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...Giants' Pitcher Juan Marichal once said, "is that he can hit any pitch. I don't mean only strikes. He can hit a ball off his ankles or off his ear." Asked if he had found any effective way to pitch to Clemente, former Dodger Speedballer Sandy Koufax said, "Sure, roll the ball...
Induction into Baseball's Hall of Fame is an occasion for hardened professionals to melt. "I thank everybody for making this day necessary," said Yogi Berra, wiping away a tear. The youngest player ever to be inducted, Sandy Koufax, 36, thanked the coach "who pushed me, shoved me, embarrassed me and made me work, and thank God for him." After similar expressions from Lefty Gomez, Early Wynn and Buck Leonard, it came time for the award to Josh Gibson, the greatest batter in the Negro leagues. Gibson died in 1947, but Josh Gibson Jr. was on hand to receive...
...part, the Army contends that Specialist Smith has only been following in the footsteps of other professional athletes-Joe Louis, Joe Di-Maggio, Sandy Koufax and Roosevelt Grier, for example-who continued to concentrate on their specialty while in uniform. Anyway, says Major Willis Johnson, chief of the Army's sports office, "Stan Smith is unique. He isn't a soldier in the original concept of soldiering. Smith is a national asset...
...inevitable, Blue does not welcome them. Invariably, A's Manager Williams will say, "Vida reminds me of Sandy Koufax?with a five-year head start." And just as quickly Blue will add, "Funny, I don't look Jewish." He explains that "it's nice to be compared with Koufax or Lefty Grove, who were great in their time. But this is just my first year. What have I accomplished besides winning so-and-so many games? I'm not trying to imitate anybody. I'm Vida Blue. I just pitch the way Vida Blue does...
Blue is not the sole reason for Oakland's success. Dick Williams, their new no-nonsense manager-the team's eleventh in the past eleven years-has taught the erratic, phlegmatic A's to think positive. Confidence has never been a problem for "my little Sandy Koufax," as Williams likes to call Blue-with one qualifier. "Koufax didn't become a pitcher for six years," says Williams. "Vida's there already...