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Mar 6, 2023

S.F. Giants and Cepeda at Contract Impasse

Mar. 6, 1963 - Chub Feeney, general manager of the San Francisco Giants, said today he and Orlando Cepeda (right with José Pagan) had...

Mar 5, 2023

Dodger Speedster Maury Wills Decides When To Run

Mar. 5, 1963 - Maury Wills (pictured right with Leo Durocher), the Dodgers’ fleet-footed shortstop who shattered Ty Cobb’s 47-year-old...

Mar 3, 2023

Mets Place Gene Woodling on Waivers

Mar. 3, 1963 -The New York Mets decided today to dispense with the services of Gene Woodling (pictured right with Hank Bauer and Mickey...

Mar 1, 2023

Maris Eyes Power Surge In ‘63

Mar. 1, 1963 - As Roger Maris sees it, an eighth to a quarter of an inch is all that stands between him and a comeback to another big...

Mar 1, 2023

Record Total Baseball Games To Be Telecast

Mar. 1, 1963 - A record total of 957 major league baseball games will be telecast this season, with the 20 teams receiving about $14...

Feb 28, 2023

Senators’ Manager, Mickey Vernon, Prepares for ’63 Season

Feb. 28, 1963 - Mickey Vernon (pictured between President Kennedy and Al Lopez in 1961), like Casey Stengel with the National League...

Feb 27, 2023

Koufax Looking Good

Feb. 27, 1963 - Sandy Koufax, the No. 1 question mark of the Los Angeles Dodgers, is beginning to erase some of the doubts. The...

Feb 27, 2023

Mickey Mantle Signs $100,000 Contract with Yanks

Feb. 27, 1963 - The world champion Yankees, who break a record almost every time they win a game, hit another home run, or turn around,...

Feb 26, 2023

Yankees’ Ace Not Worried About Strike Zone Shift

Feb. 26, 1963 - The Yankees stand-out left-hander, Whitey Ford, today professed to be unconcerned about the new, enlarged strike zone....

Feb 26, 2023

Rumors of Mets-Dodgers Trade: Snider for Craig

Feb. 26, 1963 - Duke Snider’s name has been cropping up in a prospective trade that would bring pitcher Roger Craig of the New York Mets...

Feb 25, 2023

Commissioner Frick Sees No Forthcoming Scandals in Major League Baseball

Feb. 25, 1963 - Baseball is protecting its good name with extra vigilance in these days of sports scandals, but Commissioner Ford Frick...

Feb 24, 2023

Manager Alston: Dodgers’ Success in ’63 Depends on Koufax

Feb. 24, 1963 - Manager Walter Alston labelled Sandy Koufax “our big concern” as the Los Angeles Dodgers began spring training in Vero...

Feb 20, 2023

Stengel Talks up “Marvelous” Marv Throneberry

Feb. 20, 1963 - At the moment, Marv Throneberry is still the Mets’ No. 1 first baseman, and it is a prospect that does not necessarily...

Feb 20, 2023

Mays Signs With Giants for $100,000

Feb. 20, 1963 - Willie Mays, baseball’s highest paid player, signed today for an estimated $100,000 with the San Francisco Giants. It...

Feb 20, 2023

Joe Medwick: I Belong In Hall of Fame

Feb. 20, 1963 - Joe (Ducky) Medwick (pictured in 1934), who hit .374 one year for St. Louis Cardinal manager Frankie Frisch, declared...

Feb 19, 2023

Stengel Steels Himself for Second Season as Mets’ Skipper

Feb. 19, 1963 - Pushing 73 as he prepares to lead his ragtail New York Mets into their second year in the National League, Casey Stengel...

Feb 19, 2023

Phil Rizzuto Crushes Fingers in Rotary Snow Plow

Feb. 19, 1963 - Phil Rizzuto (pictured with his wife Cora at the 1957 World Series), former New York Yankee shortstop, was operated on...

Feb 19, 2023

Vada Pinson, Reds’ Center Fielder, Has Emergency Operation

Feb. 19, 1963 - Vada Pinson (pictured), star center fielder of the Cincinnati Reds, had his appendix removed in an emergency operation...

Feb 18, 2023

Pitcher Larry Sherry Signs with Dodgers

Feb. 18, 1963 - Larry Sherry (pictured with Don Drysdale), the No. 1 candidate to be the Los Angeles Dodgers’ fourth starter, today...

Feb 17, 2023

Dodgers 9-5 Favorites To Win NL Pennant

Feb. 17, 1963 - There was considerable arching of eyebrows the today when the Dodgers were established as 9-5 National League favorites...