more in 2012 (against Detroit) and again in 2014 (against Kansas City). Composite box 1962 World Series (4–3): New York Yankees (A.L.) over San Francisco Giants (N.L.) Quotes Aftermath The season was a high-mark for Dark in San Francisco, despite some close brushes for further success. Despite winning 88 and 90 games in the next two years, the Giants could only take solace in finishing in the top division of the National League (until division play was instituted in 1969), and Dark was fired after the 1964 season; until 1972, the Giants would finish fourth or better but not win another pennant until 1989. The Yankees would win two further pennants in the 1960s, which included trips to the Series for Houk and then Berra when the former moved to the front office; the Yankees lost both times before the Yankee dynasty soon began to crumble under the chains of retiring players and new management, which resulted in a decade long drought. For the Peanuts comic strip of December 22, 1962, cartoonist and Giants fan Charles M. Schulz depicted Charlie Brown sitting glumly with Linus, lamenting in the last panel, "Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher?" The January 28, 1963, strip featured a nearly identical scene, except in the last panel Charlie Brown moaned, "Or why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball even two feet higher?" During the 1981 Major League Baseball strike, Giants radio flagship KNBR rebroadcast Game 7, electronically re-editing NBC Radio announcer George Kell's description to make it sound as if McCovey's ninth-inning liner had gotten past Richardson, with Alou and Mays scoring to win the game and Series for San Francisco. 48 years later, following additional World Series losses in and , the Giants would finally bring the first Series championship to San Francisco in . During Ring Night ceremonies in April 2011, Mays, McCovey, and Cepeda received honorary 2010 World Series rings. Notes References See also 1962 Japan Series External links Kodak Presents – Baseball's 25 Greatest Moments: Willie McCovey Lines Out World Series World Series New York Yankees postseason San Francisco Giants postseason Baseball competitions in San Francisco World Series World Series World Series World Series Baseball competitions in New York City 1960s in the Bronx