Today in Baseball History -- Oct. 27 -- from Mary Landers ... 1954 -- Former Yankees superstar Joe DiMaggios and actress Marilyn Monroes well-publicized stormy marriage ends in divorce. The famous movie star filed on the grounds of mental cruelty, just 274 days after the wedding. 1962 -- The Tigers begin an eighteen-game tour of Japan. Detroit will compile a 12-4-2 record against their opponents from the Land of the Rising Sun. 1972 -- The Braves trade outfielder Rico Carty, who led the National League in 1970 batting .366, to the Rangers for hurler Jim Panther. The 28 year-old right-hander will post a 2-3 record with an ERA of 7.14 for Atlanta in his final season in the major leagues, and the traded outfielder will retire in 1979 finishing his 15-year career with a lifetime .299 batting average. 1985 -- The Royals become the sixth team to overcome a 3-1 deficit to win the Fall Classic when series MVP Bret Saberhagen, who became a new dad yesterday, blanks the Cardinals on five hits, 11-0. Kansas City is the first team in World Series history to lose its first two games at home and then come back to win the World Championship. 1986 -- In another dramatic comeback win, the Mets defeat the Red Sox, 8-5 to win Game 7 of the Fall Classic to become World Champions for the second time in the 25-year franchise history. Third baseman Ray Knight makes amends for an earlier error by hitting a home run which puts the Mets ahead for good in the seventh inning. 1989 -- After a ten day delay due to the earthquake, the World Series resumes with the As beating the Giants in Game 3, 13-7. Oakland joins the 1928 Yankees as only the second team in major league history to hit five home runs in a Fall Classic contest. 1991 -- In Game 7 of the worst to first World Series, the Twins beat the Braves in ten innings, 1-0. Both Atlanta and Minnesota had finished last in their respective divisions last year. 1996 -- In Game 6, the Bronx Bombers win their first World Series since 1978 beating the Braves in the Bronx, 3-2. The Fall Classic had begun with two stunning defeats to the reigning World Champs at Yankee Stadium, 12-1 and 4-0. 1998 -- President Bill Clinton signs into law legislation overriding part of a 1922 Supreme Court ruling which exempted baseball from antitrust laws on grounds that it was not considered interstate commerce. The 76-year old exemption helped owners use the reserve clause to deprive players of bargaining rights and led to much of the labor unrest in the national pastime. 1999 -- The Yankees, behind the solid pitching of Roger Clemens, sweep their second straight Fall Classic beating the Braves, 4-1. Atlanta joins the New York Giants (1910-19) as the only teams to lose four World Series in a decade. 2000 -- New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani thinks it is okay for children to take a day off from school to watch the Yankees ticker-tape parade. His Honor, believing baseball can be an educational experience, has allowed his own kids, Andrew and Caroline, to miss classes in the past to watch the Bronx Bombers postseason celebrations. 2000 -- The Mets, this years runner-up in the Subway Series, turn down New York City Mayor Rudolph Giulianis invitation to be part of the parade for the World Champion Yankees down the Canyon of Heroes in lower Manhattan. 2002 -- In the teams 42nd season, the Angels finally win a World Series title by beating the Giants, 4-1, in Game 7 at Edison Field. Garret Andersons three-run double provides enough offense for John Lackey to become the first rookie to win a seventh game since 1909 when Babe Adams accomplished the feat for the Pirates. 2003 -- The Red Sox announce Grady Littles contract will not be renewed. The manager, who won 188 games during his two seasons with Boston, was severely criticized for not removing a tiring Pedro Martinez in the seventh inning of Game 7 of the ALCS, giving the Yankees an opportunity to tie the score in their eventual extra-inning pennant-winning victory. 2004 -- Under the moon’s reddish tint caused by a lunar eclipse, the Red Sox exorcised 86 years of agonizing losses by winning their first World Series since 1918. In one of the most dominating Fall Classic performances, Boston, who never trailed during the four games, blanks the Cardinals, 3-0, to complete the sweep. 2004 -- After a 10-day Overstock on-line auction and 240 bids, Barry Bonds 700th home run ball goes for $804,129. Steve Williams, who came up with the milestone ball in SBC’s left field bleachers on September 17, announced he was quitting his day job as a brokers assistant, but hadn’t decided what to do with the windfall. 2006 -- At the new Busch Stadium, the Cardinals beat the heavily favored Tigers, 4-2, in Game 5 of the Fall Classic to win their first world championship since 1982. With an 83-78 record, St. Louis, who lost 10 of their last 14 regular season games, won less games than any World Series champion in baseball history. 2006 -- After leading the Padres to two consecutive NL West titles, Bruce Bochy, with a year left on his contract, leaves San Diego, to become the manager of the division rival, San Francisco Giants. The 51-year-old skipper, who compiled a 951-975 (.494) record during his 12 seasons in the Friars dugout, signs a three-year deal worth approximately $6 million. 2007 -- In the first Fall Classic game ever played in Colorado, Daisuke Matsuzaka becomes the first Japanese starting pitcher in World Series history, allowing 2 runs on 3 hits in 5.1 innings, to get the win against the Rockies in the 10-5 Red Sox Game 3 victory. After paying $51.1 million for the rights to negotiate with the right-hander, Boston obtained Dice-K from the Seibu Lions signing the World Baseball Classic MVP to a 6-year deal worth $52 million. 2008 -- In a 5-4 Game 3 loss to the Phillies, B.J. Upton becomes the fourth player and first American Leaguer to steal three bases in a World Series game. The Rays center fielder joins Honus Wagner (Pirates, 1909), Willie Davis (Dodgers, 1965) and Lou Brock (Cardinals, 1967) to accomplish the trio of thefts in a Fall Classic contest. 2008 -- After playing in drenching steady rain until the middle of the sixth inning at Citizens Bank Park, Game 5 of the World Series is suspended making it the first Fall Classic contest to start and not be played to completion. The 2-2 tied game between the Rays and hometown Phillies, who are one victory away from a world championship, will resume tomorrow at the point the rain delay stopped play. 2009 -- General manager Ed Wade announces Brad Mills has agreed to a two-year contract, with a team option for the third, to become the Astros manager, replacing Dave Clark who served as interim manager when Cecil Cooper was fired in September. The 52-year-old, who for the past six seasons has been Terry Franconas bench coach with the Red Sox, has never managed in the majors, but spent 11 seasons as a minor league skipper with the Cubs, Rockies and Dodgers.
Posted on: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 16:46:02 +0000