Posted on 06/05/2015 9:24:05 AM PDT by EveningStar
We asked you to list your choices for the 10 greatest Dodgers of all time. You could vote via comment, Facebook, Twitter or email. And vote you did. We received an amazing 14,383 ballots. So many, that we have decided to expand the list from the top 10 to the top 20.
You were asked to rank your top 10 in order. We assigned points, with your choice for first getting 12 points, second getting nine points, third getting eight points, all the way down to one point for 10th place. Each weekday here, we will unveil the top 20, one at a time, until we reach No. 1.
So without further ado:
No. 17: Don Newcombe; No. 18: Gil Hodges; No. 19: Don Sutton; No. 20: Kirk Gibson
No. 16: Walter Alston
No. 15: Walter O'Malley
No. 14: Branch Rickey
No. 13: Orel Hershiser
No. 12: Steve Garvey
No. 11: Pee Wee Reese
No. 10: Maury Wills
No. 9: Fernando Valenzuela
No. 8: Tommy Lasorda
No. 7: Clayton Kershaw
No. 6: Roy Campanella
No. 5: Duke Snider
No. 4: Don Drysdale
No. 3: Vin Scully
No. 2: Jackie Robinson
No. 1: Sandy Koufax
Even worse, a few years later, my dad got season tix for the Titans..the name before The Jets, and they played 3 season, I think, at the Polo Grounds..before the team moved to Shea. I remember vividly, and very fondly, going to the games with my dad, but the place was disgusting..
It tilts a little towards the modern/contemproary.
Only 6 are primarily Brooklyn players. Seven are pitchers. A few are non-players (either managers such as Lasorda and Alston or executives such as O’Malley (who is still hated in Brooklyn) and Rickey, or the great Vin Scully, who began in Brooklyn.)
There are other Brooklyn Dodgers who could arguably make the list, such as Zack Wheat for one, or Pistol Pete Reiser or Carl Furillo or Johnny Podres. Many of the people on that 1955 team.
I think the only team that would have about as difficult a time picking a top 20 would be the Yankees. After Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Mantle, Berra, and Jeter, there are so many choices.
No Jeff Hamilton?
What the heck were you and your son doing there...both places..
Visiting those hallowed grounds - during the day time =) - the locals did not mind, they acted like lots of folks do it, no one gave us a hard time.
To this day I often wonder what they did..
We had talked about going to a Yankee game but they only had night games and our host suggested we not. He said it would “probably” be okay to go down there in late morning or early afternoon so we went around 1030 or 11, and it was okay. I did notice there was one guy at the Polo Grounds Towers that eyed us when we were walking in but when we went to the home plate marker and took pictures he pretty much lost interest.
A story about “Leo the Lip” Durocher.
At least once every game he would run out of the dugout, wave his hands around as it looked as if he was screaming in the umpire’s face. It was a a show for the fans. In actuality he would be politely asking about the ump’s family, had the umpire seen any good movies, found a good new restaurant, etc.
Fans never knew... and loved it!
Yeah, but they were GREAT dumps.
Years ago my Dad took me with him on a business trip to Chicago.While he was working he arranged for me to see a Cubs/Giants game at Wrigley.It was a cold,dreary April day and the Cubs were getting shelled.As Durocher emerged from the dugout to pull the pitcher every single one of the 1000 fans in the stands launched a beer bottle toward the mound.
It's a moment that will stay with me 'till I die.
I agree if you are picking an all-dodger lineup but I would take Steve Carlton over Koufax.
Larry Sherry and Wally Moon belong on the list. In 1959, their names were household words in the Southland.
Where is Johnny Padres? Come on, he won their first World Series game against those Damn Yankees. Oct 55’ who in Brooklyn can ever forget it? Maybe Trump can take Brooklyn if he can get the Dodgers back to where they belong. CA can keep the Giants.
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