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| 1908 | Baseball's anthem, Take Me Out to the Ballgame, is introduced by Bill Murray. The song writing team of Albert Von Tilzer (music) and Jack Norworth (words) who created the immortal tune have never seen a game. |
| 1911 | The World Series is resumed after six days of rain. The A's, behind the pitching of Chief Bender, beat the Giants and Christy Mathewson 4-2 to give Philadelphia a 3-1 game lead in the Fall Classic. |
| 1951 | Larry MacPhail suggests there should be four new major leagues including one located on the West Coast. |
| 1972 | Jackie Robinson, the first black player of 20th century dies of heart disease at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. The 53-year old Hall of Famer broke the color line playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. |
| 1987 | Amidst the deafening noise crowd of the hanky-waving fans in the Metrodome, the Twins staved off elimination as the team scores eight runs in the 5th and 6th innings of Game 6 to beat the Cardinals, 11-5. |
| 1992 | In Game 6, Canada wins its first-ever World Series when the Blue Jays beat the Braves, 4-3. Forty-one year old Dave Winfield's 11th inning double is the key hit in Toronto's victory. |
| 2000 | Orlando Hernandez (8-0, 1.90) losses his first postseason game as the Mets defeat the Yankees on a tie breaking eight inning double by Benny Agbayani, 4-2. New York native John Franco gets the win ending the Yankees' record 14-game World Series winning streak. |
| 2000 | Roger Clemens is fined a reported $50,000 for throwing the jagged barrel of a shattered bat in the direction of Met catcher Mike Piazza in the first inning Game 2 of the World Series. |
| 2003 | In Game 5 of the World Serie, the Giants annihilate the Angels 16-4 at Pac Bell. Jeff Kent leads the attack with two home runs, four RBIs, and ties a Fall Classic record by scoring four times. |
| 2006 | Seven month after negotiations began, the Players' Association and MLB officials announce a five-year collective bargaining agreement has been reached. The longest accord in baseball history, which will end in 2011, assures the game will have a span of 16 years without a work stoppage. |
| 2007 | In a 13-1 rout of the Rockies, Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia becomes the second player, and first rookie to hit a leadoff home run in a World Series opener. The 24-year old freshman, the 31st major leaguer to homer in his first Fall Classic appearance, joins Orioles' outfielder Don Buford who went yard in 1969 as a leadoff batter in Game 1 off Tom Seaver of the Mets. |
| 2008 | Thanks Mark Teixeira's eighth inning solo home run, the Mariners are defeated by the Angels, 6-5, making it fourth time in franchise history the club has lost 100 games. Seattle has the distinction of being the first team with $100 million payroll to lose 100 games. |
12 Fact(s) Found