FWIIW, I get a bit misty remembering the Iron Curtain Infield and the Big Blue Wrecking Crew.
That was my entire childhood.
“Batting against him [Don Drysdale] is the same as making a date with the dentist.” – Dick Groat[5]
“Don Drysdale would consider an intentional walk a waste of three pitches. If he wants to put you on base, he can hit you with one pitch.” – Mike Shannon
“The trick against Drysdale is to hit him before he hits you.” – Orlando Cepeda
“I hated to bat against Drysdale. After he hit you he’d come around, look at the bruise on your arm and say, ‘Do you want me to sign it?’” – Mickey Mantle
“For every Dodger they [the Giants’ pitchers] knock down, I’ll knock down two of theirs—and they won’t be .220 hitters, either.” – Drysdale, still on the subject of brushback pitches; quoted from the Los Angeles Times