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...best that the Dodgers' Sandy Koufax could manage was one single all through the Series. Everybody knows though, that Koufax can't hit or run and that his fielding is so erratic his own manager says, "I worry every time he lobs the ball to first base." What's more, he is a physical wreck: a circulatory ailment nearly ended his career in 1962, and he now has "traumatic arthritis" in his pitching arm. But over five short seasons, Koufax has reached a pinnacle attained by no other pitcher. He has won 102 games and lost only...
...Twins beat Koufax in the second game-although he allowed only two runs. In the fifth game, Minnesota was lucky even to get a hit. Sandy retired twelve in a row before Harmon Killebrew dumped a soft liner into centerfield that Willie Davis misjudged and dropped. The scorers ruled it a hit, and everybody in Dodger Stadium groaned with anguish-everybody except Sandy Koufax. "Nice try, Willie," he yelled, with a big smile on his face...
...Even a Picture. Just because a man does his job better than anybody else doesn't mean that he has to take it seriously-or even like it. Sandy Koufax, born Sanford Brown in Brooklyn ? years ago, picked baseball mostly because it seemed easier than being an architect-which is what he first wanted to be. His stepfather, Irving Koufax, is a lawyer, and his mother is an accountant, and they were more than a little taken aback when Sandy decided to spend his life throwing a ball around. To this day, baseball is never discussed in the Koufax...
...from Washington. They were there when I was there." He leaned forward, as if to let me in on the latest Kremlin shake-up, and confided almost in a stage whisper, "I'd be for the Dodgers against anyone else. I'll tell you one thing: Sandy Koufax is the greatest pitcher." After that, he lost me; he babbled on, and I just nodded my head. I finally dragged him off baseball, but we continued to watch the Series, and when Mudcat Grant hit a homer, Nixon almost chased the ball into the stands...
...over his shoulder, and halfway into leftfield for a two-base error. A sacrifice and two hits later, the Twins had a 2-0 lead. The Dodgers got back one in the seventh, and then, with the tying run on third, Manager Walt Alston made his move. He took Koufax out for a pinch hitter-Don Drysdale-who struck out on three pitches. After that the box score became a nightmare. The Twins won 5-1, with the aid of three Dodger errors (Alston's didn't count), a balk, and a wild pitch. Koufax tried to take...