October 26 is filled with baseball coverage including some World Series winners, MVPs and a team on the move. We cover the greatest moments in sports history on a daily basis recognizing the athletes that performed them and the uniform numbers they wore for the date of October 26 in history.
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Daily Digits October 26
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.
10 - 32 - 2 - 61 - 23
October 26, 1960 - AL approves Washington Senators move to become Minnesota Twins & announces franchises in LA & Washington, D.C. for 1961
October 26, 1968 - Striker Antal Dunai, Number 10 scored twice as Hungary out paced Bulgaria 4-1 to take the men's football gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics
October 26, 1982 - In MLB news, Philadelphia Phillies Number 32, Steve Carlton became 1st pitcher to win 4 Cy Young awards
October 26, 1985 - Doug Harvey's Number 2 jersey is retired by the Montreal Canadiens
October 26, 1993 - NFL announced a new expansion team, the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte
October 26, 1997 - Baseball World Series: Florida beats Cleveland Indians, 3-2 in Game 7 at Pro Player Stadium, Miami for Marlins first-ever title; MVP: Florida pitcher Number 61, Liván Hernández
October 26, 2000 - World Series: NY Yankees beat NY Mets, 4-2 in Game 5 at Shea Stadium to win "Subway Series"; Yankees 3rd straight title; MVP was Yankees's shortstop Number 2, Derek Jeter
October 26, 2005 - World Series: Chicago beats Houston, 1-0 in Game 4 at Minute Maid Park to sweep Astros and win White Sox first title in 88 years; MVP: Chicago outfielder Number 23, Jermaine Dye
October 26, 2018 - Longest Baseball World Series game by both innings and time; LA Dodgers beat Boston Red Sox, 3-2 in the 18th inning (7 hours, 20 mins) in Game 3 at Dodger Stadium with Max Muncy walk-off homer
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A Very Special thanks to information obtained from the following brilliant internet sites: On This Day Sports, the Sports Reference's family of website databases & Stathead.com.
Banner photo is courtesy of Wikimedia Commons of Pedro Ramos Washington Senators a Professional baseball player circa 1960 , taken by an unknown.
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