IN THE NEWS:
The World Series opens with a Wednesday game at
Philadelphia's Shibe Park. The defending World Champion
Athletics are held to 5 hits by Burleigh Grimes. Lefty
Grove limits the Cards to a pair of runs, as the A's
capitalize on their power. Their 5 hits include HRs
by Mickey Cochrane and Al Simmons, 2 triples and a
double, providing Philadelphia with single runs in
5 different innings and a 5-2 victory.
IN THE NEWS:
Flint Rhem is a surprise starter for the Cardinals
but he fails to astonish the Athletics batters. He
gives up 6 earned runs in less than 4 innings, all
the Athletics need to win 6-1 behind George Earnshaw's
6-hit pitching.
IN THE NEWS:
Bill Hallahan blanks the A's 5-0, giving up
5 walks and 7 hits. Philadelphia A's hurler Jack Quinn,
at age 46, pitches 2 innings of relief against the
St. Louis Cardinals, thereby becoming the oldest player
to appear in a WS game.
IN THE NEWS:
The A's take the lead in the Series, 3 games to
2, when George Earnshaw and Lefty Grove combine to
shut out the Cardinals, 2-0, on 3 hits. Philadelphia's
runs come in the top of the 9th when Burleigh Grimes
is tagged for a long 2-run HR by Jimmie Foxx.
IN THE NEWS:
George Earnshaw finishes off the Cardinals
7-1, pitching shutout ball until the 9th inning.
He is clearly the pitching star of the WS with 2 wins
and 7 shutout innings of a game in which reliever
Lefty Grove got the decision. Despite the "lively"
1930 ball and the many outstanding hitters on both
sides, it is a pitching-dominated Series. The Cards
bat only .200 as a team and the A's .197. The A's
staff has a combined ERA of 1.73.
IN THE NEWS:
The New York Yankees announce they have signed Joe
McCarthy to manage the team for 4 years. The Cubs
made him available one year after he had led them
to a pennant, and the Yankees lost no time in signing
him. McCarthy will lead New York to 8 pennants and
7 World Championships before resigning in 1946.
With no MVP award for the second year in a row,
the Associated Press polls its members and names Joe
Cronin unofficial AL MVP for 1930. The Baseball
Writers Association names Hack Wilson the MVP of the
NL. The Cubs give Wilson a bonus of $1,000, the monetary
reward which the MVP title had carried as an official
league honor.
IN THE NEWS:
Brooklyn sends a bundle of cash to the last-place
Phillies, together with some 2nd-line players, to
obtain Lefty O'Doul and Fresco Thompson.
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