Game Stories
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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 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…
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 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…
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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…
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October 12, 1920: Cleveland Indians win their first World Series
The Brooklyn Robins were on the brink of elimination in the 1920…
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October 3, 1942: Cardinals stun Yankees on Ernie White’s shutout
After the St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Yankees 4-3 in…
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October 4, 1942: Cardinals outslug Yankees to take 3-1 advantage in World Series
On Sunday, October 4, 1942, a crowd of 69,902 filled Yankee Stadium…
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October 6, 1965: Twins take Game One of World Series in Koufax’s absence
Game One of the 1965 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers…
October 7, 1965: Twins beat Dodgers at their own game to take commanding Series lead
National League President Warren Giles would have been excused…
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October 9, 1965: Well, golly: ‘Gomer’ Claude Osteen gets Dodgers back in the Series
People of a certain age may remember a television show from the…
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October 10, 1965: Dodgers’ small ball ties the World Series in Game Four
The famous line in the movie A League of Their Own, “There’s…
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October 11, 1965: Koufax’s clutch hitting gives Dodgers a 3-2 Series lead
This edition of the fall classic had so many bizarre twists and…
October 13, 1965: Mudcat ties the Series with pitching, hitting in Game Six
It sounds like a corny Hollywood movie. The home team has its…
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October 14, 1965: Koufax has nothing to atone for in Game 7 masterpiece
Unfortunately for the Minnesota Twins, there were no Jewish holidays…
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October 16, 1969: Miracle Mets become first expansion team to win a World Series
The New York Mets stopped being the laughingstocks of baseball…
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October 7, 1981: Expos win first MLB postseason game played outside U.S.
To say that the Montreal Expos faced some adversity on the road…
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October 16, 1985: Royals complete comeback against Blue Jays to win AL pennant
When Game Seven of the American League Championship Series began,…
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October 25, 1986: ‘A little roller up along first’: Mets win wild Game Six on Buckner error
Right from the first inning it was obvious this was not going…
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October 27, 1986: Mets rally late to beat Red Sox in Game Seven
In the years that followed, it was simple to say that victory…
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October 24, 1992: Blue Jays become first Canadian team to win World Series
After the Atlanta Braves staved off elimination with a win in…
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October 23, 1993: Blue Jays repeat as Series champs on Joe Carter’s walkoff blast
When Paul Molitor crushed a solo home run in the bottom of the…
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October 11, 2009: Twins bid farewell to the Metrodome
For nearly 30 years Minnesota baseball fans had a conflicted…
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October 13, 2011: Rangers’ C.J. Wilson yields natural cycle to four consecutive Tigers batters in ALCS
In a span of 16 pitches in the sixth inning, Texas Rangers pitcher…