A couple of days ago there was post about my favorite postseason moments of the teams in the 2006 playoffs. I am planning on doing some posts about favorite postseason moments for the teams that didn't make it this year.
Why do I bring this up today? Because today is the anniversary of my favorite Mariner postseason moment.
1995
Edgar Martinez’s 2-run double in the bottom half of the 11th innings gives the Mariners a dramatic 6-5 win, and a 3-games-to-2 victory over the Yankees in the Division Series. Martinez bats .571 with 10 RBIs against the Yankees. Ken Griffey, Jr., who beats the relay home to score the winning run, has 5 homers in the series.
From SeattlePI.com
Remember the Fred Merkle game from September 23, 1908? Today was the replay of that game. It was only for the National League pennant. I think the folks in New York were, um, hyped for this one.
1908Emphasis mine.
According to published reports, nearly 250,000 fans show up at the Polo Grounds to watch the disputed replay of the September 23 game btween the Cubs and Giants. The gates were closed at 1:30 for the 3:00 game, but still fans tried to storm the gates. Fireman with high pressure hoses knocked down fans who tried to scale the walls. Nearly 40,000 fans watched from Coogan's Bluff, telephone poles and other vantage points. Two fans are killed when they fall from a pillar on the elevated subway platform. Later admitting he had nothing on the ball, Christy Mathewson loses, 4–2, to the Cubs, giving ay to Hooks Wiltse in the 8th.: Three Finger Brown, relieving Jack Pfiester in the first, gets the win. The Giants played to a record 910,000 in attendance for the year, a figure that will be unmatched until 1920.
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