Lisa pointed out to me tonight that I have run amuck. Until she pointed it out, I hadn’t realized that I had written only one story about a woman athlete. On April 3rd I wrote a story about Mary Lou Retton. The first sentence of that story starts with SSOMG apologizing that it had notContinue reading “#51 Ann Meyers Drysdale”
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#47 Jim Bouton
Ok, so did someone say controversy? So here is a real controversy stirred up by one of those New York Yankees, pitcher Jim Bouton. I think I have a few of Jim’s baseball cards from the early 1960’s. Jim passed away last year at the age of 80. Seemed like a good guy, despite theContinue reading “#47 Jim Bouton”
#44 Loma Prieta
In case you were wondering, Loma Prieta is the name of the highest peak in the Santa Cruz mountains. It is also the name given to the 6.9 magnitude earthquake that arrived in San Francisco at 5:04PM on October 17, 1989. At the time, Bob Welch of the Oakland A’s was warming up in theContinue reading “#44 Loma Prieta”
#43 The Holdout
1966. 54 Years ago, The Holdout happened. It was crazy. It was shocking. Looking back at it, it was amazing. Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax, at the height of their careers were holding out, not agreeing to sign a contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers until Walter O’Malley and the Dodgers agreed to sign bothContinue reading “#43 The Holdout”
#29 Steve Dalkowski
Steve who? So you may have just seen it if you were really paying attention to the sports page and trying to find a story that did not involve today’s NFL Football draft and the new LA Chargers quarterback. No, Steve Dalkowski has nothing to do with the Chargers or the draft. Steve died yesterdayContinue reading “#29 Steve Dalkowski”
#32 Sandy Koufax
(In case you were wondering, this is only the 28th story from SSOMG, but it seemed appropriate to number this story #32 after the Dodger jersey that Sandy made famous). Sandy Koufax is 84 years old these days; starting to make even me feel old. I remember I was at a track meet in SeptemberContinue reading “#32 Sandy Koufax”
#18 Tommy John
So as we enter Easter weekend, SSOMG thought it would be appropriate to tell the story of one, or actually two, of the greatest comeback stories in baseball, the story of Tommy John. Tommy John pitched for 6 major league teams during his career and of course most notably for the Los Angeles Dodgers. HeContinue reading “#18 Tommy John”
#3 Dennis Eckersley
Dennis Eckersley was named to the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. That’s right, he was that good. He also was named Number 98 in the top 100 Greatest Baseball Players by the Sporting News in 1999…yes, he was that good….one of the best relief pitchers of any era. Dennis grew upContinue reading “#3 Dennis Eckersley”
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