TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY OCTOBER 9

2005  Houston beats Braves 7-6 in 18 innings – longest postseason game in MLB history – also 1^st postseason game with 2 grand slams

2001  Curt Schilling throws a 3 hit 1-0 win as Arizona beats St. Louis in the NLDS

2000  Bret Hull scores his 611^th NHL goal passing his father Bobby to become #9 on all time list

1992  Rookie Tim Wakefield of Pittsburgh beats Atlanta 3-2 in NLCs – 1^st rookie to start a NL playoff game in 9 years

1988  Dennis Eckersley becomes the first to save all 4 games in a championship series

1974  Washington Capitals play their 1^st NHL game – they lose – will also lose their next 36 road games – end season 15-54-11

1966  Baltimore wins the World Series as they sweep the LA Dodgers – Orioles pitchers threw 33 consecutive scoreless innings – World Series record

1951  NYY Gil McDougald is the first rookie to hit a grand slam in World Series history

1938  NYY win their 3^rd straight World Series – 1^st to do so

1921  Babe Ruth hits his 1^st World Series HR

1919  The Reds beat the White Sox to win the 16^th World Series – would be referred to as the “Black Sox Scandal”

1916  Babe Ruth pitches and wins the longest World Series game at the time – 14 innings – he did give up a HR – only HR he gave up all of 1916 – pitched over 323 innings and had a 23-12 record with a 1.75 ERA