THIS WEEKEND IN SPORTS HISTORY

Saturday

1903 — Pittsburgh Pirates beats Boston Pilgrims 5 games to 3 in first World Series.

1914 — Boston Braves sweep Philadelphia Athletics, first sweep in World Series history (World Series No. 11).

1915 — Boston Red Sox beat Philadelphia Phillies, four games to one in 12th World Series.

1921 — New York Giants beat New York Yankees, five games to three in 18th World Series.

1960 — Pittsburgh Pirates’ Bill Mazeroski’s bottom of 9th lead off home run beats New York Yankees 10-9 in game 7 of 57th World Series.

1971 — First baseball World Series night game (Pittsburgh Pirates 4 — Baltimore Orioles 3) (World Series #68).

1982 — International Olympic Committee restores two gold medals from 1912 Olympics to Jim Thorpe.

1984 — John Henry becomes first thoroughbred to win US$6 million.

1986 — 25th New York, National League appearance in World Series (New York Mets versus Oakland Athletics) (World Series No. 83). 1991 — Toronto Blue Jays’ Cito Gaston is first manager ejected in a playoff game. Sunday

1862 — Baseballer James Creighton ruptures bladder hitting home run.

1905 — New York Giants beats Philadelphia Athletics, four games to one in second World Series; this is Giants’ pitcher Christy Mathewson’s third straight World Series shutout.

1906 — All Chicago World Series, first American League victory, Chicago White Sox win four games to two (World Series No. 3).

1962 — Houston Oilers’ George Blanda throws for six touchdown passes versus New York Titans 56-17.

1965 — Sandy Koufax throws his second shutout of World Series beating Minnesota Twins 2-0 (World Series No. 62).

1977 — Linda Ronstadt sings the national anthem at the 74th World Series.

1979 — Wayne Gretzky scores his first NHL goal.

1982 — New York Islanders assessed 108 penalty minutes to the Pittsburgh Penguins 125 (233 total).

1984 — Detroit Tigers beat San Diego Padres, four games to one in 81st World Series.

1985 — On Monday Night football, New York Jets retire Joe Namath’s No. 12, then beat Miami Dolphins 23-7. 1986 — The International Olympic Committee decides to stagger the Winter and Summer Olympic schedule.

1990 — San Francisco 49ers’ Joe Montana passes for six touchdowns versus Atlanta Falcons (45-35).

1992 — The Toronto Blue Jays win a 9-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics in Game six of the American League Championship Series.

1992 — In Game 7 of the NLCS, the Atlanta Braves win 3-2 over the Pittsburgh Pirates, winning the series.

Cito Gaston, who managed the Toronto Blue Jays to four AL East titles, two American League championships and two World Series victories in 1992 and 1993, became the first manager ever ejected in a league championship series when he was tossed by umpire Mike Reilly for arguing a called third strike in Game 5 against the Minnesota Twins, 27 years ago today.