Game Stories
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…
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…
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…
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…
October 8, 1919: Eddie Cicotte returns to form in Game 7
Optimism was in short supply among Cincinnati Reds fans on the…
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…
October 7, 1939: ‘King Kong’ Charlie Keller’s two home runs help Yankees push Reds to brink
With New York having taken the first two games of the 1939 World…
October 8, 1939: Joe DiMaggio’s 10th-inning single secures Yankees’ fourth straight title
In a wild back-and-forth game, the Yankees won the 1939 World…
October 2, 1940: Jittery Reds lose World Series opener to Bobo Newsom and the Tigers
Baseball insiders and fans were asking a lot of questions as…
October 3, 1940: Jimmy Ripple’s homer vaults Reds to Win in Game 2
Cincinnati’s Crosley Field was crammed with 30,640 spectators…
October 7, 1940: Reds’ Bucky Walters hurls World Series shutout to force deciding Game 7
Before the 1940 World Series began, it might have seemed as if…
October 8, 1940: Reds pitching prevails and Cincinnati celebrates first World Series title in two decades
After Bobo Newsom shut the Reds out 8-0 in the fifth game of…
October 5, 1947: Dodgers beat Yankees to send World Series to decisive seventh game
The Brooklyn Dodgers had their backs to the wall. After coming…
October 6, 1947: Joe Page leads Yankees to Game 7 win over Dodgers
The World Series headed into a seventh game for the third year…
September 30, 1954: Giants look unbeatable after Johnny Antonelli wins Game 2
The last time Johnny Antonelli’s team appeared in a World Series…
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 8, 1961: Bobby Richardson collects three more hits in Yankees’ Game 4 shutout
“There is nothing to compare with it,” said Bobby Richardson…
October 9, 1961: Yankees blast Reds to capture 19th World Series championship
As the 49-year-old midtown Cincinnati ballpark hosted Game Five…
October 4, 1989: Giants’ Will Clark has ‘helluva week’ in 1989 NLCS opener
San Francisco Giants first baseman Will Clark had compiled his…
October 12, 1997: Sandy Alomar Jr. delivers dramatic finish to give Cleveland a 3-1 ALCS lead
The Cleveland Indians carried a 2-1 series advantage heading…
October 7, 2003: Mike Lowell’s 11th-inning blast gives Marlins 1-0 lead in NLCS
A week before the 1999 spring-training season was to begin, Mike…
October 8, 2003: Sosa, Prior lead Cubs to blowout win in Game 2 of NLCS
The expectation that the 2003 NLCS would end with a quick coronation…