He was my boyhood idol growing up as a lefty (baseball lefty not political lefty).
As Ernie Banks said about him: “You can’t hit what you can’t see.”
I have two autographed baseballs from an all-star game played in Mpls from that era - I forget what year. My brother-in-law had some connections for good seat, meet and great afterwards, etc.
Lots of great names from my childhood - although I was not a diehard fan. But Sandy Koufax, Ernie Banks, Harmon Killebrew, Catfish Hunter, etc. are some of them.