YANKEES TOP REDS BY 2 TO 1 IN OPENER OF WORLD SERIES (10/5/39)

Microfiche-New York Times archives, McHenry Library, U.C. Santa Cruz | 10/5/39 | John Drebinger, John Kieran

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment: New York Times articles delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime”.)
To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by freepmail. Those on the Realtime +/- 70 Years ping list are automatically enrolled. Course description, prerequisites and tuition information is available at the bottom of Homer’s profile.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Ping.

[JoeProBono]

This picture shows the 1939 National League Champion, Cincinnati Reds team. Managed by Bill McKechnie, the Reds finished the regular season with a record of 97 wins and 57 loses, 4.5 games ahead of the second-place St. Louis Cardinals. The 1939 team lost the World Series to the New York Yankees, but came back in 1940 to win the world championship, defeating the Detroit Tigers.

[Vaquero]

yesss, yessss, I know....1939

so lets go Yanks 2009!

[laterthannever]

Sorry but whats up with these vanities from before my parents were born? can we please keep things current?

everyone has won once, at some point. let’s keep ‘latest/breaking’ exactly what it is please...isn’t there a history discussion forum somewhere for this stuff?

now flame away.

[wagglebee]

Games 2, 3 and 4 go just as badly for the Reds.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

isn’t there a history discussion forum somewhere for this stuff?

This is it. Breaking news is down the hall.

[Vaquero]

you prabably have to manage your blocks or subscription here at FR to only bring up current news, mine is wide open for everything....yours is probably too.

[wagglebee]

This is posted in chat.

[laterthannever]

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/*/index = Latest.

Now i understand that poster time is taken into account but other than that, whats with this crap? Latest shouldn’t make me wanna see 1939. right?

[Homer_J_Simpson]

“Latest” means most recently posted. Now go away before I call the campus police.

[laterthannever]

Won’t be the first time boss! I simply wouldn’t mind a cleaner interface. Surely, there has to be somewhere other than ‘latest’ where this 1939 baseball graveyard could be at.

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

Love the Babe Dahlgren reference in the photos. He is a great trivia question answer - who replaced Lou Gehrig at first base when he ended his record consecutive appearance in 2130 games?

I had to interview him once as part of an investigation into the Major League Baseball Players Pension Plan. A fascinating man.

[Isabel C.]

Ok, you’ve made your point. Now go away and quit being an obnoxious brat.