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May 31, 2022

TV: Tonight on "The Donna Reed Show"

May 31, 1962 - Tonight on “The Donna Reed Show,” Jeff manages to get an interview with Don Drysdale, an all-star pitcher for the Los...

May 31, 2022

Koufax Acclaims Mets Fans

May 31, 1962 - “That was the most exciting game I ever pitched in my life,” said Sandy Koufax today. This was a rather astonishing...

May 30, 2022

Mets Drop Doubleheader to Dodgers in Jam-Packed Polo Grounds

May 30, 1962 - The creaking old Polo Grounds rocked today with the cheers of the largest baseball crowd it has housed in 20 years....

May 26, 2022

Dodgers Beat Phillies, 6-3, as Koufax Strikes Out 16

May 26, 1962 - Sandy Koufax struck out 16 Philadelphia batters today and collected a run-scoring single in leading the Dodgers to a 6-3...

May 25, 2022

Dodgers Destroy Mets, 17-8, in Los Angeles

May 25, 1962 - Disaster engulfed the Mets on all fronts tonight as the Dodgers swept the three-game series with a crushing 17-8 triumph...

May 21, 2022

Koufax Pitches 5-Hitter as Dodgers Maul Giants, 8-1

May 21, 1962 - Sandy Koufax scored his fifth victory with a 5-hitter, and Tom Davis drove in 3 runs with a homer and a double today as...

May 17, 2022

Polo Grounds To Host Old-Timers Day July 14

May 17, 1962 - The New York Mets, who have yet to celebrate their first anniversary as a National League baseball club, will hold their...

May 15, 2022

Dodgers Top Colts as Duke Snider Ties Dodger RBI Record Set by Gil Hodges

May 15, 1962 - The Los Angeles Dodgers scored six runs on six hits in the seventh inning and defeated the Houston Colts, 10-7, tonight. A...

May 14, 2022

Minoso Approaching "Danger Period" after Skull Fracture

May 14, 1962 - Minnie Minoso, the St. Louis Cardinals outfielder who suffered a skull fracture and a broken right wrist Friday, was put...

May 11, 2022

Cardinals' Minnie Minoso Hospitalized with Fractured Skull

May 11, 1962 - Minnie Minoso (pictured with Stan Musial in March), left fielder for the Cardinals, suffered a skull fracture in St. Louis...

Apr 26, 2022

Dodgers Top Cubs, 12-5, as Willie Davis Hits Two Homers

Apr. 26, 1962 - The Los Angeles Dodgers hit four homers today, two of them by Willie Davis (pictured), and defeated the Chicago Cubs at...

Apr 24, 2022

Koufax Strikes Out 18 Cubs as Dodgers Win, 10-2

Apr. 24, 1962 - Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers struck out 18 batters today and matched the modern major league mark he already...

Apr 22, 2022

Winless Mets Defeated by Undefeated Pirates, 4-3

Apr. 22, 1962 - The New York Mets lost again today, defeated by the undefeated Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-3. “Well, we played a hard nine...

Apr 20, 2022

Stengel Orders Mets to Work on Fundamentals

Apr. 20, 1962 - At the insistence of Manager Casey Stengel, the New York Mets practiced baseball fundamentals in New York today before...

Apr 11, 2022

Dodgers Top Reds on Koufax's Four-Hitter

Apr. 11, 1962 - Sandy Koufax’s four-hit pitching performance, combined with timely Dodger extra-base hits, gave Los Angeles a 6-2 victory...

Apr 9, 2022

Dodger's New Stadium in Chavez Ravine is Dedicated

Apr. 9, 1962 - Eager citizens, proud civic leaders, and jubilant baseball dignitaries today joined to dedicate the Los Angeles Dodgers’...

Mar 29, 2022

Otto Miller, Former Dodgers Catcher, Dead at 72

Mar. 29, 1962 - Otto Miller, a catcher with the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1910 to 1923, fell or jumped to his death today from a fourth-floor...

Mar 22, 2022

MLB: Former Giant Reveals Spy System in '51 and '59

Mar. 22, 1962 - A former member of the New York Giants revealed today that Bobby Thomson’s dramatic pennant-winning homer (pictured) in...

Feb 27, 2022

Duke Snider Named Dodger Captain

Feb. 27, 1962 - Duke Snider, the 35-year-old outfielder beginning his 15th National League season, today was named captain of the Los...

Feb 26, 2022

MLB: Dodgers Using Umpires in Batting Practice

Feb. 26, 1962 - The Los Angeles Dodgers came up with an innovation today: they used umpires in batting practice. Manager Walter Alston,...