Don Mattingly was the one bright spot for the New York Yankees in the 1980's and early 1990's and on this day in 1986 set a new team record for hits in a season with 232. Mattingly passed Earl Combs team record which was set in 1927 and would finish the season with a league leading 238 hits.
The reigning and defending World Series champion New York
Yankees played the Boston Red Sox in a one game playoff on this day in 1978 in
Fenway Park. We all know what happened, Bucky F'in Dent happened.
The Yankees are known for winning World Series championships
but many fans forget that New York had plenty of years where things didn’t
exactly go as planned. On this day in 1966 the Yankees would beat the Chicago
White Sox 2-0 but would still finish a half game behind the Boston Red Sox for
last place in the American League. New York finished with a 70-89 record and
fell 26.5 games behind the Baltimore Orioles. This was the first Yankees club
to finish in last place in the American League since 1912.
Speaking of winning World Series on this day in 1936 the
Yankees would beat the Giants in Game 2 of the World Series by the score of
18-4. That was then and still is now the largest lopsided victory in the
history of the Fall Classic.
Finally on this day in 1932 and on this day in Yankees World
Series history the team won their 12th consecutive World Series game
as they swept the Chicago Cubs. This would mark the third consecutive World
Series sweep the Bombers would achieve.
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Sorry for the Capatcha... Blame the Russians :)