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Babe Sold to New York
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.comIn 1920, the Red Sox sell Babe Ruth to the Yankees.
Story | Conversation | November 03, 2005A lifetime of breaking barriers
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.comBaseball's color barrier wasn't the only hurdle Jackie Robinson faced in his life.
Story | Conversation | February 02, 2004Ballgame notes
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.comSignature Game Sept. 28, 1941 - The idea of his .3996 batting average being rounded up to .400 didn't sit well with Williams. So, on the night before...
Page | ConversationMel Allen, legendary Yankees voice, dies at 83
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...past year. Educated as a lawyer, Allen became a broadcaster. He did it all, from the World Series (20 times) to college football and boxing. He was best known for his work with the...
Page | ConversationCy Young passes away at the age of 88
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...he went 93-30 with Boston. In 1903 he threw the first pitch of the first World Series. He pitched three no-hitters in his career, including a perfect game
Page | ConversationCivil celebration for Phillies first world title
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...booing in Philadelphia tonight. For the first time in their 98-year history, the Phillies are World Series champions. With Tug McGraw stranding the bases loaded in the eighth and ninth innings to save...
Page | ConversationMr. October homers on three straight pitches
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...the Yankees to an 8-4 victory in Game 6 at Yankee Stadium and their first World Series triumph in 15 years. In his final time up in Game 5, Reggie also homered. He...
Page | ConversationA's can't touch MVP Rijo as Reds sweep Series
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.comOct. 20, 1990 Many people expected Cincinnati to be swept in the World Series. But instead of being swept by the defending champion Athletics, the Reds are the ones wielding...
Page | ConversationEarthquake delays '89 World Series for 10 days
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.comOct. 17, 1989 Just 15 minutes before Game 3 of the World Series between the Giants and Athletics, a massive earthquake, 6.9 on the Richter scale, strikes the...
Page | Conversation"Home Run" maker Baker does it for A's
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...Rube Marquard yesterday to give the Athletics a 3-1 victory in Game 2 of the World Series. In today's Game 3, Christy Mathewson has the Athletics shut out until the ninth inning...
Page | ConversationMiracle Mets: From Worst to World Champs
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...improbable season by defeating the supposedly superior Baltimore Orioles 5-3 in Game 5 of the World Series. A ninth-place team a year ago, the Mets are now world champions. After the Mets...
Page | ConversationSlaughter's mad dash gives Cardinals the title
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...and-third with one out scare in the ninth to record his third win in the World Series. Slaughter modestly dismisses his heroic dash on Walker's double -- not a single as it often...
Page | ConversationGibson's dramatic homer has Hollywood ending
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...The Natural") when Kirk Gibson pulls a Roy Hobbs. For most of Game 1 of the World Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers' injured star is in the trainer's room, "sitting in a tub...
Page | ConversationCubs win their only World Series of 20th century
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.comOct. 14, 1908 The Chicago Cubs win the World Series today. It's a sentence that never will be written again in the 20th century. Overall...
Page | ConversationMathewson throws three Series shutouts in six days
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...ERA and eight shutouts. The New York Giants ace continued his impressive pitching in the second World Series, pitching a pair of four-hit shutouts against the Philadelphia Athletics. Does he have one more...
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