🚨Dodgers Complete Sweep of Yankees, Win 1963 World Series
Oct. 6, 1963 - The Dodgers brought the long reign of the high and mighty Yankees to a dramatic end today. Behind another superb pitching...
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Oct 5, 2023
Yankees in Shock
Oct. 5, 1963 - After today’s third succcessive defeat at the hands of the Dodgers, the Yankees sat around quietly, not quite believing...
Oct 5, 2023
Dodgers on Doorstep of Series Sweep as Drysdale Shines in L.A.
Oct. 5, 1963 - Those incredible Dodgers moved to within one stride of nailing down the World Series today as they brought down the proud...
Oct 3, 2023
Whitey Ford: “This Club Won’t Quit”
Oct. 3, 1963 - The Yankee clubhouse after today’s loss to Johnny Podres (pictured) and the Dodgers was ominously quiet, but you couldn’t...
Oct 3, 2023
Podres Tames Yankee Bats as Dodgers Go Up 2-0
Oct. 3, 1963 - Johnny Podres, who can frustrate his followers by pitching lousy ball and then amaze them with a gem, today reasserted his...
Oct 2, 2023
Dodgers Take Game 1 of Series as Koufax Fans 15
Oct. 2, 1963 - The Dodgers defeated the Yankees, 5-2, in the first game of the 1963 World Series today in the Bronx. The man of the day...
Oct 1, 2023
Yankee and Dodger Skippers Both Express Confidence
Oct. 1, 1963 - The respective managers of tomorrow’s World Series combatants, Walter Alston of the Dodgers and Raph Houk of the Yankees,...
Oct 1, 2023
Yankees and Dodgers Set to Face off in 60th World Series
Oct. 1, 1963 - With two of the game’s outstanding hurlers poised for a tremendous southpaw duel, baseball’s 60th World Series will open...
Sep 30, 2023
World Series Starters Announced
Sept. 30, 1963 - The battle lines for the Gotham games of the World Series — the first two — were drawn officially today when Ralph Houk...
Sep 27, 2023
Koufax Talks Yankees
Sept. 27, 1963 - Sandy Koufax is compiling his personal book on the hitting habits of the Yankees. “I have faced every one of them at...
Sep 26, 2023
Durocher: Dodgers Ready for Yanks
Sept. 26, 1963 - Take it from the Voice of Experience, Lippy Leo Durocher — the Dodgers are mentally ready for the Yankees. “This club is...
Sep 26, 2023
Yankees Talk Koufax
Sept. 26, 1963 - Roger Maris shed the corset encasing his ailing back today, went through an off-day workout with his Yankee teammates,...
Sep 25, 2023
Former Major League Infielder Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
Sept. 25, 1963 - Hank Thompson (right with Monte Irvin and Willie Mays in 1951), former infielder for the New York Giants, was sentenced...
Sep 25, 2023
Yanks Down Angels as Ford Gains 24th Victory
Sept. 25, 1963 - Whitey Ford, backed by a varsity nine such as manager Ralph Houk had been able to field only nine times this season,...
Sep 24, 2023
Dodgers Clinch N.L. Pennant
Sept. 24, 1963 - The Dodgers clinched the National League pennant today when their final challengers, the St. Louis Cardinals, bowed to...
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...
Sep 8, 2023
Yanks Beat Tigers, 5-3, as Downing Shines
Sept. 8, 1963 - These Yankees are irrepressible. They win when it isn’t really necessary. Today at Yankee Stadium, they completed a sweep...
Sep 8, 2023
Braves Drop Phils as Spahn Sets Another Record
Sept. 8, 1963 - Warren Spahn, Milwaukee’s 42-year-old pitching great, hurled the Braves to a 3-2 victory over the Phillies today at...
Sep 7, 2023
Yanks Destroy Tigers, 11-6
Sept. 7, 1963 - Yankee Stadium was turned into a Bronx bombing range today as the Yanks and Tigers exploded for 29 hits, with the home...
Sep 4, 2023
Yanks Top Nats as Maris Slams 20th
Sept. 4, 1963 - Jim Bouton failed to bag his 20th win today at Yankee Stadium because the Senators were hitting the ball out of the park...
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