“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 ...
Koufax was the first pitcher to throw at least 3 no-hitters and became the youngest player to ever be inducted into the Hall of Fame. MVP, 3 Cy Youngs, 3 World Series, 2 World Series MVP ...
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 ...
He was Mr. Koufax,” Passan told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency about the pitcher he once wrote a paper about for Hebrew school. While a columnist for Yahoo! Sports, Passan spent about four years ...
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 ...
The Los Angeles Angels had a very loud offseason waiting mere hours after the final pitch of the 2024 World Series to start making calls, but have been quiet in ...