Jerry Reuss Houston Astros Signed 8x10 W/coa
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Jerry Reuss is traded to the Pirates for catcher Milt May

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1973 – Lefthander Jerry Reuss is traded to the Pirates for catcher Milt May. Reuss has an inconsistent two seasons in Houston, posting a 25-26 record with one save, but he improves on his way through a major league career that lasts 22 years. May, stuck behind Manny Sanguillen in Pittsburgh, bats .265 in two seasons before leaving for Detroit during a rebuilding purge. Also on this date, reliever Tim Byrdak is born in Oak Lawn, IL. The lefthander works out of the bullpen from 2008 to 2010 with a 3.53 ERA. 

Gene Mauch has won another National League Manager of the Year award

Gene Mauch has won another National League Manager of the Year award

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    October 25, 1973 at the ripe old age of 47, Gene Mauch has won another National League Manager of the Year award. “That’s a long period, of time” Mauch said manager of the Montreal Expos, said at his suburban Hacienda Heights home, and he added with a chuckle: It’s just like my career…

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San Francisco Giants trade three-time home run champion Willie McCovey

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1973 – The Chicago Cubs trade six-time 20-game winner Ferguson Jenkins to the Texas Rangers for third baseman Bill Madlock and utility man Vic Harris. Meanwhile, the San Francisco Giants trade three-time home run champion Willie McCovey, a Giant since 1959, together with minor leaguer Bernie Williams,to the San Diego Padres for pitcher Mike Caldwell.

Boston trades first baseman Ben Ogilvie to the Tigers in exchange for Dick McAuliffe

Boston trades first baseman Ben Ogilvie to the Tigers in exchange for Dick McAuliffe

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Boston trades first baseman Ben Ogilvie to the Tigers in exchange for Dick McAuliffe. The former Detroit shortstop will hit only .210 in 100 games for his new team next season, but in 1975 the Hartford native will become the manager of the club’s Double-A farm team, the Bristol Red Sox, located in his home state of Connecticut.

Oakland A’s win their second consecutive World Championship
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Oakland A’s win their second consecutive World Championship

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On October 21, 1973, the Oakland A’s win their second consecutive World Championship. Reggie Jackson and Campy Campaneris hit two-run homers to lead the A’s to a 5-2 win over the New York Mets in Game Seven of the World Series. The game marks the final appearance in an A’s uniform for manager Dick Williams,…

1973 – The Oakland Athletics win Game 3 of the World Series in 11 innings as Bert Campaneris gets the winning RBI in a 3 – 2 victory over the Mets. In a private clubhouse meeting, Dick Williams tells A’s players he will resign after the Series.

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1973 – The Oakland Athletics win Game 3 of the World Series in 11 innings as Bert Campaneris gets the winning RBI in a 3 – 2 victory over the Mets. In a private clubhouse meeting, Dick Williams tells A’s players he will resign after the Series.

Willie Mays gets his last hit, an RBI-single that plates the decisive run in the 12th inning of the Mets’ 10-7 victory over the A’s

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The contest in which Willie Mays gets his last hit, an RBI-single that plates the decisive run in the 12th inning of the Mets’ 10-7 victory over the A’s in the second game of the World Series, will be best remembered for the aging superstar’s misadventures in the outfield when he loses two fly balls in the sun at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The game takes four-hours and 13 minutes to complete, making it the longest Fall Classic contest ever played.