On July 28, 1962, the Philadelphia Phillies were scheduled to play the Pittsburgh Pirates in Philadelphia. A Pennsylvania Railroad train left Harrisburg at 5 p.m. bound for Philadelphia with Midget ...

Joe Christopher (left) part of the original 1962 Mets roster passed away today. Joe Christopher, member of the original season with the New York Mets passed away aged 87. The Mets announced his death ...

Fifty years ago, John Glenn orbited the earth, the Rocket entered the world and a New York baseball team burned up on re-entry to the National League. That summer, Americans could hear Elvis Presley ...

If you ask Ralph Houk, he'll tell you that the American League is really superior to the National, that the greater competition credited to the senior circuit is a myth. Bring more than a decade of ...

Something good has come from that 1962 World Series in which the Yankees beat the Giants in seven games. A baseball from that World Series, signed by many of the Yankees players, was sold for $30,000 ...

On July 28, 1962, a Pennsylvania Railroad train left Harrisburg at 5 p.m. headed for Philadelphia to see the Phillies play the Pittsburgh Pirates. On board were many Midget League players and their ...

The Mets won just 40 games and lost 120, the most defeats in a single season in the modern history of baseball. Manager Casey Stengel theatrically pointing the way at the start of spring training in ...

Long before the San Francisco Giants ended a 56-season World Series championship drought in 2010, the club's first National League pennant winner since the move to the West Coast gave the baseball ...

This column, by Chicago Defender sports writer A.S. “Doc” Young, first appeared in the Aug. 4, 1962, issue of The Sporting News, after Jackie Robinson had broken another color barrier, becoming the ...

Among the 65 former players and managers scheduled to be on hand Aug. 27 when the Mets hold their first Old-Timers’ Day since 1994 are five of the 15 living members from the franchise’s inaugural ...

Editor’s note: The Reporter is conducting a computer simulation double-elimination Old Time Baseball Tournament featuring the eight worst teams of the 20th century (based on winning percentage). The ...

Baseball's grand new ballpark in 1962 was Dodger Stadium, which opened on April 10 when Los Angeles starter Johnny Podres took the mound in front of a crowd of 52,564, many of whom no doubt left to ...