1960s Timeline

Oct. 6, 1963 - The Dodgers brought the long reign of the high and mighty Yankees to a dramatic end today. Behind another superb pitching...

Oct. 5, 1963 - After today’s third succcessive defeat at the hands of the Dodgers, the Yankees sat around quietly, not quite believing...

Oct. 5, 1963 - Those incredible Dodgers moved to within one stride of nailing down the World Series today as they brought down the proud...

Oct. 3, 1963 - The Yankee clubhouse after today’s loss to Johnny Podres (pictured) and the Dodgers was ominously quiet, but you couldn’t...

Oct. 3, 1963 - Johnny Podres, who can frustrate his followers by pitching lousy ball and then amaze them with a gem, today reasserted his...

Oct. 2, 1963 - The Dodgers defeated the Yankees, 5-2, in the first game of the 1963 World Series today in the Bronx. The man of the day...

Oct. 1, 1963 - The respective managers of tomorrow’s World Series combatants, Walter Alston of the Dodgers and Raph Houk of the Yankees,...

Oct. 1, 1963 - With two of the game’s outstanding hurlers poised for a tremendous southpaw duel, baseball’s 60th World Series will open...

Sept. 30, 1963 - The battle lines for the Gotham games of the World Series — the first two — were drawn officially today when Ralph Houk...

Sept. 27, 1963 - Sandy Koufax is compiling his personal book on the hitting habits of the Yankees. “I have faced every one of them at...

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

Sept. 26, 1963 - Roger Maris shed the corset encasing his ailing back today, went through an off-day workout with his Yankee teammates,...

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

Sept. 25, 1963 - Whitey Ford, backed by a varsity nine such as manager Ralph Houk had been able to field only nine times this season,...

Sept. 24, 1963 - The Dodgers clinched the National League pennant today when their final challengers, the St. Louis Cardinals, bowed to...

Sept. 13, 1963 - The Yankees tonight clinched their 28th American League pennant, their fourth in a row, and their third under their...

Sept. 8, 1963 - These Yankees are irrepressible. They win when it isn’t really necessary. Today at Yankee Stadium, they completed a sweep...

Sept. 8, 1963 - Warren Spahn, Milwaukee’s 42-year-old pitching great, hurled the Braves to a 3-2 victory over the Phillies today at...

Sept. 7, 1963 - Yankee Stadium was turned into a Bronx bombing range today as the Yanks and Tigers exploded for 29 hits, with the home...

Sept. 4, 1963 - Jim Bouton failed to bag his 20th win today at Yankee Stadium because the Senators were hitting the ball out of the park...