"2021 - The Braves win Game 3 of the World Series, 2-0, to take a 2-1 lead over the Astros. Ian Anderson throws five hitless innings before being removed with a 1-0 lead, and the Astros don't get their first hit until pinch-hitter Aledmys Diaz leads off the eighth with a single off Tyler Matzek, the Braves' fourth pitcher. However, the Astros only get two hits all game and cannot score."
"1942 - Branch Rickey, the architect of the St. Louis Cardinals minor league system, resigns as the team's vice president. The future Hall of Famer will become the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers. 1945 - Happy Chandler, who had continued to serve in the U.S. Senate after becoming commissioner, resigns from his political office. He will move the commissioner's quarters to Cincinnati."
"1969 - Tom Seaver is the NL's Cy Young Award winner after winning 25 games while leading the Mets to a World Series Championship. 1975 - Fred Lynn is named American League Rookie of the year after hitting .331 with 21 home runs and 105 RBI for the Red Sox. 1991 - Buck Showalter replaces Stump Merrill as the manager of the New York Yankees. At age 35, Showalter becomes the youngest active manager in the major leagues."
The Braves won Game 3 of the 2021 World Series, 2-0, taking a 2-1 series lead as Ian Anderson threw five hitless innings and Atlanta scored on an Austin Riley double and a Travis d'Arnaud solo homer. Branch Rickey resigned as the Cardinals' vice president in 1942 and later became president of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Happy Chandler resigned his Senate seat in 1945 and moved the commissioner's quarters to Cincinnati. Tom Seaver captured the 1969 NL Cy Young after 25 wins and a Mets World Series title, and Fred Lynn earned 1975 AL Rookie of the Year honors. Multiple managerial and front-office hires and contraction discussions occurred in later years.
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