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Thursday, October 25, 2012

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY OCTOBER 24


2004  Red Sox Curt Schilling beats St. Louis 6-2 – 3rd different team he has won a World Series game with – Philadelphia and Arizona
2004  Emmitt Smith of the Dallas Cowboys rushes for 100 yards for the 78th time – NFL record
2000  NY Mets beat NYY 4-1 – it is the first Yankee loss after 14 straight wins in World Series games
1996  NYY win their 3rd straight game in Atlanta in the World Series – Andy Pettitte beat John Smoltz 1-0 – Pettitte gave up 5 hits, Smoltz 4
1994  Greg Maddux wins his 3rd straight Cy Young award – 16-6, 1.56 ERA – will win it again in 1995 – ends his career with 355 wins, 3.16 ERA
1992  Toronto wins their 1st World Series championship
1990  Red Sox announce they will not pick up the contract on 18 year veteran Dwight Evans
1987  Minnesota’s Kent Hrbek hits a grand slam to lead them to a comeback win over St. Louis 11-5 to tie the series 3-3
1977  Atlanta Braves hire Bobby Cox as manager
1963  Yogi Berra hired as NYY manager
1963  Sandy Koufax wins NL Cy Young award – 25-5, 1.88 ERA, 11 shutouts, 306 strikeouts
1959  Wilt Chamberlain plays in his 1st NBA game – will play in 1,045 and never foul out

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