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This day in baseball: World Series rookie dominance

Posted: October 16, 2018 | Author: | Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: , , , , , , , |2 Comments

On October 16, 1909, the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Tigers, 8-0, to win the World Series, four games to three.  Rookie pitcher Babe Adams hurled a complete-game shutout in Game Seven, having also won Games One and Five.

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2 Comments on “This day in baseball: World Series rookie dominance”

  1. wkkortas says:
    October 16, 2018 at 2:01 pm

    Babe Adams was a very, very, interesting guy (in a good sense).

    Reply
    • Precious Sanders says:
      October 17, 2018 at 9:54 am

      I’m still learning about him, but based on what I’ve seen so far he does sound interesting. Awesome pitching numbers aside, he was apparently quite the heartthrob? I’m sure there are some good stories to go along with that.

      Reply

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