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October 2, 1936: Yankees clip Giants 18-4 in Game 2, tie the Subway Series

October 4, 1936: Monte Pearson outduels Carl Hubbell as Yankees take commanding 3-1 lead in World Series

October 5, 1938: Yankees’ Red Ruffing shackles Cubs in World Series opener

October 6, 1938: Sore-armed Dizzy Dean loses Game Two on Crosetti’s late homer

The 1939 Baltimore Elite Giants, edited by Frederick C. Bush, Thomas Kern, and Bill Nowlin

September 6-10, 1939: Baltimore Elite Giants top Newark Eagles in Negro National League playoffs

Baltimore Elite Giants pitchers at Oriole Park V, 1940. L to R: Emery Adams, Satchel Davis, Eddie Dixon, Woody Williams, Willie Hubert, and Bill Barnes. (Courtesy of David Stinson and Bernard McKenna)

September 16-24, 1939: Baltimore Elite Giants defeat Homestead Grays in five-game championship series

Monte Pearson (TRADING CARD DB)

October 5, 1939: Yankees’ Monte Pearson flirts with no-hitter in dominant Game Two performance

October 7, 1939: ‘King Kong’ Charlie Keller’s two home runs help Yankees push Reds to brink

October 8, 1939: Joe DiMaggio’s 10th-inning single secures Yankees’ fourth straight title

October 2, 1940: Jittery Reds lose World Series opener to Bobo Newsom and the Tigers

October 3, 1940: Jimmy Ripple’s homer vaults Reds to Win in Game 2

October 6, 1940: Bobo Newsom honors father with World Series win

October 7, 1940: Reds’ Bucky Walters hurls World Series shutout to force deciding Game 7

October 8, 1940: Reds pitching prevails and Cincinnati celebrates first World Series title in two decades

October 4, 1941: Fitzsimmons’s injury, Casey’s blunders, Russo’s pitching lead Yankees in Game 3

Brooklyn Dodgers catcher famously dropped a third strike in the 1941 World Series, which eventually allowed the Yankees to win the game.

October 5, 1941: Mickey Owen’s dropped third strike costs Dodgers series-tying win

Ernie "Tiny" Bonham

October 6, 1941: Dodgers submit quietly to Tiny Bonham and the Yankees

Satchel Paige (SABR-RUCKER ARCHIVE)

September 8, 1942: Satchel Paige, Monarchs shut out powerful Homestead Grays lineup in Game 1

Satchel Paige (SABR-RUCKER ARCHIVE)

September 8-29, 1942: Satchel Paige’s Monarchs sweep Josh Gibson’s Grays in Negro League World Series

September 30, 1942: Yankees’ Red Ruffing wins World Series opener in St. Louis

October 1, 1942: Cardinals rookie Johnny Beazley evens World Series in Game Two

October 3, 1942: Cardinals stun Yankees on Ernie White’s shutout

October 4, 1942: Cardinals outslug Yankees to take 3-1 advantage in World Series

October 5, 1942: Cardinals clinch World Series on Kurowski’s ninth-inning clout