While baseball's regular season can be a delight, it's in October that some of the game's most notable moments occur.
Consider how October 8 looms in baseball history: In 1908, the Chicago Cubs won the National League pennant and would become the last Cubs team to win the World Series.
In 1927, the New York Yankees, aka Murderer's Row (generally considered the greatest team ever), completed a sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates to win the Series.
Perhaps the greatest feat occurred in 1956, when Don Larsen (a journeyman with a losing lifetime record) threw the only perfect game in World Series history, retiring 27 Brooklyn Dodgers in a row.
We don't know if that historic moment lent any
impetus to Walter O'Malley's
announcement one year later that the "Bums" would be leaving Ebbets
Field for Los Angeles
-- or to those very same Dodgers
winning the Series
on this date in 1959 (beating the Chicago White Sox), but we'd suggest keeping an eye on the game tonight; you might just be seeing history.
Suggested Sites...
- World Series.com - baseball's home for post-season news, stats, and stories.
- Major League Baseball - the game's official site.
- ESPN: MLB Postseason - coverage of the Division Series, League Championship Series, and World Series, with news, stats, breakdowns, and analysis.
- Baseball Reference: World Series History - year-by-year summaries of the Fall Classic.
- ESPN: Greatest World Series Moments - fans and analysts voice their opinions.
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