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Apr 25, 2023

Cards to Send Sadecki to Face Giants’ O’Dell

Apr. 25, 1963 - Cardinal manager Johnny Keane will send another southpaw against the Giants today following Curt Simmons’s 4-3 success...

Apr 24, 2023

Willey Shuts Out Cubs, 2-0, Credits Met Catcher Choo Choo Coleman

Apr. 24, 1963 - Carlton Willey (pictured), the latest in a growing line of Amazin’ Mets, today discovered a way to beat the balk menace....

Apr 24, 2023

Koufax Injured

Apr. 24, 1963 - Sandy Koufax, the Dodgers’ unlucky pitching star whose finger injury last year cost Los Angeles the pennant, will be out...

Apr 23, 2023

Marichal and Giants Top Reds

Apr. 23, 1963 - Juan Marichal survived the longest strike since the newspapers in New York quit publishing and hung on for a 4-2 victory...

Apr 23, 2023

Braves Protest Loss To Dodgers

Apr. 23, 1963 - Frank Howard (pictured) hit a towering home run at Dodger Stadium with two out in the bottom of the ninth today, giving...

Apr 23, 2023

N.L. President: Balk Rule “Will Continue To Be Enforced”

Apr. 23, 1963 - Warren Giles, president of the National League, said today the balk rule “will continue to be enforced” despite protests...

Apr 22, 2023

Senators Give Manager Mickey Vernon a Win for His 45th Birthday

Apr. 22, 1963 - “Let’s give Mickey an Angel food birthday cake,” said Washington pitcher Tom Cheney (pictured) as he took the mound...

Apr 22, 2023

Reds Drop Giants at Candlestick, 7-4

Apr. 22, 1963 - Jerry Lynch, a pinch hitter, and then Frank Robinson took turns belting two-run homers off Jack Sanford in a five-run...

Apr 21, 2023

Mets Sweep Doubleheader from Braves at Polo Grounds

Apr. 21, 1963 - The most glorious hour in the Mets’ brief history arrived at 8:14 p.m. tonight. At that moment, they completed their...

Apr 21, 2023

Dodgers Sweep Doubleheader from Colts

Apr. 21, 1963 - While taking both ends of today’s doubleheader from Houston, the Dodgers ran the gamut. They won the opener, 11-3, to...

Apr 21, 2023

White Sox Top Twins as Nicholson Hits Triple and Grand Slam

Apr. 21, 1963 - Dave Nicholson drove in 5 runs with a triple and a grand slam homer yesterday to help the Chicago White Sox overcome a...

Apr 21, 2023

Bob Kennedy, Cub Manager, Predicts Durocher to Replace Alston as Dodger Skipper

Apr. 21, 1963 - Bob Kennedy (pictured), “head coach” of the managerless Chicago Cubs, predicted yesterday that the Los Angeles Dodgers’...

Apr 20, 2023

Sievers Slugs Phils to 6-2 Win Over Cards

Apr. 20, 1963 - Roy Sievers (pictured), whose big bat carried the Phillies to a 6-2 victory over the Cardinals today in Philadelphia, had...

Apr 20, 2023

Oriole Rookie McNally Shines as Birds Top Indians, 8-1

Apr. 20, 1963 - Dave McNally (pictured), 20-year-old Oriole rookie, stepped into an emergency in Baltimore today. In the process, he may...

Apr 19, 2023

Koufax Authors Two-Hit Shutout over Houston, 2-0

Apr. 19, 1963 - Thousands upon thousands of Dodger fans who chickened out because of threatening weather tonight missed the unveiling of...

Apr 19, 2023

Mets Earn First Victory of Season

Apr. 19, 1963 - The Mets won their first victory of the season today, and they came from behind to do it. You would have thought they...

Apr 19, 2023

Schwall and Pirates Top Cards, 3-2

Apr. 19, 1963 - As far as the Cardinals are concerned, Pirate pitcher Don Schwall (pictured) should have stuck to his first love —...

Apr 18, 2023

Cubs Top Drysdale and Dodgers, 5-1, in L.A.

April 18, 1963 - The Chicago Cubs took another giant stride away from their disastrous 1962 campaign by beating the great Don Drysdale...

Apr 17, 2023

Dodgers Top Cubs as Skowron Knocks In Winning Run

Apr. 17, 1963 - Bill Skowron (pictured), after getting only 2 hits in 23 times at bat, singled in the winning run in the 10th inning with...

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....