Category: Great Teams of the Past

Gameday #18 had it all — two massive routs, a walk-off extra-inning victory, a triple play and a shutout. The standings tightened up again as one of the lopsided games saw the 1969 Minnesota Twins beat the 1961 New York Yankees 14-1. The 1967 St. Louis Cardinals couldn’t take advantage, as they were the extra-innings…

As the second half of the season got underway, Whitey Ford of the 1961 New York Yankees and Don Cardwell of the 1969 New York Mets pitched shutouts in games that had major implications for the top of the standings Ford’s victory kept the Yankees in first place with an 11-6 record and dropped the…

Midway through the 32-game season, it’s the 1961 New York Yankees and the 1967 St. Louis Cardinals that are still tied atop the league. The two squads split their four-game series in week four and are at 10-6. Teams three through seven in the standings are all within three games in the standings. Most of…

The 1967 St. Louis Cardinals defeated the 1961 New York Yankees to split their four-game series, so at the season’s midway point, the two teams are tied atop the league with 10-6 records. The 1969 Minnesota Twins could have joined them, but the 1962 Los Angeles Dodgers beat them for the third time. Elsewhere, Gary…

And just like that, the 1961 New York Yankees are back in first place, all by themselves. Two games ago, they were in second place for the first time all season. But after beating the 1967 St. Louis Cardinals for the second straight day, and seeing the 1969 Minnesota Twins lose again to the 1962…

Once again, three teams are tied atop the standings. The 1961 New York Yankees avenged a series-opening 7-0 loss to the 1967 St. Louis Cardinals with a 7-0 victory of their own, courtesy of a Bill Stafford shutout. And the 1969 Minnesota Twins joined them atop the standings, all with 9-5 records, thanks to Jim…

For the first time since Gameday #18 of season 4, a New York Yankees team is not in first place. The red-hot 1967 St. Louis Cardinals won their seventh straight game and beat the 1961 Yankees in the opener of their four-game series. That puts the Cardinals in first place at 9-4, a game ahead…

After three weeks of the season, the 1961 New York Yankees and the 1969 Minnesota Twins still have a share of the lead, but they’ve been joined at the top by the red-hot 1967 St. Louis Cardinals, who have won six straight. The Yankees are still doing it with their pitching, a league-best 2.78 ERA…

For the first time in five Great Teams of the Past seasons, a player hit three home runs in a game. It wasn’t who you’d expect, considering the number of sluggers from the 1960s playing in season 5. Tom Haller of the 1962 San Francisco Giants recorded the feat as the Giants managed a series…