Wednesday, October 31, 2012
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY OCTOBER 31
2005 Red Sox GM Theo Epstein resigns – will return
2001 NYY beat Arizona on Derek Jeter’s bottom of the 10th
1989 Lenny Wilkens gets his 1st NBA coaching win
1987 1st jockey to win 9 races in a day – Chris Antley – 4 at Aqueduct and 5 at Monmouth
1983 Football pioneer George Halas died at age 88
1979 Mike Flanagan of Baltimore wins AL Cy Young – 23-9, 3.08 ERA – never won more than 16 in his next 15 seasons
1973 Tom Seaver wins the NL Cy Young – 1st pitcher to win it that did not have at least 20 wins – 19-10, 2.08 ERA, 18 complete games, 251 strikeouts
1972 Gaylord Perry wins AL Cy Young – 24-16, 1.92 ERA, 29 complete games
1967 Mike McCormick of Giants wins NL Cy Young – 20-10, 2.85 ERA, 14 complete games – never won more than 15 in his next 16 year career
1943 Washington Redskins Sammy Baugh passes for 6 TDs in a game
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY OCTOBER 30
2001 John Stockton begins his 18th
season with Utah
– longest with one team in NBA history – Hakeem Olajuwon had 17 with Houston
2001 President Bush throws out the 1st
pitch in game 3 of the World Series in honor of NYC’s first responders –
Yankees win 2-1
1996 Philadelphia
names Terry Francona manager
1984 Detroit
reliever Willie Hernandez named AL Cy Young winner – only 3rd
reliever to win it – 9-3, 1.92 ERA, 32 saves – all are career bests
1981 Pat Riley makes his NBA coaching debut with
the LA Lakers
1981 Isiah Thomas makes his NBA debut with the
Detroit Pistons
1974 “Catfish” Hunter wins AL Cy Young – 25-12,
2.29 ERA – his 4th straight 20 win season – will win 24 in 1875
1974 Muhammad Ali KOs George Foreman in Zaire – “Rumble
in the Jungle”, “Rope a Dope”
1963 Sandy Koufax wins NL MVP – 25-5, 1.88 ERA,
306 strikeouts
1954 NBA adopts use of the 24 second clock
1945 Branch Rickey signs Jackie Robinson to the
Triple A team in Montreal
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY OCTOBER 29
2008 Philadelphia
wins World Series – resumed game 5 that had begun 2 days earlier
2006 Oakland
beats Pittsburgh
20-13 despite only getting 9 1st downs and 98 total yards to 360 for
the Steelers – Chris Carr of Oakland
had a 100 yard
interception for a TD
1995 Jerry Rice becomes NFL career receiving
leader with 14,040
yards
1995 Arizona
beats Seattle
20-14 as teams combine for 11 turnovers including Arizona’s interception for a TD in overtime
1989 Ozzie Newsome ends his NFL consecutive game
reception streak at 150
1982 John Havlicek makes his 10,000th
career field goal – only second in NBA history to do so
1982 Dominique Wilkins makes his NBA debut –
averaged, 24.8 points, 6.7 rebounds – 9 time All-Star
1982 James Worthy makes his NBA debut – 17.6
average, 5.1 rebounds – 7 time All-Star, 3 time champion, 1987-88 NBA finals
MVP
1975 Fred Lynn of Red Sox is named AL rookie of the year –
will later be named MVP also - .331 average, 21 HRs, 47 doubles, 103 runs
scored, 105 RBI
1969 Tom Seaver named NL Cy Young winner – 25-7,
2.21 ERA, 18 complete games, 208 strikeouts
1960 Muhammad Ali’s 1st pro fight –
beat Tunney Hunsaker in 6
1959 Early Wynn of White Sox wins Cy Young –
22-10, 3.17 ERA, 14 complete games
1931 Lefty Grove Named AL MVP – 31-4, 2.06 ERA, 27 complete games
Friday, October 26, 2012
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY OCTOBER 28
2007 Red Sox win the World Series as they sweep Colorado – Rockies had won 21 of 22 games to make the playoffs
2006 Red Auerbach died – won 9 NBA championships
with the Celtics
2001 Diamondbacks’ Randy Johnson pitches a 3 hit
shutout vs. NYY to take a 2 game lead in the series
2001 New
Orleans gives St.
Louis their 1st loss of the season as Kurt
Warner throws 4 interceptions and they lose 4 fumbles – St. Louis still out gained them 474 yards to 320
1995 Atlanta
wins the World Series in 6 games 1-0 as they hold Cleveland to one hit – Indians batted .179 in the series
1989 Oakland
sweeps Giants in the World Series – Dave Stewart had 2 of the wins and is named
MVP
1983 Clyde Drexler makes his NBA debut with Portland – 20.4 points,
6.1 rebounds, 5.6 assists average for his career
1981 Dodgers beat NYY to win World Series in 6
games – George Frazier of NYY lost 3 of the games (tied record) – pitched 3.2
innings and gave up 7 runs in the losses
1973 Elmore Smith of the LA Lakers blocks NBA
record 17 shots in a game vs. Portland
1968 Bob Gibson wins Cy Young unanimously – 22-9,
1.12 ERA, 28 complete games, 13 shutouts, 268 strikeouts
1967 Walt Frazier makes his NBA debut – 18.9
points, 5.9 rebounds, 6.1 assist career average – 7 time all defensive team, 2
time champion
1962 YA Tittle passes for 505 yards and throws 7
TDs in a 49-34 win over Washington
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 1st title in their 42nd year
1999 NYY beat Atlanta to win their 25th 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 4th
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
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