1960s Timeline

Mar. 15, 1964 - Manager Yogi Berra (pictured left with Yankee photographer Bob Olen and Joe DiMaggio) is finding things out quickly —...

Mar. 10, 1964 - The Bulldog gave up the fight quickly. Only 24 hours after being threatened with a “sign or be fined” ultimatum by Yankee...

Mar. 9, 1964 - General manager Ralph Houk of the Yankees revealed a side today quite foreign to his usual smiling, affable self. The...

Dec. 19, 1963 - During a lifetime of movie-going, Lawrence Peter Berra has developed a critical sensitivity for the cinematic art. His...

Dec. 19, 1963 - Roger Maris, who in the past has taken his own good time in signing his contract, pulled a switch today. The Yankees’...

Dec. 17, 1963 - Mickey Mantle says he’s never felt better in his life. “My knee feels real good,” Mantle said today, referring to the...

Dec. 9, 1963 - More night games than ever before (34) and an innovation aimed at suburban trade — six games starting at 6 p.m. — mark the...

Dec. 6, 1963 - The world champion Los Angeles Dodgers sold Bill Skowron, the former Yankee star, to the Washington Senators today. It was...

Nov. 30, 1963 - The Washington Senators today acquired left-handed relief pitcher Marshall Bridges (pictured) from the New York Yankees...

Nov. 19, 1963 - Hank Bauer (pictured in 1956), a fighting Marine instilled with the winning spirit of the New York Yankees, was named...

Nov. 15, 1963 - Whitey Ford, the Yankees’ ace left-hander for the past decade, today was named “playing coach of pitchers” for the 1964...

Nov. 7, 1963 - Elston Howard became the first Negro to be named the American League’s most valuable player today, but he typically tried...

Oct. 24, 1963 - Lawrence Peter (Yogi) Berra was named today as manager of the New York Yankees. In the same plush Savoy-Hilton setting...

Oct. 22, 1963 - Ralph Houk, the manager who led the Yankees to three baseball pennants and two world championships in three years, has...

Oct. 18, 1963 - Mickey Mantle quietly slipped into New York late Wednesday afternoon and, this morning, was operated on for the removal...

Oct. 16, 1963 - The world champion Los Angeles Dodgers will receive an all-time high of $12,794 per man for their winning share of the...

Oct. 7, 1963 - Having destroyed the legend of Yankee invincibility, the triumphant Dodgers did some mental arithmetic today in...

Oct. 7, 1963 - The day after the World Series usually is as flat as a glass of beer left over from the party the night before. That is...

Oct. 6, 1963 - “We don’t feel disgraced,” said manager Ralph Houk (pictured today after congratulating Dodger manager Walter Alston) of...

Oct. 6, 1963 - The Dodgers virtually exploded with joy, Sandy Koufax was undoubtedly the happiest man in the nation, and Walter Alston...