Events in Sports History in October 1978

Baseball Record

Oct 2 NY Yankees win 3rd straight AL East title beating Boston Red Sox, 5-4 in a dramatic single playoff game; Ron Guidry wins #25 aided by Bucky Dent's 3-run homer

Baseball Record

Oct 6 Royals' George Brett hits 3 HRs, Yanks win championship game 3, 6-5

Oct 7 LA Dodgers win the pennant
Oct 7 MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Kansas City Royals, 3 games to 1
Oct 7 MLB National League Championship: Los Angeles Dodgers beat Philadelphia Phillies, 3 games to 1

F1 World Champion

Oct 8 American Mario Andretti in a Lotus finishes 10th in the season ending Canadian Grand Prix at Île Notre-Dame Circuit, but wins his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by 13 points from Ronnie Peterson

Oct 8 Yanks win 3rd straight AL Championship, all against Kansas City

Baseball Record

Oct 11 Dodgers Bob Welch dramatically strikes out Reggie Jackson in 9th

Oct 13 Graig Nettles at 3rd makes many spectacular plays in WS game 3 as Guidry beats Dodgers, after trailing 2 games to 0 Yanks win next 4

Sports History

Oct 14 Despite Denis Potvin hat trick in 3:21 NY Islanders lose 7-10 making Islander record when scoring a hat trick-22-2-1

Oct 14 NY outfielder Reggie Jackson causes World Series controversy; interferes with a throw to 1st, deflects ball away during Yankees, 4-3 Game 4 win over LA Dodgers at Yankee Stadium

Sports History

Oct 16 Test debut of Kapil Dev, India v Pakistan at Faisalabad

Oct 17 Baseball World Series: NY Yankees repeat as champions; beat LA, 7-2 at Dodger Stadium for 4-2 series victory; MVP: NY shortstop Bucky Dent
Oct 17 NY Islanders start a streak of 23 undefeated games at home (15-0-8)
Oct 17 Yanks win 22nd World Championship capping their great comeback year
Oct 18 NY Islanders 1st scoreless tie, vs LA Kings
Oct 22 Grete Weitz runs female world record marathon (2:32:29.8)

New York City Marathon

Oct 22 New York City Marathon: Grete Waitz of Norway wins in her race debut in world record 2:32:30; Bill Rodgers wins his third straight title in 2:12:12