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May 9, 2023

“Marvelous” Marv Throneberry Demoted

May 9, 1963 - Marvelous Marv Throneberry, who last year became a symbol of the New York Mets’ haplessness, was demoted today. The first...

May 8, 2023

Dodgers Club Cards, 11-5, after 11-1 Victory Last Night

May 8, 1963 - Willie Davis (pictured) hit two home runs and a triple as the Los Angeles Dodgers clubbed Cardinal relief pitching for 6...

May 8, 2023

Mets Top Phils as 18-Year-Old Kranepool Drives in Winning Run

May 8, 1963 - A year ago, Ed Kranepool (right) was slamming long home runs at a record clip for James Monroe High School in the Bronx....

May 8, 2023

Red Sox Top Birds as Earl Wilson Shines

May 8, 1963 - Earl Wilson (pictured right with Harry Dorish and Bill Monbouquette) pitched one of the better games of his career in the...

May 7, 2023

Giants Whip Braves on Marichal 4-Hitter

May 7, 1963 - Juan Marichal pitched a 4-hitter and Felipe Alou, Ed Bailey, and José Pagan hit homers today as the San Francisco Giants...

May 7, 2023

Baseball’s Top Brass Holds Meeting on NL Balk Rule

May 7, 1963 - Baseball’s top brass moved today to reduce the number of balks called against National League pitchers. Commissioner Ford...

May 7, 2023

O’Malley: “Walter Alston Is My Manager”

May 7, 1963 - “Walter Alston is my manager, and I have no intention of making a change.” Thus did Walter O’Malley, president of the Los...

May 7, 2023

Dodgers Drop Contest to Pittsburgh Despite 16 Hits

May 7, 1963 - The Dodgers cracked enough base hits — 16 — to win a couple of games, but a throwing error by Jim Gilliam (pictured) paved...

May 6, 2023

Yanks Crush Tigers in Detroit, 10-3

May 6, 1963 - The New York Yankees battered left and right-handed indiscriminately today as they crushed the Tigers, 10-3, in the opener...

May 6, 2023

Cards Split Doubleheader with Reds

May 6, 1963 - “Everything that possibly could go against us went against us — that balk call, the play at the plate, the force play at...

May 5, 2023

Dodgers Top Pirates in Pittsburgh, 7-3, on 3-Run Pinch Homer

May 5, 1963 - Lee Walls smashed a three-run pinch homer in the ninth inning today to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 7-3 victory over...

May 5, 2023

Milwaukee Manager Bragan Fining Pitchers for Balks

May 5, 1963 - Balks have cost the Braves home runs and considerable embarrassment in their last two losses, and any more will cost the...

May 5, 2023

Mets Destroyed by Giants at Polo Grounds, 17-4

May 5, 1963 - At the Polo Grounds yesterday (pictured), the dynamic cry “Let’s go, Mets!” was followed soon enough by some penetrating...

May 4, 2023

Yanks Top Twins, 3-2, Before Big Crowd in Minnesota

May 4, 1963 - The New York Yankees once again served notice on one and all today that left-handers no longer hold any terrors for them....

May 4, 2023

Dickie Kerr, Hero of “Black Sox” Scandal, Is Dead

May 4, 1963 - Dickie Kerr (pictured left with Ray Fisher before the 1919 World Series), hero of the “Black Sox” baseball scandal, died of...

May 3, 2023

Willie Mays Receives Numerous Gifts and Presidential Telegram

May 3, 1963 - President Kennedy sent a telegram to Willie Mays tonight on the occasion of “Willie Mays Night” at the Polo Grounds. The...

May 3, 2023

Giants Top Mets on “Willie Mays Night” at Polo Grounds

May 3, 1963 - A young man named Jack Fisher and an older one named Duke Snider turned out to be the heroes of “Willie Mays Night” at the...

May 3, 2023

Yanks Hammer Angels, 7-0

May 3, 1963 - The New York Yankees yesterday laid violent hands on Bill Rigney’s rambuntious Los Angeles Angels before a startled crowd...

May 2, 2023

Ninth-Inning Single by Brooks Robinson leads O’s to Victory over White Sox

May 2, 1963 - A single by Brooks Robinson with the bases loaded in the ninth inning helped the fourth-place Baltimore Orioles to an 8-7...

May 2, 2023

Ted Williams on Managing: “No Chance”

May 2, 1963 - Ted Williams (pictured at the New England Sportsmen’s Show in January) said today there is no chance he could be enticed to...