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Nobody ever threw a baseball better than Sandy Koufax. He dominated the game -- and the ball, making it rise, break, sing. Then, after his best season, in 1966, he was gone, retired at age thirty, leaving behind a reputation as the game's greatest lefty and most misunderstood man. The Brooklyn... read more
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- Bailey
- Drysdale
- Walter Alston
- Torborg
- Hendley
- Buzzie Bavasi
- Roseboro
- Lou Johnson
- Wilpon
- Lasorda
- Tommy Davis
- Mauch
- Vin Scully
- Marichal
- Bill Buhler
- Black
- Kuenn
- Larry
- Jucker
- Greenberg
- Allen
- Erskine
- Maury Wills
- Harvey
- Richardson
- Kerlan
- Dick Tracewski
- Vargo
- Duke Snider
- Amalfitano
- Sam
- Miller
- Braun
- Kessinger
- Willie Mays
- Collier
- Kawano
- Jackie Robinson
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- Brooklyn
- Los Angeles
- New York
- Pittsburgh
- Dodger Stadium
- Lafayette
- San Francisco
- America
- Southern California
- Dodgertown
- Cincinnati
- Philadelphia
- St. Louis
- Washington
- Chicago
- Minnesota
- Bensonhurst
- Chavez Ravine
- Gallatin
- Long Island
- Hollywood
- Milwaukee
- Ebbets Field
- Candlestick Park
- Vero Beach
- West Coast
- Capsolin
- Spokane
- Miami
- Yankee Stadium
First Sentence edit
THREE DECADES AFTER he threw his last pitch, Sandy Koufax was back in uniform at Dodgertown, a rare occurrence given his belief that baseball uniforms do not flatter those of a certain age.
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- Jane Leavy (Author)
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Page Count: 304
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- Dewey: 796.357092
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- Books › Sports › Baseball › History
- Books › Sports › Biographies › Baseball
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Historical › United States
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