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Aug 20, 2023

Dodgers Beat Cardinals, Stretch N.L. Lead

Aug. 20, 1963 - The Dodgers took on the Cardinals tonight, the hard-hitting club that had just swept three straight from the Giants, and...

Aug 19, 2023

Cards Sweep Giants

Aug. 19, 1963 - Ken Boyer’s second two-run homer of the game tied the score in the ninth inning and, moments later, Julian Javier...

Aug 18, 2023

Yanks Sweep Doubleheader in Chicago

Aug. 18, 1963 - The Mantle-less, Maris-less, merciless Yankees today completed a 2-week, 6,750-mile, 14-game road trip that had about the...

Aug 16, 2023

Cardinals Destroy Giants at Busch Stadium

Aug. 16, 1963 - The baseball Cardinals could not have celebrated the opening of the football Cardinals’ exhibition schedule more...

Aug 15, 2023

Yankee Subs Chip in for Victory over Bosox

Aug. 15, 1963 - The Yankee fleet of super-subs was at it again today as Johnny Blanchard, playing right field for sore-handed Roger...

Aug 15, 2023

Karl Drews, Former Major League Pitcher, Killed in Florida

Aug. 15, 1963 - Karl Drews (pictured center in 1947 with Bill Bevens and Vic Raschi), former major league pitcher, was struck and killed...

Aug 14, 2023

Mets Start New Win Streak: Two Straight

Aug. 14, 1963 - The marvelous Mets are off on a new win streak — two straight. They beat the Pirates today at the Polo Grounds, 4-2, as...

Aug 13, 2023

Orioles Top Twins in Minnesota as Barber Shines

Aug. 13, 1963 - “This park makes me sick,” said Oriole pitcher Steve Barber (pictured) before taking the mound against the Twins at...

Aug 13, 2023

Yogi Berra To Appear on ABC’s “General Hospital”

Aug. 13, 1963 - Lawrence Peter Berra (pictured with John Beradino) will make his television drama debut Friday at 1 p.m. on ABC. Berra,...

Aug 12, 2023

Phils Come Back to Beat Giants, 3-1

Aug. 12, 1963 - Frustrated and almost futile for seven innings as they tried desperately to break their losing streak, the Phillies came...

Aug 12, 2023

Musial Recognized as All-Time Great

Aug. 12, 1963 - In his 22 years with the Cardinals, Stan Musial (pictured in 1949), who today announced his retirement at the end of this...

Aug 12, 2023

Stan Musial Announces Retirement

Aug. 12, 1963 - Stan (The Man) Musial, one of the greatest hitters in baseball, today announced his retirement as a player at the end of...

Aug 11, 2023

Giants Top Phillies, Move Within 3½ of Dodgers

Aug. 11, 1963 - Willie Mays’ daily hit was a big one again today, and the Giants, with a 5-1 victory over the Phillies at Connie Mack...

Aug 10, 2023

Dodgers Top Reds as Drysdale Sets Strikeout Record

Aug. 10, 1963 - In winning a big one for the Dodgers tonight, Don Drysdale became the third pitcher in National League history to record...

Aug 9, 2023

Mets Top Cubs as Craig Finally Ends Losing Streak

Aug. 9, 1963 - The Ballad of Roger Craig, a woeful tale of one of the great right-handed tragic heroes of modern times, came to a...

Aug 9, 2023

Whitey Ford Takes His Family to Disneyland

Aug. 9, 1963 - Whitey Ford, the New York Yankee ace who goes after his 17th victory tomorrow night in Los Angeles against the Angels, is...

Aug 8, 2023

Yanks Win a Quick One in Washington

Aug. 8, 1963 - Two of baseball’s best “plane-catchers,” Ralph Terry of the New York Yankees and Don Rudolph of the Washington Senators,...

Aug 7, 2023

Mets Top Cards at Polo Grounds as Hickman Hits for the Cycle

Aug. 7, 1963 - The power of positive action swept over the Mets today in such a fashion that they played a brand of baseball not in...

Aug 6, 2023

Dodgers Top Cubs at Wrigley as Wills Raps Four Hits

Aug. 6, 1963 - For the fifth time this season, Don Drysdale allowed the Cubs one earned run today in hurling the Dodgers to a 4-1 victory...

Aug 5, 2023

Cubs’ Ernie Banks Hospitalized

Aug. 5, 1963 - Ernie Banks, in the throes of his worst batting slump since joining the Chicago Cubs in 1953, entered Chicago’s Wesley...