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elleng

(141,319 posts) Sun Dec 31, 2023, 09:50 PM Dec 2023

Happy 88th birthday to one of the best pitchers the game has ever seen, Sandy Koufax!

The Dodgers legend was a 4x World Series Champion, 3x Cy Young Award winner, 7x All-Star, the 1963 NL MVP and was inducted in to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972.

(We named our dog after him!)

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Happy 88th birthday to one of the best pitchers the game has ever seen, Sandy Koufax! (Original Post) elleng Dec 2023 OP

He was special. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2023 #1

I probably saw his worst game ever rurallib Dec 2023 #2

'Funny,' lost to another Jewish pitcher!!! elleng Dec 2023 #5

When I was a kid I went to a Pirates game gab13by13 Dec 2023 #3

My first baseball mitt was signed by Sandy (not original of course). captain queeg Dec 2023 #4

OAITW r.2.0

(30,851 posts)

1. He was special.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Sun Dec 31, 2023, 09:52 PM

Dec 2023

Ryan. Gibson, Martinez special.

rurallib

(64,329 posts)

2. I probably saw his worst game ever

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Sun Dec 31, 2023, 09:56 PM

Dec 2023

Dodgers-Cubs. I think it was 1963. Koufax vs. Kenny Holtzman. Koufax gave up 5 runs in the first as I recall. Didn't finish the inning. Holtzman got knocked out in the top of the second.

Other than that day, he seldom made a mistake.

elleng

(141,319 posts)

5. 'Funny,' lost to another Jewish pitcher!!!

Reply to rurallib (Reply #2)

Sun Dec 31, 2023, 10:06 PM

Dec 2023

gab13by13

(30,297 posts)

3. When I was a kid I went to a Pirates game

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Sun Dec 31, 2023, 09:57 PM

Dec 2023

and Koufax was pitching for the Dodgers. In the first inning the Pirates scored 4 runs off Sandy and the manager comes out to the mound and I yell, don't take him out yet. I was a Little League pitcher. They left Koufax in the game and he went on to beat the Pirates that day.

captain queeg

(11,780 posts)

4. My first baseball mitt was signed by Sandy (not original of course).

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Sun Dec 31, 2023, 10:01 PM

Dec 2023

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