Word: koufax
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...anybody's going to beat Pittsburgh, it's St. Louis. The Cards own the Pirates in face-to-face meetings and need only a good season from Ray Washburn or Al Jackson to back up Bob Gibson in a pennant run. The Dodgers are mortal without Koufax and will start three or four players you've never heard of. Cincinnati, to be a challenger, needs a good season from too many people who had their last good season two or three years...
...GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). Andy Williams emcees the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Golden Globe Awards for the best in movies and television. Sandy Koufax and Herb Alpert will pass out the bright, shiny orbs...
...Sandy Koufax, who set an example of courage, intelligence, style and greatness...
With those words Sandy Koufax, the highest-paid player (at $125,000) and one of the best pitchers in baseball his tory, retired last week - at 30. In the last five years with the Los Angeles Dodgers, mostly on the strength of a smashing fastball and a jug-handle curve, Lefthander Koufax has won 111 games, lost only 34, pitched four no-hitters, and struck out an incredible 1,444 batters. He has won the Cy Young Award for baseball's top pitcher three times, and he was the National League's Most Valuable Player...
...Another year," said Sandy last week, "and I might wind up crippled for life." Bachelor Koufax has not decided what he intends to do for a living now, and he is in no hurry to make up his mind. Said he, with a wry grin: "I have enough money to eat lunch and dinner today...