Six years earlier, the Cubs copped the NL championship after dismissing Rogers Hornsby as manager in early August and replacing him with Charley Grimm. The Yanks, with McCarthy in command in ’32, coasted to the pennant by a 13-game margin. Fortunately for the Yankees and unfortunately for the Cubs, the similarities didn’t end there….
test October 10, 1938 – Game 4 was a rematch of the Game 1 starters, Red Ruffing vs. Lee. Like the closely contested series opener, it stayed close until New York pulled away with four runs in the bottom of the eighth. In the bottom of the second, the Yankees struck for three runs. Myril…
test On October 9, 1938, the New York Yankees become the first team in major league history to win three consecutive World Championships. The Yankees sweep the Chicago Cubs, 8-3, behind the eight-hit pitching of Red Ruffing at Yankee Stadium. Game 4 recap – was a rematch of the Game 1 starters, Ruffing vs. Bill…
October 6, 1938 Dizzy Dean pitching for the Cubs gets Yankees’ Tommy Henrich to pop up in Game 2 of 1938 World Series at Wrigley Field. Joe DiMaggio on deck. @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiTGVhcm4gTW9yZSBhYm91dCB0aGUgdGVhbXMsIHBsYXllcnMsIGJhbGwgcGFya3MgYW5kIGV2ZW50cyB0aGF0IGhhcHBlbmVkIG9uIHRoaXMgZGF0ZSBpbiBoaXN0b3J5IC0gLSAtIC0gLSAtIC0gIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJsaW5rX3RvX3Rlcm1fcGFnZSI6Im9uIiwic2VwYXJhdG9yIjoiIHwgIiwiY2F0ZWdvcnlfdHlwZSI6InBvc3RfdGFnIn19@ Other Resources & Links
October 6, 1938 at Wrigley Field future hall of famers clash as Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, Joe Gordon, Lefty Gomex and Dizzy Dean face off. Game 2 pitted the Yankees’ Lefty Gomez against former St. Louis Cardinals ace Dizzy Dean, who had been traded to Chicago in April and won seven of his eight…
October 1, 1938, At Wrigley Field, Game 1 of the World Series matched the New York Yankees, Red Ruffing, who had won 21 games during the season, against the Chicago Cubs’ 22-game winner Bill Lee. In the top of the second inning, Lou Gehrig walked and moved to third on a single by…
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