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Mar 15

Berra Settling in at Yankee Skipper

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

Mar 10

Bouton Caves on Contract

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

Yankees Get Tough on Bouton

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, 2023

Yankees View Horror Film: “The 1963 World Series”

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

Dec 19, 2023

Roger Maris Takes a Pay Cut

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, 2023

Mantle Recovering Nicely from Surgery

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, 2023

Yankees Announce Home Schedule

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, 2023

Dodgers Trade Skowron to Senators for Cash

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, 2023

Senators Acquire Reliever Marshall Bridges from Yankees

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

Nov 19, 2023

Hank Bauer Named Manager of Baltimore Orioles

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, 2023

Whitey Ford Named Yankees’ “Playing Coach of Pitchers”

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, 2023

Elston Howard Named American League MVP for ‘63

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, 2023

Berra Officially Named Manager of Yankees

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, 2023

Houk Moves to G.M. Position, Yogi Berra to Manage Yankees in 1964

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, 2023

Mantle Undergoes Knee Surgery in Manhattan

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

Oct 16, 2023

Dodgers Get Record Winning Share of ’63 World Series

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, 2023

Dodgers To Receive Record World Series Shares

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

Oct 7, 2023

Yankee Skipper Explodes at Reporter

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, 2023

Houk: “We Don’t Feel Disgraced”

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

Oct 6, 2023

Podres: ’63 Win Better than 1955

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