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April 12 - Opening Day! - Pirate's ruin the Brave's debut in Atlanta, defeating
them 3-2 - Willie Stagell drives in Roberto Clement with a HR in the 13th inning - Norm Cash clipped Whitey Ford in the
9th for a HR, giving the Tigers a 2-1 win - Giant's Juan Marichal gets a win over the Cubs with a 3 hitter,
even though he didn't report to Spring Training until March 28 due to a contract dispute - Leo Durocher makes debut
as Cubs' manager - Orioles' defeat the Red Sox 5-4, Jim Lonborg balks with the bases loaded in the 13th
April 13 - Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge Elmer Roller rules that the Atlanta Braves must return to Milwaukee by May 16th
unless the National League exspands to put a team in Milwaukee by next year - baseball executives plan on fighting the rulling
May 1 - Tony Kubek, forced out of baseball due to a seirous neck injury talked about it on
nationwide telecast, "if I take the wrong move or get bumped, I could be paralyzed" - Cleveland's Sam McDowell
came within 2 pitches of tying Johnny Vander Meer's consecutive no-hitters, he thru 2 consecutive 1 hitters
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June 1 - SF Giants on top of the National League - Cleveland Indians leading the American League - Philadelphis playing Richie
Allen in the outfiedl even though he can't throw 60 feet, he is hitting .338 for the year - he missed 20 games with a
dislocated shoulder - Willie Mays hits number 517 (an inside the park HR) - only 4 HR behind 3rd place leader Ted Williams
- "Dandy" Sandy Koufax wins 9th game in 10 decission - June 11 - Koufax (9-2) beats the Phillies 6-3 - Reds sweep
the Cardinals in a doubleheader, taking over 1st place - Pirates Bill Skinner walked 6 times in the last 2 games (4 intentional)
- Milwaukee Braves' Warren Spahn hits a three-run homer and records his 295 win while pitching in relief - Tigers'
Norm Cash hits 3 HR's in the doubleheader, one clearing the 91 feet high rf fence, only Ted Williams and Mickey Mantle
have cleared the roof June 12 - Norm Cash is half-way to the 18 HR record for a month with 18 days remaining, Tigers'
Rudy York broke Babe Ruth's record in 1937
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July 1 - Dodgers' Sandy Koufax aiming for 15 wins at the half-way point to a 30 game
season is stopped by the Cardinals in a 2-0 game - raising his ERA to 1.60 - Astros' Mike Celluar trying to go 7-0 throws
3 hit ball in 11 innings, Raymond took over and got the win
August 1 - Dodgers' reliever Phil Regan goes to 10-1 with an ERA of 1.52 -
Toledo Mudhens' Bobby Murcer's average drops to .263, the 20 year old SS has 2 hits in his last 50 ab's -
Rich Allen's inside the park HR gives Phillie the win over the Astros in the 10th -
Standings:
AL - Orioles - +13 games
NL - Dodgers - Giants - +1 game
Sept 8 - In front of a record crowd at Dodger Stadium, 54,993
- in the 12th inning Willie Mays walks on 4 pitches and scores from 1st on a single by pitcher Frank Johnson (his 1st big
league game) - Willie Stargell in a 2-30 slump - Commissioner William Eckergave the go ahead to print World Series tickets
to: Oriole - Pirates - Dodgers - Giants
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