Sports Fact & Book Rec of the Day 10/9/2011

10/9/1915:
Woodrow Wilson becomes the first U.S. president to watch a World Series. It's Game 2 of a matchup between the Red Sox and Phillies in Philadelphia. Rube Foster not only pitches a three-hitter for the Sox but breaks a 1-1 tie with an RBI single in the ninth inning. The game ends when center fielder Tris Speaker reaches into the stands to rob Dode Paskert of a Phillies home run. Boston will win the Series four games to one.

Birthdays:
Walter O'Malley b. 1903
Joe Pepitone b. 1940
Mike Singletary b. 1958
Kenny Anderson b. 1970
Annika Sorenstam b. 1970

ON YOU TELL’EM!

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anti-immigrant political sign, held by a protester

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—HAROLD ADAMSON, American lyricist, quoting a fighter pilot in a damaged plane