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saw a few dodger games at the colosseum They jerry rigged the football stadium to accommodate baseball and the left field fence was close. They put up a 42 foot high wire fence and Moon would pop up and the ball would go over the fence for a home run. Those were called moon shots. Some of the line drive hitters couldn’t hit home runs because the ball would hit the wire fence and stay in play.
Rest in peace Mr. Moon.
And may Almighty God welcome you into His mercy with open arms.
He was before my time, but my fourth grade reader had a story about him and the life of a major league baseball player. I believe he was with the Cardinals at that time. I had no idea he was still alive. RIP
Wally Moon was famous for his "Moon Shot", a short high fly ball that would be an out in almost any other park. I saw him there a few times, with my cousin actually getting one of his home run balls. Unfortunately a bigger kid took it from him (we were 9 and 10 at the time).
RIP Mr. Moon
Time marches on for the dwindling few boys of summer.
I was an avid baseball card collector in the late 50’s and early 60’s. The cards cost 5 cents a pack and our town General Store would sell you 6 packs for a quarter.
Anyway, Wally Moon was always one of my favorites. He had an amazing uni brow. It is sad to hear of his passing but it is great to know that he enjoyed a long and exemplary life. RIP.
Brings back memories of the Dodgers at the L.A. Coliseum. Amazing how they shoehorned a baseball field into that stadium. Dodgers played there for four years until Dodger Stadium opened.
RIP Wally Moon.
A great Aggie
Yep, I saw one Moonshot. He was traded to the Dodgers for Charley Neal and I remember his comment: You made a helluva deal.
The headline is deceptive. His Moonshots helped reach one World Series - 1959. No more Moonshots after the 1961 season since Dodger Stadium opened in 1962.
“Slugger” is perhaps somewhat over the top for someone who had 142 career home runs.
Oh, man; I grew up in Los Angeles (Westchester), and those Dodgers teams were special. Wally Moon; Don Demeter; Gil Hodges; Duke Snider; Sandy Koufax; Ron Fairley; Jim Gilliam; Carl Furillo; Johnny Podres; et als.
I saw the Dodgers play there (i.e., the L.A. Coliseum), many times.
Back in ‘59, Wally Moon was a hero out here.
LOL
When Koufax signed for a bonus at age 19, MLB rules required him to stay on the major league roster for two years. Basketball was his scholarship sport at U of Cincinnati, where he did only a brief stint on the baseball team.
He had to develop at the MLB level.
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