What Happened in Sports: October 20, 2020

2019: Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers passed Drew Brees as the fastest player ever to throw for 350 career PASS TD (172 GP) AND Detroit Lions QB Matthew Stafford became the fastest player ever to throw for 40,000 career PASS YDS (147 GP)

2004: With their ALCS Game 7 victory over the New York Yankees, the Boston Red Sox became the very 1st team in baseball history to successfully come back from a 3-0 deficit

1996: The Atlanta Braves opened the World Series with a 12-1 shellacking of the New York Yankees, their largest defeat in World Series history. At 19 years old, Atlanta Braves OF Andruw Jones became the youngest player in MLB history to hit a HR (hit 2) in the World Series

1993: In Game 4 of the World Series, the Toronto Blue Jays rallied for 6 runs in the 8th inning to take a 15-14 lead and ultimately a 3-1 series lead; 29 total runs scored in a World Series game shattered the previous record of 22 (1936)

1990: With a sweep of the heavily-favored Oakland Athletics, the Cincinnati Reds completed one of the greatest upsets in World Series history

1988: Defeating the Oakland Athletics in 5 games, the Los Angeles Dodgers made their home the 1st city to win both the NBA Finals and World Series in the same year (Lakers, Dodgers)

1976: Due to financial constrictions upon entering the NBA, the New York Nets were forced to sell the ABA’s best player — SF Julius “Dr. J” Erving — to the Philadelphia 76ers

1973: The Boston Celtics grabbed an NBA-record 39 offensive rebounds against the Capital Bullets but lost the game 96-87

1963: Cleveland Browns RB Jim Brown became the NFL’s all-time career rushing leader, passing Joe “The Jet” Perry’s 8,378 career yards

1910: On just a single day of rest, Philadelphia Athletics SP Jack Coombs pitched a complete game in a 12-5 victory over the Chicago Cubs to push their World Series lead to 3-0