Who thought 162 games are too many? Well it's not enough to determine the last playoff team as the Minnesota Twins and Chicago White Sox are still breathing but one of them won't be for long as they will battle it out to see who gets in the post season. The Sox have forced a one-game tiebreaker to determine who goes to the next level and who goes home. The Tigers and White Sox were tied up at 2 when Alex Ramirez hit a grand slam to win it 6-2 and forcing that match against Minnesota.The winner of the tiebreaker will host the Tampa Bay Rays in the ALDS. The other ALDS consists of the other Sox, the Boston Redsox as they take on the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (alright, seriously, enough with the name.). The NLDS consists of the actual LA team and the other Chicago team. The Dodgers will take on the Cubs who are convinced this is their years, especially since they haven't won the world series in 100 years. The Brewers and Phillies will battle it out in the other NLDS.
This week we move into the month of October which means MLB playoffs where anything can happen. You've gotta love baseball playoffs. It's so nice and relaxing to come home after work and have the atmosphere of a true American post-season game. With that, it's once again time for WSH.
9/29/1793 - Tennis is mentioned for the first time in an English sporting magazine.
9/29/1890 - NY Metropolitans beat Washington Nationals 4-2 in 5 innings at Polo Grounds in NYC in the first professional baseball game.
9/29/1946 - NL pennant ends in a tie for the first time as the Cardinals tied the Dodgers.
9/29/1947 - Former Yankee manager Joe McCarthy as Red Sox Manager.
9/29/1951 - Football has its first color telecast game on network, Phila (CBS)
9/29/1969 - Jets' punter Steve O'Neal kicks longest NFL punt of 98 yards vs Denver.
9/29/1985 - Houston QB Warren Moon sacked NFL tying record 12 times by Cowboys.
9/30/1947 - Yankees beat Dodgers 5-3-in front of largest World Series crowd 73,365 and the first televised World Series.
9/30/1973 - Mel Gray begins NFL streak of 121 consecutive game receptions.
9/30/1980 - A's Rickey Henderson sets AL stolen base record at 98 en route to 100
9/30/1988 - Dodger Orel Herschiser of the Dodgers breaks former Dodger Don Drysdale mark by pitching 59 consecutive scoreless innings
9/30/1989 - Nolan Ryan's perfect game broken in 8th, but gets his 300th strikeout
10/1/1903 - First MLB World Series, Pittsburg Pirates vs Boston Pilgrims
10/1/1932 - Babe Ruth waits until he has 2 strikes, points and hits next pitch into center field bleachers.
10/1/1989 - Dallas Cowboy, Ed "Too Tall" Jones records his 1,000th NFL tackle.
10/2/1932 - NY Yankees sweep Chicago Cubs in 29th World Series.
10/2/1936 - NY Yankees score World Series record 18 runs, beating Giants 18-4.
10/2/1957 - NY Yankees appear in their 25th World Series.
10/2/1983 - Art Monk begins NFL streak of 136 plus consecutive game receptions.
10/3/1948 - NFL becomes first sport televised as sport of the week.
10/4/1955 - Brooklyn Dodgers only World Series victory, beating Yankees in seven games.
10/4/1967 - 1st World Series since 1948 not to feature Yanks, Giants or Dodgers.
10/5/- Nothing to write home about.
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