The Forward3d
He was a Jewish leftist like Sandy Koufax — remembering Howard Zinn
To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only ...
New York Daily News11y
Echoes of Sandy Koufax: When Jersey phenom…
Go ahead and name the last time you ran across a high-school lefthander who has a 94 MPH fastball and a hammer of a curveball, a Jewish kid whose prized possession is a Sandy Koufax baseball card ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency3mon
Sandy Koufax famously didn’t pitch on Yom Kippur in 1965. But did he go to synagogue?
We spoke to a man who swears he sat behind the legendary pitcher at Temple of Aaron in Minnesota. If Daniel Schloff’s family had been on time to Yom Kippur morning services in 1965, he may have ...
Jeff Torborg, Catcher of Three No-Hitters and a Manager, Dies at 83
He called every pitch of Sandy Koufax’s perfect game in 1965. After 10 seasons playing in the majors, he skippered the White ...
ESPN12y
Koufax's dominance was short but sweet
Actually, he would let you look at it. And you still couldn't hit it," says Hall of Fame center fielder Willie Mays about Sandy Koufax on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series. If one were to put ...
Jeff Torborg, Dodger who caught Sandy Koufax's perfect game before managerial career, dies at 83
Jeff Torborg, the Dodgers catcher who caught Sandy Koufax's perfect game in 1965 and was a manager of the year with the ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency4y
Max Fried idolizes Sandy Koufax — and this year he’s pitching like him
Fried grew up in the Los Angeles area, throws hard, is a lefty – and yes, he’s a big-time Sandy Koufax fan. In fact his uniform number, 32, is an homage to the Dodgers Hall of Famer who ...
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This Day In Dodgers History: Sandy Koufax Wins 2nd Cy Young Award
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 ...