CANADA WINS: On this date (October 24) in baseball history, the Toronto Blue Jays won the World Series for the first time ever. Game 6 featured (in order) these pitchers -- David Cone, Todd Stottlemyre, David Wells, Duane Ward, Tom Henke, Jimmy Key, and Mike Timlin -- do you remember who got the win during the first ever Canadian championship? That, and SO MUCH more, is on Baseball Almanac. #Toronto #BlueJays #Atlanta #Braves #WorldSeries #Canada

EMAIL QUESTION: "How close was Derek Jeter, my favorite player, to the hits in a World Series record?" At Baseball Almanac, we help about 10-20 people a day. For this one, today we expanded the World Series Career Hitting Records page to include the Top 10 all-time leaders in hits during Fall Classics. Oh, we expanded at-bats, doubles, hits by a pinch-hitter, home runs, plate appearances, RBIs, runs scored, singles, strikeouts, total bases, triples, and walks also!

October 22, 2011: We remember it VERY WELL. Why? Because Albert Pujols made us WORK, tying the World Series record for hits in a game (5), home runs in a game (3), runs batted in (6), runs scored (4), AND set a new record for total bases in a game (14).

RIP: On this date (October 21), in 1997, the first Dodgers player to win an MVP Award (BBWAA) died. See what Pee Wee Reese said about him, see where Duke Snider ranked him, see how his brother died while boxing (!) and MUCH more on his Baseball Almanac page. #Dodgers #Phillies #Cubs #RedSox

WORLD SERIES SWEEPS: On this date, October 20, 1990, the "Nasty Boys" finished a "wire-to-wire" season in style, sweeping the heavily-favored Oakland Athletics. When the #Yankees swept the #Braves in 1999, we built this page - today we added an order column, bolded the wins column, and cleaned-up the fast facts. #Reds #Athletics

19TH CENTURY BASEBALL: Home run champion (1890), triples leader (1899), and the FIRST PLAYER WALKED SIX TIMES IN A GAME! Born October 18 (1863), today we integrated a GREAT newspaper clipping about that historic, record setting game - share, like, visit, comment, we truly appreciate your feedback. #Senators #Colts #Giants

WORLD SERIES HISTORY: On this date, October 17, the first World Series INDOOR game was played! It was Game 1, a grand slam was hit, and ABC showed clips of a wedding during the broadcast. Why? Because one of the starting pitchers was supposed to be the best man at his brother's wedding that same date! We hope you like this, visit the Fall Classic on Baseball Almanac, and share this with YOUR friends.

MLB & NBA: Twelve former Major League Baseball players ALSO played in the National Basketball Association (a page we built in 2002, when Mark Hendrickson made his debut). One of those twelve is in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and he was born on this date, October 16 (1940), in baseball history. #MLB #NBA

DYK: What year did YOUR favorite team hit the most home runs? Seven teams (WOW) set franchise records in 2017 -- we just updated this record book with final numbers AND have them sorted now by most in #MLB history.

OCTOBER 5 BOX SCORE RESEARCH: Game 1 of the 1921 World Series, a Fall Classic where all eight (yes, eight) games were played in the Polo Grounds. A game that ended in one-hour thirty eight minutes (not even a top ten finish). Visit and check out the news clipping we integrated today (86 pitches). #YANKEES #GIANTS

EVOLUTION OF BASEBALL: When we updated the League by League Home Run Totals page this morning, which already included new American League records AND #MLB records, we noticed it reached a new plateau - 6,000+ home runs hit! Our national pastime is evolving; 5,000+ HRs (1998 / 5,064 HRs), 4,000+ HRs (1987 / 4,458 HRs), 3,000+ HRs (1962 / 3,001 HRs), 2,000+ HRs (1950 / 2,073 HRs), and 1,000+ HRs (1922 / 1,055 HRs). [ART by STEVE SPENCER - link in comments]

TWO NO-HITTERS, SAME YEAR, NO PROBLEM: Johnny Vander Meer was the first #MLB pitcher to throw two no-hitters during the same season, entering the record books with the #Cincinnati #Reds in 1938. Who was first in the American League? Clue: his second no-no of the year occurred on this date (September 28), and helped his team clinch the pennant in 1951. [Image = Photoshopped 1955 Bowman Baseball Card]

TOUGH TUESDAY TRIVIA: He had two hits in the first inning, on July 29, 1928. Then, IN THAT SAME GAME, he had two hits in the sixth inning - the first American League player to get two hits in an inning twice in one game. Selected because he was born on this date in baseball history (September 26, 1905). See a news clipping, play-by-play, and MUCH more on his online baseball card.

NEW RESEARCH: Only six Major League players have hit a lead-off home run, then during that same exact game, ALSO hit a walk-off home run! Baseball Almanac just finished a new page of research dedicated to this unique feat - we hope you like it, we hope you'll share it with YOUR friends, and we hope you'll visit the page to see who is in this club.

BIRTH YEAR BUDDIES: From YOUR birth year - who was the last player still out there playing #MLB? Gary Carter once commented (during a TV broadcast) about being born the same year (1954) as Dennis Martinez, and he was still out there pitching in a dominant fashion. Made us curious, a chart was created, and we are featuring it here today as we just added 1973 to the list...