TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY OCTOBER 27

2006  St. Louis wins the World Series – had only won 83 regular season games

2004  Boston wins their first World Series in 86 years as they sweep St. Louis

2003  Red Sox announce that manager Grady Little’s contract will not be renewed

2002  Emmitt Smith breaks career rushing yardage record of Walter Payton

2002  Angels win World Series as they beat San Francisco in game 7 – their 1^st title in their 42^nd year

1999  NYY beat Atlanta to win their 25^th World Series – Braves have lost 4 World Series this decade

1991  Minnesota wins World Series 1-0 in 10 innings – Jack Morris named MVP as he gave up 3 earned runs in 22 innings – 5 of the 7 games were decided by 1 run – both Minnesota and Atlanta were last in their division in 1990

1989  World Series resumes after a 10 day delay due to the earthquake in San Francisco  - Oakland beats Giants 13-7

1986  NY Mets beat Red Sox in game 7 of World Series

1985  Royals beat St. Louis 11-0 in game 7 of the World Series – Cardinals batted only .185 in the series – lowest ever for a 7 game series

1985  NYY fire Billy Martin for the 4^th time

1984  Reuben Mayes of Washington State runs for NCAA record 357 yards

1984  Hakeem Olajuwon makes his NBA debut – 26,946 points, NBA record 3,830 blocks, 21.8 average, 11.1 rebounds, and 3.1 blocks per game in his career

1956  Tommy Heinsohn makes his NBA debut – Rookie of the Year – 8 time champion