
October 10, 1964: Mickey Mantle’s record World Series home run wins it in 9th
The World Series is baseball’s Big Stage. Of necessity, a…

October 12, 1964: Tim McCarver’s 10th-inning homer wins Game 5 for Cardinals
Tim McCarver’s major-league baseball life spanned 60 years,…

October 14, 1964: Jim Bouton earns second win to extend World Series to seventh game
After the Cardinals took two out of three games from the Yankees…
October 15, 1964: Bob Gibson pitches Cardinals to World Series crown in Game 7
Prior to the start of Game Seven of the 1964 World Series, Cardinals…

April 9, 1965: Astros beat Yankees in first game inside the Houston Astrodome
“The opening night against the Yankees was one of the most…

April 12, 1965: Cubs and Cardinals battle to 11-inning tie on Opening Day
“If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing…
April 12, 1965: Twins win in extra innings on Opening Day
A cold, wet winter is normally brightened by the approach of…

April 12, 1965: Phillies win first regular-season game in the Astrodome
On April 9, 1965, the former Houston Colt .45s took the field…

April 21, 1965: Rocky Colavito returns to Cleveland for home opener
The largest Opening Day crowd in 1965 poured into cavernous Municipal…

April 23, 1965: Rusty Staub sends the Astros home happy
The first one didn’t count.If you want to get technical about…

May 5, 1965: Mathews rips walk-off double in 14th; Blasingame goes the distance for Braves
The Milwaukee Braves expected a lot from 21-year-old Wade Blasingame,…

May 9, 1965: Yogi Berra hangs up his spikes as Mets lose again
Yogi Berra played in 2,120 major-league games. All but four of…
May 12, 1965: Killebrew belts two homers, including game-winner in eighth
When the Minnesota Twins headed to Metropolitan Stadium to play…

May 13, 1965: Small Massachusetts city gets rare glimpse at pro baseball
In the mid-1960s, noted artist Norman Rockwell lived and painted…

May 14, 1965: Yastrzemski hits for the cycle, but Detroit’s Willie Horton steals the show
Before a Fenway Park crowd of 10,271, Carl Yastrzemski hit for…

May 16, 1965: Orioles rookie Jim Palmer hits first career homer and earns first career win
The Baltimore Orioles “carried the big sticks, blasting four…

May 17, 1965: Sandy Koufax strikes out 13 in an epic pitching duel at Astrodome
Sandy Koufax dominated the Astros for 10 innings, then…

May 18, 1965: Tresh, Yankees tame Boston’s ‘Monster’ with extra-inning win
Time and time again over the decades, the New York Yankees and…
May 26, 1965: Jim Perry makes the most of his opportunity to beat Red Sox
Sometimes the best deal for a major-league team is the one it…

June 1, 1965: Pirates’ Bob Veale strikes out 16 in shutout of Phillies
In 1965, the Pirates made an impressive second-half run at the…

June 9, 1965: Tebbetts’s technicality turns tide from Twins to Tribe after Kaat’s wardrobe malfunction
A good manager, like a good magician, always has a trick up his…

June 12, 1965: Sandy Koufax remains undefeated against the Mets in 12th start
The ever-dominant Sandy Koufax owned a 10-0 career record in…

June 14, 1965: Reds’ Jim Maloney strikes out 18 in 10-inning no-hitter — then loses to Mets
From Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale to Sam McDowell, Bob Veale,…

June 15, 1965: Denny McLain sets Tigers record with 14 strikeouts in relief
On Tuesday, June 15, 1965, majestic Tiger Stadium held 9,624…