Template:Today in Baseball/October 18

December 20: Today's featured birthday is that of Bill Laskey, who turns 67.

• 1950 - Connie Mack (pictured) retires as manager of the Philadelphia Athletics after a record 49 years in a row at the helm. Mack is 87 years old.
• 1972 - The Reds top the A's in Game 3 of the World Series, 1-0. The game is memorable due to Rollie Fingers fooling Johnny Bench with a strikeout on a play that looked like an intentional walk.
• 1977 - In Game 6 of the World Series, Reggie Jackson homers against Burt Hooton, Elias Sosa and Charlie Hough and drives in five runs to give the Yankees the title. Jackson earns the nickname "Mr. October" for his performance.
• 1997 - Liván Hernández wins the first World Series game played in Florida thanks to back-to-back homers from Moises Alou and Charles Johnson in Game 1 of the Fall Classic.
• 2005 - Atsuya Furuta is hired as manager of the Yakult Swallows, becoming Nippon Pro Baseball's first player-manager in 29 years.

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