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Oct 13, 2022

Yankees and Giants Waiting Out the Rain

Oct. 13, 1962 - Time hung heavily on the hands of the Yankees today as they waited impatiently for the weather to permit resumption of...

Oct 12, 2022

Dodger General Manager Excoriates Durocher for Disloyalty

Oct. 12, 1962 - Emil “Buzzie” Bavasi, general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, today charged Coach Leo Durocher (right) with being...

Oct 10, 2022

Tom Tresh Having Remarkable Rookie Year

Oct. 10, 1962 - When Tom Tresh struck the blow that beat the Giants today, he did it as a left-handed swinger against the right-handed...

Oct 10, 2022

Tresh’s Homer Lifts Yanks to Game Five win and 3-2 Series Lead

Oct. 10, 1962 - Tom Tresh, the Yankees’ rookie of the year throughout the pennant campaign, became their man of the hour today. With one...

Oct 8, 2022

Ford Bombed as Giants Tie World Series at 2-2

Oct. 8, 1962 - The home run, long the hallmark of the New York Yankees’ success, was turned on the Bombers today with stunning effect....

Oct 7, 2022

World Series: Yankees Take Game 3 on Stafford’s Fine Pitching

Oct. 7, 1962 - Shrugging off the effects of a line drive that left him limping on a badly bruised leg, Bill Stafford (left) today hurled...

Oct 5, 2022

Sanford: “Best Game I Ever Pitched”

Oct. 5, 1962 - “That was the best game I ever pitched,” Jack Sanford (right with Willie McCovey), the San Francisco Giants’ ace...

Oct 5, 2022

Jack Sanford Hurls Giants to Game Two Shutout, 2-0

Oct. 5, 1962 - The inhabitants of San Francisco have returned to Cloud Nine. They were carried there today by Alvin Dark’s inspired...

Oct 4, 2022

Maris in “Altogether Different Frame of Mind” This Year

Oct. 4, 1962 - Roger Maris may have heard the boos that greeted his every appearance at the plate today, but he gave no indication of it,...

Oct 4, 2022

Yankees Take Opener of 1962 World Series in San Francisco, 6-2

Oct. 4, 1962 - The San Francisco Giants were given a hard push by the New York Yankees today and went tumbling off Cloud Nine. The...

Oct 3, 2022

🚨Giants Take Series Against Dodgers with Stunning Ninth-Inning Comeback

Oct. 3, 1962 - One of the most dramatic and nerve-racking pennant races in years came to an astounding end today when the San Francisco...

Oct 2, 2022

San Francisco Manager Predicts Victory Tomorrow

Oct. 2, 1962 - “We’ll get ‘em tomorrow. That’s all I have to say.” These words were spoken by a tight-lipped Alvin Dark tonight after his...

Oct 2, 2022

There’s Life in Dodgertown as Los Angeles Evens Playoff Series with Giants

Oct. 2, 1962 - Incredible as it may seem, the 1962 National League pennant playoff is still alive and so are the Dodgers, who beat the...

Oct 1, 2022

Stumbling Dodgers Have No Answers

Oct. 1, 1962 - It was so quiet in the Dodgers’ dressing room after tonight’s loss that you could have heard an expletive drop. And...

Oct 1, 2022

Willie Mays Weary but Determined

Oct. 1, 1962 - “Only if we win the pennant. Ask me again tomorrow.” That’s how Willie Mays (pictured left stealing second in the eighth...

Sep 27, 2022

Cards Top Giants in Big Jolt to S.F. Pennant Hopes

Sept. 27, 1962 - Gene Oliver’s 3-run homer capped an early St. Louis Cardinal outburst today that stood up for a 7-4 victory over San...

Sep 12, 2022

Reds Snap Giants’ 7-Game Win Streak

Sept. 12, 1962 - Two home runs by Frank Robinson and one by Wally Post powered the Reds to a 4-1 victory today over the Giants in...

Sep 11, 2022

Sanford Notches 22nd Win as Giants Blank Pirates, 2-0

Sept. 11, 1962 - Jack Sanford posted his 16th straight pitching victory and 22nd for the season today by blanking Pittsburgh, 2-0. The...

Jul 25, 2022

Jackie Robinson Speaks in Cooperstown; Willie Mays Speaks on NL Pennant Race

Full report here: https://bit.ly/3RQlj6p #dodgers #sfgiants #mlb

Jul 8, 2022

Dodgers Regain First Place as Koufax Dominates

July 8, 1962 - Sandy Koufax today became the National League’s first left-hander to strike out 200 batters 2 seasons in a row, as the Los...