Beatles play their final concert at Candlestick Park
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Beatles play their final concert at Candlestick Park

ByThis Day in Baseball

On a typically cool night, the Beatles play their final concert at Candlestick Park, the home of the San Francisco Giants. The ‘Fab Four’s performance on a five-foot stage, which is located just behind second base surrounded by a six-foot high wire fence, is less than stellar due to the ballpark’s inadequate lighting, poor acoustics, and the group’s growing disdain of doing live shows.

Major League Baseball Season Recap 1961

ByTom

Major League Baseball Season Recap 1961 World Series – New York Yankees AL over Cincinnati Reds NL 4 games to 1 World Series MVP – Whitey Ford Babe Ruth Award – Whitey Ford Awards – Major League Cy Young Award Whitey Ford MVP Awards – NL Frank Robinson AL Roger Maris Major League Rookie of The Year – NL Rookie


Willie McCovey hits a 500-foot home run, judged the longest ever at Candlestick Park

San Francisco Giants first baseman Willie McCovey’s “invisible triple” causes umpire Frank Dascoli to call a twenty-four minute fog delay at Candlestick Park, but the Los Angeles Dodgers go on to win, 5 – 3.

ByThis Day in Baseball

San Francisco Giants first baseman Willie McCovey’s “invisible triple” causes umpire Frank Dascoli to call a twenty-four minute fog delay at Candlestick Park, but the Los Angeles Dodgers go on to win, 5 – 3.

On Candlestick Point construction begins on the Giants’ new ballpark in San Francisco

On Candlestick Point construction begins on the Giants’ new ballpark in San Francisco

ByBaseball

On Candlestick Point, an area in which the rocks resembled candlesticks, construction begins on the Giants’ new ballpark in San Francisco. The transplanted team will play their games at Seals Stadium until a new ballpark on the eastern shore of the San Francisco Bay is ready.