Oct. 231910 — Philadelphia's Jack Coombs won his third game of the World Series, beating the Chicago Cubs 7-2 as the Athletics took the championship in five games. Eddie Collins had three hits, including two doubles, to lead the A's attack.1935 — Gabby Hartnett was selected National League MVP by the Baseball Writers Association of America, with Dizzy Dean finishing second.1945 — Branch Rickey announced the signing of Jackie Robinson by the Brooklyn Dodgers organization.1981 — The Los Angeles Dodgers beat New York 5-4 in the third game of the World Series to narrow the Yankees' lead to 2-1.1984 — Rick Sutcliffe, who went 16-1 for the Chicago Cubs after arriving from Cleveland two days before the June 15 trading deadline, was a unanimous choice as National League Cy Young Award winner.1986 — Bruce Hurst's complete-game victory gave the Boston Red Sox a 4-2 win and 3-2 lead in the World Series against the New York Mets.1993 — Joe Carter became the second player in baseball history to end a World Series with a home run, hitting a three-run shot off Mitch Williams in the ninth inning that gave the Toronto Blue Jays their second straight championship with an 8-6 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 6.1996 — The New York Yankees mounted the second biggest comeback in World Series history to beat the Atlanta Braves 8-6 in 10 innings and tie the series 2-2. The Braves had a 6-0 lead after five innings. The Yanks cut the lead in half in the top of the sixth. Braves manager Bobby Cox brought n closer Mark Wohlers for a two-inning save against the bottom third of the Yankee order in the eighth. Charlie Hayes led off the inning with a dribbler down the third base line that stayed fair and Darryl Strawberry followed that up with a line drive single to left. After Mariano Duncan grounded into a fielder's choice to take Strawberry off the bases, backup catcher Jim Leyritz came to the plate for his first at bat of the night. With a 22 count on him, Leyritz jumped on a Wohlers slider and hit it over the left field wall to tie the game. With the bases loaded n the 10th, Steve Avery walked Wade Boggs to bring in the deciding run for the Yankees.1997 — The Florida Marlins moved within one win of their first World Series title as Moises Alou hit his second three-run home run of the Series against Cleveland Indians pitcher Orel Hershiser. Rookie Livan Hernandez pitched into the ninth inning of Game 5 and Florida held off the Indians, 8-7.2005 — The Chicago White Sox hit two dramatic home runs for a 7-6 victory against the Houston Astros and take a 2-0 lead in the World Series. Paul Konerko and the fireworks. Konerko, the ALCS MVP, hit a grand slam in the seventh inning to give the White Sox a 6-4 lead. After the Astros tied the score in the ninth against Chicago closer Bobby Jenks, Scott Podsednik hit a one-out homer off Houston closer Brad Lidge into the bleachers in right-center field to win the game.2018 — Andrew Benintendi, J.D. Martinez and pinch-hitter Eduardo Nunez led the Boston Red Sox to an 8-4 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the opening game of the World Series.Today's birthday: Kyle Gibson 32.