a foul off me today. If Spoke…
October 10, 1920: A game of World Series firsts: unassisted triple play and grand slam
A pivotal Game Five in the 1920 World Series was on the horizon…
October 10, 1924: Big Train finally wins the biggest one of all
The 1924 World Series marked the fourth straight post-season…