This Day in Sports History - 10/26/2002

In Game 6 of the World Series, the Anaheim Angels come from behind to defeat the San Francisco Giants, 6 - 5, in Anaheim. The Giants, who haven't won a World Series since moving to San Francisco in 1958, come into the game with a 3 - 2 lead in the Series. Russ Ortiz shuts out the Angels for six innings and holds a 5 - 0 lead before giving up two singles in the seventh. In the eighth, Tim Worrell surrenders a leadoff homer to Darrin Erstad, and the score is 5 - 4. After a pair of singles, Rob Nen comes in from the bullpen, and Troy Glaus belts a two-run double to put the Angels ahead. Troy Percival records the save with a perfect ninth. In Game 7, the Giants go down 4 - 1, and the Angels have their first world championship in franchise history.

This Day in Sports History - 10/12/1982

Paul Molitor becomes the first player in World Series history to collect five hit in a game while leading the Brewers to a 10 - 0 thrashing of the Cardinals in Game 1 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. It is also Molitor's first World Series. Batting leadoff, Molitor grounds out in the first inning, then hits singles in the second, fourth, and sixth innings off Bob Forsch. Facing Dave LaPoint, Molitor singles again in the eighth and adds a fifth single in the ninth with Jeff Lahti on the mound. Three of Molitor's five hits fail to leave the infield. Robin Yount, batting second, has four hits in six at bats. Molitor will end the 1982 Series with a .355 average (11 - 31), although Milwaukee loses to St. Louis in seven games. He will play in one other Fall Classic, with the Blue Jays in 1993, and bat .500 (12 - 24) as Toronto downs the Phillies in six games.

This Day in Sports History - 10/25/2003

In Game 6 of the World Series, the last Series game played at the original Yankee Stadium, Josh Beckett of the Florida Marlins pitches a complete-game shutout on two days rest to beat the Yankees, 3-0. The win gives the Marlins the second world championship in their eleven year history; the first was in 1997. For both, the Marlins entered the playoffs as a wild card.

Happy Birthday Joe Carter

Happy Birthday Mookie Wilson

Today is the birthday of former New York Mets' OF Mookie Wilson. Wilson may be best known for the game-winning hit in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. Here is the entire inning with Mookie's heroics at the end.

Aubrey Huff

In an earlier post titled "The Icky Shuffle: MLB Free Agency 2010" I gave you 25 MLB Free Agents that I'm curious to see what they do.

Aubrey Huff who was #18 on the list recently re-signed with the San Francisco Giants. Last offseason Huff was waiting a long time until a team made an offer but this year, after he helped lead the Giants to a World Series Championship he was given a 2 year deal very quickly.

The Giants Win The Pennant

The San Francisco Giants just beat the Phillies in game 6 of the NLCS to advance to the World Series. Here is a clip from "The Shot Heard Round the World" where Bobby Thompson hit a game-winning homerun against Ralph Branca and the Dodgers.

George Steinbrenner Remembered

Best by the Numbers - Boston Edition

Once again we have a players list based on their uniform numbers. This time we focus on the 4 professional sports teams in the Boston area (Red Sox, Celtics, Patriots & Bruins).

1. Andrew Raycroft
2. Eddie Shore
3. Dennis Johnson - This Celtic great played with Bird, McHale & Parish and had his #3 retired by the team in 1991
4. Adam Vinetieri - I know that Hall of Famer Bobby Orr wore #4 for the Bruins but I went with Vinetieri to show some love for the kickers
5. Kevin Garnett
6. Bill Russell - The 11 time NBA Champion was an excellent defensive player
7. Trot Nixon
8. Carl Yastrzemski - in 1967 "Yaz" became the last player to complete the Triple Crown
9. Ted Williams - Not only was he a feared hitter, but he was also a Veteran from WWII and the Korean War
10. Jo Jo White
11. Drew Bledsoe
12. Tom Brady
13. Delonte West
14. Bob Cousy - Cousy lead the league in assists for 11 straight years.
15. Kevin Millar
16. Satch Sanders
17. John Havlicek - "Hondo" played his college ball at The Ohio State University
18. Daisuke Matsuzaka
19. Josh Beckett
20. Ray Allen
21. Roger Clemens
22. Asante Samuel
23. Craig Janney
24. Manny Ramirez - Man-Ram was the MVP of the 2004 World Series
25. K.C. Jones
26. Wade Boggs
27. Carlton Fisk - One of the greatest catchers of all time was immortalized in 1975 against the Reds in the World Series
28. Curtis Martin
29. Shawn Springs
30. Tim Thomas - The Hockey player; not the Basketball player
31. Cedric Maxwell
32. Kevin McHale
33. Larry Bird - In his career he averaged 24 points and 10 rebounds a game
34. David Ortiz
35. Reggie Lewis
36. Lawyer Milloy
37. Rodney Harrison
38. Curt Schilling - Two words: "Bloody Sock"
39. Lawrence Maroney
40. Mike Haynes
41. Victor Martinez
42. Mo Vaughn - Won the MVP award in 1995
43. Kendrick Perkins
44. Danny Ainge
45. Pedro Martinez - One of the greatest moments of his career was the 1999 All-Star game when he struck out 5 of the 6 batters he faced
46. Jacoby Ellsbury
47. Rod Beck
48. Lee Smith - Is currently 3rd on the All-Time Saves list with 478 Saves
49. Tim Wakefield
50. Mike Vrabel - The former Ohio State LB was used as an eligible receiver many times and has caught over 10 TDs in his career
51. Jerod Mayo
52. Ted Johnson
53. Larry Izzo
54. Tedy Bruschi - In 2005 Bruschi suffered a stroke, but came back to play later that year getting the Comeback Player of the Year Award
55. Junior Seau
56. Andre Tippett
57. Steve Nelson
58. Jonathan Pappelbon
59. Vincent Brown
60. Scott Rehberg
61. Clay Buchholz
62. Jon Lester - Less than 2 years after being diagnosed with lymphoma he threw a no-hitter against the Kansas City Royals
63. Joe Andruzzi
64. Dave Wohlabaugh
65. Damien Woody
66. Scott Pollard
67. Dan Koppen
68. Ryan O'Callaghan
69. Ryan Wendell
70. Logan Mankins
71. Russ Hochstein
72. Matt Light
73. John Hannah - His last name is a palindrome
74. Rich Baldinger
75. Vince Wilfork
76. Brandon Gorin
77. Ray Bourque - From 1985 - 2000 Bourque was the team captain of the Bruins
78. Bruce Armstrong
79. Jim Lee Hunt
80. Troy Brown
81. Randy Moss
82. Daniel Graham
83. Wes Welker
84. Ben Watson
85. Nick Buoniconti - Was probably best known for being part of the '72 Miami Dolphins team; but before that he played for the Patriots
86. Stanley Morgan
87. Ben Coates
88. Terry Glenn
89. Bob Dee
90. Toby Williams
91. Marc Savard
92. Ray Agnew
93. Richard Seymour
94. Ty Warren
95. Tully Banta-Cain
96. Adalius Thomas
97. Jarvis Green
98. Shawn Crable
99. Mike Wright

Honorable Mention: 00. Robert Parish - I don't give the # 0 or 00 on this list normally but "The Chief" was a great player for the Celtics for a long time

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