TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY OCTOBER 11

2006  NYY Cory Lidle dies when the plane he is flying crashes into a 50 story building in NYC

2003  NYY Roger Clemens gets his 11^th postseason win as Red Sox and Yankees rumble on the field – Don Zimmer, 72 year old coach of NYY, is thrown to the ground as he charges the mound

1999  Boston beats Cleveland 12-8 in ALDS as Troy O’Leary hits 2 HRs including a grand slam for 7 RBI

1998  Arizona beats Chicago Bears 20-7 as Bears have 8 turnovers and Arizona had 5

1992  Dallas beat Seattle 27-0 as Cowboys hold Seahawks to 62 total yards

1980  The Dallas Mavericks make their NBA debut and beat the San Antonio Spurs 113-92

1975  Luis Tiant shuts out Cincinnati 6-0 in 1^st game of the World Series – all the scoring was done in the 7^th inning 

1971  Brooks Robinson reaches base 5 straight time – 2 walks and 3 hits (ties World Series record) as Baltimore beats Pirates 11-3 – Jim Palmer is walked twice in the game with the bases loaded

1967 Red Sox hit 3 HRs in an inning – Yaz, Reggie Smith, and Petrocelli – tie series 3 to 3

1965  Dodgers beat Minnesota 7-0 – Sandy Koufax throws a 4 hitter and Maury Wills has four hits

1927  Lou Gehrig named MVP – season totals were .373 batting average, 47 HRs, and 175 RBI

1925  NY Giants play their first football game – lose to Providence 14-0

1911  Ty Cobb wins what is now considered the MVP award – batted .420, 248 hits, scores 147 runs, and had 127 RBI