Prior to the start of Game 1 of the World Series, the Dodgers retire the uniform #19 of Jim Gilliam, their coach who died suddenly two days ago as the result of a massive brain hemorrhage. The 49 year-old former All-Star LA infielder will become the team’s first player not inducted into the Hall of Fame to receive this honor.
1978 – Davey Lopes collects two home runs and five RBI to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to an 11 – 5 victory over the New York Yankees in Game 1 of the World Series.
In Game 6 of the Fall Classic, Reggie Jackson, who also homered in his last at bat in the previous contest, hits three home runs on three consecutive pitches, propelling the Yankees to an 8-4 victory over the Dodgers at the ballpark in the Bronx. ‘Mr. October’s heroics assures the team of their twenty-first World Championship and first since 1962.
1976 – With a 7 – 2 victory, the Cincinnati Reds win the World Series, completing a four-game sweep of the Yankees. It is the Reds’ second straight World Championship. Johnny Bench hits two home runs for five RBI. He finishes with a .533 batting average and is named Series MVP. Yankees catcher Thurman Munson has six straight singles to tie a World Series mark. Cincinnati also becomes the first team ever to go through an entire League Championship Series and World Series without a defeat.
The Cincinnati Reds take a commanding 3-0 lead over the New York Yankees in the World Series with a 6 – 2 victory at Yankee Stadium. Cincinnati’s designated hitter, Dan Driessen, has a single, double, home run and a walk to lead the attack. Jim Mason has a solo homer in the 7th inning for the only home run by the Yankees in the Series.
1976 – On a cold Sunday night, the Cincinnati Reds gang up on pitcher Catfish Hunter for three runs, but the Yankees battle back to tie it up. With two outs in the 9th inning, Yankees shortstop Fred Stanley throws Ken Griffey’s easy grounder into the dugout. A walk and a Tony Perez single follow and Cincinnati wins Game 2 of the World Series, 4 – 3.
In Game 1 of the World Series against the Yankees, Dan Driessen, batting fifth in the Reds lineup, becomes the first National League player to be used as a designated hitter. The DH was not employed before this year’s Fall Classic, although the concept had been adopted and used in the American League since 1973.
Baseball is the only game you can watch on the radio. Join the community today and listen to hundreds of broadcasts from baseball’s golden age! Sign Up or learn more On October 22, 1975, the Cincinnati Reds finish off what some consider the greatest World Series ever by beating the Boston Red Sox, 4-3,…
Baseball is the only game you can watch on the radio. Join the community today and listen to hundreds of broadcasts from baseball’s golden age! Sign Up or learn more October 21, 1975 Bernie Carbo delivers a dramatic pinch-hit homerun in game 6 of the World Series here is his story …. He spent…
Carlton Fisk of the Boston Red Sox powers a dramatic 12th- inning home run to complete one of the most memorable games in World Series history. On October 21, 1975, At Fenway Park, on Cincinnati Red’s Pat Darcy’s second pitch to Carlton Fisk of the Boston Red Sox hits on of the most memorable…
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