And you still couldn't hit it," says Hall of Fame center fielder Willie Mays about Sandy Koufax on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series. If one were to put music to a career, the dominant notes in ...
From the first inning on. the San Francisco Giants were straggling back from the plate with their bats dragging. By the middle innings, the crowd of 82,794 at Los Angeles' Memorial Coliseum ...
the Hall of Famer covered the entire career of Jewish superstar pitcher Sandy Koufax. Koufax played for the Dodgers first in Brooklyn and then Los Angles, from 1955-1966, putting together a ...
Pitchers Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale turned down the Los Angeles Dodgers' "final" contract offer of $210,000 today. The two pitchers announced a month that they would negotiate their 1966 ...
"If Nolan Ryan had done it, if Sandy Koufax had done it ... Yankees public-address announcer Bob Sheppard on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series. Don Larsen, who is the only man in history ...
On November 1, 1966, Los Angeles Dodgers legend Sandy Koufax became the first three-time Cy Young Award winner in MLB history. Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Steve Carlton broke Koufax’s record ...
On Sept. 9, 1965, Sandy Koufax threw a perfect game against the Chicago Cubs at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers needed every bit of Koufax’s brilliance as Bob Hendley also turned in a ...
Gil Hodges and Sandy Koufax are among players responsible for memorable moments in Los Angeles Dodgers history, and that includes Aug. 31 during separate years. Hodges spent 16 seasons with the ...