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Mar 26, 2023

Duke Snider Headed Back to New York

Mar. 26, 1963 - Duke Snider (pictured in 1955) apparently is headed back to New York, where the outfielder starred for a dozen years for...

Mar 20, 2023

Mets Interested in Duke Snider

Mar. 20, 1963 - The New York Mets made inquiries about Duke Snider (pictured at Ebbets Field in 1955) today, but the Los Angeles Dodgers...

Mar 18, 2023

Mets Top Yanks In Exhibition Game, 1-0

Mar. 18, 1963 - Try as they would today, the world champion New York Yankees could not impress their importance on Casey Stengel’s...

Mar 3, 2023

Mets Place Gene Woodling on Waivers

Mar. 3, 1963 -The New York Mets decided today to dispense with the services of Gene Woodling (pictured right with Hank Bauer and Mickey...

Mar 1, 2023

Record Total Baseball Games To Be Telecast

Mar. 1, 1963 - A record total of 957 major league baseball games will be telecast this season, with the 20 teams receiving about $14...

Feb 28, 2023

Senators’ Manager, Mickey Vernon, Prepares for ’63 Season

Feb. 28, 1963 - Mickey Vernon (pictured between President Kennedy and Al Lopez in 1961), like Casey Stengel with the National League...

Feb 26, 2023

Rumors of Mets-Dodgers Trade: Snider for Craig

Feb. 26, 1963 - Duke Snider’s name has been cropping up in a prospective trade that would bring pitcher Roger Craig of the New York Mets...

Feb 20, 2023

Stengel Talks up “Marvelous” Marv Throneberry

Feb. 20, 1963 - At the moment, Marv Throneberry is still the Mets’ No. 1 first baseman, and it is a prospect that does not necessarily...

Feb 19, 2023

Stengel Steels Himself for Second Season as Mets’ Skipper

Feb. 19, 1963 - Pushing 73 as he prepares to lead his ragtail New York Mets into their second year in the National League, Casey Stengel...

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 31, 2023

Stengel: Hodges May Coach for Mets

Jan. 31, 1963 - If 38-year-old Gil Hodges (left) can’t drag his aching legs out to first base next season, he’ll probably wind up as a...

Jan 8, 2023

Outfielder Richie Ashburn to Retire

Jan. 8, 1963 - Richie Ashburn (pictured in 1957) disclosed today that he had retired from active baseball and would broadcast...

Dec 11, 2022

Mets Acquire Stallard and Green in Trade with Red Sox

Dec. 11, 1962 - The New York Mets today acquired Tracy Stallard, a right-handed pitcher who threw a historic home run ball (pictured);...

Nov 12, 2022

Mets’ New Stadium Set to Open in 1963

Nov. 12, 1962 - The New York Mets will start their second year in the National League at the new Flushing Meadow stadium on April 9...

Nov 9, 2022

AFL’s Titans in Financial Trouble

Nov. 9, 1962 - Milt Woodard, the assistant commissioner of the American Football League, said today the league had loaned the New York...

Oct 29, 2022

New Mets Stadium May Be Named after Lawyer Shea

Oct. 29, 1962 - New York City’s new stadium in Flushing Meadow Park, Queens, would be named the “William A. Shea Stadium” under a bill...

Sep 30, 2022

Mets Lose Final Game of Season

Sept. 30, 1962 - At Wrigley Field today, the New York Mets lost their final game of the season to the Chicago Cubs, 5-1. It was their...

Sep 26, 2022

Mets Biggest Losers in Modern Baseball History

Sept. 26, 1962 - Shed another tear for the New York Mets, who bowed, 6-3, to the Braves tonight and wound up with exclusive rights to...

Sep 25, 2022

Mets Lose 117th Game

Sept. 25, 1962 - Casey Stengel’s Mets were beaten by Warren Spahn and the Braves today, 7-3. The defeat was the New Yorkers’ 117th of the...

Sep 20, 2022

Mets Set Another Unenviable Record

Sept. 20, 1962 - The New York Mets lost their 115th game tonight. In doing so, the new club tied the National League record for futility...