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Mar 6

San Francisco Giants Set to Face Indians in First Exhibition Game

Mar. 6, 1964 - The San Francisco Giants open the 1964 Cactus League season at Tucson tomorrow, facing the Cleveland Indians in the...

Dec 3, 2023

Big Trade between Giants and Braves

Dec. 3, 1963 - The San Francisco Giants and the Milwaukee Braves today made a six-player trade. The Giants received two pitchers — Bob...

Sep 26, 2023

Durocher: Dodgers Ready for Yanks

Sept. 26, 1963 - Take it from the Voice of Experience, Lippy Leo Durocher — the Dodgers are mentally ready for the Yankees. “This club is...

Sep 25, 2023

Former Major League Infielder Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

Sept. 25, 1963 - Hank Thompson (right with Monte Irvin and Willie Mays in 1951), former infielder for the New York Giants, was sentenced...

Sep 6, 2023

Dodgers Drop Giants as Koufax Wins 22nd

Sept. 6, 1963 - Jim Gilliam, the Dodgers’ old pro, hit a home run and scored four times tonight to present Sandy Koufax with his 22nd...

Sep 2, 2023

Willie Mays Collapses at Home Plate

Sept. 2, 1963 - Willie Mays, who collapsed at the plate at Candlestick Park today, is suffering from nervous exhaustion and fatigue but...

Sep 1, 2023

Dodgers Top Giants in L.A.

Sept. 1, 1963 - Life can be beautiful at Dodger Stadium when the home team comes up with clutch hitting and pitching. That was the case...

Aug 30, 2023

Dodgers Down Giants as Drysdale Shines

Aug. 30, 1963 - Dodger Stadium prolonged its magic spell tonight as the Dodgers took another game from the hated Giants and dropped them...

Aug 30, 2023

Bernstein Battles Baseball at Bowl

Aug. 30, 1963 - Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic made their first appearance at the Hollywood Bowl last night since 1960,...

Aug 29, 2023

Dodgers Flatten Giants, 11-2, as Koufax Wins 20th

Aug. 29, 1963 - Sandy Koufax, given the most lavish support any Dodger pitcher has had in 45 games, pitched a 3-hitter tonight and became...

Aug 27, 2023

Giants Top Cards, Gain Second-Place Tie

Aug. 27, 1963 - The Giants gave hurler Jack Sanford a big cushion today, and he did the rest, beating the Cardinals, 7-2, at Candlestick...

Aug 22, 2023

Giants Top Braves as Mays Excels

Aug. 22, 1963 - Juan Marichal survived a grand slam by Joe Torre today and pitched his 19th victory of the season as the Giants gained an...

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 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...

Jul 28, 2023

Mays Homer Wins It for Giants, Top Pirates 3-1

July 28, 1963 - Willie Mays blasted a 2-run homer today that sparked the San Francisco Giants to a 3-1 victory over the Pittsburgh...

Jul 24, 2023

Mets Blow Lead, Lose Again to San Francisco

July 24, 1963 - The New York Mets, who are still accentuating the negative, today not only kicked away another game but booted themselves...

Jul 21, 2023

Braves Sweep Doubleheader from Dodgers

July 21, 1963 - The Milwaukee Braves blasted 8 Los Angeles pitchers for 26 hits today and won a doubleheader from the Dodgers in...

Jul 16, 2023

Giants Split Doubleheader but Pirates Take Series

July 16, 1963 - Despite the fantastic slugging feats of unbelievable Willie McCovey (pictured), the Giants just can’t win a doubleheader....

Jul 14, 2023

S.F. Manager Alvin Dark: Opposing Pitchers “Picking Off Our Men, One by One”

July 14, 1963 - Alvin Dark (pictured with Willie Mays) said today he would risk life suspension from baseball rather than not order...

Jul 7, 2023

Cards Snap 8-Game Losing Streak

July 7, 1963 - Bob Gibson’s clutch pitching and Stan Musial's two-run homer helped the St. Louis Cardinals snap an eight-game losing...