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Jan 16, 2022

MLB: Berra and Ford Sign New Contracts with Yankees

Jan. 16, 1962 - While downstairs at Toots Shor’s the “poor people” were having lunch today, Yogi Berra and Whitey Ford (pictured with Roy...

Jan 7, 2022

The Bat, Not the Ball: Maris Explains His Home-Run Total

Jan. 7, 1962 - A better bat, not a livelier ball, helped Roger Maris to his record total of 61 home runs last year. The 27-year-old...

Jan 2, 2022

Two Minor Leaguers Vie for Yankees Shortstop Job

Jan. 2, 1962 - As the world champion New York Yankees look forward to launching another spring-training campaign next month, Manager...

Dec 18, 2021

Ping Bodie is Dead

Dec. 18, 1961 - Ping Bodie (pictured left in 1920), the slugging outfielder who was a former roommate of Babe Ruth (right), died of...

Dec 12, 2021

Mantle Expected to Sign 1962 Contract for $85,000

Dec. 12, 1961 - The world champion Yankees may be faced with a record payroll that could go well over $700,000. But their salary troubles...

Nov 15, 2021

Maris Voted MVP Second Year in a Row

Nov. 15, 1961 - Yankee outfielder Roger Maris, whose 61 home runs last season were the most ever hit by a major league player in a...

Nov 8, 2021

Ford Wins Cy Young Award

Nov. 8, 1961 - Whitey Ford, the bellwether of the Yankee pitching staff for more than 10 years, gained the Cy Young award as the...

Nov 4, 2021

Maris Gets 61st Home-Run Ball Back in Sacramento

Nov. 4, 1961 - Roger Maris today got back the ball he hit for his 61st home run last season, but he avoided a red-carpet welcome planned...

Oct 30, 2021

Fan Who Caught Maris’s 61st Homer Weds

Oct. 30, 1961 - Sal Durante (right), the 19-year-old Brooklyn truck driver who caught Roger Maris’s 61st home run, arrived in Sacramento...

Oct 9, 2021

Ford Named Outstanding Performer of 1961 World Series

Oct. 9, 1961 - Whitey Ford (pictured right with Johnny Blanchard and Roger Maris), a double pitching victor for the Yankees, was named...

Oct 9, 2021

Reds Manager Says Maris Homer Was Turning Point

Oct. 9, 1961 - Fred Hutchinson (pictured right with Ralph Houk), the manager of the routed Reds, said after today's game that the Yankees...

Oct 9, 2021

🚨Yankees Rout Reds, 13-5, Win 19th World Series

Oct. 9, 1961 - The Yankees defeated the Cincinnati Reds today, 13-5, and won the world series for the 19th time in 26 attempts. Eight...

Oct 8, 2021

Bombers Take Game Four in Cincinnati

Oct. 8, 1961 - The Yankees defeated the Reds, 7-0, today and moved within a game of winning the 1961 world series. Babe Ruth's...

Oct 7, 2021

Yankees Take Game Three after Maris’s Ninth-Inning Homer

Oct. 7, 1961 - Two majestic home runs — a pinch homer by John Blanchard in the eighth inning and a drive by Roger Maris in the ninth for...

Oct 4, 2021

Yogi Berra Shatters World Series Records

Oct. 4, 1961 - Virtually every time Yogi Berra picks up a bat or draws a deep breath during a world series, he breaks a record, usually...

Oct 4, 2021

Yankees Take Game 1 of Series, 2-0, as Ford Shines

Oct. 4, 1961 - The Yankees defeated the Cincinnati Reds, 2-0, in the first game of the 1961 world series at Yankee Stadium today. Whitey...

Oct 3, 2021

Yankees’ Whitey Ford against Reds’ Jim O’Toole in Series Opener

Oct. 3, 1961 - Weather permitting, it will be Whitey Ford (pictured), star of the Yankee pitching staff, against Jim O'Toole of the...

Oct 2, 2021

DiMaggio to Throw out First Ball of Series at Yankee Stadium

Oct. 2, 1961 - Governors, mayors, and other politicians will have to step aside for an old ballplayer on Wednesday at Yankee Stadium. The...

Oct 1, 2021

Maris Credits Red Sox Pitcher Who Gave Up 61st Homer

Oct. 1, 1961 - After today's game, Roger Maris gave credit to Tracy Stallard (pictured), the Red Sox player whose pitch resulted in...

Oct 1, 2021

Reward for Man Who Caught Maris’s Record Blast

Oct. 1, 1961 - Sal Durante (right), a 19-year-old truck driver from Coney Island, was the fellow who caught Roger Maris's 61st home-run...