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OCTOBER
1955

Saturday, October 1st

IN THE NEWS: Surprise Brooklyn starter rookie Roger Craig pitches 6 innings for the 5-3 win. Two HRs by Duke Snider and one by Sandy Amoros in the first 5 innings prove too much for New York. Snider, who hit 4 HRs in the 1952 WS, becomes the first player in history to do this more than once.

Sunday, October 2nd

IN THE NEWS: The Yanks kayo lefty Karl Spooner in the first with 5 runs on 2 walks, 2 singles and Moose Skowron's HR. Ford goes all the way for the 5-1 victory.

Monday, October 3rd

IN THE NEWS: No more "wait till next year" as Brooklyn, behind the 2-0 pitching of Johnny Podres, brings its first WS championship to Brooklyn in 8 tries. Sixth-inning replacement Sandy Amoros races over to the wall in LF to one-hand an opposite-field bid for extra bases by Yogi Berra with the tying runs on. Amoros turns and fires to SS Pee Wee Reese who throws a bullet to Gil Hodges at 1B for the DP on Yankee base runner Gil McDougald.

Thursday, October 6th

IN THE NEWS: The Cards name Frank "Trader" Lane as their new GM.

Wednesday, October 12th

IN THE NEWS: The Cardinals hire Fred Hutchinson as their field manager, replacing Harry Walker.

Tuesday, October 25th

IN THE NEWS: Baseball great Branch Rickey steps down as GM of the Pirates and moves into an advisory role with the Pirates. Joe L. Brown, son of the actor, replaces him.

The White Sox trade Chico Carrasquel and Jim Busby to the Indians for Larry Doby.