
October 2, 1964: Mets’ Al Jackson outduels Bob Gibson to keep Cardinals from clinching pennant
The National League pennant race had become a nailbiter. St.…

October 2, 1964: Phillies kill Reds’ pennant hopes with hit batsman, triple play
The 1964 National League pennant race might not have been the…

October 4, 1964: Reds’ pennant hopes dashed on last day of season
“This was the rarest of games,” wrote Frank Dolson of the…

October 4, 1964: Cards finally get best of Mets to clinch NL pennant
The St. Louis Cardinals must have been pinching themselves. On…

October 7, 1964: Schultz, Cardinals ignore the odds to defeat Yankees in Game 1
The city of St. Louis was ecstatic that it would get to host…

October 8, 1964: Rookie Mel Stottlemyre goes the distance as Yankees win Game 2
The New York Yankees had entered the 1964 World Series as favorites…

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…