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World Series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This is the first time that the New York Yankees have been swept in a World Series in four games (the 1922 series had one tie). In baseball, the World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada, played in October after the end of the regular season between the pennant winner of the American League and the pennant winner of the National League. Both 1968 MVPs, the Tigers' Denny McLain and the Cardinals' Bob Gibson, pitch in the Series in "The Year of the Pitcher", but Lolich steals the show by becoming the last pitcher, as of the 2004 season, to win three complete games in a single World Series. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_Series

1964 New York Yankees Schedule with Wins, Losses, Scores and Splits by Baseball Almanac Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a comprehensive team schedule for the 1964 New York Yankees with dates for every game played, opponents faced, a final score, and a cumulative record for the 1964 season. 1964 New York Yankees Schedule with Wins, Losses, Scores and Splits by Baseball Almanac And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001) www.baseball-almanac.com /teamstats/schedule.php?y=1964&t=NYA   (125 words)

SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Cardinals to host Red Sox next season in World Series rematch That will be New York's first trip to St. Louis since the 1964 World Series, won by the Cardinals in seven games. After sweeping St. Louis in the World Series last month, the Red Sox will make their first regular-season visit to Busch Stadium from June 6-8, 2005. After the Boston series, they host the Yankees for three games in another interleague matchup June 10-12. www.signonsandiego.com /sports/baseball/20041109-2217-bbo-worldseriesrematch.html   (125 words)

The Sporting News: Baseball History of the World Series The Yankees were in a particularly good groove at the end of the 1964 season, having earned their 14th Series berth in 16 years. The'64 World Series -- matching New York against the St. Louis Cardinals-- would be the 15th fall classic in Yankee pinstripes for Berra, who first appeared in the Series in 1947, last performed in it in 1963 and along the way established the record for most Series games played, 75. The climactic game of the 1964 World Series, featuring a Stottlemyre-Gibson pitching matchup, was scoreless through three innings. www.sportingnews.com /archives/worldseries/1964.html   (125 words)

New York Yankees (39) American League Champions 1921, 1922, 1923, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003. signed baseball from Roger Clemens used in his 20th victory of the 2001 season when he improved his record to 20-1. The ball is signed "God Bless the USA" to honor the memory of those in the September 11, 2001 tragedy. www.baseballhalloffame.org /teams/AL/yankees.htm   (725 words)

ESPN.com - Major League Baseball - Stottlemyre to begin treatment, continue coaching Stottlemyre went public with his illness is because he will be absent from some Yankees games this season because he has to begin treatment in New York immediately. Mel Stottlemyre made the announcement at a news conference before the Yankees played the Seattle Mariners in the final game of a season-opening road trip. In his fifth season with the Yankees, Stottlemyre is considered one of baseball's top pitching coaches. espn.go.com /mlb/news/2000/0409/472397.html   (916 words)

Tim McCarver Show -- About Tim In 1964, McCarver was the World Series’ Most Valuable Player, batting.478 and leading his team to a dramatic seven game triumph over the New York Yankees. McCarver’s broadcast career started with the Philadelphia Phillies, almost immediately after his retirement as a player, but it wasn’t long before his talents were recognized by NBC and WOR, the superstation home of the New York Mets. McCarver is now completing his fourth year as the host of the critically acclaimed and GM sponsored Tim McCarver Show, which airs in 100% of all Northeast U.S. markets, Southern California, European English language stations and, for one season, on CTV (now Rogers) Sportsnet. www.timmccarver.com /about.html   (527 words)

Simply Audiobooks - David Halberstam Bio In The Amateurs, he examined the world of sculling; in Summer of ?49 and October 1964, he focused on two pivotal baseball events: the Boston Red Sox?s exasperating near victory over the New York Yankees for the 1949 pennant, and the 1964 season, when the Yankees lost the World Series to the St. Louis Cardinals. The resulting books -- many of them huge bestsellers -- have given Halberstam heavyweight status (he won the Pulitzer for international reporting in 1964) and established him as an important commentator on American politics and power. Halberstam is also known for his sports books. www.simplyaudiobooks.com /audio-books-author-bio/David+Halberstam/65   (527 words)

Major League Baseball : News NEW YORK -- Mel Stottlemyre has not officially told the Yankees whether he plans to return for a 10th season as the team's pitching coach, but one published report on Wednesday indicated that Stottlemyre would retire from baseball. Yankees pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre began his playing career with the club in 1964. The Times wrote that Stottlemyre "might have figured he would be blamed for the Yankees' troubled pitching in the ALCS and decided his fate before George Steinbrenner, the principal owner, could decide it." www.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb_news.jsp?ymd=20041103&content_id=909591&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp   (361 words)

New York Yankees - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The 2005 season for the New York Yankees thus far has not ushered in any memories of the dynasty days. The New York Yankees is a Major League baseball team based in The Bronx, New York City. The Yankees won the day, driving a stake through the hearts of their rivals' fans when Bucky Dent drove a game-winning home run over the "Green Monster," one of several emotional moments in the team's history that had Red Sox fans wondering if their team was under some kind of a curse. www.marylandheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/New_York_Yankees   (361 words)

St. Louis Cardinals : History : Cardinals Retired Numbers Brock paid immediate dividends in St. Louis, batting.348 for the balance of the 1964 season and propelling the Cardinals from eighth place in the N.L. to a World Championship over the New York Yankees. The Cardinals' acquisition of outfielder Lou Brock from the Chicago Cubs on June 15, 1964, ranks as perhaps the greatest steal in baseball history. Brock has remained active in baseball since retiring as a player following the 1979 season. stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/stl/history/retired_numbers.jsp   (4197 words)

New York Mets - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In 1964 the Mets, who played their first two seasons in the old Polo Grounds, the former home of the Giants, moved to the new Shea Stadium, a 55,300-seat multipurpose facility built in the Flushing neighborhood of the borough of Queens, adjacent to the site of the 1939 and 1964 New York World's Fairs. Current uniform colors: Blue, Orange, and Black (the orange chosen to represent the New York Giants, the blue chosen to represent the Brooklyn Dodgers). The Mets ended their first decade on a high note of their own, though, as the 1969 team, dubbed the "Amazin' Mets" or "Miracle Mets", posted not only their first winning season, but their first NL pennant and World Series championship, upsetting the heavily favored Baltimore Orioles 4 games to 1. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_York_Mets   (3353 words)

LookSmart Tampa - Best results for "Dwight Gooden" Dwight Gooden Nickname(s): Doc, Doctor K Born: 1964 Uncle of Gary Sheffield [Courtesy Arnie Braunstein] RHP 1984-2000 Mets, Yankees, Indians, Astros, Devil Rays Dwight Gooden's Teams 1984 New York... New York Yankees pitcher Dwight Gooden recently bid a farewell to Major League Baseball, ending a remarkable 16-season career. Former star pitcher Dwight Gooden's teenage son was recently arrested and charged with selling crack cocaine to undercover deputies in Tampa, FL. www.looksmarttampa.com /p/search?qt=Dwight+Gooden&tb=art&qf=free&x=6&y...   (383 words)

New York Daily News - Baseball - 100 Classic Yankee Moments: A bad case of networking The Yankees went to the World Series in 1964, but in eight full seasons under the network's auspices, they compiled a 636-649 record. In 1966, the Yankees finished last in the American League for the first time in 54 years and Ralph Houk replaced Keane 20 games into the season. At the start of the 1965 season, Johnny Keane, who had won the World Series with the Cardinals the previous year, took over as manager. www.nydailynews.com /sports/baseball/story/75736p-69949c.html   (383 words)

ESPN.com: NCF - Saban steps down as coach at Div. III Chowan Saban also was president of the New York Yankees from 1981-82, coached high school football from 1987-89 and got fired from an Arena Football League team after four games. Saban spent five years -- his longest tenure at any level -- at Canton Tech in New York before leaving after the 2000 season. Saban guided the Buffalo Bills to consecutive AFL championships in 1964-65, then jumped to the NFL, where he coached the Broncos, Patriots and the Bills again. espn.go.com /ncf/news/2002/1211/1475284.html   (383 words)

Handbook of Texas Online: KEANE, JOHN JOSEPH In 1964 they won the National League pennant and defeated the New York Yankees in a seven-game World Series; Keane, hailed as Manager of the Year, startled the baseball world by leaving the Cardinals immediately for the Yankees, where he replaced Yogi Berra as manager. Keane joined the Cardinals as coach in 1959 and became manager of the team midway through the 1961 season. His teams were plagued by injuries, however, and Keane was released in 1966, after the Yankees lost sixteen of their first twenty games. www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/print/KK/fke1.html   (383 words)

Shea Stadium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The New York Yankees played their home games in Shea Stadium during the 1974 and 1975 seasons while Yankee Stadium was being renovated. Shea is the longtime home of the New York Mets and the historic site of the world's first stadium concert (which featured the Beatles on August 15, 1965). The plan was to use the stadium for the 2012 Olympics while the Mets would play at the new Yankee Stadium in The Bronx for the 2012 season. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shea_Stadium   (723 words)

It Happened Today October ... The New York Yankees won the American League pennant with a 9-5 victory over the Cleveland Indians in Game 6 of their championship series.*Happy Birthday*---------------- - Editorial cartoonist Herblock (Herbert Lawrence Block) is 90. - In 1964 the 31st president of the U.S., Herbert Hoover, died in New York at age 90. - In 1928 Republican presidential nominee Herbert Hoover spoke of the "American system of rugged individualism" in a speech at New York's Madison Square Garden. rkpiech.tripod.com /Today/oct.htm   (12619 words)

Yogi Berra BaseballLibrary.com Berra was named the Yankees' manager for the 1964 season, the final season of the mighty New York dynasty. The bad news is delivered to Yogi by pitching coach Clyde King, and a furious Berra vows to never set foot in Yankee Stadium as long as George Steinbrenner is the owner. Berra was one of the greatest clutch hitters of all time, "the toughest man in the league in the last three innings," according to Paul Richards, a rival manager. www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/B/Berra_Yogi.stm   (3326 words)

New York Mets Encyclopedia Article, Information, History and Biography @ NaturalResearch.org In 1964 the Mets, who played their first two seasons in the old Polo Grounds, the former home of the Giants, moved to the new Shea Stadium, a 55,300-seat multipurpose facility built in the Flushing neighborhood of the borough of Queens, adjacent to the site of the 1939 and 1964 New York World's Fairs. New York City would receive one of the National League teams with Joan Whitney Payson and her husband Charles Shipman Payson, former minority owners of the Giants, as the principal owners. Yankees fans tend to be more concentrated in the rest of the city and the remaining parts of the metropolitan area (such as northern New Jersey, Westchester County, and southwest Connecticut), though fans of both clubs are scattered throughout the tri-state area. www.naturalresearch.org /encyclopedia/New_York_Mets   (4370 words)

Ballparks of Baseball-Kansas City Municipal Stadium In 1938, the New York Yankees bought Blues, and the stadium was renamed Ruppert Stadium, after the owner of the Yankees, Jacob Ruppert. As part of an effort to make the stadium more hitter friendly, an area of bleachers known as "Pennants Porch" was added in right field prior to the 1964 season, so the ballpark could have the same home run distance as Yankee Stadium. The stadium was originally built for the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro League and the Kansas City Blues (minor league team). www.ballparksofbaseball.com /past/KCMunicipal.htm   (489 words)

Ballparks of Baseball-Kansas City Municipal Stadium In 1938, the New York Yankees bought Blues and the stadium was renamed Ruppert Stadium, after the owner of the Yankees, Jacob Ruppert. As part of an effort to make the stadium more hitter friendly, an area of bleachers known as "Pennants Porch" was added in right field prior to the 1964 season, so the ballpark could have the same home run distance as Yankee Stadium. The stadium was originally built for the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro League and the Kansas City Blues (minor league team). www.ballparksofbaseball.com /past/KCMunicipal.htm   (500 words)

1964 So, at the conclusion of the 1964 season, Berra was fired as manager of the Yankees, and Keane resigned as manager of the Cardinals. He resigned to become the new manager of the New York Yankees. Team owner Gussie Busch planned to announce that he was rehiring team manager Johnny Keane. www.sportsjunkie.info /1964.htm   (500 words)

Ballparks of Baseball-Kansas City Municipal Stadium In 1938, the New York Yankees bought Blues, and the stadium was renamed Ruppert Stadium, after the owner of the Yankees, Jacob Ruppert. As part of an effort to make the stadium more hitter friendly, an area of bleachers known as "Pennants Porch" was added in right field prior to the 1964 season, so the ballpark could have the same home run distance as Yankee Stadium. The stadium was originally named Muehlebach Field, after owner of the Blues, George Muehlebach built the stadium. www.ballparksofbaseball.com /past/KCMunicipal.htm   (500 words)

STLtoday - News - Special Reports Brock had a great second half, sparking the Cardinals' rally to the NL pennant and a World Series victory over the New York Yankees. The first thing that usually comes to mind for baseball fans with the mention of Brock's name was the Cardinals' trade with the Chicago Cubs at midseason 1964, when the Cardinals got Brock for pitcher Ernie Broglio. The triple Lou was in reference to the chant the fans had been shouting that season in appreciation of Brock's stolen bases. www.stltoday.com /stltoday/news/special/pd125.nsf/0/FC3F36632707C60186256E0700717B2C?OpenDocument   (602 words)

Sportspic.com Canadian Born Major League Baseball Players He first played in the majors with the Yankees (the New York team was also known as the "Highlanders" at this time) in 1909 and started his first game in 1910, beating the Athletics 1-0, on 5 hits. He was the 1st Canadian born pitcher to win 20 games in a season. Handrahan, V - played 1964-66 - James Vernon Handrahan Born November 27, 1938 - Charlottetown P.E.I. Harkness, T - played 1961-64 - Thomas William Harkness Born December 23, 1937 - Lachine, Quebec www.sportspic.com /cndsports/cndmlb.htm   (2860 words)

Jay Buhner Baseball Statistics by Baseball Almanac Buhner was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 11, 1987, with the New York Yankees. Jay Buhner was born on Thursday, August 13 1964, in Louisville, Kentucky. Did you know that you can compare Jay Buhner to other rookies who also had their Major League debut during the 1987 American League season? www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=buhneja01   (282 words)

Bert Campaneris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dagoberto Campaneris Blanco (born March 9, 1942 in Pueblo Nuevo, Cuba), best known as Bert Campaneris and nicknamed "Campy", is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for the Kansas City and Oakland Athletics (1964-76), Texas Rangers (1977-79), California Angels (1979-81) and New York Yankees (1983). Campaneris enjoyed his best season in 1970, batting.279 with 22 home runs and 64 runs batted in. Campaneris got the winning RBI for Oakland in the third game of the 1973 World Series with a dramatic home run in the 11th inning. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bert_Campaneris   (715 words)

Visitor's Center As a manager with both New York teams, he became the first man in over 40 years to win pennants in different leagues (Yankees in 1964, Mets in 1973). Yogi Berra's dignity and unshakable principles were never more evident than his 14-year refusal to return to Yankee Stadium, after his ignominious firing as manager by George Steinbrenner 16 games into the 1985 season. Lawrence Peter Berra was born on May 12, 1925 in "The Hill" section of St. Louis, an enclave of hard-working Italian immigrants, trying to realize the American dream. www.yogiberramuseum.org /yogi_index.html   (715 words)

The history of Boston Red Sox losses, collapses and defeats. September 26, 1960: Champagne flowed at Fenway Park as the New York Yankees clinched the American League pennant with a 4-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox. October 3, 1965: On the final day of the 1965, less than five-hundred fans were in attendance at Fenway as the Yankee's Whitey Ford handed Boston their 100th loss of the season. September 30, 1964: Indians pitchers Luis Tiant and Sam McDowell shut out the Red Sox at Fenway in both halves of a doubleheader, 5-0 and 3-0. www.soxsuck.com /loss1960.html   (3997 words)

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