Baseball History -- October 19

Complete entry for October 19 at BaseballLibrary.com is HERE.

Highlighted entries:

1981
In game five of the NLCS, Rick Monday hits a solo home run with two out in the top of the 9th against Montreal's Steve Rogers to give Los Angeles a 2–1 victory and a trip to the World Series. The loss, played in bitterly cold conditions in Montreal, will be known as Blue Monday.

If the Expos had won that game, would there still be baseball in Montreal? mlb.com has good write up on that game HERE.

Off the field there was this:

1923
Citing the unsavory characters associated with the sport, American League president Ban Johnson persuades AL owners to prohibit boxing matches in their parks. The National League declines to go along with it.

Yep. The AL Owners agreed to that.