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September 18, 1873: The Panic of 1873
Drawing of a bank run during the PanicSeptember 18, 1873, 150 years ago: The American stock market begins a tailspin that becomes known as the Panic of 1873. It throws the country into its worst...
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September 20, 1973: Tennis' Battle of the Sexes
September 20, 1973, 50 years ago: A made-for-TV spectacle is held at the Astrodome in Houston: A tennis match labeled "The Battle of the Sexes."Bobby Riggs was a great tennis player once. The Los...
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How Long It's Been: Arsenal Played a Champions League Match
This afternoon, at 3:00 PM U.S. Eastern Time, Arsenal Football Club, a professional soccer team of whom I am both a fan and a supporter -- and, as some of their own "fans" have proven, there is a...
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Phil Sellers, 1953-2023
The greatest of all Rutgers basketball players is no longer with us.Phillip Sellers Jr. (no middle name) was born on November 20, 1953 in Brooklyn. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School there,...
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Yankee Cy Young Award Winners -- and Those Who Should Have Been
Would Have Been, Had There Been One at the Time1904 Jack Chesbro1921 Carl Mays1922 Joe Bush1923 Sam Jones1927 Waite Hoyt1928 Waite Hoyt1932 Lefty Gomez1934 Lefty Gomez1937 Lefty Gomez1938 Red...
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The Failed 2023 New York Yankees: Which One's the Dummy?
Yesterday, in the makeup of a rainout, the Yankees beat the Arizona Diamondbacks, 6-4. Officially, the paid attendance was 41,096. But, given the nature of the rearrangement, the timing of it being a...
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September 27 & 29, 1963: The Baby Colts & the Greatest Hitter In Baseball...
September 27, 1963, 60 years ago: The Houston Colt .45s, an expansion team at the end of their 2nd season, 35 games out of 1st place, try something. After all, what have they got to lose? Three more...
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Brooks Robinson, 1937-2023
After the 1970 World Series, one of its umpires, Ed Hurley, spoke of Brooks Robinson, the 3rd baseman of the victorious Baltimore Orioles, said, "He came down from a higher league."Now, he is in...
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September 30, 1973: The Last Game at the Pre-Renovation Yankee Stadium
September 30, 1973, 50 years ago: The last game is played at Yankee Stadium before its renovation. The Yankees lose 8-5 to the Detroit Tigers.The renovation was necessary, not because the Mets were...
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October 1973: I Spent a Year There That Month
September 30, 1973: The New York Yankees lost to the Detroit Tigers, 8-5. It was the last game at the pre-renovation Yankee Stadium.October 1973 would be a busy month. For those of us old enough to...
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Thus Endeth an Awful Season
This afternoon, the Yankees lost to the Kansas City Royals, 5-2 at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City. That was the last game of the 2023 regular season. They finished with a record of 82-80, good only...
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October 2, 1963: Sandy Koufax Conquers the Yankees
October 2, 1963, 60 years ago: Game 1 of the World Series. Ten years to the day after Carl Erskine struck out 14 Yankees for the Brooklyn edition of the Dodgers, Sandy Koufax fanned 15 of them for the...
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5 Times the Yankees Won the Pennant, But Shouldn't Have (And 5 Times They...
Sometimes, the better team doesn't win. Sometimes, the more deserving team doesn't win. Frequently, the Yankees are the more deserving team. But, in the immortal words of Clint Eastwood, "Deserve's got...
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Deserve's Got Everything To Do With It: 2023 Baseball Edition
Little Bill (about to be killed, played by Gene Hackman): "I don't deserve this!"William Munny (Clint Eastwood): "Deserve's got nothing to do with it!"-- UnforgivenI don't always do this, but I should....
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October 3, 1993: The Last Pre-Wild Card Pennant Race
October 3, 1993, 30 years ago: Despite winning 103 games, the San Francisco Giants are eliminated from the National League Western Division race when their arch-rivals, the Los Angeles Dodgers, derail...
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October 4, 1948: The Gene Bearden Game
Gene BeardenOctober 4, 1948, 75 years ago: A Playoff for the American League Pennant is played at Fenway Park in Boston. The Boston Red Sox and the Cleveland Indians had both finished 1 game ahead of...
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October 5, 1953: Five Straight World Series Wins
Left to right: Hank Bauer, Yogi Berra,Billy Martin and Joe CollinsOctober 5, 1953, 70 years ago: The New York Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers, 4-3 at Yankee Stadium, to win Game 6 of the World...
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October 6, 1993: Michael Jordan Retires (For the 1st Time)
October 6, 1993, 30 years ago: Michael Jordan retires from professional basketball. He is only 30 years old, does not claim an injury, and is coming off 3 straight NBA Championships with the Chicago...
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October 7, 1933: Mel Ott Homers the Giants to the Title
October 7, 1933, 90 years ago: Prior to Game 5 of the World Series‚ at Griffith Stadium in Washington, flags are lowered to half-staff to honor William L. Veeck‚ president of the Chicago Cubs, who died...
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Dick Butkus, 1942-2023
Dick Butkus can't die. He never died. He killed, though. Well, no, he never actually killed anyone. But it sure seemed like it.Richard Marvin Butkus was born on December 9, 1942 in the Roseland...
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