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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: After this article was published, the White Sox broke the 1962 Mets record for most losses in a season. NEW YORK — Craig Anderson pauses the phone call. He’s got to get his notes. He ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Baseball cards that predicted the future!

Not long after the New York Mets set the modern record for losses in a single season in 1962, Craig Anderson was given a packet recapping the carnage day by day, game by miserable game. A pitcher on ...

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 ...