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This Day in Baseball History: October 17th (Bay Area Hit By Quake)
By Administrator | October 17, 2008
In 1964, in a move reminiscent of today’s circumstances in the Bronx, the Yankees fired Yogi Berra after losing the 1964 World Series to the Cardinals despite having a 99-63 record in the regular season… Johnny Keane of the Cardinals then resigned to take the Yankees job.
In 1978, the Yankees beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 7-2, to take their twenty-second World Championship… Bucky Bleeping Dent was named the World Series MVP.
In 1979, Willie Stargell’s two-run homer led the Pirates to a 4-1 triumph over the Baltimore Orioles and the World Series championship in seven games.
In 1985, Lou Pinella was named Yankees manager replacing Billy Martin.
In 1989, as the Giants and A’s readied to play Game 3 of the World Series, the Bay Area was hit by a massive earthquake… the game was postponed by Commissioner Fay Vincent and Candlestick Park was evacuated… the Fall Classic resumed eleven days later.
In 2000, Mariners catcher Dan Wilson snapped the longest hitless streak in postseason history by ending his 0-for-42 skid with an opposite field single.
In 2005, Cardinals 1B Albert Pujols hit a dramatic two out, three-run ninth inning homer to beat Brad Lidge and the Houston Astros.
Born Today: Dan Pasqua (1961), John Rocker (1974), Seth Etherton (1976)
Topics: MLB History |
