Word: pitches
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Over. Next day it was Sandy Koufax's turn to pitch for the Dodgers, and there was nothing wrong with Sandy that a little defense couldn't have cured. For four innings, Koufax and Minnesota's 6-ft. 4-in. Jim Kaat matched pitch for pitch in a scoreless duel. Kaat got help from Leftfielder Bob Allison, who saved two runs with a diving, sliding catch in the fifth. Koufax struck out nine batters, but he got no help...
...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 the blame: "My curve was all over the place," he said. "I just...
When you see Bobby Leo run 50 yards for a touchdown, or Keith Sedlacek sink a 30-foot jump shot, or Jim McCandlish pitch a two-hitter, do you have difficulty suppressing Walter Mittyish dreams of being a sports hero? If so, you're not alone...
Brooding over this slight, I've been trying to find a way to pick against the Dodgers in the World Series. I thought I'd go for the Twins on the standard cliches: they can hit, they can run, and their pitching is no worse than the Dodgers' hitting. They can pound out the homers, or they can scratch for the single run. Sure, the Dodgers' pitching is great, but they can't pitch shutouts every day, and worse pitchers than Camilo Pascual have shut out the Dodgers this year. Maybe they go 23 innings in a scoreless...
Chicago's Bob Hendley was not exactly pitching batting practice either. The Dodgers scratched out a run in the fifth inning on a walk, a sacrifice, a stolen base and an error, but the first hit of the ball game was a bloop double by Los Angeles' Lou Johnson with two out in the seventh. It was also the last. If Koufax didn't know he had a no-hitter going, he must have wondered why nobody talked to him in the dugout. He struck out the side in the eighth, again in the ninth, and when...