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gab13by13

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3. When I was a kid I went to a Pirates game

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Sun Dec 31, 2023, 09:57 PM

Dec 2023

and Koufax was pitching for the Dodgers. In the first inning the Pirates scored 4 runs off Sandy and the manager comes out to the mound and I yell, don't take him out yet. I was a Little League pitcher. They left Koufax in the game and he went on to beat the Pirates that day.

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Happy 88th birthday to one of the best pitchers the game has ever seen, Sandy Koufax! [View all] elleng Dec 2023 OP

He was special. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2023 #1

I probably saw his worst game ever rurallib Dec 2023 #2

'Funny,' lost to another Jewish pitcher!!! elleng Dec 2023 #5

When I was a kid I went to a Pirates game gab13by13 Dec 2023 #3

My first baseball mitt was signed by Sandy (not original of course). captain queeg Dec 2023 #4