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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY OCTOBER 12

2003  Willie Shoemaker died – won 8,833 races – 1st jockey to win $100 million in purses
2001  Braves beat Houston 6-2 to advance to NLCS for 9th time in 10 years
1999  Wilt Chamberlain died – had 31,419 points, averages 30.1 points per game and 22.9 rebounds – career 54% field goal shooter
1997  Livan Hernandez of Florida beats Atlanta on 3 hits 2-1 in game 5 of NLCS – had 15 strikeouts
1993  Dave Stewart of Oakland beat Blue Jays 6-2 – his ALCS record is a perfect 8-0
1988  Orel Hershiser beats NY Mets 6-0 on 5 hits in game 7 of NLCS to advance to the World Series
1986  California Angels within one pitch of a pennant win, lose to the Red Sox
1984  Padres pitchers issue 11 walks in a World Series game – ties record
1983  Rookie Mike Boddicker of Baltimore pitches a 3 hitter to beat Philadelphia 4-1 in game 2 of the World Series
1980  Philadelphia wins its 1st NL title in 30 years
1979  Magic Johnson makes his NBA debut – Lakers win 103-102
1972  In a win for the A’s, Reggie Jackson steals home, but is injured and will miss the World Series
1967  St. Louis wins the World Series – Bob Gibson had 3 wins and Lou Brock stole 7 bases (record)
1948  Casey Stengel named manager of the NYY
1923  NY Giants Casey Stengel’s HR beats the NYY 1-0 in the World Series

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