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	The Sporting News Baseball - All-Star Game records
		Willie Mays, N.L., 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1959, 1960, 1960, 1961, 1961, 1962, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973 (24 games).
		Willie Mays, N.L., 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1959, 1960, 1960, 1961, 1961, 1962, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973 (consecutive).
		Willie Davis, N.L., July 24, 1973, sixth inning.
	www.sportingnews.com /features/allstar/records.html

	What is a 1963 World Series ticket worth today?
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	1963 World Series - LAD vs. NYY - Baseball-Reference.com
		1963 World Series - LAD vs. NYY - Baseball-Reference.com
		You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Postseason > 1963 World Series
		A clearinghouse for companies and websites that want to put their information before a large number of baseball fans.
	www.baseball-reference.com /postseason/1963_WS.shtml

	Other collections
		This collection is of interest to persons studying amateur baseball from 1936-1963 in minor league: how it was played, how it was written up some of the problems, and the dedicated persons who kept the game and League going.
		The collection is a detailed history of the League and includes names of the teams which played, reports of the games, problems attendant to both professional and amateur status of a minor baseball league, and standings.
		Scattered throughout the articles about the Lebanon Valley Baseball League are newspaper clippings about major league games, well-known sports figures such as Connie Mack, Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth, and a few write-ups of World Series.
	americanhistory.si.edu /archives/d9067.htm

	The Probert Encyclopaedia - Sport (N-Z)
		In 1963 the team was bought by Werblin and renamed the Jets.
		The South American Championship is an Association Football championship for international teams initiated in 1917 and first played in Montevideo when it was won by Uruguay.
		The South American Cup is an Association Football trophy introduced in 1960 to provide a team which would meet the winners of the European Cup.
	www.fas.org /news/reference/probert/O2.HTM

	Timeline Television
		1963 Ralph Roberts, former marketer of Muzak and owner of a belts and suspenders company, acquired a 1,200-subscriber, community antenna, television system (American Cable Systems) in Tupelo, Miss.
		1963 Nov 22, John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald while riding in a motorcade in Dallas.
		1940 Apr 16, The 1st televised baseball game on WGN-TV featured the White Sox vs. Cubs in exhibition.
	timelines.ws /subjects/Television.HTML

	1963 New York Mets Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
		Statistics may come from our work, the Baseball Databank, or other sources including SABR.org.
		You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Teams > New York Mets > 1963 Statistics / Schedule and Splits / Transactions
	www.baseball-reference.com /teams/NYM/1963.shtml (188 words)

	Gaylord Perry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Notorious for doctoring baseballs (throwing a spitball), Perry won 314 games over a 22-year career starting in 1963.
		Perry also reportedly approached the makers of Vaseline about endorsing the product and was allegedly rebuffed with a one-line postcard reading, "We soothe babies' backsides, not baseballs."
		Like most pitchers, Perry was not renowned for his hitting ability, and in his rookie season of 1963, he joked, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." On July 20,
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gaylord_Perry (188 words)

	World Series
		In baseball, the World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball in North America, played in October after the end of the regular season between the pennant winner of the American League and the pennant winner of the National League.
		The Series winner is determined through a best-of-seven playoff (except in 1903, 1919, 1920 and 1921 when the winner was determined through a best-of-nine playoff) and is awarded the World Series Trophy.
		The 2004 World Series was played from October 23 until October 27, between the 2004 National League Championship SeriesNational League champion St. Louis Cardinals and the 2004 American League Championship SeriesAmerican League champion the Boston Red Sox.
	www.infothis.com /find/World_Series (188 words)

	Fall 2001: Origin of the Name "World Series"
		But the Spalding Guide -- which, after all, was published by one of the world's largest sporting goods companies, with a vested interest in bringing baseball to other lands -- had grander ambitions.
		The Sporting News Guide used "World's Series" from 1942 through 1963, changing to "World Series" in the 1964 edition.
		In fact, the postseason series between the AL and NL champs was originally known as the "Championship of the World" or "World's Championship Series." That was shortened through usage to "World's Series" and finally to "World Series."
	roadsidephotos.com /baseball/name.htm (188 words)

	Photo of Roger Craig Signing an Autograph - Acclaim Stock Photography
		renard, roger craig, mets, new york mets, 1962 mets, 1963 mets, autograph, signature, signatures, autographs, signing, writing, hum baby, eric m, renard, athlete, athletes, baseball, baseball player, baseball players, sport, sports
		Photo Description: Roger Craig signing a black and white photo from 1962 or 1963 season as a Met.
		Photo of Roger Craig Signing an Autograph - Acclaim Stock Photography
	acclaim-stock-photos.com /_gallery/_pages/0036-0502-2809-3020.html (188 words)

	Baseball Direct - #1 online source for baseball videos, books & calendars
		Cardinals in '43, '44, and '46 Series - ($34.95)
		Cardinals in '64, '67, and '68 Series - ($34.95)
		1963 Oct. 5, Los Angeles 1, New York (AL) 0.
	www.baseballdirect.com /teams/yankees.html (188 words)

	Jewish Music or Music of the Jewish People?
		Sandy Koufax and his refusal to pitch on Yom Kippur in the 1963 World Series related Judaism and baseball.
		Naturally, I sought ways to harmonize being Jewish with my baseball and musical concerns.
		The Islamic world, within which a significant portion of Jewish communities dwelled, was musically rich, and Jews were actively involved in it as performers, composers, and philosophers.
	www.tepel.org /articles/jewishmusicor.html (188 words)

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		Notorious for doctoring baseballs (throwing a spitball), Perry won 314 games over a 22-year career starting in 1963.
		Gaylord Jackson Perry (born September 15, 1938 in Williamston, North Carolina) was a Major League Baseball player and member of the United States Baseball Hall of Fame.
		Like most pitchers, Perry was not renowned for his hitting ability, and in his rookie season of 1963, he joked, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." On July 20, 1969, just hours after Neil Armstrong landed on the moon, Perry hit the first home run of his career.
	www.alanaditescili.net /index.php?title=Gaylord_Perry (320 words)

	1999 Service Award Recipients
		A member of the 1963 NAIA National Championship Baseball team at SHSU, he has continued his interest in and service to SHSU athletics though the Letterman Association and the Bearkat Club, which he has served as vice president/fundraising and president, and has raised more than $500,000 for the Bearkat Club.
		Ivy Moss of Huntsville was among six members of an Iola family attending Sam Houston State in 1963, a distinction noted by U. Senator Ralph Yarborough and entered into the Senate record.
		She is a former member and past president of the Huntsville Study Club and past president of Sam Houston University Women, was named a teacher of the month in the Huntsville school district in 1994, and was listed in "Who's Who Among American Educators" in 1991.
	www.shsu.edu /~alu_kat/awards/service/service1999.html (320 words)

	Major League Baseball News
		McKean, who joined Major League Baseball as an Umpire Supervisor in 2002, is the third former Major League umpire to be inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame, joining Bob Emslie (1986) and Carmen Bush (1985).
		Major League Baseball Umpire Supervisor Jim McKean, a native of Montreal, Quebec, will be among four new inductees into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame, it was announced today.
		A 1966 graduate of Concordia University, McKean played quarterback for Saskatchewan in the Canadian Football League from 1963-69, where he was named Rookie of the Year in 1963 and led the team to the Grey Cup in 1966.
	www.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb_press_release.jsp?ymd=20040226&content_id=641947&vkey=pr_mlb&fext=.jsp (284 words)

	WUA - McKean To Be Inducted in Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame
		Former Major League Baseball umpire Jim McKean, now a supervisor of umpires in the Commissioner’s Office, will be inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame on June 26, 2004.
		He played in the Canadian Football League from 1963 to 1969, a quarterback for Saskatchewan.
		He was named Rookie of the Year in 1963 and piloted Saskatchewan to the Grey Cup league championship in 1966.
	www.worldumpires.com /news/042004McKean.htm (225 words)

	URI forensic team to present findings at national baseball research conference
		Hilliard said that the 1963 and 1970 balls were most likely made by Spalding, which manufactured Major League baseballs for 100 years beginning in 1876, while the three others were made by Rawlings, which became the MLB vendor in 1977.
		The Society's mission is to foster the study of baseball, to assist in developing and maintaining the history of the game, to facilitate the dissemination of baseball research, to stimulate interest in baseball, and to safeguard the proprietary interests of its members' research efforts.
		The Society for American Baseball Research was established in Cooperstown, New York in August of 1971.
	www.uri.edu /news/releases/html/02-0611.html (841 words)

	eBay Store - Mokolai Collectibles: 1963 Topps Baseball, 1963 Topps Football, 1972 Topps Baseball
		1972 Topps Reggie Jackson In Action Athletics ex-mt B
		1972 Topps Carl Yastrzemski In Action Red Sox ex
		1972 Topps Willie Mays In Action #50 Ex-mt Giants
	stores.ebay.com /Mokolai-Collectibles (238 words)

	Last Names starting with P - Baseball-Reference.com
		John Pacella 1977-1986 Alex Pacheco 1996-1996 Pat Pacillo 1987-1988 Jim Paciorek 1987-1987 John Paciorek 1963-1963 Tom Paciorek 1970-1987 Frankie Pack 1949-1949 Gene Packard 1912-1919 Joe Pactwa 1975-1975
		Bold indicates a current player and a * indicates a Hall of Famer.
		Players with Last Names Between Pa and Pf Starts with "P" Career Batting Register and Career Pitching Register
	www.baseball-reference.com /p/pa-pf.shtml (238 words)

	Baseball Almanac - Year In Review : 1963 American League
		Baseball Almanac - Year In Review : 1963 American League
		"I can see how he (Sandy Koufax) won 25 games, but what I can't understand is how he lost five." - Yogi Berra in 1963 World Series
		Minister and civil-rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King led over two hundred thousand people in the largest non-violent demonstration ever held to support the passage of civil rights legislation.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /yearly/yr1963a.shtml (777 words)

	The Sporting News: Baseball History of the World Series
		Walter Alston's Dodgers, rebounding from a late-season collapse in 1962, fought off St. Louis in 1963 and finished six games in front of the Cardinals.
		Crafty veteran Johnny Podres won 14 games and fired five shutouts, while relief ace Ron Perranoski made 69 appearances and went 16-3 with a 1.67 ERA.
		Los Angeles' World Series opponent would be an old Dodger nemesis, the New York Yankees.
	www.sportingnews.com /archives/worldseries/1963.html (950 words)

	Mailbox Baseball
		Mailbox Baseball is as old as teen-age driving privileges, and is played at varying levels of expertise all over the nation.
		Customarily, it is the supporters of the losing football team who are the most enthusiastic mailbox baseball players, practicing their craft as they return to their own disgraced part of town.
		the mailbox, an irresistible target in pristine brick and virgin mortar, beckoning in the moonlight.
	www.tealdragon.net /humor/true/mailbxbb.htm (641 words)

	Major League Baseball : History : World Series History
		Notes: In Game One, Sandy Koufax established a single-game record by striking out 15.
		1963 - Los Angeles Dodgers (4) vs. New York Yankees (0)
	mlb.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws_recaps.jsp?feature=1963 (451 words)

	Cecil Fielder
		Cecil Grant Fielder (born September 21, 1963 in Los Angeles, California) is a former Major League Baseball player who was a popular slugger with the Toronto Blue Jays (1985-88), Detroit Tigers (1990-96), New York Yankees (1996-97), Anaheim Angels and Cleveland Indians (both in 1998).
		Fielder provided one of baseball's most stunning performances in 1990, becoming the first player to reach the 50-home run mark since George Foster slammed 52 for the Cincinnati Reds in 1977.
		A part-time first and third baseman for the Blue Jays, Fielder had batted 31 homers with 84 runs batted in in four seasons.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/C/Cecil-Fielder.htm (451 words)

	Online Etymology Dictionary
		Meaning "success" is from 1954 (though late 1990s slang in the bomb "the best" is probably a fresh formation); opposite sense of "a failure" is from 1963.
		slang, from the trick of concealing something down the leg of a high boot (originally a flask of liquor).
		To bone up "study" is 1880s student slang, from "Bohn's Classical Library," a popular series in higher education.
	www.etymonline.com /index.php?l=b&p=14 (1435 words)

	Great Falls fans pay tribute to Mr. Baseball tonight at Legion Park - greatfallstribune.com
		The city had sponsored pro baseball teams beginning in the late 1940s, but lost minor-league ball from 1963-68.
		Baseball will be remembered today at his favorite place by some of his favorite people.
		Baseball -- worked from 1969 until 1987 as the general manager of two pro teams.
	www.greatfallstribune.com /news/stories/20040618/localnews/668749.html (371 words)

	Mike's Baseball Rants
		The strike zone itself has been tweaked in 1950, 1963, 1969, 1988 (and there was de facto change for the two years preceding this change), 1996, and 2001 though the umpires have adhered to the varying strike zone rule in varying ways.
		I initially thought of looking at data starting in the mid-Seventies, but after reading this article by the great Leonard Koppett, the first part in a series on the current strike zone war, I thought staking out a thorough archeological dig of the strike zone was in order.
		However, the redefinition of the strike zone every decade or so has been the one exception to the homeostasis in baseball rules, and it's more an issue today than ever.
	mikesbballrants.blogspot.com /2003_06_08_mikesbballrants_archive.html (371 words)

	Rich's Weekend Baseball BEAT: August 2003 Archives
		According to The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract, Cravath was elected a local judge in Laguna Beach, California in 1927 and was re-elected every two years after that until his death in 1963.
		Alex, who is an expert when it comes to films as his background includes having worked on the Ken Burns “Baseball&; documentary, pointed out DeNiro was the lead in two of Brian DePalma’s early movies—“Greetings” and “Hi Mom”.
		As Rob Neyer explains so eloquently in his Big Book of Baseball Lineups, the eight MVP voters from around the league were instructed to list eight players on their ballots: one player from each team, ranked one through eight.
	www.all-baseball.com /richbeat/archives/2003_08.html (371 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - The Baseball Encyclopedia
		I saw my first baseball game as a tyke in 1963.
		Based on a completely new database compiled by the award-winning godfather of statistical baseball analysis Pete Palmer and edited by respected baseball historian, commentator, and editor Gary Gillete—and featuring several never-before-published statistics— The Baseball Encyclopedia 2004 is the most complete and accurate baseball database ever compiled.
		Gary Gillette -a tireless baseball author, analyst, and editor with countless books and newspaper and magazine articles to his credit — including groundbreaking work for the sixth and seventh editions of Total Baseball — is always involved in several projects at once.
	search.barnesandnoble.com /booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?isbn=0760753490 (371 words)

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