October 14
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[edit] Events
[edit] 2006
- MLB: Magglio Ordonez hits a walk-off, three-run homer as the Detroit Tigers sweep the Oakland Athletics in the ALCS. Placido Polanco is named ALCS MVP.
[edit] Births
[edit] 1946
[edit] 1954
- MLB'er Willie Aikens born Seneca, South Carolina.
[edit] 1964
- MLB catcher and manager Joe Girardi born in Peoria, Illinois.
[edit] 1978
- MLB outfielder Ryan Church born in Santa Barbara, California.
[edit] Deaths
[edit] 1988
- MLB player Vic Raschi died in Groveland, New York.
[edit] 1998
- MLB pitcher Denny Galehouse died in Doylestown, Ohio.
