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Oct 17, 2022

Final Two Outs of the 1962 World Series (George Kell Radio Call)

Oct. 16, 1962 - Ralph Houk’s Bombers, behind the 4-hit pitching of their ace right-hander, Ralph Terry, turned back the Giants, 1-0, in...

Oct 16, 2022

Giants’ McCovey: “I Would Have Been a Hero”

Oct. 16, 1962 - “One foot higher, and I guess I would have been a hero,” said the San Francisco Giants’ Willie McCovey (right) in the...

Oct 16, 2022

Yankee Ralph Terry: “I Am a Very Lucky Fellow”

Oct. 16, 1962 - “I am a very lucky fellow, and I certainly thank God for a second opportunity,” said Ralph Terry today after he had...

Oct 16, 2022

🚨Yankees Take Tension-Filled Seventh Game, 1-0, Win World Series in San Francisco

Oct. 16, 1962 - Baseball’s longest season ended today with the New York Yankees still the world champions. Ralph Houk’s Bombers, behind...

Oct 15, 2022

Southpaw Billy Pierce Excels as Giants Even Series with Yankees, 3-3

Oct. 15, 1962 - The World Series got rolling again today, and it rolled right over the Yankees. The San Francisco Giants, behind the...

Oct 13, 2022

Yankees and Giants Waiting Out the Rain

Oct. 13, 1962 - Time hung heavily on the hands of the Yankees today as they waited impatiently for the weather to permit resumption of...

Oct 12, 2022

Dodger General Manager Excoriates Durocher for Disloyalty

Oct. 12, 1962 - Emil “Buzzie” Bavasi, general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, today charged Coach Leo Durocher (right) with being...

Oct 10, 2022

Tom Tresh Having Remarkable Rookie Year

Oct. 10, 1962 - When Tom Tresh struck the blow that beat the Giants today, he did it as a left-handed swinger against the right-handed...

Oct 10, 2022

Tresh’s Homer Lifts Yanks to Game Five win and 3-2 Series Lead

Oct. 10, 1962 - Tom Tresh, the Yankees’ rookie of the year throughout the pennant campaign, became their man of the hour today. With one...

Oct 8, 2022

Ford Bombed as Giants Tie World Series at 2-2

Oct. 8, 1962 - The home run, long the hallmark of the New York Yankees’ success, was turned on the Bombers today with stunning effect....

Oct 7, 2022

World Series: Yankees Take Game 3 on Stafford’s Fine Pitching

Oct. 7, 1962 - Shrugging off the effects of a line drive that left him limping on a badly bruised leg, Bill Stafford (left) today hurled...

Oct 5, 2022

Sanford: “Best Game I Ever Pitched”

Oct. 5, 1962 - “That was the best game I ever pitched,” Jack Sanford (right with Willie McCovey), the San Francisco Giants’ ace...

Oct 5, 2022

Jack Sanford Hurls Giants to Game Two Shutout, 2-0

Oct. 5, 1962 - The inhabitants of San Francisco have returned to Cloud Nine. They were carried there today by Alvin Dark’s inspired...

Oct 4, 2022

Maris in “Altogether Different Frame of Mind” This Year

Oct. 4, 1962 - Roger Maris may have heard the boos that greeted his every appearance at the plate today, but he gave no indication of it,...

Oct 4, 2022

Yankees Take Opener of 1962 World Series in San Francisco, 6-2

Oct. 4, 1962 - The San Francisco Giants were given a hard push by the New York Yankees today and went tumbling off Cloud Nine. The...

Oct 3, 2022

🚨Giants Take Series Against Dodgers with Stunning Ninth-Inning Comeback

Oct. 3, 1962 - One of the most dramatic and nerve-racking pennant races in years came to an astounding end today when the San Francisco...

Oct 2, 2022

San Francisco Manager Predicts Victory Tomorrow

Oct. 2, 1962 - “We’ll get ‘em tomorrow. That’s all I have to say.” These words were spoken by a tight-lipped Alvin Dark tonight after his...

Oct 2, 2022

There’s Life in Dodgertown as Los Angeles Evens Playoff Series with Giants

Oct. 2, 1962 - Incredible as it may seem, the 1962 National League pennant playoff is still alive and so are the Dodgers, who beat the...

Oct 2, 2022

Yankees Wait for World Series Opponent

Oct. 2, 1962 - After a batting drill today, during which Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, and other Bombers demonstrated they hadn’t lost...

Oct 1, 2022

Stumbling Dodgers Have No Answers

Oct. 1, 1962 - It was so quiet in the Dodgers’ dressing room after tonight’s loss that you could have heard an expletive drop. And...