In this edition of the Sports Break, we cover the top events in sports history along with the players and athletes that were a part of them on November 4. This includes a couple of World Series completions with MVPs, League MVP announcements and the Man with the most HRs in baseball anywhere, retired. As a bonus, we place the jersey number worn at the time with the athlete as well.
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Daily Digits November 4
Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore.
14 - 21 - 22 - 32 - 1 - 9 - 51 - 38 - 55
November 4, 1959 - Ernie Banks, Number 14 as the Cubs shortstop, wins 2nd consecutive NL MVP
November 4, 1973 - Chicago center, Number 21, Stan Mikita registers his 1,000 NHL career point in the Black Hawks 5-3 loss to the Minnesota North Stars at the Met Centre, Bloomington, Minnesota
November 4, 1975 - Baltimore Orioles pitcher, Jim Palmer, Number 22 won his 2nd Cy Young Award
November 4, 1980 - MLB Philadelphia Phillies Steve Carlton, Number 32 wins 3rd NL Cy Young Award
November 4, 1980 - Sadaharu Oh, Number 1, pro-baseball's all-time HR run king with 868, retired at 40 years of age
November 4, 1987 - Benito Santiago, Number 9 and the San Diego Padres catcher, won the National League Rookie of Year
November 4, 1987 - NBA announced that it would be addding 4 new franchises. Charlotte & Miami for 1988 & Minneapolis & Orlando for 1989
November 4, 2001 - World Series: Arizona beats New York Yankees, 3-2 in Game 7 at Bank One Ballpark, Phoenix for Diamondbacks' first title; co-MVP: Arizona pitchers Randy Johnson (Number 51) and Curt Schilling (Number 38)
November 4, 2009 - World Series: NY Yankees beat Philadelphia Phillies, 7-3 in Game 6 at Yankee Stadium to win Bronx Bombers' record 27th title; MVP: NY outfielder Number 55, Hideki Matsui
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In this edition of the Sports Break, we cover the top events in sports history along with the players and athletes that were a part of them on November 4. This includes a couple of World Series completions with MVPs, League MVP announcements and the Man with the most HRs in baseball anywhere, retired. As a bonus, we place the jersey number worn at the time with the athlete as well.
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Hut! Hut! Hike! Book
Historian Timothy P. Brown has released another excellent book to help fill our football minds with knowledge. His latest is called Hut! Hut! Hike!: A History of Football Terminology.[/br]more information
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