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Today in Baseball History - October 27th
"I think one of the most difficult things for anyone who's played baseball is to accept the fact that maybe the players today are playing just as well as ever." – Ralph Kiner
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for a more comprehensive “Today in Baseball History” see http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/October_27
1922 Ralph Kiner is born in Santa Rita, New Mexico. Signed by the Pirates, Kiner will play two minor league seasons before entering the service in World War II. When he returns in 1946, he leads the NL in home runs seven straight seasons.
1960 Trying to jump ahead of the NL, the AL admits Los Angeles and Washington to the league with plans to have the new clubs begin competition in 1961. Calvin Griffith is given permission to move the existing Washington Senators franchise to Minnesota. League president Joe Cronin says the AL will play a 162-game schedule, with 18 games against each opponent.
1962 The Tigers begin a eighteen-game tour of Japan. Detroit will compile a 12-4-2 record against their opponents from the 'Land of the Rising Sun'.
1980 In a shocking announcement, Astros owner John McMullen fires president and GM Tal Smith, replacing him with Al Rosen, former GM of the Yankees. Smith will soon be named Major League Executive of the Year. The move prompts a rebellion among the Astros 20 limited owners (who together own over 60 percent of the club), and on Nov. 24 McMullen will give up his sole authority to run the club, accepting a position on the club's newly formed executive committee instead.
1985 The Royals become the sixth team to overcome a 3-1 deficit to win the Fall Classic as series MVP Bret Saberhagen, who became a new dad yesterday, blanks the Cardinals on five hits,11-0. Kansas City is the first team World Series history to lose 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 A's beating the Giants in Game 3, 13-7. Oakland uses the long ball hitting five home runs in securing the victory.
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.
1992 The Colorado Rockies hire Don Baylor as the first manager in the history of the franchise. Baylor also becomes the fourth active black manager, joining Felipe Alou, Cito Gaston, and Hal McRae.
1996 In Game 6, the Bronx Bombers win their first World Series since 1978 beating 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 which overrides part of a 1922 Supreme Court ruling which exempted baseball from antitrust laws on grounds that it was not considered interstate commerce. The 70-year old exemption helped owners use the reserve clause to deprived players of bargaining rights and the led to much of the labor unrest in the national pastime.
1999 The Yankees, behind the solid pitching of Roger Clemens, sweeps its 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' post-season celebrations.
2000 The Mets, this year's runner-ups in the Subway Series, turn down New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's invitation to be part of the parade for the World Champion Yankees down the Canyon of Heroes in lower Manhattan.
2002 In the team's 42nd season, the Angels finally win a World Series title by beating the Giants, 4-1, in Game 7 at Edison Field. Garret Anderson's 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.
2004 Under the moon’s reddish tint caused by a lunar eclipse, the Red Sox exorcised 86 year 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, blank the Cardinals, 3-0, to complete the sweep.
2004 After a 10-day Overstock.com 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 broker's 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 a 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 Bouchy, 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) 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 resumed tomorrow at the point the rain delay stopped play.
Baseball Birthdays on October 27...
1856 - Hoffman, Hickey
1857 - Willigrod, Julius
1858 - Mulvey, Joe
1866 - Healy, John
1869 - Pedroes, Chick
1876 - Dougherty, Patsy
1877 - Kuhns, Charlie
1878 - Barry, Shad
1888 - Sheer, Al
1889 - Emerson, Chester
1890 - Allen, John
1894 - Bold, Charlie
1896 - Huber, Clarence
1896 - Okrie, Frank
1900 - Proctor, Red
1901 - Smith, George
1902 - Keesey, Jim
1904 - Bennett, Frank
1917 - Patrick, Bob
1918 - Albosta, Ed
1919 - Richmond, Don
1922 - Kiner, Ralph – HOF MLB player 1946-1955, link to Ralph’s lifetime stats http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kinerra01.shtml , link to Ralph’s HOF bio & plaque http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers/detail.jsp?playerId=117072
1922 - Rice, Del
1933 - Green, Pumpsie
1936 - Stange, Lee
1940 - Valle, Hector
1945 - Lum, Mike
1946 - Austin, Rick
1949 - Burton, Jim
1952 - Vuckovich, Pete
1952 - Flores, Gil
1952 - Travers, Bill
1953 - Washington, U.L.
1953 - Bonnell, Barry
1960 - Nieto, Tom
1960 - Shepherd, Ron
1961 - Swift, Bill
1962 - Dunne, Mike
1962 - Bell, Terry
1963 - Bell, Eric
1963 - Roberts, Bip
1965 - Moore, Bobby
1970 - Swann, Pedro
1971 - Forster, Scott
1972 - Radke, Brad
1973 - Johnson, Jason
1974 - Stark, Dennis
1976 - Pond, Simon
1977 - Masaoka, Onan
1980 - Jimenez, Kelvin
1983 - Cleven, Brent
1983 - Prado, Martin
1986 - Niese, Jonathon
Baseball Deaths on October 27...
1915 - Mullen, Martin
1915 - Hoffman, Hickey
1921 - Kuehne, Bill
1928 - West, Billy
1936 - Black, Dave
1945 - Hannifin, Jack
1945 - Shafer, Taylor
1951 - Brock, John
1951 - McElveen, Pryor
1955 - Griffith, Clark – HOF Inducted as an Executive or Pioneer in the Major Leagues 1901-1920, link to Clark’s lifetime managerial record http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/griffcl01.shtml , MLB player 1891-1914, link to Clark’s lifetime playing stats http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/griffcl01.shtml , link to Clark’s HOF bio & plaque http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers/detail.jsp?playerId=115150
1959 - Koestner, Elmer
1959 - Perry, Scott
1967 - Bailey, Bill
1969 - Jamieson, Charlie
1973 - Tate, Bennie
1977 - Littlejohn, Carlisle
1977 - Lynn, Red
1978 - Walberg, Rube
1979 - Wiedemeyer, Charlie
1980 - Loftus, Frank
1984 - Helf, Hank
1988 - Steiner, Ben
2006 - Niekro, Joe
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