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November 4
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November 4, 2001, the Yankees were one win away from their fourth straight World Series title and their fifth in six years. After what New York had been through that fall, plenty of people outside the Bronx were pulling for them too.
They earned their way there. Down two games to none against Oakland in the Division Series, they won three straight. Then they knocked off a Seattle club that had tied the major league record with 116 wins, beating them in five for the franchise’s 38th pennant.
Arizona was a different story. The Diamondbacks had only been around since 1998, and no expansion team had ever reached the World Series faster. They got past St. Louis and Atlanta with a roster full of veterans who knew this might be their only shot. Mark Grace, who came over after 13 years with the Cubs, said it was the moment you wait for from your first day of Little League.
The Series was a wild one. Arizona won the first two at home. Then the Yankees took three straight one-run games at the Stadium, two of them on ninth inning rallies and extra inning finishes. Back in Phoenix, the D-Backs blew them out 15-2 in Game 6 behind Randy Johnson.
Game 7 was Curt Schilling against Roger Clemens, and it lived up to it. Schilling, on three days’ rest, faced the minimum through five. Clemens was just as tough, striking out eight through five innings.
Arizona broke through in the sixth. Steve Finley singled and scored on a Danny Bautista double. Bob Brenly had started Bautista over Reggie Sanders that night because he matched up better with Clemens, and it paid off. The Yankees answered in the seventh when Tino Martinez singled home Derek Jeter, and rookie Alfonso Soriano led off the eighth with a home run to make it 2-1.
Brenly pulled Schilling after 103 pitches, used Miguel Batista for one out, then waved in Johnson, who had thrown 105 pitches the night before. The ballpark came unglued. Johnson got four outs and kept it a one-run game. Joe Torre went to Mariano Rivera, who had 23 straight postseason saves, and Rivera struck out three in the eighth.
Then came the ninth. Grace singled. Damian Miller bunted and Rivera threw wide to second, both runners safe. Jay Bell’s bunt got the lead runner at third, but Tony Womack lined a double to right to tie it. Rivera hit Craig Counsell to load the bases.
That brought up Luis Gonzalez, who hit 57 home runs that year but was hitless on the night. He choked up, fouled off the first pitch, then dumped the next one over second base. Bell scored. Ballgame. Series over.
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It was Arizona’s first major pro championship ever. Schilling and Johnson shared MVP, and Johnson became the first pitcher in 33 years to win three games in one Series.
Schilling said beating the Yankees felt like entering an essay contest against Hemingway. Turns out you can win that one.
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Todays Trivia . . .
Who was the first basketball player from Duke University to have his jersey number 10 retired?
Hint: #1 He was a crucial part of the franchise that won its first World Series in thirty-five years and then pat of another that won its first in eighteen years.
Hint: #2 He had a timely six-for-six day with three doubles.
Quote of the day:
Curt Schilling perhaps best summed up their win against the Yankees, saying: “This might be like being in the essay contest against Hemingway or a paint-off against Picasso.”
Game of The Day:
Game of the Day — November 4, 2001 Game 7 New York Yankees vs Arizona Diamondbacks
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November 4 highlights and Historic Days!
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This day in baseball has a deeper dive into every event from November 4
November 4, 1935 — NFL standout Cal Hubbard becomes an American League umpire. The former Green Bay Packers offensive tackle will become the only person to be enshrined at both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Baseball Hall of Fame.
November 4, 1959 — – Ernie Banks wins his second National League MVP Award in a row on the strength of his 45 home runs and 143 RBI for the Chicago Cubs. Eddie Mathews finishes second.
November 4, 1975 — Baltimore Orioles pitcher Jim Palmer wins his second Cy Young Award, after pacing the American League in wins (23), shutouts (10), and ERA (2.09).
November 4, 1976 — The first mass-market free agent re-entry draft is held at the New York Plaza Hotel. Among those available are Reggie Jackson, Willie McCovey, Joe Rudi, Don Gullett, Gene Tenace, Nate Colbert, Rollie Fingers, Don Baylor, and Bobby Grich. McCovey and Colbert are the only two players not selected, but McCovey will catch on with the Giants in spring training and have a banner year at his old first base position.
Jackson will go onto star for the New York Yankees and win two World Championships. Fingers will have several excellent seasons for the Padres and Brewers including winning an MVP and Cy Young award. Baylor will go to win an MVP award.
November 4, 1987 – San Diego Padres catcher Benito Santiago, who ended the season with a rookie-record 34-game hitting streak, is a unanimous selection as the National League Rookie of the Year.
November 4, 1997 — Third baseman Scott Rolen is the unanimous choice for the 1997 National League Rookie of the Year Award and becomes the first Philadelphia Phillies player to win the award since Dick Allen in 1964. Rolen led all NL rookies in batting average (.283), home runs (21), runs batted in (92), runs (93), hits (159), doubles (35), total bases (263), on-base percentage (.377) and slugging average (.469). He barely qualified as a rookie, logging exactly 130 at bats in 1996 before breaking his wrist on September 7th when he was hit by a pitch. One more at bat would have disqualified him for the award this year.
November 4, 2009 — In Game 6 of the Fall Classic, the Yankees captured their 27th World Championship and their first since 2000, with a 7-3 decision over the Phillies, the defending champs. Hideki Matsui, New York’s designated hitter, collects six RBIs, tying a World Series mark, and earns the World Series Most Valuable Player Award.
Andy Pettitte became the second pitcher to get the victory in all three postseason-clinching games, joining Derek Lowe, who accomplished the feat with Boston in 2004.
Ryan Howard breaks KC outfielder Willie Wilson’s record, established in the 1980 Fall Classic against Philadelphia, for the most strikeouts in a World Series. The Phillies’ slugging first baseman, who was the NLCS MVP against LA, earns the dubious distinction when he whiffs in the eighth inning of Game 6, making it the 13th time he returned to the bench without putting the ball in play.
November 4, 2010 — Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson dies in Thousand Oaks, California at 76. Nicknamed “Captain Hook” for his tendency to remove his starting pitchers early in the game – now standard practice – he was the first manager to win over 100 games in a season in both leagues, and the first to lead teams from both leagues to World Championships, doing so with Cincinnati in 1975 and 1976, and with Detroit in 1984.
Milestones November 4
🎙️ Did you know? Dick Groat was born on this day . . .
Dick Groat was an All-American basketball player at Duke and averaged 12 points per game with the Fort Wayne Pistons in the NBL (52-53). However, it was at shortstop in double play combinations with Bill Mazeroski and later with Julian Javier that Groat excelled. A natural athlete, he never played minor league ball. The slick ball-handler was at or near the top of the league each year in assists, putouts, and double plays.
Groat was the complete ballplayer. He batted over .300 four times, and in 1960, Phillies manager Gene Mauch said, "He holds the Pirates together," as Pittsburgh won a World Championship over the Yankees. Traded to St. Louis, he solved the Cardinals' shortstop problem (there had been a different regular shortstop every year since 1956). With Groat, the Cardinals finished second in 1963 and were World Champions the following season.
Birthdays:
Notable: Dick Groat
Passings:
Notable: Cy Young
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TRIVIA ANSWER: DICK GROAT
#10 hangs from the rafters of Cameron Indoor Stadium.
#1 Groat was with PIT in their WS year of 1960 (PIT had last won in 1925.) He played 161 games for STL in 1964 as the Cards ended that version of Yankee dynasty. STL’s previous championship had been in 1946.
#2 On 13-May-1960 in Milwaukee, Groat overwhelmed Braves pitching with 6 hits, 2 runs & 9 TB in 9 innings.
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