In today's Sports Break, we have a little bit of hockey, with a touch of soccer and football, and a whole lot of Baseball World Series History! 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 27 in history.
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Daily Digits October 27
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.
9 - 36 - 31 - 22 - 47 - 42 - 25 - 24 - 22 - 23 - 20 - 5
October 27, 1963 - Detroit Red Wings right wing Gordie Howe, Number 9 scored his 544th career goal in a 6-4 loss against the Montreal Canadiens. This milestone tied him with another Number 9, Maurice Richard's (Montreal Canadiens) all-time NHL regular season record
October 27, 1984 - Washington State University's running back Number 36, Rueben Mayes set a collegiate football record of 357 yards rushing in one game (at Oregon)
October 27, 1985 - World Series: KC Royals rout St Louis Cardinals, 11-0 at Royals Stadium for 4 games to 3 series win; MVP: KC pitcher Number 31, Bret Saberhagen
October 27, 1986 - World Series: NY Mets win their second title; beat Boston Red Sox, 8-5 at Shea Stadium for 4 games to 3 series win; MVP: Mets infielder Ray Knight, Number 22
October 27, 1991 - World Series: Minnesota Twins beat Atlanta Braves, 1-0 in 10 in Game 7 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome; win 2nd title since move to Minneapolis; MVP: Twins pitcher Jack Morris, Number 47
October 27, 1999 - World Series: New York Yankees beat Atlanta, 4-1 in Game 4 at Yankee Stadium to sweep Braves and retain title; MVP: Yankees closer Number 42, Mariano Rivera
October 27, 2002 - World Series: Anaheim beats San Francisco Giants, 4-1 in Game 7 at Edison Field to win Angels' first title; MVP: Anaheim 1st baseman Number 25, Troy Glaus
October 27, 2004 - World Series: Boston beats St. Louis, 3-0 in Game 4 at Busch Stadium to sweep Cardinals and win Red Sox first title since 1918; MVP: Boston outfielder Number 24, Manny Ramirez
October 27, 2006 - World Series: St. Louis beats Detroit Tigers, 4-2 in Game 5 at Busch Stadium to win Cardinals' 10th title in franchise history; MVP: Cardinals infielder Number 22, David Eckstein
October 27, 2011 - World Series Game 6: St. Louis Cardinal 3B Number 23, David Freese hit the game-tying 2 run triple with 2 outs in the 9th and then later smacked a walk-off home run in the 11th
October 27, 2015 - American soccer star Abby Wambach, Team USA Number 20 announced her retirement
October 27, 2020 - World Series: LA Dodgers beat Tampa Bay Rays, 3-1 in Game 6 at Globe Life Field, Arlington to win first title in 32 years; MVP: Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager
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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 ofAbby Wambach via Pat Gunn took this picture at a Washington Freedom exhibition game in 2004..
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