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Apr 30, 2023

Angels Top Yanks in Los Angeles, 6-3

Apr. 30, 1963 - Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris played their first league game of the season side by side today as the Yankees opened a...

Apr 29, 2023

Ford Hurls 2-Hitter as Yanks Crush Tribe, 5-0, Sweep 2-Game Series

Apr. 29, 1963 - Whitey Ford, plagued throughout the spring with a sore arm, brought cheer to the New York Yankees yesterday with one of...

Apr 27, 2023

Yanks Crush Indians, 8-1, as Mantle Returns

Apr. 27, 1963 - Mickey Mantle, sidelined with a muscle strain since April 13, returned to the Yankee lineup today and drew thunderous...

Apr 17, 2023

Tigers Top Yanks on Triandos Bomb

Apr. 17, 1963 - Ralph Terry, despite his rise in stature among major league pitchers, still finds the home run the bane of his existence....

Apr 14, 2023

Stan Williams Wins Yankee Debut as Bombers Top Orioles, 5-1

Apr. 14, 1963 - The New York Yankees took sole possession of the American League lead today. Determined to make that winter trade of...

Apr 11, 2023

Orioles Spoil Yankees’ Home Opener

Apr. 11, 1963 - The Yankees put on quite a pregame show today at their 41st Stadium opener. (Pictured below is Joe DiMaggio, who threw...

Apr 9, 2023

Yankees Top Athletics, 8-2, as Truman Looks On

Apr. 9, 1963 - Amid considerable fanfare and a bright display of color, the Athletics, resplendent in their new uniforms of Tulane gold...

Apr 7, 2023

Herb Score Quits Baseball

Apr. 7, 1963 - Herb Score, for whom the Boston Red Sox once offered the Cleveland Indians $1 million, quit baseball today after a...

Apr 5, 2023

Stengel Refuses to Predict Mets’ Season

Apr. 5, 1963 - When Casey Stengel was winning championships with the Yankees, he would rarely hesitate to predict that “we oughta win it...

Apr 3, 2023

Pirates Top Injury-Plagued Yankees in Exhibition

Apr. 3, 1963 - Suddenly plagued by countless Yankee injuries of varying magnitude, Ralph Houk decided to field a team today that included...

Apr 3, 2023

UPI Picks Yankees and Dodgers — then Yankees to Win It All

Apr. 3, 1963 - The New York Yankees in a runaway and the Los Angeles Dodgers by the skin of their teeth — that’s how the United Press...

Apr 1, 2023

Maris Hurt in Exhibition

Apr. 1, 1963 - New York Yankee injury woes reached a new high today when Roger Maris pulled up lame during an exhibition game with the...

Mar 22, 2023

DiMaggio Impressed by Yankee Youth

Mar. 22, 1963 - Far removed from the tumult and the shouting, Joe DiMaggio is having the time of his life while doing some important work...

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 15, 2023

Yogi Berra Now a Player-Coach

Mar. 15, 1963 - When the Yankee training camp moved into full gear two weeks ago with the arrival of all the regulars at Fort Lauderdale,...

Mar 14, 2023

Dodgers top Yanks in Exhibition Contest

Mar. 14, 1963 - Although the bell won't ring until April 9, the Dodger pitching rotation already is beginning to take some semblance of...

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

Maris Eyes Power Surge In ‘63

Mar. 1, 1963 - As Roger Maris sees it, an eighth to a quarter of an inch is all that stands between him and a comeback to another big...

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 27, 2023

Mickey Mantle Signs $100,000 Contract with Yanks

Feb. 27, 1963 - The world champion Yankees, who break a record almost every time they win a game, hit another home run, or turn around,...