Aug 10, 2021Stallard Gets First Big-League Win as Red Sox beat Twins, 3-2Aug. 10, 1961 - Tracy Stallard registered his first major-league victory in his 39th mound appearance today as the Red Sox defeated the...
Aug 10, 2021Most Yankee Fans Hope Maris or Mantle Break Ruth's Home Run RecordAug. 10, 1961 - Of 50 people interviewed at Yankee Stadium today, 39 said they were unsentimental about Babe Ruth's 1927 record of 60...
Aug 9, 2021League-Leading Dodgers Beat Braves, 8-3, as Drysdale Hits Grand SlamAug. 9, 1961 - Don Drysdale hit a grand-slam home run, pitched a 4-hitter and struck out 11 batters today as the league-leading Dodgers...
Aug 8, 2021Duke Snider torches Burdette as Dodgers beat Braves, 7-3Aug. 8, 1961 - Duke Snider drove in two runs and scored three today as the league-leading Dodgers dealt Lew Burdette his first Coliseum...