This Weekend in Baseball History... plus:

...a shoutout to Gleyber Torres. After a injury-marred season and the worst production of his still-young career, the Yankees short stop has kicked up a couple of gears in the playoffs and turned back in the 2019 version of himself. Thursday night, his two-run homer in the 6th gave the Yankee bullpen some insurance; the in the 8th, his one-out single and gutsy stole base set up Kyle Higashioka's RBI single for New York's final run. Plus, after regular season struggles, he's playing well at shortstop. On a club with a lot of all or nothing hitters, Torres and DJ LeMahieu bring a more diversified game, that's more dangerous against stronger opponents.

Now... onto our History:

October 9th, 1996: "The Jeffrey Maier" game... as the 12-year old leans over the right field fence to catch Derek Jeter's 8th inning fly ball that probably would have fallen to Orioles right fielder Tony Tarasco. Turning a likely out in a game-changing home run, as the Yankees rally for a 4-3 victory over Baltimore in game one of the American League Championship Series.

October 9th, 1966: The Orioles complete a stunning four game sweep of the heavily favored Dodgers in the World Series. Frank Robinson homers off Don Drysdale in the fourth inning for the only run of the game, while Dave McNally authors the shutout for Baltimore. 

October 9th, 1961: Johnny Blanchard and Hector Lopez deliver home runs, while Bud Daley's 6-2/3 innings of clutch relief add up to a 13-5 Yankee victory as they close out the Reds in game five of the World Series. 

October 9th, 1958: Moose Skowron's three-run homer in the 8th caps a four-run rally as the Yankees win the seventh and deciding game of the World Series 6-2 -- and become the first team ever to win the fall classic after dropping three of the first four games. 

October 9th, 1938: The Yankees become the first club to win three straight World Series. Red Ruffing goes the distance, while Frank Crosetti's two RBI triple caps a three-run 2nd inning, in an 8-3 victory over the Cubs at Yankee Stadium.

October 9th, 1934: Dizzy Dean fires a six-hit shutout and contributes and RBI double as the Cardinals crush the Tigers in a seventh and deciding game of the World Series, 11-0. The future Hall of Famer makes good on his promise that he and brother Paul0 would win all four games St. Louis woild need. October 9th, 1969: The Reds name Sparky Anderson their new manager. He would lead Cincinnati to five division titles. four pennants and two World Series titles over the next 8 seasons.

October 9th, 1928: Babe Ruth belts three home runs and Waite Hoyt strikes out eight for his second win of the World Series, as the Yankees beat the Cardinals 7-3 and complete a four-game sweep.

October 9th, 1919: In the World Series marred by the Black Sox scandal, where seven Chicago players allegedly conspire to lose, Cincinnati wins the championship, closing out the Sox 10-5.

October 10th, 1982: Willie McGee homers and triples as the Cardinals beat the Atlanta Braves 6-2 to wrap up a three-game sweep in the National League Championship Series. After hitting .556, catcher Darrell Porter is named Championship Series MVP to sent St. Louis its first World Series since 1968.

October 10th, 1973: Tom Seaver pitches the Mets to a 7-2 win over the heavily favored Reds in fifth and deciding game of the National League Championship Series... sending Yogi Berra's crew, who won just 82 games during the regular season, on to the World Series against the Oakland A's.

October 10th, 1926: Jesse Haines and Grover Cleveland Alexander stop the big Yankee bats, as the Cardinals hold off the Yankees 3-2 win in the seventh and deciding game of the World Series.  

October 10th, 1923: In the first World Series game ever played at Yankee Stadium, Giants outfielder Casey Stengel hits the ballpark's first post-season home run. His inside-the-park homer in the top of the 9th gives the Giants a 5-4 victory

October 11th, 2009: The Yankees beat the Twins 4-1 to advance to ALCS in the final game ever played at the Metrodome. Alex Rodriguez was the Yankees batting star in the three-game Division Series sweept, going 5-for-11 with a pair of home runs.

October 11th, 1981: The Expos win the National League East Division Series, as Steve Rogers outpitches Steve Carlton in a 3-0 victory at Veterans Stadium.

October 11th, 1967: Gil Hodges agrees to leave the Washington Senators to return to his adopted home of New York and take over as Mets manager. Two years later, he'll turn a club that finished last in five of its six previous seasons into World Champs.October 11th, 1968: Billy Martin lands his first managing job in the major leagues. He signs with the Twins, whom he'll lead to an AL West flag the following season (and be canned soon after).

October 11th, 1923: Babe Ruth becomes the first player to homer in consecutive World Series at-bats, as the Yankees beat the Giants 4-2 in game two. (They'd go on to win the Series in six games.)

October 11th, 1899: The American League is formed as clubs from the Western League mount a challenge to the National League after it folds teams in Baltimore, Louisville, Cleveland and Washington.