| 1919 | Aug 5, 1919 - Carl Mays, the bone of contention in what promises to be the most bitter scrap in the history of American League baseball, may pitch for the Yankees at the Polo Grounds this afternoon. If the New York Club obtains an injunction to prevent temporarily the operation of the suspension ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F0081FFC3C5C147A93C7A91783D85F4D8185F9
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| 1920 | Jan 7, 1920 - Babe Ruth, the Colossus of Swat, has signed his name to a document promising to play with the Yankees next season. Manager Miller Huggins, who went to Los Angeles to sign the player, wired President Jacob Ruppert yesterday that he had talked with Ruth and that the ... ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60B10FD3E5A11738DDDAE0894D9405B808EF1D3
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| 1923 | Oct 14, 1923 - NEW YORK, Oct. 13.-The Yankee battleship cleared its decks for action today, unloosened the devastating fire of its broadsides and sank the Giant cruiser in the latter's own harbor, the Polo Grounds, in the fourth and most sanguinary engagement of the epochal 1923 world's series. ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/331330972.html?dids=331330972:331330972&FMT=ABS&FMTS= ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Oct+14%2C...pub...YANKEES...
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| 1932 | Sep 25, 1932 - For the first time in four long years New York will be able to take more than a passive interest in a world's series, for when organized baseball's greatest show unfolds itself Wednesday in the twenty-ninth renewal of these annual clashes between the pennant winners of the present two ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00717FC3E5D15738DDDAC0A94D1405B828FF1D3
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| 1937 | Oct 6, 1937 - GIA SET FOR WORLD SERIES PENER. PRESENTING THOSE AMBITIOUS GIANTS WHO HOPE TO KNOCK OFF THE WORLD CHAMPION YANKEES. Harry Danning, catcher. Mel Ott, third base. Dick Bartell, short. Gus Mancuso, catcher. Jim Ripple, outfield. Joe Moore, outfield. Lou Chiozza, fielder ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/397002461.html?dids=397002461:397002461&FMT=ABS&FMTS= ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Oct+06%2C+1937...pub...YANKEES...
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| 1939 | Jan 14, 1939 - Col. Jacob Ruppert, owner of the world champion New York Yankees, succumbed to a long illness today. He was 71 years old. Hold Rites for Col. Ruppert,. Owner of Yankees, Monday. New York, Jan. 13.-Special.]- Col.. Jacob Ruppert, owner of the world champion New York Yankees, ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/461235182.html?dids=461235182:461235182&FMT=ABS& FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jan+14%2C...Yankees%2C...
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| 1941 | Oct 7, 1941 - The American league Yankees are back in their customary position as No. 1 men in the baseball parade. YANKEES-WIN EIGHTH WORLD TITLE SINCE 1027. And Another World Series Becomes History! In various stages of disarray, jubilant members of the New York Yankees break into song after the 3 ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/467725042.html?dids=467725042:467725042&FMT=ABS& FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Oct+07%2C+1941...YANKEES...
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| 1949 | Oct 4, 1949 - The two last-ditch pennant winners, the Yankees and the Dodgers, are not the only ones who will hit the jackpot in this third subway world series played by the same teams within the last nine years, which opens tomorrow in the vast Yankee Stadium before more than 70000 wild-eyed fans. ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0912F93A58177B93C6A9178BD95F4D8485F9
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| 1951 | Oct 5, 1951 - Durocher became quite eloquent, about the scouting report on the Yankees he had received from Andy High, chief scout for the Dodgers. ... Third Spot for Thomson He said that against a left '~~nder-Ed Lopat will pitch for `lie Yankees today and Vic . n the third game-he would move ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50E1EF93E54157A93C7A9178BD95F458585F9
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| 1955 | Oct 6, 1955 - Billy Martin, the aggressive New York Yankee second baseman, emerged with the highest lifetime World Series batting average among the participants in the 1955 classic, according to figures compiled yesterday by the Associated Press. Martin, who hit .320 in the seven games against the ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70712FF395B117A93C4A9178BD95F418585F9
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| 1956 | Oct 6, 1956 - AT ROME TODAY AFTER 13.8 '.DOS$. .FACE BROOKLYN , CRAIG. 7 NY Hurlers, 11 Walks Set New -Series Marks. (Pictures on back page). BY EDWARD PRELL. [Chicago Tribune Press Service]. Brooklyn, NY, Oct. 5- Not even a grand slam homer by Yogi Berra, only the fifth one in world series ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/516889302.html?dids=516889302:516889302&FMT=ABS& FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Oct+06%2C+1956...YANKEES...
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| 1957 | Oct 3, 1957 - The curtain rose on the 1957 world series at the Stadium yesterday with at least half the cast brand new. But there still was no change in a long familiar script. The Yankees,. responding to the roars of a crowd of 69476, ruined Milwaukee's first appearance in a world series with ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20E10F63B5A177B93C1A9178BD95F438585F9
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| 1960 | Oct 9, 1960 - Casey Stengel and his Yankees brought the 1960 world series to their Stadium yesterday and forthwith put on another devastating show. ... That achievement put the Yankee second baseman into the record book a second time. The Richardson homer had been only the seventh grand slammer in ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00913F63A551A7A93CBA9178BD95F448685F9
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| 1961 | Oct 10, 1961 - The New York Yankees bludgeoned their way into baseball's throne room this afternoon without any help from ailing Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra. And they did it with scant assistance from Roger Maris, another of their super. YANKEES WIN: .19TH TITLE, 4 GAMES 101X ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/573866412.html?dids=573866412:573866412&FMT=ABS& FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Oct+10%2C...YANKEES...4...
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| 1964 | Oct 9, 1964 - The New York Yankees ended their longest losing streak in 40 years of World Series competition today when they defeated the St. Louis Cardinals, 8 -- 3. This result deadlocked the four-of-seven-game series, which will resume in New York Saturday, at one game apiece. ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F0081EFF355B1B728DDDA00894D8415B848AF1D3
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| 1973 | Dec 22, 1973 - The New York Yankees, whose hallmark for the last 55 years has been a manager of exceptional distinction, suddenly find themselves entering 1974 with no manager at all. If they cannot ransom Dick Williams, their first choice, from Charles 0. Finley by giving up whatever the Oakland ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60C1EFC3B5D127A93C0AB1789D95F478785F9
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| 1976 | Oct 19, 1976 - And so the World Series finally returns to Yankee Stadium, the house that Ruth built and Beame rebuilt, the shrine where generations of small boys looked for spiritual strength and home-run power including Pat Zachry of Waco, Tex., who will pitch tonight for the Cincinnati Reds; ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0A1FFE3E5A167493CBA8178BD95F428785F9
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| 1977 | Oct 18, 1977 - Dave Anderson Shortly after the Yankees lost Sunday's fifth World Series game, Billy Martin, their manager with the clenched face, stopped by Lou Piniella's locker for a brief and private conversation. As the manager departed, the left fielder was heard to tell him, "My head s all ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50811F73D5C167493CAA8178BD95F438785F9
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| 1978 | Oct 19, 1978 - JUST HOW DO you explain the incredible succession of events that led to the New York Yankees' title in baseball's tournament of champions? Yankees Series. win defies reality. By Richard Dozer. JUST HOW DO you explain the In- credible succession of events that led to the New York ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/613287002.html?dids=613287002:613287002&FMT=ABS& FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Oct+19%2C+1978...Yankees'...
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| 1979 | Aug 4, 1979 - They came by the thousands to Yankee Stadium on a rainy, murky Friday night and cheered the memory of Thurman Munson for nine minutes after Terence Cardinal Cooke offered a prayer for the captain of the New York Yankees, who died in a plane crash Thursday. ONE PLAYER MISSING ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/652107552.html?dids=652107552:652107552&FMT=ABS&FMTS= ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Aug+04%2C+1979...pub...YANKEE...
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