October 10th

On this day in Yankee history... 

1923: It's an all-New York World Series for the third straight year. In Game 1, a 4-4 tie is broken in the top of the 9th inning by the Giants as they defeat the Yankees 5-4. Pitcher Rosy Ryan gets the win and Joe Bush is the loser. Casey tengel's inside-the-park home run is the first Series round-tripper  hit at the Stadium. This is the first World Series to be broadcast on a nationwide radio network. 

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1926: One day after picking up his second complete-game victory of the Series, 39-year-old Grover Cleveland Alexander saves Game 7 and the World Series for the Cardinals, fanning Tony Lazzeri with the bases loaded in the 7th inning, then proceeding to no-hit the Yankees the rest of the way. The game concludes with a runner being thrown out trying to steal, Babe Ruth. With two outs in the top of the 9th, Alexander misses on a 3-2 pitch and Ruth is walked for the third time, having homered in his only official at-bat. With New York trailing by one, Ruth reasons that, with nobody having hit the ball out of the infield against the aging Cardinal ace, the Yankees' best bet is to at least get a runner into scoring position in case one of their ground balls finally finds a hole. However, he fails in his bold attempt, ending the game and the Series. 

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1937: In the World Series, Lefty Gomez knocks in the winning run in the 4-2 clincher in Game 5 against the Giants. It is his record fifth World Series win without a loss. Another record comes when the Yankees complete the Series without an error.  

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1951: Hank Bauer's bases-loaded triple in Game 6 of the World Series propels the Yankees to a 4-3 win over the Giants and their third straight Series victory. 

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1956: Johnny Kucks  blanks the Brooklyn Dodgers as the Yankees win the World Series in seven games. Yogi Berra launches a pair of two-run home runs and Bill Skowron hits a grand slam. It is the seventh and final time Brooklyn and the Yankees meet in the Series. In the future, it will take a jet, not a subway, to get these two teams together, as the Dodgers will move to Los Angeles in 1958.  

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1986: Russ Van Atta dies at the age of 80. 

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2012: Pinch-hitting for a struggling Alex Rodriguez in the bottom of the 9th, Raul Ibanez homers off Orioles closer Jim Johnson to tie the score. Joe Girardi's bold move pays off twice, as Ibanez homers again against Brian Matusz in the 12th inning to give New York a 3-2 walk-off victory in Game 3 of the ALDS. Baltimore had taken a 2-1 lead on homers by rookies Ryan Flaherty and Manny Machado off Hiroki Kuroda, until Ibanez turns the game's tide. 

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