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Re: Pale Hose History
« Reply #5050 on: October 29, 2018, 12:04:44 am »

    On October 29 in Baseball History...


    1889 - The National League's Giants defeat the Brooklyn Bridegrooms of the American Association, 3-2, to win the World's Championship Series, a precursor to the modern-day World Series. The nine-game postseason matchup is the Big Apple's first 'Subway Series', although that type of transportation will not available until 1904.

    1920 - In a move less heralded than the acquisition of Babe Ruth earlier in the year, the Yankees hire Red Sox skipper Ed Barrow to be the team's general manager. Under the future Hall of Famer's leadership over the next quarter-century, the Bronx Bombers will win 14 American League pennants and 10 World Series championships.

    1928 - The Giants trade Lefty O’Doul to the Phillies in exchange for an outfielder named Freddy Leach. O'Doul, who started his career as a left-handed pitcher, will lead the league in hitting with a .398 batting average next season and will be the runner-up for the MVP to Rogers Hornsby.

    1931 - A’s southpaw Lefty Grove is named the American League’s MVP. The future Hall of Famer posts a 31-4 (.886) record while compiling a league-leading ERA of 2.08 for first place Philadelphia.  He led the league in strikeouts for the seventh straight season and topped all pitchers in winning percentage, ERA and complete games.

    1942 - Branch Rickey, the innovator of the farm systems which helped to build a strong Redbird franchise, resigns as the Cardinals’ vice president. Three days later, the Dodgers will announce the Mahatma has been named president of the Brooklyn club, a move that will help to fill the void created by Brooklyn's general manager Larry MacPhail's enlistment in the army to serve in World War II.

    1945 - Happy Chandler, who had continued to serve in the U.S. Senate after becoming commissioner, resigns his political office. He will move the commissioner's quarters to Cincinnati.

    1949 - The White Sox make arguably their best trade ever, sending catcher Joe Tipton, who hit .204 in his one season in Chicago, to the Athletics for young Nellie Fox.


    1969 - Tom Seaver, who won 25 games to help lead the Mets to one of the most unlikely championships in baseball history, is voted the NL Cy Young Award winner.

    1975 - As their overwhelming choice, the Baseball Writers Association of American selects Fred Lynn (.331, 21, 105) as the American League Rookie of the Year. The 22-year old Red Sox all-star outfielder receives 23.5 out 24 first place votes with teammate Jim Rice getting the other .5.

    1979 - Hall of Fame outfielder Willie Mays, one of the game's most popular players, severs all ties with major league baseball when he accepts a public relations job with an Atlantic City c@sino. Due to the gambling aspect of the position, he had been given an ultimatum by Commissioner Bowie Kuhn to disassociate himself from the national pastime.

    1981 - Bill Giles, Phillies vice president for the past 11 years, heads a group that purchases the club for just over $30 million, the highest price paid to date for a major-league club. Giles is the son of longtime NL president Warren C. Giles.

    1985 - Cardinal pitcher Joaquin Andujar is suspended for the first ten games of next season as a result of bumping Don Denkinger twice during his World Series Game 7 dispute with the home plate umpire over balls and strikes calls.


    1991 - Braves skipper Bobby Cox becomes the first person to be named the Manager of the Year in both leagues when he is selected by the BBWAA as the National League's top field boss. The 50-year old former third baseman, who won the AL honor with the Blue Jays in 1985, led Atlanta to their first pennant, after the team finished with the worst record in baseball during the previous season.

    1991 - Buck Showalter replaces Stump Merrill as the Yankee manager. During his four-year reign as the Bronx Bomber skipper, the 36-year old will compile a 313-268 (.539) record capturing the American League Manager of the Year award and AL East title in 1994 and the league's first wild card the following year.

    2001 - Commissioner Bud Selig says major league baseball is considering eliminating two teams by the start of next season. Contraction would include the Montreal Expos and either the Minnesota Twins or the Florida Marlins.

    2002 - Bringing the total to seven this month, three new managers are named including Ned Yost (Brewers), Ken Macha (A's) and Eric Wedge (Indians). Being younger than two of his players (Ellis Burks and Omar Vizquel), the Tribe's skipper, at the age of 34, becomes youngest manager in the major leagues. 

    2006 - Silas Simmons, the oldest baseball player who ever lived, passes away at St. Petersburg's Westminster Suncoast retirement community in Florida. The 111-year old was a southpaw hurler in the Negro Leagues for 17 years and played for the Homestead Grays, New York Lincoln Giants, and Cuban All-Stars.

    2008 - Playing three innings at Citizens Bank Park, the Phillies complete the first-ever suspended game in World Series history beating the Rays, 4-3, in Game 5 to win the Fall Classic. It is only the second World Championship in franchise history, and the first since 1980.


    2009 - Derek Jeter is the recipient of this year's Roberto Clemente Award, an honor given to a player who best exemplifies the game of baseball, sportsmanship, and community involvement. The 35-year-old Yankee captain joins 13 Hall of Famers and former Bronx Bombers Ron Guidry and Don Baylor in winning the prestigious prize.


    2010 - Sandy Alderson is officially introduced as the Mets' new general manager at a Citi Field news conference. The 62-year old Harvard Law School graduate, who has served as the former president and GM of the A's and chief executive officer of the Padres, is being allowed to leave his current administrative position with MLB to take the challenging role of rebuilding the directionless organization, that includes the hiring of a new manager for the team.

    2010 - Joe Girardi finalizes a new three-year contract with the Yankees to remain the team's manager. During the season it had been rumored that the Illinois native and former Cub catcher might have an interest to replace the retiring Lou Piniella as the Chicago skipper, a position recently filled by interim Mike Quade.

    2013 - The Oakland Athletics signed Philip Humber as a free agent.

    2013 - Jose Abreu, who defected from Cuba last summer, has finalized a $68 million, six-year deal with the White Sox. The 26 year-old slugger, who batted .360 (9 for 25) with three home runs and nine RBIs for his island nation during the World Baseball Classic in March, is projected to play first base or to be the team's designated hitter, helping to bolster a weak offense that scored the fewest runs in the American League this season, en route to a 63-99 record.




    Baseball Birthdays on October 29...


    1852 - Kimber, Sam
    1859 - Reccius, John
    1863 - Baldwin, Mark
    1877 - Iburg, Ham
    1882 - Hofman, Solly
    1882 - Browning, Frank
    1883 - Mason, Del
    1888 - Yingling, Earl
    1889 - Kyle, Andy
    1891 - Finneran, Happy
    1897 - Pickup, Ty
    1909 - Winegarner, Ralph
    1923 - Mackinson, John
    1924 - Bamberger, Hal
    1939 - Richert, Pete
    1944 - Neibauer, Gary
    1944 - Bibby, Jim
    1946 - Baker, Frank
    1953 - McGilberry, Randy
    1954 - Young, Kip
    1955 - Brown, Darrell
    1957 - Felton, Terry
    1957 - Stablein, George
    1959 - Barfield, Jesse
    1966 - Combs, Pat
    1967 - Romero, Mandy
    1967 - Elvira, Narciso
    1967 - Gohr, Greg
    1970 - Moore, Kerwin
    1972 - Barker, Richie
    1974 - Dickey, R.A.
    1975 - Garcia, Karim
    1975 - Johnson, Gary
    1975 - Randall, Scott
    1982 - Venable, Will
    1983 - Eveland, Dana
    1984 - Mijares, Jose
    1988 - Hellweg, Johnny
    1990 - Inciarte, Ender
    1990 - White, Tyler
    1991 - Alcantara. Arismendy
    1992 - Brewer, Colton
    1993 - Read, Raudy



    Baseball Deaths on October 29...


    1909 - Lyston, John
    1923 - Nabors, Jack
    1924 - Snyder, Pop
    1930 - Wright, Gene
    1938 - Daly, Tom
    1938 - Towne, Babe

    1941 - Murdoch, Wilbur
    1941 - Hendrick, Harvey
    1944 - Hardesty, Scott
    1949 - Malarkey, John
    1959 - Fultz, Dave
    1961 - Cafego, Tom
    1965 - Fuller, Frank
    1965 - McKechnie, Bill
    1966 - Grabowski, Al
    1968 - Hohman, Bill
    1972 - Dietz, Dutch
    1973 - Beck, George
    1974 - Kerlin, Orie
    1974 - Wilson, George

    1976 - Malmberg, Harry
    1982 - Sheehan, Tom
    1988 - Cohen, Andy
    1991 - Coker, Jimmie
    1993 - Moore, Anse
    1995 - Niemiec, Al
    1996 - Blackwell, Ewell
    2009 - Fields, Steve
    2017 - Richter, Al





       




 

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