Look back with MLB.com on the action from the 2009 Major League Baseball season, including the track “Running Home” from the album “Play,” by Suzanne Sherman Propp
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October 19, 2004: They seemed to be clinging onto fading hopes over the weekend at Fenway Park, as the board on the door exiting the Red Sox clubhouse offered a simple message. "We can change history. Believe it!" The author, whoever it might have been, has already been turned into a pro...
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OCTOBER 2, 1968 -- 1968 was frequently called "The Year of the Pitcher," and that season, few were more dominant than Cards' ace Bob Gibson. The menacing Gibby was in peak form in Game 1, as the NL MVP and Cy Young winner matched up against Tigers' ace Denny McLain, whose 31 regul...
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1995 ALDS, Game 5: New York Yankees 5 at Seattle Mariners 6 F -- OCTOBER 8, 1995 -- The Mariners come back from a 0-2 deficit to force a deciding Game 5. David Cone takes a 4-2 lead into the eighth but allows two runs, including Ken Griffey Jr.'s fifth homer of the series. With the score tied...
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September 2nd, 1990: Toronto Blue Jays 3 at Cleveland Indians 0 F -- Dave Stieb has always been good enough to throw a no-hitter -- just never lucky enough. His luck finally changed. After coming so close so often -- four times he has taken a no-hitter into the ninth inning -- Stieb finally pitch...
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October 10th, 2005 NLDS Game 4: Atlanta Braves 6 at Houston Astros 7 F -- The Houston Astros didn't have the luxury of relying on one or two particular players to carry them through this season. They fed off the strength of their pitching, but they needed help from just about everyone on the ...
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MAY 17, 1979: Philadelphia Phillies 23 at Chicago Cubs 22 F -- The Windy City was certainly living up to its name on this mid-May afteroon at Wrigley. The gusty forces blowing through the friendly confines of the quaint old park insured that, as shortstop Larry Bowa recalled, "no lead was saf...
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October 13, 2001: 2001 ALDS, Game 3: New York Yankees 1 at Oakland A's 0 F -- With their backs against the wall for the first time since 1997, the Yankees traveled to Oakland one loss away from elimination. A's starter Barry Zito stifled the Yanks through four innings, until Jorge Posada ...
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July 10th, 2001: All-Star Game: The 2001 Midsummer Classic took on a whole new identity as Cal took the field at third base for his final All-Star appearance. Everyone in attendance and watching at home knew history was in the making. Class-act Alex Rodriguez suggested Ripken move over to his cus...
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October 7, 1989: 1989 ALCS, Game 4: Oakland A's 6 at Toronto Blue Jays 5 F -- With the A's leading the Series 3-1 , Game 4's pitching match-up pitted a former Cy Young winner, Mike Flanagan (1979) against a future one (1990), Bob Welch. Rickey Henderson continued his sizzling series...
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October 17, 1978 -- Game 6 turned out to be grand finale for the unlikely heroic duo of Bucky Dent and Brian Doyle. Davey Lopes gave the Dodger home crowd a ray of hope with a leadoff home run off Catfish Hunter. Dent and Doyle put the Yankees ahead in the second; Doyle with a two-run double, De...
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October 19, 2005: 2005 NLCS, Game 6: Hoston Astros 5 at St. Louis Cardinals 1 F -- The Astros shook off the shock of their Game 5 NLCS loss and rode the dazzling performance of NLCS MVP Roy Oswalt, who yielded a run on three hits in seven splendid innings. Brad Ausmus' three hits and Jason La...
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Season Review ’09: “Running Home”
