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Originally Posted by the 'stache
Ken, that's a really nice piece you have there, and an equally cool story. Talk about a ready-made ice breaker when talking to any Yankees fan.
"Ya, my great great uncle got the first ever Yankee hit in the World Series. And then the Babe drove him in".
Here's the box score
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bo...92110050.shtml |
Yep, October 5, 1921. First subway series. The Yankees won the battle that day but they lost the war. Miller is also interesting in that he was one of the players involved in the trade to Boston that eventually spawned the trade waiver system MLB currently uses.