There are pitchers who not only dominated the mound but redefined the game. From legends with unhittable fastballs to masters ...
“And as one of them sits, I get a profile, and that’s Sandy Koufax sitting right in front of me.” Schloff said he and the star pitcher nodded at each other and went about their prayer ...
Koufax won three Cy Young Awards (at that time, it was for the best pitcher in the majors, not merely the league) and, if not for a finger ailment in 1962 and an elbow injury in 1964, he probably ...
(Fried did pitch last year on the Day of Atonement; it didn’t go well.) Fried met Koufax in 2018 when the Braves and Dodgers faced off in the postseason. “Incredible,” was how Fried recalled ...
"Koufax made me realize all we are, are controlled throwers," Strom said. "We're not pitchers. The best way to ruin a pitcher is to make him a pitcher. ... If I get an 18-year-old Koufax ...
about Koufax opting not to pitch on Yom Kippur in Game 1 of the 1965 World Series against the Twins. “(That) decision has been a source of inspiration for legions of sports fans, both Jews and ...
On Nov. 3, 1965, Los Angeles Dodgers legend Sandy Koufax won a second Cy Young Award, two years after earning the first of his storied career. Only one pitcher in MLB won the Cy Young during that ...
Right now on paper, it certainly doesn't sound like a World Series rotation. But in mid-February, it doesn't have to be just ...
He called every pitch of Sandy Koufax’s perfect game in 1965. After 10 seasons playing in the majors, he skippered the White Sox and the Mets. By Michael S. Rosenwald Jeff Torborg, an unassuming ...