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May 13, 2023

What Will Koufax Do for an Encore?

May 13, 1963 - So what does Sandy Koufax do for an encore? “Well, I’d sort of like to win a World Series game,” the great Dodger southpaw...

May 12, 2023

Yanks Top O’s as Bouton Twirl’s 2-Hitter

May 12, 1963 - The New York Yankees ended an arduous two-week transcontinental tour on a triumphant note today when, behind a superb...

May 12, 2023

Bowsfield’s No-Hit Bid Crushed by Vic Power

May 12, 1963 - Vic Power’s single with none out in the ninth ended Ted Bowsfield’s bid for a no-hitter yesterday, but the Kansas City...

May 11, 2023

Koufax: No-Hitter Over Giants “Greatest Thrill”

May 11, 1963 - Lefthander Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers, who has had a ton of thrills in his major league career, said he got...

May 11, 2023

Sandy Koufax Authors Second No-Hitter as Dodgers Top Giants, 8-0

🚨May 11, 1963 - Sandy Koufax, the Dodger left-hander, pitched the second no-hitter of his career tonight in a tension-packed 8-0 victory...

May 11, 2023

Mets Climb into Seventh Place with Win over Reds

May 11, 1963 - So what’s all this fuss about some joker climing Mount Everest? The Mets have climbed into seventh place — and they didn’t...

May 10, 2023

Drysdale, Dodgers Top Giants, 2-1

May 10, 1963 - Don Drysdale, who hadn’t won a game in nearly a month, pitched a six-hitter tonight as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated...

May 10, 2023

Reds Dominate Colts on Ladies’ Night at Crosley Field, 13-3

May 10, 1963 - The Reds, their power unshackled, thrilled a Crosley Field ladies’ night crowd of 7,009 last night by going on their...

May 9, 2023

Ellsworth Hurls Gem as Cubs Take Sixth Straight with Win over Pittsburgh

May 9, 1963 - Southpaw Dick Ellsworth (pictured), recovering from a muscle spasm in his left arm, hurled the Chicago Cubs to their sixth...

May 9, 2023

“Marvelous” Marv Throneberry Demoted

May 9, 1963 - Marvelous Marv Throneberry, who last year became a symbol of the New York Mets’ haplessness, was demoted today. The first...

May 8, 2023

Dodgers Club Cards, 11-5, after 11-1 Victory Last Night

May 8, 1963 - Willie Davis (pictured) hit two home runs and a triple as the Los Angeles Dodgers clubbed Cardinal relief pitching for 6...

May 8, 2023

Mets Top Phils as 18-Year-Old Kranepool Drives in Winning Run

May 8, 1963 - A year ago, Ed Kranepool (right) was slamming long home runs at a record clip for James Monroe High School in the Bronx....

May 8, 2023

Red Sox Top Birds as Earl Wilson Shines

May 8, 1963 - Earl Wilson (pictured right with Harry Dorish and Bill Monbouquette) pitched one of the better games of his career in the...

May 7, 2023

Giants Whip Braves on Marichal 4-Hitter

May 7, 1963 - Juan Marichal pitched a 4-hitter and Felipe Alou, Ed Bailey, and José Pagan hit homers today as the San Francisco Giants...

May 7, 2023

Baseball’s Top Brass Holds Meeting on NL Balk Rule

May 7, 1963 - Baseball’s top brass moved today to reduce the number of balks called against National League pitchers. Commissioner Ford...

May 7, 2023

O’Malley: “Walter Alston Is My Manager”

May 7, 1963 - “Walter Alston is my manager, and I have no intention of making a change.” Thus did Walter O’Malley, president of the Los...

May 7, 2023

Dodgers Drop Contest to Pittsburgh Despite 16 Hits

May 7, 1963 - The Dodgers cracked enough base hits — 16 — to win a couple of games, but a throwing error by Jim Gilliam (pictured) paved...

May 6, 2023

Yanks Crush Tigers in Detroit, 10-3

May 6, 1963 - The New York Yankees battered left and right-handed indiscriminately today as they crushed the Tigers, 10-3, in the opener...

May 6, 2023

Cards Split Doubleheader with Reds

May 6, 1963 - “Everything that possibly could go against us went against us — that balk call, the play at the plate, the force play at...

May 5, 2023

Dodgers Top Pirates in Pittsburgh, 7-3, on 3-Run Pinch Homer

May 5, 1963 - Lee Walls smashed a three-run pinch homer in the ninth inning today to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 7-3 victory over...