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To: Michael.SF.
I do recall the Dodgers of that era occasionally using Don Drysdale as a PH.

Drysdale was the best hitting pitcher of his era. I remember the year he hit 7 home runs and in a critical game the manager put Drysdale in as a PH. He got the hit of course. Glory Days for me as a young female teenager in LA.

59 posted on 04/10/2015 8:08:24 PM PDT by Cry if I Wanna
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To: Cry if I Wanna
Glory Days for me as a young female teenager in LA

You may know this story then:

Koufax was pitching in Philly, Drysdale was pitching the next night in NY, so he took an early train. When he arrived in NY, game in Philly was over and Koufax had pitched a no-hitter.

When told by a reporter of the feat, Big D deadpanned: "Did he win?"

63 posted on 04/10/2015 8:17:36 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (It takes a gun to feed a village (and an AK 47 to defend it).)
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