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Saturday, October 22, 2011

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY OCTOBER 22

2005  Chicago beats Houston 5-3 in 1st game of the World Series – Jose Contreras gets the win, but he hits 3 batters to tie World Series record
2001  NYY win their 38th AL pennant
2000  In a World Series game, Roger Clemens throws a broken bat at Mike Piazza
1991  Braves beat Twins 5-4 in 12 innings – Twins use World Series record 23 players in the game
1985  Kansas City wins their first ever World Series game
1975  Cincinnati wins game 7 of World Series to beat the Red Sox
1972  Oakland A’s win their 1st World Series in 42 years – Gene Tenace named MVP – he had 4 HRs in the series – hit 5 all year during the regular season
1967  In the AFL, Daryle Lamonica throws 4 TDs and Oakland holds Boston Patriots to 83 total yards in a 48-14 win – Oakland had 395 yards
1958  Elgin Baylor makes his NBA debut with the Lakers – entered Hall of Fame in 1977 – averaged 27.4 points, 13.5 rebounds, and 4.3 assists in 14 seasons
1957  Sam Jones makes his NBA debut with the Boston Celtics
1950  LA Rams set NFL scoring record – beat Baltimore 70-27 – they had 535 total yards in the game, Baltimore had 423
1920  8 members of the Chicago White Sox are indicted for allegedly throwing the 1919 World Series

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