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Four square dates to at least the 1950s. A game called four square is mentioned in newspapers in the northeastern United States at least as far back as the 1950s, but the rules are not explained. [3] [4] A 1953 teacher's manual describes four square with the same rules used today. [5]
[1] [2] [4] [5] The best-of-seven style has been the format of all World Series except in 1903, 1919, 1920, 1921, when the winner was determined through a best-of-nine playoff. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Although the large majority of contests have been played entirely during the month of October, a small number of Series have also had games played during ...
Games magazine included Score Four in their "Top 100 Games of 1980", noting that it "takes games of tic-tac-toe into the third dimension with its 4 x 4 x 4 playing board". [2] Games magazine included Score Four in their "Top 100 Games of 1982", noting that "Strategy is complicated by the fact that beads cannot be played on the top levels until ...
The Chicago White Sox celebrate after defeating the Minnesota Twins 1–0 to win the 2008 American League Central. A tie-breaker was required in Major League Baseball (MLB) when two or more teams were tied at the end of the regular season for a postseason position such as a league pennant (prior to the introduction of the League Championship Series in 1969), a division title, or a wild card spot.
Magglio Ordóñez's game-winning walk-off home run in the bottom of the 9th inning of Game 4 sealed the pennant for the Tigers. This ALCS marked the 5th different AL pennant winner in as many years (following 2005 with the White Sox, 2004 with the Red Sox, 2003 with the Yankees, and 2002 with the Angels).
Game 4 was a pitchers' duel between Yankees' ace Ron Guidry and Royals' ace Dennis Leonard, which would be won by the former as the Yankees narrowly prevailed by one run to secure the pennant. Both teams would meet again in the 1980 ALCS - where the Royals finally broke through, and in the ALDS in 2024 , which was won by the Yankees.
The hero of Game 2, Kerry Carpenter, is a game-time decision for Saturday with a hamstring injury he picked up in Game 4. The game was originally scheduled for primetime but got moved to 1 p.m ...
The 1948 American League tie-breaker game was a one-game extension to Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1948 regular season, played between the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox to determine the winner of the American League (AL) pennant. The game was played on October 4, 1948, at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.