October 16th

 On this day in Yankee history... 

1921:  In defiance of a Kenesaw Mountain Landis ban on World Series participants playing post-season exhibitions, Babe Ruth, Bob Meusel and Bill Piercy launch a barnstorming tour in Buffalo. Five days later, they cut it short in Scranton. In the meantime Ruth openly challenges Judge Landis to act. The judge does, fining the players their World Series shares ($3,362.26), and suspending them until May 20th of the following season. 

1923: Soon after Babe Ruth receives his World Series winner's share of $6,160.46, insurance agent Harry Heilmann, who beat Ruth for the batting title by 10 points, sells him a $50,000 life insurance policy. Beneficiaries are Mrs. Ruth and adopted daughter Dorothy. 

1936: Lou Gehrig, who hit .354 with 49 home runs, 167 runs, and 152 RBI, is voted AL MVP.  

1962: With the tying and winning runs in scoring position, Willie McCovey of the Giants hits a hard line drive directly at second baseman Bobby Richardson for the final out, and the Yankees win Game 7 by a score of 1-0 for their 20th World Series title.  

 
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2003: Aaron Boone. Enough said. 

 

  
   
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2009: The Yankees take Game 1 of the ALCS with a 4-1 win over the Angels at the Stadium. The Yanks take advantage of three Angel errors to score their runs, but the critical play is a two-out pop-up that falls untouched between 3B Chone Figgins and SS Erick Aybar in the 1st, allowing Johnny Damon to score the home team's second run. CC Sabathia pitches 8 innings for the win and Mariano Rivera gets the save. 

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2017:  The Yankees notch their first win in the ALCS by defeating the Astros 8-1 in Game 3 at home. Three-run homers by Todd Frazier and Aaron Judge help New York build an 8-0 lead by the end of the 4th, and they cruise from there as CC Sabathia is the winner over Charlie Morton. 

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