Thursday, October 11, 2012

THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - OCTOBER 11TH

1911 - Ty Cobb (AL) & Frank Schulte (NL) are the first league MVP's and receive an automobile.
1923 - Babe Ruth hits 2 HRs in a single World Series game.
1925 - NY Giants play first NFL game and lose to Providence 14-0.
1943 - NY Yankees beat Cardinals 4 games to 1 in the 40th World Series and become the first team to win 10 World Series titles.
1960 - Radio-TV executive John Fetzer buys a controlling interest of the Detroit Tigers.
1967 - The Boston Red Sox collect a World Series record with three players hitting consecutive HRs in a game (Carl Yastrzemski, Reggie Smith & Rico Petrocelli).
1975 - NY Islander's Bryan Trottier's captures his first career hat trick.
1991 - Chip Beck ties the PGA lowest 18 hole score at 59.
1992 - Deion Sanders plays for the Atlanta Falcons (NFL) & the Atlanta Braves (MLB).
1997 - Dennis Rodman returns from the second longest NBA suspension, 11 games.

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