The regular season of 1959 ended a bit late, as it required the fourth pennant tiebreaker in the game's history, but there was certainly enough going on to justify a few extra days on the schedule: the White Sox scored eleven runs in an inning, on a single hit; a record 93,000 fans (a mark which would stand for almost fifty years) packed the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles for "Roy Campanella Night"; Harvey Haddix pitched perfect ball into the 13th inning; and the Red Sox became the last big-league team to break the color barrier when Pumpsie Green appeared in a game in July. In the Fall Classic, the American League Champion Chicago White Sox (94-60) face off (again) against the National League Champion Los Angeles Dodgers (88-68) . . .
World Series Time Machine: 1993
The final season of two-division play brought expansion to Denver and Miami (and almost 4.5 million fans through the turnstiles in the former), a four-homer 12-RBI game from Mark Whiten, a record-tying four five-hit games from Tony Gwynn, saw Dave Winfield become the first player to reach the 3000-hit club at an indoor venue and witnessed a legendary NL West divisional race. In the Fall Classic, the American League Champion Toronto Blue Jays (95-67) face off (again) against the National League Champion Philadelphia Phillies (97-65) . . .
World Series Time Machine: 1937
Joe Medwick became the game's fourth Triple Crown winner in five seasons, Augie Galan became the first NL player to ever homer from both sides of the plate in the same game, and Carl Hubbell completed a streak of 24 consecutive winning decisions that had begun the previous season. Less auspiciously, the Cincinnati Reds ended the season with a fourteen-game losing streak, and on May 6th the airship Hindenburg flew over ballgames at Ebbets Field and Polo Grounds just hours before exploding in Lakehurst, New Jersey with the loss of 36 lives. In the Fall Classic, the American League Champion New York Yankees (102-52) face off (again) against the National League New York Giants (95-57) . . .
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)