Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle hit home runs on back-to-back pitches from Curt Simmons of the St. Louis Cardinals, and Joe Pepitone belts a grand slam. New York wins, 8 – 3, at St. Louis and evens the Series.
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Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle hit home runs on back-to-back pitches from Curt Simmons of the St. Louis Cardinals, and Joe Pepitone belts a grand slam. New York wins, 8 – 3, at St. Louis and evens the Series.

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1964 – In Game 6 of the World Series, New York Yankees Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle hit home runs on back-to-back pitches from Curt Simmons of the St. Louis Cardinals, and Joe Pepitone belts a grand slam. New York wins, 8 – 3, at St. Louis and evens the Series.

Mickey Mantle, facing Barney Schultz, slams the first pitch of the bottom of the ninth inning giving New York a dramatic 2-1 walk-off victory
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Mickey Mantle, facing Barney Schultz, slams the first pitch of the bottom of the ninth inning giving New York a dramatic 2-1 walk-off victory

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At Yankee Stadium, Mickey Mantle, facing Barney Schultz, slams the first pitch of the bottom of the ninth inning out of the Bronx ballpark, giving New York a dramatic 2-1 walk-off victory and two games to one advantage over St. Louis in the Fall Classic. ‘The Mick’s’ game-winning round-tripper, his 16th Fall Classic round-tripper, breaking the previous mark set by Babe Ruth, makes him the fifth major leaguer to end a World Series game with a home run.

Don Drysdale dominates Yankees in Game 3 1-0 Victory 1963 World Series Full Radio Broadcast

Don Drysdale dominates Yankees in Game 3 1-0 Victory 1963 World Series Full Radio Broadcast

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Sponsor this Page   October 5, 1963 Don Drysdale pitched a masterful three-hitter at Dodger Stadium in his complete-game win. Manager Walter Alston called Drysdale’s performance “one of the greatest pitched games I ever saw.” Jim Bouton, making his first World Series start, dueled Drysdale throughout, permitting only four hits in seven innings for a…

Jim Bouton fires shutout in just his second apparence in MLB

Jim Bouton fires shutout in just his second apparence in MLB

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May 6, 1962, Rookie Jim Bouton makes his first career start, his second career apparence and fires a 7 hit shut out beating the Washington Senators 8-0 at Yankee Stadium. All the offense he would need will be provided in the first inning as Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle hit back to back homers. Mantle…

Jim Bouton is born in Newark, NJ. The righthander had a blazing fastball when he pitched in the World Series for the Yankees in 1964
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Jim Bouton is born in Newark, NJ. The righthander had a blazing fastball when he pitched in the World Series for the Yankees in 1964

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1939 – Jim Bouton is born in Newark, NJ. The righthander had a blazing fastball when he pitched in the World Series for the Yankees in 1964. By the time he gets to Houston in 1969, all he has left is a knuckleball and a manuscript.