Today in Sports - Lindsey Vonn wins a record 63rd World Cup …
5 days ago · 1972 — Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers becomes the youngest player elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame at 36. Yogi Berra and Early Wynn are also elected. ... 1992 — John Cook is the first golfer in PGA history to chip in on two consecutive holes to win a playoff after he edges Gene Sauers in the Bob Hope Classic.
Today in Sports - Lindsey Vonn wins a record 63rd World Cup …
6 days ago · 1972 — Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers becomes the youngest player elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame at 36. ... 1992 — John Cook is the first golfer in PGA history to chip in on two ...
SI Vault: The Left Arm of God - Sports Illustrated
Aug 1, 2014 · He came so often that the family who ran the diner quickly stopped thinking of him as Sandy Koufax, one of the greatest pitchers who ever lived. They thought of him the way Koufax strived all...
LEITER’S A KOUFAX PROTEGE - New York Post
Feb 27, 1999 · Koufax, whose visit was kind of a precursor to Tom Seaver’s arrival on Monday, also worked with other lefties like John Franco – a fellow Lafayette High School grad – and eyed Dennis Cook and...
Kindest cut of all – Chicago Tribune
Sep 21, 2004 · Imagine if Sandy Koufax hadn’t needed to retire at age 30. If he had added considerably to his 165 career victories. Imagine if Koufax, a Hall of Famer despite his relatively short stay in...
Sandy Koufax - Wikipedia
Koufax was born Sanford Braun to a Jewish family on December 30, 1935, in Borough Park, Brooklyn. [1] His parents, Evelyn (née Lichtenstein) and Jack Braun, divorced when he was three years old. The son of a single working parent, he spent most of his childhood with his maternal grandparents and spent his summers at Camp Chi-Wan-Da, a Jewish summer camp in Ulster Park, New York, where his ...
Sandy Koufax – Baseball Player Biography, Career, Net Worth …
Dec 24, 2024 · Sandy Koufax is remembered as one of the greatest pitchers in Major League Baseball (MLB) history. He retired in 1966 after an impressive career that spanned 12 seasons with the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers.
NOTHING STOPPED THE DODGERS - Sports Illustrated Vault
Mar 19, 2024 · Like Ford, Sandy Koufax can work three games if needed, and Koufax is baseball's best pitcher. Johnny Podres, the old man of the Dodger pitching staff at 31, beat the Yankees the last two...
“Pitcher Perfect” 1963-1966 | The Pop History Dig
L.A. Dodgers’ Sandy Koufax and John Roseboro celebrate on the field in L.A. after beating the Yankees to clinch the World Series, October 6,1963. On October 6th, 1963, in Game 4 of the World Series at Dodger Stadium, Koufax faced the Yankees a second time.
Sandy Koufax - Overcame Ball-control Problem - JRank
Koufax explained his transformation in John Grabowski's book, Sandy Koufax, saying that he became a good pitcher when he stopped trying to make batters miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it.