Rookie Mel Stottlemyre dominates the St. Louis Cardinals and Bob Gibson Game 2 of 1964 World Series
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Rookie Mel Stottlemyre dominates the St. Louis Cardinals and Bob Gibson Game 2 of 1964 World Series

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On October 8, 1964 at Busch Stadium, Rookie Mel Stottlemyre, called up from the minors in August, dominated for New York Yankees and the St. Louis Cardinal bullpen wilted in the late innings. The Cardinals struck first in the third on Curt Flood’s groundout with runners on second and third, but the Yankees tied the…

koufax hitting

Sandy Koufax pitches a 3 – 0 shutout win against St. Louis, but he will miss the rest of the season because of an elbow injury suffered when he slid into second base

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1964 – Sandy Koufax pitches a 3 – 0 shutout win against St. Louis, but he will miss the rest of the season because of an elbow injury suffered when he slid into second base against Milwaukee back on August 8th. In the nightcap, Curt Simmons matches Koufax with a 4 – 0 shutout of the Dodgers. Card CF Curt Flood has eight straight hits in the doubleheader split.

Curt Flood is born

Curt Flood is born

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On January 18, 1938 Curt Flood is born in Houston, Texas, and raised in Oakland, California, Flood played in the same outfield in West Oakland’s McClymonds High School as Vada Pinson and Frank Robinson. All three would eventually sign professional contracts with the Cincinnati Reds He is a seminal figure in MLB history for refusing…