1960s Timeline

Oct. 16, 1962 - Ralph Houk’s Bombers, behind the 4-hit pitching of their ace right-hander, Ralph Terry, turned back the Giants, 1-0, in...

Oct. 16, 1962 - “One foot higher, and I guess I would have been a hero,” said the San Francisco Giants’ Willie McCovey (right) in the...

Oct. 16, 1962 - “I am a very lucky fellow, and I certainly thank God for a second opportunity,” said Ralph Terry today after he had...

Oct. 16, 1962 - Baseball’s longest season ended today with the New York Yankees still the world champions. Ralph Houk’s Bombers, behind...

Oct. 15, 1962 - The World Series got rolling again today, and it rolled right over the Yankees. The San Francisco Giants, behind the...

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

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

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

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

Oct. 2, 1962 - After a batting drill today, during which Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, and other Bombers demonstrated they hadn’t lost...

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...