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LOS ANGELES -- Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax has severed ties with the Los Angeles Dodgers because of a gossip-column item in a newspaper owned by the team's parent company. The Los Angeles ...
On June 30, 1962, Sandy Koufax pitched his first no-hitter for the Dodgers. Up against the New York Mets, Koufax struck out 13 batters and walked five to lead his team to victory. It was his first ...
PORT ST. LUCIE – Sandy Koufax was with Mets bullpen coach Guy Conti yesterday when he decided he wanted to chat with one of the pitchers. “He said to me, ‘I’d like to say hello to Petey ...
LOS ANGELES -- The New York Post apologized to Sandy Koufax and retracted a gossip column item that caused the Hall of Fame pitcher to end his 48-year relationship with the Dodgers. The Post and ...
Sandy Koufax was trying to explain how it felt to lose a ball game. “Have you ever tripped and fallen at a party or spilled coffee on your lap?” asked the Los Angeles Dodgers’ ace.
Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1935, Sandy Koufax became one of the most dominant pitchers in Major League Baseball (MLB) history. He played his entire career for the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1955 ...
He witnessed perfection three times; perhaps most memorably the night Sandy Koufax threw what was then only the eighth perfect game in baseball history. Koufax faced, and retired, 27 consecutive ...
LOS ANGELES -- When Sandy Koufax joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1955, he was in awe of being on the same team with Jackie Robinson. Now 67 years later, the two are immortalized in bronze at the ...
From 1961-1966, Koufax went 129-47 with a 2.19 ERA and 1,713 strikeouts in 1,632.2 innings pitched. During that six-year stretch, Koufax reached double digits in complete games each season.
Fans behind the Dodgers gave him a standing ovation. In her book, “Sandy Koufax: A Lefty’s Legacy,” Jane Leavy wrote how Dodgers relief pitcher Ron Perranoski could see the Mets were in ...