1957 – Lew Burdette’s third victory of the World Series, a 5 – 0 decision over the New York Yankees, gives the Milwaukee Braves the World Championship.
1996 – Gary Gaetti hits a grand slam off Greg Maddux to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to an 8 – 3 win over the Atlanta Braves and a tie of the NLCS. Todd Stottlemyre gets the victory.
1997 – The Florida Marlins take Game 3 of the NLCS by defeating the Atlanta Braves by a score of 5 – 2. Charles Johnson drives home three of Florida’s runs, and Livan Hernandez gets the victory in relief.
1998 – The San Diego Padres win their third in a row over the Atlanta Braves, 4 – 1, in the NLCS, as Sterling Hitchcock and four relief pitchers hold the Braves in check.
2001 – Atlanta take a two-games-to-none lead in their National League Division Series with the Astros behind Tom Glavine’s 1 – 0 victory. Shortstop Julio Lugo’s throwing error aids the winning run, which crosses the plate on a double play.
2015 – The Mets are cruising along with a 2 – 1 lead behind rookie Noah Syndergaard in the 7th inning of Game 2 of the NLDS when Chase Utley barrels into SS Ruben Tejada to break up a potential inning-ending double play. He not only succeeds, but also breaks Tejada’s leg in the process while the Mets vainly argue for an interference call. Major League Baseball will hand Utley a two-game suspension for his unnecessarily violent slide, but in the meantime, Los Angeles takes advantage of the controversial play to score four runs in the inning and ends up a 5 – 2 winner, evening the series. After the season, MLB will adopt a rule banning such slides, often called the “Chase Utley Rule”.
2017 – In a surprise move, the Red Sox announce that manager John Farrell will not return in 2018. The Sox have just won back-to-back division titles, and also won the 2013 World Series under Farrell’s leadership.
2019 – The Phillies fire manager Gabe Kapler after two disappointing seasons at the helm when they were expected to be contenders but finished around .500 both years.