50 Years Ago

July 12, 1963 - Reds' Jim Maloney strikes out 14 Cubs and goes to 14-3

July 11, 1963 - Dodgers' Johnny Podres fans 11 Mets - extending the Mets' losing streak to 11 games

Minnesota's reliever Bill Dailey's scoreless innings streak ends at 24

July 10, 1963 - Casey's Mets are on a 10 game losing streak

GM of the Senators, George Selkirk, has them on a 7 game winning streak, longest streak in 14 years for Washington

Atlanta is another location that Charlie O. Findley is looking at for the Athletics

July 9, 1963 - Mays leads the NL to an All-Star game victory with 2 stolen bases, 2 RBI and scores 2 runs

AL highlight was Dick Radatz striking out 5 in the 8th and 9th

AL President Dick Cronin confirmed that KC Athletics owner, Charlie O. Finley, has expressed interest in moving his team to Oakland,

last year Finley tried unsuccessfully to move them to Dalla

July 8, 1963 - All-Stars starting line-up selected by players and the team managers pick the pitchers and extra players since Cincinnati stuffed the ballot box in '56

Whitey Ford makes his first relief appearance, saving the game against the Indians for Jim Bouton (11-4)

Koufax fires his 2nd straight shut-out - eighth of the year to go 14-3 with a 1.73 era

Warren Spahn gets his 339th win on a shut-out - allows 1 run in last 37 innings

July 7, 1963 - Boston's rookie manager, Johnny Pesky, "when you win you eat better, sleep better, your beer taste better and your wife looks like Gina Lollabrdigida"

Willie Mays, after breaking out of a HR slump with 3 HR in one game, "I was beginning to forget what it was like to make a casual left turn at 1st"

In a double header, relieve John Wyatt balked in the deciding run in game 1 and walked it across in game 2.

Stan Musial holds All-Star games records for: games, at bats, hits, homers, total bases and times on winning team

Dodgers Johnny Podres thows a 2 hit shut-out against the Redlegs

Whitey Ford goes to 13-3 after striking out 12 and giving up no walks to the White Sox

Alvin Dark picks Julian Javier for the NL All-Star team, all 4 infielders will be Cardinals, first time in history.

Cleveland's Gene Green suspended by Birdie Tebbetts for being 45 minutes late for a game and leaving the bench after pinch hitting

Marichal edges Spahn in 14 inning pitcher's duel - Mays homers for the win - Marichal threw 227 pitches and 42 years old Spahn threw 201 - Alvin Dark tried to remove Marichal but he said that as long as that old guy is in, I'm staying in - Spahn had a streak of 27 scoreless innings

Orioles acquire 13 year veteran Bobby Thompson after he was released by the Red Sox.

Pirates sign 17 years old Bobby Tolan to minor league contact.

Kansas City Athletics attendance down to less than 10,000 per game, fans resent the trading of Roger Maris to the Yankees.

54 years since it's opening day, Forbes Field has yet to have a no-hitter.

Boston Manager Johnny Pesky benches Dick Stuart for "lack of hustle". Stuart has 17 HR for the year.

In the 2nd Sunday night game ever played, Hector Skinny Brown wins his second Sunday nighter for the Astros. This time beating the Cardinals 1-0. Cards remain in first.

Baltimore's Robin Roberts pitching in his 573rd game goes 13 1/3 innings, leaving a man on 2nd in a 1-1 game against Kansas City He takes the loss when Dick Hall gives up a single to Doc Edwards.

Pirate's Bob Friend gives up his 2nd walk in the last 58 innings.