On October 6, 1926, Yankee slugger Babe Ruth hit a record three
homers against the St. Louis Cardinals in the fourth game of the
World Series. The Yanks won the game 10-5, but despite Ruth’s unprecedented performance, they lost the championship in the
seventh game.

George Herman "Babe" Ruth
(February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948)

On September 30, 1947, the New York Yankees beat the
Brooklyn Dodgers, 5-3, in Game 1 of the World Series—
the first Fall Classic game broadcast on television.

It is the second "Subway Series" between and Yankees
and Dodgers and first World Series to involve an African
American player. Jackie Robinson (below) of the Dodgers
broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier six months
earlier.

While Red Barber and Mel Allen called the game on the
radio, Bob Stanton described the action on NBC. 

On October 6, 1926, Yankee slugger Babe Ruth hit a record
three homers against the St. Louis Cardinals in the fourth
game of the World Series. The Yanks won the game 10-5,
but despite Ruth’s unprecedented performance, they lost
the championship in the seventh game. In 1928, in the fourth
game of another Yanks-Cards World Series, Ruth tied his
own record, knocking three more pitches out of the same
park.

TIM MAGUIRE

On this day in 1962, Johnny Carson took over from Jack
Paar as host of the late-night talk program The Tonight
Show. Carson went on to host The Tonight Show
Starring Johnny Carson for three decade.

JOHNNY CARSON AS CARNAC THE MAGNIFICENT (1978)

Cy Young, pitching for the recently established Boston
Americans, threw the first perfect game of the World
Series era on this day in history, May 5, 1904.

Young mowed down 27 straight batters in front of 10,267
fans at the former Huntington Avenue Grounds in Boston
as the Americans — later renamed the Red Sox — beat the
Philadelphia Athletics 3-0.

Perfect games are one of the rarest feats in all of sports
— with an average of less than 1 per 10,000 games.

Denton True "Cy" Young (March 29, 1867 – November 4, 1955)