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Sandy Koufax Why
You tube ^ | 2016 | You Tube

Posted on 08/24/2020 4:14:18 PM PDT by Shark24

Only two minutes. Sandy at his retirement announcement. Example of class compared to many of today's athletes.

(Excerpt) Read more at youtube.com ...


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: classy; koufax; retire; sandykoufax
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To: Shark24
My aunt and uncle lived right across from Ebbet’s Field. Good memories.

Wow! That's great! My father was a New York Giants' fan, but when they moved he waited until the Mets came around. I had no such local attachment, but we would go see the Dodgers play the Mets.
21 posted on 08/24/2020 4:49:06 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: SunkenCiv

I remember, thanks for that!


22 posted on 08/24/2020 4:50:54 PM PDT by Shark24
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To: Shark24

23 posted on 08/24/2020 4:51:48 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: TruthWillWin

Good predictions!


24 posted on 08/24/2020 4:52:36 PM PDT by Shark24
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To: Bullish
I'll give you a few modern sports heroes who were great, classy players in their respective sports:

1. Wayne Gretzky
2. Tony Gwynn
3. Walter Payton
4. Don Mattingly
5. Jerry Rice
6. Steve Yzerman
7. Nicklas Lidstrom

And while he probably wouldn't make this list, I must give kudos to Willie Stargell of the Pittsburgh Pirates for the greatest Sandy Koufax quote of all time:

"Trying to hit Sandy Koufax was like trying to drink coffee with a fork."

LMAO.

25 posted on 08/24/2020 4:54:22 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("We're human beings ... we're not f#%&ing animals." -- Dennis Rodman, 6/1/2020)
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To: Shark24

Koufax was truly one of the best. But, I tended to be more of Bob Gibson fan.


26 posted on 08/24/2020 4:55:24 PM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: Shark24

I saw him throw a no hitter vs the Phillies in the early 60s. What a machine.


27 posted on 08/24/2020 4:56:04 PM PDT by ReleaseTheHounds ("The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." M. Thatcher)
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To: Shark24

I saw him throw a no hitter vs the Phillies in the early 60s. What a machine.


28 posted on 08/24/2020 4:58:54 PM PDT by ReleaseTheHounds ("The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." M. Thatcher)
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To: TruthWillWin

Sure it was ‘59? Tommy D. only had one at bat that season.


29 posted on 08/24/2020 5:00:01 PM PDT by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy Mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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To: Alberta's Child

You have to add Michael Jordan.


30 posted on 08/24/2020 5:00:57 PM PDT by ReleaseTheHounds ("The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." M. Thatcher)
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To: ReleaseTheHounds
There is a story from when the Dodgers were still in Brooklyn that Sandy Koufax pitched a no-hitter in Philadelphia. Don Drysdale had taken the train back to New York. When he arrived there someone told him, "Koufax pitched a no-hitter." Drysdale's response was, "Did the Dodgers win?"

The Dodgers were notorious at that time for not scoring many runs.

Maybe that was the game you saw.

31 posted on 08/24/2020 5:03:22 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Bullish

Please. Ali bears more responsibility for the braggadocious, arrogant, self-promoting, chest-thumping buffoonery that has made watching sports unbearable.


32 posted on 08/24/2020 5:04:13 PM PDT by MarDav
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To: ReleaseTheHounds

I’d be more inclined to consider him if the rumors of his gambling problem could be out to rest.


33 posted on 08/24/2020 5:08:51 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("We're human beings ... we're not f#%&ing animals." -- Dennis Rodman, 6/1/2020)
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To: Shark24

The best. Thanks for posting.

I do believe all politicians
should take this sage advice.
We’d be a much better country.
12 years should be the limit.


34 posted on 08/24/2020 5:08:54 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
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To: MarDav

His true legacy.


35 posted on 08/24/2020 5:12:52 PM PDT by Midnitethecat (St)
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To: Shark24

Sandy and Drysdale won two each in the dodgers/ twins world Series, broke my heart


36 posted on 08/24/2020 5:17:53 PM PDT by South Dakota (This is what I do. I drink and I know things)
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To: Midnitethecat

I think it was Bill Parcels, former football coach, talking about touchdown celebrations who said something like, “Act like you’ve been there before.” Always thought that was a pretty good quote.


37 posted on 08/24/2020 5:19:38 PM PDT by MarDav
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To: ReleaseTheHounds

Add Nolan Ryan as well.


38 posted on 08/24/2020 5:23:21 PM PDT by wjcsux (They are burning buildings and Bibles now, people are next!)
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To: Larry Lucido

So someone posts a video of Kofax and you manage to scrounge up that. Way too much time on your hands. LOL!


39 posted on 08/24/2020 5:52:36 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Shark24

I saw game 4 of the 1963 World Series. From the right field bleachers, but I was there. Sandys retirement was sad, but we all understood


40 posted on 08/24/2020 5:53:54 PM PDT by BigEdLB (BigedLB, Russian BOT, At your service)
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