TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY OCTOBER 20

2004  Boston beats NYY 10-3 – came back from a 3-0 deficit in the ALCS – 1^st team in MLB history to do so – Johnny Damon hit 2 HRs, one a grand slam for 6 RBI

2002  20 year old Francisco Rodriguez of Anaheim is the youngest pitcher to ever win a World Series game – retired 9 straight batters in 3 innings of relief

1996  St. Louis beats Jacksonville 17-14 despite being out gained 538 to 202 – Jacksonville had 6 turnovers, 5 interceptions by Mark Brunnel          

1996  19 year old Andruw Jones hits 2 HRs in Atlanta’s 12-1 win over NYY – youngest to hit a HR in World Series history

1993  Toronto wins game four of the World Series 15-14 over Philadelphia – most runs in World Series history passing the 22 in 1936

1990  Cincinnati beats heavily favored Oakland to win the World Series

1988  LA Dodgers beat the A’s 5-2 to win World Series – Orel Hershiser named MVP – won 2 complete game games giving up 2 earned runs in total

1976  Philadelphia 76ers get Julius Erving from the NY Nets for $3 million

1973  Boston Celtics gets NBA record 39 offensive rebounds but lose the game by a score of 96-87

1962  John Havlicek makes his NBA debut with Boston – scores 26,395 points in his career and won 8 NBA championships

1936  Carl Hubbell named NL MVP – had a 26-6 record and 2.31 ERA – gave up 7 HRs in 304 innings pitched

1935  Hank Greenberg of Detroit named AL MVP – batted .328, 30 HRs, 170 RBI