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Chicago Cubs history — October 19

October 19 marks a day of pivotal moments in baseball history, from legendary trades to unforgettable postseason drama. In 1946, the New York Yankees secured Allie Reynolds in a blockbuster deal, trading Joe Gordon and Eddie Bockman to Cleveland—a move that paid off handsomely as Reynolds went on to win 19 games for the World Series champion Yankees in 1947.

Meanwhile, the Chicago White Sox made another franchise-defining trade in 1949, acquiring future Hall of Famer Nellie Fox from the Boston Red Sox, setting the stage for his 1959 American League MVP season. The 1981 NLCS delivered one of the most iconic plays in postseason lore when Rick Monday’s ninth-inning home run off Steve Rogers clinched the Dodgers’ pennant and sent them to the World Series, a game now known as *Blue Monday*.

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