1963 World Series Program Yankees-Dodgers Game 1 Koufax Beats Ford NICE

  
1963 New York Yankees vs. Los Angeles Dodgers World Series Program. Final score - Dodgers 5 - Yankees 2 (Game 1). There are tiny bends on the bottom right corners of the covers and pages. There's also a paper clip indentation on the bottom-center edge of the front cover and light spotting on the left edge of the cover. The program comes with pre-game press notes, stat sheets for both the Yankees and Dodgers and an additional six-panel, fold-out scorecard insert that was given to media members. The program is bound tightly, and the pages are clean and intact.

The program is oversized, measuring 8 3/4" x 11 3/4". 1963 New York Yankees World Series program - The opening game of the 1963 World Series featured a pair of Hall of Fame southpaws matching up against one another - Sandy Koufax started for the Dodgers, and the Yankees countered with Whitey Ford. Koufax set the tone for what would become a Los Angeles sweep of the Series with a six-hit 5-2 win.

The Dodgers pitchers totally dominated the Yankee lineup. John Roseboro provided all the runs Koufax needed, belting a three-run homer off Ford in the second inning. Tom Tresh's 2-run homer in the eighth averted a Yankee shutout. The program includes photos and bios of all of the Yanks and Dodgers, photo montages of highlights from New York's'63 regular season and photos of previous Dodgers-Yankees series.

The addition game notes include a schedule of pre-game events (including Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians), the compete regular season stats for the Yankees and Dodgers and notes on Koufax and Ford, plus an expanded fold-out scorecard. The item "1963 World Series Program Yankees-Dodgers Game 1 Koufax Beats Ford NICE" is in sale since Friday, August 12, 2016. This item is in the category "Sports Mem, Cards & Fan Shop\Vintage Sports Memorabilia\Publications\Programs\Baseball - MLB". The seller is "luvtoken" and is located in Wellesley, Massachusetts. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada.

1. Sport: Baseball-MLB
2. Team-Baseball: New York Yankees
3. Original/Reproduction: Original
4. Product Type: Program/Scorecard
5. Grade: Excellent
6. Year: 1963
7. Country/Region of Manufacture: United States