To be the one best player in all three categories in a single season, whether hit- ter or pitcher, is a rare and distinctive honor, marking accomplished play. You could tell how much he wanted it. The day Hendley allowed just one hit Clete Boyer was the only Yankees regular not to strike out. He had thrown a no-hitter in each of the preceding three seasons. Video: 9/9/65 [emailprotected]: Koufax fans 14 in perfect game. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. To date, this is the only time the Dodgers have won the deciding game of a World Series at home. It had tension, rising and falling drama, great turns of phrase. "I was average.". Big D, Koufax Losing Support, Los Angeles Times, March 22, 1966, p. B-2. They shouldn't bother. WebOf his four no-hitters, Sandy Koufax saved his finest for last. Their only six confrontations occurred in the first four seasons of a five-season sequence, 1962-66, when Koufax was at the peak of his career. 1 hero and its most attractive bachelor.In one photo he was shown in a swimming pool with a girlfriend; in another, signing autographs at a department store. Moreover, neither pitcher had the cachet of Koufax, and Scully didn't provide the play-by-play. Ashburn struckout 11 times against Koufax. WebAces were on the mound again in a game 1 rematch between Whitey Ford and Sandy Koufax. If you see a misplaced button on this guy's shirt, don't mention it. Bavasi began by meeting separately with each man. Larry Schwartz, Koufaxs Dominance Was Short But Sweet, ESPN.com. But even the extraordinary Pirates-Braves game of May 26, 1959, paled in comparison with the Koufax-Hendley game. Koufax had pitched in Brooklyn, but he never performed in the borough where he'd been raised as he did in Los Angeles. Turning away sharply from a pitch, his spikes caught in the ground and he toppled over in pain, The Sporting News reported. Hendley beat him three times and lost but once. Hendley never had told his players of his baseball past. Relying mostly on fastballs against the Cardinals, Koufax walked the first two batters, Julian Javier and Curt Flood. Only perfection beat him. Koufax, meanwhile, was perfect no runs, no hits, no walks.
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