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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...

Apr 30, 2023

Giants Top Phils, 4-3, at Connie Mack Stadium

Apr. 30, 1963 - The Phillies are in one of those streaks where nothing they do is right. Last night, a base-running blunder by the...

Apr 28, 2023

Giants Blow Late 5-0 Lead, Lose to Braves at Candlestick, 6-5, in 12 Innings

Apr. 28, 1963 - The San Francisco Giants took a 5-0 lead into the eighth inning against the Milwaukee Braves yesterday at Candlestick...

Apr 26, 2023

Burdette Twirls 3-Hitter as Braves Hammer Giants, 9-2

Apr. 26, 1963 - Lew Burdette allowed the San Francisco Giants only three hits today while the Milwaukee Braves hammered out a 9-2 victory...

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 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 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 16, 2023

Giants Top Colts, Pierce Remains Unbeaten at Candlestick

Apr. 16, 1963 - Billy Pierce (pictured left), who never has been beaten at Candlestick Park, pitched the San Francisco Giants to a 7-0...

Apr 10, 2023

Giants Drop Colt .45s in Houston on Ed Bailey’s Slam

Apr. 10, 1963 - Ed Bailey, the talkative 31-year-old catcher from Strawberry Plains, Tenn., hit a pinch-hit grand slam home run in the...

Apr 5, 2023

Beanball War Being Waged Between Giants and Indians

Apr. 5, 1963 - Rain canceled today’s game between the San Francisco Giants and Cleveland Indians as reverberations from their beanball...

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...

Feb 7, 2023

Giants’ Cepeda Still Hasn’t Signed Contract for ‘63

Feb. 7, 1963 - The San Francisco Giants’ Orlando Cepeda (pictured last season), resting for the first winter in his life, says he can’t...

Jan 24, 2023

Giants’ Manager Al Dark Wins Sportsmanship Award

Jan. 24, 1963 - Alvin Dark (pictured) joined some of baseball’s most famous figures today as a winner of the Sportsmanship Award of the...

Dec 30, 2022

Packers’ Jim Taylor: “I Never Took a Worse Beating”

Dec. 30, 1962 - “I never took a worse beating on a football field,” said Green Bay fullback Jim Taylor (#31) in the dressing room...

Dec 30, 2022

🚨Packers Top Giants in NFL Championship Game for Second Consecutive Year

Dec. 30, 1962 - Yankee Stadium was no place for a warm-blooded mammal today — especially Y.A. Tittle of the New York Giants. His passing...

Dec 29, 2022

Frigid Weather Forecast for NFL Championship Game at Yankee Stadium

Dec. 29, 1962 - Snow and frigid temperatures are threatening to complicate tomorrow’s NFL championship game at Yankee Stadium between the...

Dec 24, 2022

Giants and Packers Prepare for Championship Game Dec. 30

Dec. 24, 1962 - The New York Giants relaxed with family and friends today during a three-day break for Christmas, and Coach Allie Sherman...

Dec 23, 2022

🚨Dallas Texans Beat Houston Oilers in OT Thriller to Win 1962 AFL Championship

Dec. 23, 1962 - A 24-yard field goal by rookie Tom Brooker (#81) in the second overtime period brought the Dallas Texans a 20-17 victory...

Dec 22, 2022

Lombardi and Sherman to Coach NFL Pro Bowl Jan. 13 at Los Angeles Coliseum

Dec. 22, 1962 - Vince Lombardi (right) of the Green Bay Packers and Allie Sherman (left) of the New York Giants, pro football’s...

Dec 17, 2022

Giants’ QB Tittle Has Bruised Back, X-Rays Negative

Dec. 17, 1962 - Y.A. Tittle (right), the New York Giants’ great passer, had a bruised back today, the result of a fall in Sunday’s game...