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Game and 4
The lower seed plays at home in Game 3 and Game 4 ( if necessary ).
The lower seed plays at home in Game 3 and Game 4 ( if necessary ).
Wrigley ejected Billy Sianis, who had come to Game 4 with two box seat tickets, one for him and one for his goat.
" The Cubs lost Game 4, lost the Series, and have not been back since.
After being beaten in Game 3 7 – 1, the Cubs lost Game 4 when Smith, with the game tied 5 – 5, allowed a game-winning home run to Garvey in the bottom of the ninth inning.
They met Arizona in the NLDS, but controversy followed as Piniella, in a move that has since come under scrutiny, pulled Carlos Zambrano after the sixth inning of a pitcher's duel with D-Backs ace Brandon Webb, to ".... save Zambrano for ( a potential ) Game 4.
The Cowboys finished 12 – 4 in 1994, but missed the Super Bowl by losing to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game, 38 – 28.
As when the Philadelphia Eagles hosted the Cowboys in the 1980 NFC Championship Game, and their November 4, 2007 meeting.
Shortstop Álex González helped the Marlins in Game 4 of the series with a walk off home run in extra innings.
* Álex González ( 1998 – 2005 ) — Alex Gonzalez was one of the premier defensive shortstops in the game during his tenure with the Marlins, and provided a walk-off homerun in the 12th inning during Game 4 of the 2003 World Series.
* Dontrelle Willis ( 2003 – 2007 ) — The " D-Train " was named the National League Rookie of the Year in 2003 and showcased his remarkable ( for a pitcher ) hitting ability by going 3-for-3 with a triple while scoring a run during Game 4 of the 2003 National League Division Series, which the Marlins won 7 – 6 over the San Francisco Giants to advance to the NL Championship Series.
Unlike other handheld game consoles, the first Game. com consoles included two slots for game cartridges and could be connected to a 14. 4 kbit / s modem.
Greenberg hit the only two homers by the Tigers — one in Game Two, where he batted in three runs in a 4 – 1 win ; the other — a two-run job — tied the game in the eighth inning of Game Six, making the score 8 – 8, but the Cubs won that game with a run in the bottom of the 12th.
In Game 3, the Astros were ahead at Shea Stadium, 5 – 4, in the bottom of the 9th when closer Dave Smith gave up a two-run home run to Lenny Dykstra, giving the Mets a dramatic 6 – 5 win.
Marv resumed his previous position for the 2000-2001 season and called Game 4 of the 2002 NBA Finals which was the final NBA telecast on NBC.
The Vikings defeated the Cleveland Browns, 27 – 7, in the last NFL Championship Game on Jan. 4, 1970, at Metropolitan Stadium.
The Cardinals won the next two games and seemed to have Game 4 in complete control until the Brewers rallied for six runs in the 7th to win the game 7 – 5.
The Brewers then won Game Five 6 – 4, giving them a 3 – 2 series lead, but the Cardinals trounced Don Sutton winning Game 6 13 – 1, and rallied for three runs late in Game 7 to win the Series, 4 games to 3.

Game and Series
Charles ' recording is very commonly played at major sporting and entertainment events, such as the Super Bowl, and WrestleMania 2 ; Charles gave a live performance of the song prior to Super Bowl XXXV, the last Super Bowl played before the September 11 terrorist attacks, as well as during Game 2 of the 2001 World Series after the attacks.
The Stadium was the scene Lou Gehrig's Farewell Speech in 1939, Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series, Roger Maris ' record breaking 61st home run in 1961, and Reggie Jackson's 3 home runs to clinch Game 6 of the 1977 World Series.
The line entered the pop-consciousness with Game Two of the 1977 World Series, when a fire broke out near Yankee Stadium as the team was playing the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Jackie Robinson was also renowned for the thrilling feat of stealing home, which he famously accomplished in Game 1 of the 1955 World Series.
Since 2002, Selig subsequently tried to reinvigorate the All-Star Game by awarding the winning league home-field advantage in the World Series.
* Home field advantage in the World Series granted to the winner of the All Star Game in the same season ( 2003 )
The Series included three memorable " firsts ", all of them in Game 5 at Cleveland, and all by the home team.
On October 10, 1948, Game 5 of the World Series against the Boston Braves drew over 84, 000.
The record stood until the Los Angeles Dodgers drew a crowd in excess of 92, 500 to watch Game 5 of the 1959 World Series at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum against the Chicago White Sox.
Despite sending Kerry Wood to the mound and holding a lead twice, the Cubs ultimately dropped Game 7, and failed to reach the World Series.
Young, who started Game One against the visiting Pirates, thus threw the first pitch in modern World Series history.
On February 29, the Marlins were recognized on Sports Illustrated's magazine for the 5th time ( 11 / 3 / 1997, Edgar Renteria who had a walk-off hit in Game 7 of the World Series ; 5 / 25 / 1998, Mike Piazza after his trade from the Dodgers ; 11 / 3 / 2003 ; Josh Beckett, after winning World Series MVP and 3 / 12 / 07 Dontrelle Willis, chronicling global warming with Willis in a flooded Sun Life Stadium.
In the 1997 National League Championship Series, Brown, riddled with the flu, proceeded to pitch a complete game in Game Six, defeating the Atlanta Braves and helping the Marlins reach the World Series, which they eventually won over the Cleveland Indians.
* Edgar Renteria ( 1996 – 1998 ) — Rentería is remembered for his 11th inning two-out RBI single in Game Seven of the 1997 World Series to give Florida a 3 – 2 triumph over the Cleveland Indians.
Though the Astros were poised to close out the series in Game Five in Houston, Brad Lidge gave up a monstrous two-out three-run home run to Albert Pujols, forcing the series to a sixth game in St. Louis, where the Astros clinched a World Series appearance.
Game 3 marked the first Fall Classic in Texas and was the longest game in World Series history, lasting 5 hours and 41 minutes.
Robinson, then 37 years old, missed 49 games and did not play in Game 7 of the World Series.

Game and Curse
The incident with Steve Bartman and a come-from-behind win in Wrigley Field in Game 7 helped the Marlins capture their second NL pennant, keeping the " Curse of the Billy Goat " alive and well.
Since, they have played in three additional World Series, including a dramatic run in that ended in a Game Seven loss to the Oakland Athletics, a second championship in against the Boston Red Sox that was cited in the Curse of the Bambino, and a Subway Series against their cross-town rivals the New York Yankees in the 2000 World Series which they lost in five games.
* 1945 – Baseball: Billy Sianis and his pet billy goat are ejected from Wrigley Field during Game 4 of the 1945 World Series ( see Curse of the Billy Goat ).
The Curse of Monkey Island was nominated in the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences ' first annual Interactive Achievement Awards in the categories " Computer Adventure Game of the Year " and " Outstanding Achievement in Art / Graphics ".
Game 5 was much closer but the Colts still took the game 3-2 and the series in only five games and thus beginning the Battalion ’ s Curse of the Colts.
* Wizardry Gaiden 2: Curse of the Ancient Emperor ( Game Boy, 1992 )
* After New York's defeat, the Curse was poked fun at during the " Weekend Update " segment of Saturday Night Live, when the ghost of Babe Ruth explains that he left during Game Four with the ghosts of Mickey Mantle and Rodney Dangerfield to go drinking.
It was cited in the legend of the " Curse of the Bambino " to explain the error by Bill Buckner in Game 6 that allowed the Mets to extend the series to a seventh game .< ref >
A second Game Boy Color title, Tomb Raider: Curse of the Sword ( 2001 ), sees Lara Croft facing off against a cult.
It was also nominated for " Best Adventure Game " of 1997 in the PC Gamer awards in 1998, but lost out to The Curse of Monkey Island.
The Curse of the Billy Goat originated in this Series before the start of Game 4.
A boy in Angela's class, he is African Canadian and can run very fast, he is frequently seen playing a hand-held video game ( called a Slamboy, a direct allusion to Game Boy, which gets confiscated by Mrs. Brinks in the episode " Curse of the Mummy ") and talking about his Turbo Trainers, which make him run very fast.
* The forthcoming New World of Darkness limited game line, Mummy: the Curse, published by White Wolf Game Studios-Onyx Path, Irem is the Stone Age city where the game's protagonists, the Arisen, were created.
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