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Sandy Koufax turns 80 today
Multiple links in body of thread | December 30, 2015

Posted on 12/30/2015 1:18:43 PM PST by EveningStar

Sandy Koufax, the great Dodgers pitcher, turns 80 today. Happy birthday, Sandy!

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TOPICS: History; Sports
KEYWORDS: baseball; dodgers; greatjewishathletes; jewishsportsheroes; koufax; sandykoufax
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To: EveningStar
Remember the Twilight zone episode 'The Mighty Casey'?

[Closing Narration] Once upon a time, there was a major league baseball team called the Hoboken Zephyrs, who, during the last year of their existence, wound up in last place and shortly thererafter wound up in oblivion. There's a rumor, unsubstantiated, of course, that a manager named McGarry took them to the West Coast and wound up with several pennants and a couple of world championships.

This team had a pitching staff that made history. Of course, none of them smiled very much, but it happens to be a fact that they pitched like nothing human. And if you're interested as to where these gentlemen came from, you might check under 'B' for Baseball - in The Twilight Zone.

21 posted on 12/30/2015 4:57:56 PM PST by Ken H
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To: EveningStar

Great!


22 posted on 12/30/2015 4:59:14 PM PST by sitetest (If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
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To: sitetest

I was very fortunate to have met him several times at the Bob Gibson golf tournament in Omaha. I was a Marshal on a par 4. He was a heck of a golfer and could probably have played professionally.


23 posted on 12/30/2015 5:31:20 PM PST by Mean Daddy
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To: EveningStar
Happy Birthday, Sandy!

You were my childhood hero. 54 years ago I tracked each of your strikes & strikeouts while at summer camp at night, listening to the radio I hid under the covers, while my bunkmates were sleeping (3 hour time difference from L.A.), in an America that is gone forever.

24 posted on 12/30/2015 8:25:16 PM PST by goldbux (CDO / I may have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, but at least I put the letters in correct sequence.)
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