Duke Snider Headed Back to New York
Mar. 26, 1963 - Duke Snider (pictured in 1955) apparently is headed back to New York, where the outfielder starred for a dozen years for...
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Mar 20, 2023
Mets Interested in Duke Snider
Mar. 20, 1963 - The New York Mets made inquiries about Duke Snider (pictured at Ebbets Field in 1955) today, but the Los Angeles Dodgers...
Mar 18, 2023
Mets Top Yanks In Exhibition Game, 1-0
Mar. 18, 1963 - Try as they would today, the world champion New York Yankees could not impress their importance on Casey Stengel’s...
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
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 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 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 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 7, 2023
Giants’ Cepeda Still Hasn’t Signed Contract for ‘63
Feb. 7, 1963 - The San Francisco Giants’ Orlando Cepeda (pictured last season), resting for the first winter in his life, says he can’t...
Jan 31, 2023
Stengel: Hodges May Coach for Mets
Jan. 31, 1963 - If 38-year-old Gil Hodges (left) can’t drag his aching legs out to first base next season, he’ll probably wind up as a...
Jan 8, 2023
Outfielder Richie Ashburn to Retire
Jan. 8, 1963 - Richie Ashburn (pictured in 1957) disclosed today that he had retired from active baseball and would broadcast...
Dec 11, 2022
Mets Acquire Stallard and Green in Trade with Red Sox
Dec. 11, 1962 - The New York Mets today acquired Tracy Stallard, a right-handed pitcher who threw a historic home run ball (pictured);...
Nov 12, 2022
Mets’ New Stadium Set to Open in 1963
Nov. 12, 1962 - The New York Mets will start their second year in the National League at the new Flushing Meadow stadium on April 9...
Nov 9, 2022
AFL’s Titans in Financial Trouble
Nov. 9, 1962 - Milt Woodard, the assistant commissioner of the American Football League, said today the league had loaned the New York...
Oct 29, 2022
New Mets Stadium May Be Named after Lawyer Shea
Oct. 29, 1962 - New York City’s new stadium in Flushing Meadow Park, Queens, would be named the “William A. Shea Stadium” under a bill...
Sep 30, 2022
Mets Lose Final Game of Season
Sept. 30, 1962 - At Wrigley Field today, the New York Mets lost their final game of the season to the Chicago Cubs, 5-1. It was their...
Sep 26, 2022
Mets Biggest Losers in Modern Baseball History
Sept. 26, 1962 - Shed another tear for the New York Mets, who bowed, 6-3, to the Braves tonight and wound up with exclusive rights to...
Sep 25, 2022
Mets Lose 117th Game
Sept. 25, 1962 - Casey Stengel’s Mets were beaten by Warren Spahn and the Braves today, 7-3. The defeat was the New Yorkers’ 117th of the...
Sep 20, 2022
Mets Set Another Unenviable Record
Sept. 20, 1962 - The New York Mets lost their 115th game tonight. In doing so, the new club tied the National League record for futility...
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