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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....

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 16, 2023

Cub Pitchers Serving Notice on National League

Apr. 16, 1963 - The Chicago Cubs have posted notice to National League rivals that their pitching staff means business this season. The...

Apr 15, 2023

Braves Top Mets in 10, 4-3

Apr. 15, 1963 - Defeat in any form is painful. But the type of cat-and-mouse 4-3 defeat inflicted upon the New York Mets today in...

Apr 14, 2023

Stan Williams Wins Yankee Debut as Bombers Top Orioles, 5-1

Apr. 14, 1963 - The New York Yankees took sole possession of the American League lead today. Determined to make that winter trade of...

Apr 14, 2023

Pirates Hand Reds Third Straight Defeat

Apr. 14, 1963 - The slumping Cincinnati Reds laid another egg yesterday, but it wasn’t of the Easter variety. Instead it was a 12-4...

Apr 13, 2023

Drysdale Earns Second Win as Dodgers Top Colts, 3-1

Apr. 13, 1963 - Don Drysdale, the premier pitcher in the National League last year, survived a ninth-inning scare today and pitched the...

Apr 12, 2023

Dodger Manager Walt Alston Maintains Steady Hand

Apr. 12, 1963 - Manager Walter Alston shrugged off reports today of dissension on the Los Angeles Dodgers. “I’m a darned sight more...

Apr 11, 2023

Orioles Spoil Yankees’ Home Opener

Apr. 11, 1963 - The Yankees put on quite a pregame show today at their 41st Stadium opener. (Pictured below is Joe DiMaggio, who threw...

Apr 11, 2023

Bavasi Reads Riot Act to Dodgers

Apr. 11, 1963 - The general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Buzzie Bavasi, has had to quell dissension within the ranks and remind...

Apr 11, 2023

Mets Shut Out Again at Polo Grounds

Apr. 11, 1963 - The New York Mets gave 6,074 chilly friends at the Polo Grounds added assurance yesterday that, despite the rumors and...

Apr 10, 2023

Koufax Stifles Cub Bats as Dodgers Drop Chicago, 2-1

Apr. 10, 1963 - Sandy Koufax yielded 5 hits and struck out 10 as the Los Angeles Dodgers scored a 2-1 victory today over the Chicago Cubs...