September 27, 1963: Houston Colt .45s start a lineup of all rookies
On September 27, 1963, the Houston Colt .45’s (64-95) were…
September 29, 1963: Fleeting fame and enduring memories for Houston’s John Paciorek, Jim Umbricht
William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, pondering his fate prior to…
September 29, 1963: Stan Musial says goodbye in final game
There was symmetry to the first weeks of Stan Musial’s career…
October 2, 1963: Sandy Koufax sets World Series strikeout record, fanning 15 Yankees
For the first time in seven years, the Yankees and the Dodgers…
October 3, 1963: Johnny Podres extends Dodgers’ World Series lead in Game 2
While the starting pitchers in Game One of the 1963 World Series…
October 5, 1963: Drysdale gives Dodgers 3-0 lead in ‘best pitched game of superbly pitched series’
Depending on who you listened to, the New York Yankees were either…
October 6, 1963: Koufax stifles Yankee bats again as Dodgers sweep World Series
As the New York Yankees arrived at Dodger Stadium for the fourth…
October 12, 1963: Latin American charity game is Polo Grounds’ ‘grand finale’
The last baseball game ever played at the Polo Grounds was…
April 14, 1964: Cubs outslug and outlast hopeful Pirates to jump-start the season
“From the depths of 17 consecutive second-division finishes,”…
April 19, 1964: Mets beat Pirates for first win at Shea Stadium
The New York Mets began their 1964 season the same way as in…
April 22, 1964: Yankees’ Whitey Ford wins his 200th game in the Windy City
It was April 1964. The top five songs on the Billboard Hot 100…
April 22, 1964: McCovey’s three homers sink Braves in home opener
To Milwaukee fandom, the 1964 home opener represented a potential…
April 23, 1964: Ken Johnson pitches a no-hitter for Houston … and loses the game to Reds
Making baseball history is usually a shining moment or a dream…
May 5, 1964: Wally Bunker throws a one-hitter for Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles were beginning their 11th season since…
May 8, 1964: Bill Spanswick earns first major league victory
Baseball was the game for the generation of young men growing…
May 9, 1964: Twins rally from 6-run deficit to beat Athletics, 10-8
The Minnesota Twins rallied from a 7-1 deficit with three runs…
May 21, 1964: ‘Can’t-miss’ Jerry Hummitzsch’s last game shows what could have been
In March 1964 Jerome Arthur “Jerry” Hummitzsch ranked as…
May 26, 1964: Mets score 19 runs in win over Cubs
The New York Mets arrived in Chicago after losing two of three…
May 28, 1964: Jim Maloney’s double-double not enough as Reds settle for 17-inning tie with Dodgers
More than one football coach has used the adage “A tie is just…
May 31, 1964: Baseball’s longest doubleheader
Clouds hung overhead as the first remnants of the crowd entered…
June 4, 1964: Sandy Koufax ‘puts everything together’ in third career no-hitter
The Los Angeles Dodgers (21-25, and in eighth place) came to…
June 8, 1964: Orioles go down on the farm in Aberdeen
The 1964 Aberdeen (South Dakota) Pheasants dominated the Class…
June 15, 1964: Maine knocks defending champ Southern Cal out of College World Series
In June of 1964, the College World Series was rocked by the unexpected…
June 16, 1964: Ken Boyer breaks out of slump and hits for a natural cycle
On June 2, 1964, the St. Louis Cardinals began a 16-game road…