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Mar 3

Twins Integrate Spring Training Camp

Mar. 3, 1964 - The Minnesota Twins, pressured by civil rights groups to end segregated housing of players, moved their baseball training...

Dec 24, 2023

Vic Power of Twins Signs 1964 Contract

Dec. 24, 1963 - Vic Power, generally considered the finest fielding first baseman in the major leagues, today signed a 1964 contract with...

Sep 21, 2023

Twins Split Doubleheader with Red Sox as Killebrew Homers Four Times

Sept. 21, 1963 - Harmon Killebrew of the Twins hit four home runs today — three in the first game and one in the second — to take the...

Sep 13, 2023

Yankees Clinch

Sept. 13, 1963 - The Yankees tonight clinched their 28th American League pennant, their fourth in a row, and their third under their...

Aug 30, 2023

Twins Go On Home Run Binge in Sweep of Senators

Aug. 30, 1963 - The Minnesota Twins went on a record-breaking home run binge yesterday as they belted 12 in an overwhelming sweep of the...

Aug 13, 2023

Orioles Top Twins in Minnesota as Barber Shines

Aug. 13, 1963 - “This park makes me sick,” said Oriole pitcher Steve Barber (pictured) before taking the mound against the Twins at...

Jul 28, 2023

Anti-Castro Demonstrators Converge on Cuban Pitcher at Yankee Stadium

July 28, 1963 - Eight anti-Castro demonstrators ran out on the field at Yankee Stadium today and wrapped a Cuban flag around the...

Jul 27, 2023

Yanks’ Victory Preceded by Old-Timers Day Contest

July 27, 1963 - Baseball greats of yesteryear took center stage today as the Yankees staged their 17th annual Old-Timers Day. This year’s...

Jul 15, 2023

Twins Destroy Indians Via the Home Run Ball

July 15, 1963 - Two-run homers by Harmon Killebrew (pictured with a fan), Earl Battey, and Don Mincher today powered the Minnesota Twins...

May 21, 2023

Twins Club Red Sox Out of First

May 21, 1963 - The Minnesota Twins were making booming noises with their bats at Fenway Park last night — smashing three home runs in the...

May 16, 2023

Mantle Launches Titanic Blast as Yanks Top Twins

May 16, 1963 - Mickey Mantle honored astronaut Gordon Cooper yesterday by putting a baseball into orbit — a two-run homer that soared...

May 12, 2023

Bowsfield’s No-Hit Bid Crushed by Vic Power

May 12, 1963 - Vic Power’s single with none out in the ninth ended Ted Bowsfield’s bid for a no-hitter yesterday, but the Kansas City...

May 4, 2023

Yanks Top Twins, 3-2, Before Big Crowd in Minnesota

May 4, 1963 - The New York Yankees once again served notice on one and all today that left-handers no longer hold any terrors for them....

May 2, 2023

Twins Trade Kralick of No-Hit Fame to Indians for Jim Perry

May 2, 1963 - The Minnesota Twins today traded Jack Kralick to the Cleveland Indians for Jim Perry. No cash was involved. Kralick, a big...

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...

Dec 4, 2022

Doctor: Siamese Twin Eng Bunker Died of Fright

Dec. 4, 1962 - A doctor said today an old autopsy report indicated that Eng, one of the “original” Siamese twins (pictured in 1865), died...

Sep 25, 2022

Yanks Win Third Consecutive Pennant

Sept. 25, 1962 - After weeks of painful dawdling, the New York Yankees brought the 1962 American League pennant race to an abrupt end at...

Aug 26, 2022

Twins’ Kralick Hurls 1962’s Fifth No-Hitter Against Athletics

Aug. 26, 1962 - Jack Kralick, the Minnesota Twins’ slim left-hander, pitched the fifth no-hitter of the major league season today, a 1-0...

Aug 15, 2022

Terry Dominant as Yanks Crush Twins, 9-3

Aug. 15, 1962 - Minnesota fans, game to the last, cracked a Metropolitan Stadium attendance record today for the second time this week...

Aug 13, 2022

Twins Top Yanks, 6-4, Before Big Minnesota Crowd

Aug. 13, 1962 - The baseball world still may not take the pennant aspirations of the Twins seriously. But a record crowd of 41,366 turned...