Look back with MLB.com on the action from the 2009 Major League Baseball season, including the track Running Home from the album Play, by Suzanne Sherman Propp
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September 30, 2007: Washington Nationals 1 at Philadelphia Phillies 6, F — Back in January, Jimmy Rollins boldly proclaimed the Phillies were the team to beat in the NL East. Turns out he was right, as the Phils captured the division for the first time since 1993.
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October 7, 1984 -- It was the decisive Game 5 of the National League Championship Series. The Cubs had posted the NL's best record that season, and they had stormed out to a 2-0 series lead. But because of an old Major League Baseball rule at that time, the Padres had the home-field advantage and...
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October 14, 1965 -- With a league-leading 26 wins, 2.04 ERA and a then-record 382 strikeouts, Sandy Koufax was unquestionably the best pitcher in all of baseball. But with an advancing case of arthritis in his golden left arm, every breathtaking outing was countered by hours of treatment to keep ...
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OCTOBER 20, 1982 -- Clutch hits by Keith Hernandez and George Hendrick backed the gutsy pitching of Joaquin Andujar in Game 7 of the 1982 World Series. When Bruce Sutter recorded the last out to close the door on the Milwaukee "Harvey's wallbangers" Brewers, St. Louis had won its first World Seri...
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October 21, 1980 -- With the Phillies just one tantalizing out away from a Championship, Tug McGraw got ahead on Willie Wilson, then struck him out swinging at a 1-2 fastball. McGraw threw his arms up, his teammates jumped all over each other, and the franchise had its first baseball championship.
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October 5, 1996 -- MVP Ken Caminiti does his best to keep San Diego alive, blasting two homers and making a run-saving play in the field. But Brian Jordan steals the show with some sparkling defense of his own, followed by a game-winning blast off Padres closer Trevor Hoffman. Dennis Eckersley sl...
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October 5, 2001 -- On a cool night by the Bay, Barry Bonds capped a season of unmatched brilliance by taking possession of baseball's most hallowed single-season record. With three games to play, Bonds had already matched Mark McGwire's 1998 standard by collecting HR 70 in Houston the night befor...
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October 14, 2003: The Cubs, just five outs from their first World Series berth since 1945, allowed eight runs in a wild and wacky eighth inning as the Marlins rallied to take Game 6 of the National League Championship Series, 8-3, at Wrigley Field and force a decisive Game 7. With Mark Prior cru...
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OCTOBER 16, 2003 -- All that was on the line was a trip to the World Series. The starting pitchers? Merely two of the greats of their generation in Roger Clemens and Pedro Martinez, who brought a combined nine Cy Young Awards into this epic showdown. The teams? Just the Red Sox and Yankees, epic ...
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May 18, 2004 -- The Big Unit did more than turn back the clock on his amazing career, Randy Johnson tossed a perfect game, beating the Braves, 2-0, at Turner Field and proved that this 40-year-old superstar can still dominate an opponent. The Big Unit set down all 27 Braves he faced that night i...
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October 9, 1996 -- Home-field advantage took on new meaning in Game 1 of the 1996 ALCS as the Yankees earned the upper hand in the series. With the Orioles holding a 4-3 lead going to the bottom of the eighth, fate - in the form of 12-year-old Yankee fan Jeffrey Maier - intervened. Yankee rookie ...
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