Giants Drop Colt .45s in Houston on Ed Bailey’s Slam
Apr. 10, 1963 - Ed Bailey, the talkative 31-year-old catcher from Strawberry Plains, Tenn., hit a pinch-hit grand slam home run in the...
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Apr 9, 2023
Drysdale Shines as Dodgers Top Cubs at Wrigley, 5-1
Apr. 9, 1963 - Don Drysdale, a 25-game winner last year, opened the season by hurling the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-1 victory over the...
Apr 9, 2023
Mets Drop Season Opener to Cards at Polo Grounds
Apr. 9, 1963 - Harsh reality, wearing the uniform of the St. Louis Cardinals, smothered the New York Mets like a massive wet blanket...
Apr 9, 2023
Yankees Top Athletics, 8-2, as Truman Looks On
Apr. 9, 1963 - Amid considerable fanfare and a bright display of color, the Athletics, resplendent in their new uniforms of Tulane gold...
Apr 9, 2023
Reds Are Victorious over Pirates, 5-2, at Crosley Field
Apr. 9, 1963 - Jim O’Toole, the cocky Irishman who had insisted the opening day assignment should be his, converted the boast into...
Apr 8, 2023
President Kennedy Throws Out First Pitch at D.C. Stadium
Apr. 8, 1963 - A labor dispute almost kept President Kennedy from celebrating the traditional rites of spring today. But expert pinch...
Apr 8, 2023
Tigers Claim Right-Hander McLain from White Sox
Apr. 8, 1963 - The Detroit Tigers claimed Dennis McLain (pictured), a 19-year-old bonus right-hander, from the Chicago White Sox for the...
Apr 8, 2023
Apr. 8, 1963 | JFK Throws out First Pitch (VIDEO)
Apr. 8, 1963 - President Kennedy threw out the ceremonial first pitch at today's contest between the Washington Senators and Baltimore...
Apr 7, 2023
Herb Score Quits Baseball
Apr. 7, 1963 - Herb Score, for whom the Boston Red Sox once offered the Cleveland Indians $1 million, quit baseball today after a...
Apr 6, 2023
Angels Top Sloppy Dodgers in Exhibition
Apr. 6, 1963 - Jim Fregosi tied the game with a ninth-inning triple then scored on a misplayed throw-in for a 4-3 victory by the Los...
Apr 5, 2023
Beanball War Being Waged Between Giants and Indians
Apr. 5, 1963 - Rain canceled today’s game between the San Francisco Giants and Cleveland Indians as reverberations from their beanball...
Apr 5, 2023
Stengel Refuses to Predict Mets’ Season
Apr. 5, 1963 - When Casey Stengel was winning championships with the Yankees, he would rarely hesitate to predict that “we oughta win it...
Apr 5, 2023
JFK Gets A.L. Season Pass from Cronin
Apr. 5, 1963 - President Kennedy today received a season pass to American League baseball games and reported that his arm was in good...
Apr 4, 2023
Alston Still Juggling Dodger Lineup
Apr. 4, 1963 - With the National League curtain-raiser only a few days away, Dodger skipper Walter Alston continues to juggle his lineup....
Apr 4, 2023
Spahn Wants the Ball Every Fourth Day
Apr. 4, 1963 - Warren Spahn, an 18-game winner in 1962, believes he can return to the 20-game circle this year. But the Braves’ southpaw,...
Apr 3, 2023
Pirates Top Injury-Plagued Yankees in Exhibition
Apr. 3, 1963 - Suddenly plagued by countless Yankee injuries of varying magnitude, Ralph Houk decided to field a team today that included...
Apr 3, 2023
UPI Picks Yankees and Dodgers — then Yankees to Win It All
Apr. 3, 1963 - The New York Yankees in a runaway and the Los Angeles Dodgers by the skin of their teeth — that’s how the United Press...
Apr 2, 2023
Mets Top Cards in Exhibition Matchup
Apr. 2, 1963 - It is not true that the New York Mets, who today scored 5 runs in the eighth inning and beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 7-6,...
Apr 1, 2023
Maris Hurt in Exhibition
Apr. 1, 1963 - New York Yankee injury woes reached a new high today when Roger Maris pulled up lame during an exhibition game with the...
Apr 1, 2023
Snider Purchased by Mets
Apr. 1, 1963 - The Duke is coming home. The Mets announced tonight the long-awaited purchase of Duke Snider (pictured left in 1955) for...
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