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Mr. November Is Born
October 31, 2001, Twenty-five years ago tonight, the Yankees were in real trouble.
They’d dropped the first two games of the 2001 World Series in Arizona and needed Roger Clemens and Mariano Rivera just to win Game 3. Now it was Game 4 at Yankee Stadium on Halloween night, and Curt Schilling was on the mound. Lose this one and New York would be down three games to one, with Schilling and Randy Johnson waiting the rest of the way.
Joe Torre shook up the lineup. He sat Chuck Knoblauch and moved Derek Jeter to leadoff. It didn’t matter much early. Schilling was pitching on three days’ rest for the first time in his career, and he still retired the first six he faced. Shane Spencer snuck one into the right-field corner in the third. After that, Schilling set down nine straight.
Orlando Hernandez had a rougher night. El Duque walked guys and hit guys, but he kept getting out of jams. Mark Grace finally got to him in the fourth with a homer into the upper deck to tie it 1-1. In the fifth, Jorge Posada saved a run with a diving tag on Tony Womack at the plate.
Arizona broke through in the eighth. Luis Gonzalez singled, Erubiel Durazo doubled him home, and Midre Cummings scored on a contact play when Jeter’s throw home was off. That made it 3-1 Diamondbacks. Bob Brenly brought in his sidearm closer, Byung-Hyun Kim, and Kim struck out the side.
Here’s the part I love. Tino Martinez wasn’t due up in the eighth, so he went into the clubhouse and watched Kim on TV.
In the bottom of the ninth, Jeter bunted and got thrown out. Paul O’Neill singled. Bernie Williams struck out. That brought up Tino with two outs, and he knew exactly what he was looking for. He got a fastball and crushed it to right-center. Steve Finley went up the wall, but he had no chance. Two-run homer. Tie game. The Stadium went nuts.
Rivera set Arizona down in order in the tenth. Kim came back out and got two quick outs. Then Jeter stepped in, and the scoreboard clock flipped to midnight. It was November 1, and for the first time ever, a big-league game was being played in November. The board flashed “Welcome to November Baseball.”
Jeter worked the count full and fouled off a couple. Then he drove a fastball the other way. Reggie Sanders just looked up as it cleared the right-field wall. Jeter pumped his fist and jumped on home plate into a pile of teammates.
Reggie Jackson, the original Mr. October, was at the park that night. Jeter had just earned his own name.
Mr. November.
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Todays Trivia . . .
Who is the only Hall of Famer who played together with his son on the same major league team?
Hint: #1 He (Dad) was the first player in the Live Ball Era (1920- ) to have at least seventy stolen bases and seventy RBI in the same season.
Hint: #2 He was history’s first postseason batter to have the next two batters homer in succession following his home run.
Quote of the day:
Tino Martinez, on the game-tying homer: “I was looking for a fastball, something over the plate I could just try to drive out.”
Derek Jeter: “When I first hit it, I had no idea whether it was going to go out, but once it goes out, it’s a pretty special feeling.”
Joe Torre: “This ballclub never quits.”
Game of The Day:
Game of the Day — October 9, 1966 world series game 4 Baltimore Orioles vs Los Angeles Dodgers
Birthday Boy Dave McNally tries to closes out the Dodgers.
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October 31 highlights and Historic Days!
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This day in baseball has a deeper dive into every event from October 31
October 31, 1931 — The Cardinals release right-hander Burleigh Grimes, the last legal spitballer. Ol’ Stubblebeard will finish his 19-year Hall of Fame career with a 270-212 record along with an ERA of 3.53.
October 31, 1961 — A federal judge rules that Birmingham, Alabama laws against integrated playing fields are illegal, eliminating the last barrier against integration in the Southern Association. The circuit will choose to disband rather than abide the ruling and will be replaced in 1964 by the integrated Southern League.
October 31, 1967 — San Francisco Giants pitcher Mike McCormick, the National League leader with 22 victories, is honored with the 1967 National League Cy Young Award. It is the first year in which pitchers are honored in both leagues.
The veteran, who was paid $50,000 to sign with the old New York Giants back in 1956, and was reacquired by the club last December in a deal with Washington, won in a landslide with 18 of the 20 votes by the committee of writers, two from each league city. Ferguson, Jenkins of the Chicago Cubs and Jim Bunning of the Philadelphia Phillies each received one vote. It was the first time the writers have voted for the Cy Young Award in both major leagues. Always in the past, there has been just one winner, but the writers petitioned Commissioner William D. Eckert for his approval to change to picking one pitcher for each league. Former Commissioner Ford Frick, who suggested the idea originally, always had favored the selection of just one pitcher. The winner of the American League Award will be named in a few days. McCormick pitched the Giants to second place with a 22-10 season record, making him the top winner in the league. He pitched 14 complete games, worked 262 innings, allowed 220 hits, and walked 81. struck out 150 and finished with a 2.85 earned run average. With Juan Marichal on the disabled list, McCormick became the club’s ace.
‘Every Pitcher’s Dream’ – “This is the realization of every pitcher’s dream,” Mike McCormick said Tuesday. on learning that he is the winner of the Cy Young Award as the; National League’s best pitcher of 1967. “It certainly is the cake-icing of my playing year,” McCormick told a newsman. “In all honesty, my family and I are very elated.” The San Francisco Giant left-hander makes his home in Mountain View, some 40 miles south of Candlestick Park. Since the end of the baseball season, he said he has been loafing and playing golf but expects to do some public relations work during the winter.
October 31, 1972 — In a seven-player trade, Don Money is dealt by the Phillies along with Bill Champion and John Vukovich to the Brewers in exchange for Ken Brett, Jim Lonborg, Ken Sanders, and Earl Stephenson. The 25 year-old versatile infielder will spend over a decade with Milwaukee, becoming a four-time All-Star.
More importantly, the deal opens up third base for a young infielder named Mike Schmidt, who will embark on a Hall of Fame career.
October 31, 2005 — On Halloween night, former Red Sox General Manager Theo Epstein, on the night of his resignation, eludes the media parked outside Fenway Park disguised in a gorilla suit. At a future charity event, the hairy costume will be auctioned and will make $11,000 for the Jimmy Fund and Theo’s Foundation, To Be Named Later.
“I gave my entire heart and soul to this organization,” Epstein said in a statement. “During the process leading up to today’s decision, I came to the conclusion. that I can no longer do so. In the end, my choice is the right one not only for me but for the Red Sox.” “I gave my entire heart and soul to the organization,” Epstein said
October 31, 2006 — The Astros announced the club will not exercise their option on first baseman Jeff Bagwell for the 2007 season. ‘BagPipes’ is the all-time franchise leader in home runs, RBIs, and walks.
October 31, 2009 — Alex Rodriguez’s Game 3 fly ball in the right-field corner of Citizens Bank Park becomes the subject of the first instant replay call in World Series history. The Yankee third baseman’s hit, initially ruled a double, is changed by the umpires to a home run after the replay clearly shows the ball going over the fence before striking a television camera and bouncing back to the field.
The New York Yankees win the game , 8 – 5, over the Philadelphia Phillies in a game in which six home runs are hit – three by each team. Andy Pettitte is the winner over Cole Hamels.
October 31, 2017 — The Dodgers force a Game 7 in 2017 World Series with a 3 – 1 win over Houston in Game 6. The Dodgers manage to score twice against Justin Verlander in the 6th to negate a 3rd-inning homer by George Springer.
Chris Taylor doubled in two runs and then add an insurance run on a solo shot by Joc Pederson off Joe Musgrove in the 7th. Manager Dave Roberts once again leans heavily on his bullpen, removing Rich Hill after 4 2/3 innings, but four relievers keep the Astros off the board for the rest of the game, including closer Kenley Jansen who pitches the final two innings for his second save.
October 31, 2018 — Hall of Famer Willie McCovey, one of the greatest stars in the history of the San Francisco Giants, dies at age 80. He won the Rookie of the Year Award in 1959 and the MVP Award in 1969.
Milestones October 31
🎙️ Did you know? Dave McNally was born on this day . . .
An unflappable lefthander with great control, McNally was the first of Baltimore's "Big Four" 20-game winners, joined later by Mike Cuellar, Jim Palmer, and Pat Dobson on the 1971 Orioles staff. But McNally's place in baseball history may have less to do with how well he labored than with his impact on baseball's labor relations. He and the Dodgers' Andy Messersmith became baseball's first two legal free agents in 1975.
Even before he won 20 games, McNally was a hero in Baltimore. He outpitched Don Drysdale to win the fourth and final game of the 1966 Series 1-0 on a four-hitter, bringing Baltimore its first World Championship. Though he led the AL with 24 wins in 1970, his best overall season was 1968, when he posted a 22-10 record, with career bests of a 1.95 ERA and 202 strikeouts. He helped the Orioles win the 1969 AL playoffs with an 11-inning, 11-strikeout, 1-0 victory against Minnesota in Game Two. However, he failed to hold a 3-0 lead in the fifth and final game of the 1969 Series against the Mets.
McNally's shining World Series moment came in the batter's box, not on the pitcher's mound. In the sixth inning of Game Three of the 1970 Series against the Reds, he became the only pitcher ever to hit a grand slam in a World Series. Ironically, the blast came off Tony Cloninger, who once hit a record two grand slams in a game while pitching for the Braves.
After the Curt Flood case and a short players' strike in 1972 failed to resolve the free agency issue, McNally and Messersmith decided to test the reserve clause and played their 1975 seasons without a contract. After the season, arbitrator Peter Seitz declared both players free agents. McNally, who had announced his plans to retire during a dismal season with the Expos, did not take advantage of his newly-acquired free agency, while Messersmith signed a large contract with the Atlanta Braves.
Birthdays:
Notable: Dave McNally
Passings:
Notable: Willie McCovey
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TRIVIA ANSWER: TIM RAINES
- Ans. Raines & his son Tim Jr. were both on the Baltimore Orioles’ roster in 2001. However, they played in only four games together: 03-, 04-, 05(2)- & 06-Oct. If we were to extend beyond what’s call “Organized Baseball”, Willie Wells Sr. & Willie Jr. were teammates in 1948 (though they don’t satisfy the hints.) Reader Mark Pattison has furnished us with the following nugget: In that game on Oct. 6, 2001, not only was Tim Raines Jr. in the lineup, but so was Cal Ripken Jr. (his last game) and Jerry Hairston Jr.” Further, he adds., “This is why the American League has been called the Junior Circuit.”
- #1 In 1983 with MON, Raines had 90 SB & 71 RBI, both career highs. Four others have followed.
- #2 Yankees Raines, Derek Jeter & Paul O'Neill homered back-to-back-to-back in the 6th inning off CLE’s Eric Plunk in game 1 of the 1997 ALDS.
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