STL All Sports http://www.stlallsports.com/ All Sports All the Time Copyright 2008 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:57:35 -0600 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.16 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Why are Mondays important home run days With the 1981 National League Championship Series tied at two games apiece and Game 5 deadlocked, 1-1, in the ninth inning, Rick Monday of Los Angeles hit a two-out, bases-empty home run at Olympic Stadium to give the Dodgers a 2-1 triumph over the Montreal Expos and the N.L. pennant.

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