This Weekend in Baseball History
October 29th, 2018: The Mets make an unconventional choice to replace Sandy Alderson as general manager, naming player agent Brodie Van Wagenen. Despite a big trade for ex-Yankee star Robinson Cano, the team falls short of the playoffs in each of the next two seasons.
October 29th, 2008: The Phillies and Rays play three innings to complete a game suspended by rain two days earlier. The Phils' 4-3 victory in game five completes the second championship in franchise history. Cole Hamels is named World Series MVP.
October 29th, 1991: Buck Showalter replaces Stump Merrill as the manager of the New York Yankees. Four years later, he'll lead them back to the post-season for the first time in 14 years, when they take the first American League wild card.
October 29th, 1981: An investment group, led by Phillies vice president Bill Giles, purchases the club from the Carpenter family for a then-record $30 million.
October 29th, 1956: Al Lopez replaces Marty Marion as White Sox manager. Three years later, he'll lead the club to its last pennant of the 20th century.
October 30th, 2019: Anthony Rendon and Howie Kendrick belt 7th inning home runs as the Nationals rally past the Astros 6-2 at Minute Maid Park to bring Washington its first World Series championship since 1924. It's the first seven game Series where every game is won by the visiting team.
October 30th, 2015: The Mets ride strong pitching from Noah Syndergaard and two-run homers by David Wright and Curtis Granderson to a 9-3 win over the Royals in game three of the World Series.
October 30th, 2001: George W. Bush, wearing a New York Fire Department jacket, becomes the first president since Dwight Eisenhower to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at a World Series game. The Yankees go on to edge the Diamondbacks 2-1 in game three, thanks to strong pitching by Roger Clemens and Mariano Rivera.
October 31st, 2001: Tino Martinez's two-run, two-out homer in the bottom of the 9th ties game four of the World Series and forces extra innings. In the 10th, Derek Jeter's solo shot -- a few minutes past midnight, making it the first home run ever hit in November -- gives the Yankees a dramatic 4-3 victory and earns the Hall of Fame shortstop the nickname Mister November. It was the first walk-off homerun of Jeter's career.
October 31st, 1960: The Braves trade shortstop Alvin Dark to the Giants, who then signs a contract to become San Francisco's new manager. He'll lead the team to the 1962 National League pennant.
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