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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Oct 9, 2020 13:27:51 GMT -5
We lost another celebrated pitcher as Whitey Ford passed away yesterday.
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Post by rgs318 on Oct 9, 2020 14:50:53 GMT -5
May he rest in peace. I always enjoyed watching the Ford-Berra battery (with Luis Arroyo coming in to close).
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Post by alum on Oct 9, 2020 15:00:03 GMT -5
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Post by sader1970 on Oct 9, 2020 15:29:27 GMT -5
R.I.P., Whitey. When da bums left NY for the left coast and I became a Yankee fan (the only game in town, hoops, before you jump on me), Mantle, Berra, Rizzuto, Skowron, McDougall, Richardson, Ford, et. al. were such a great team. Maris seemed to be a carpetbagger but he did hit enough homers to be acceptable. Martin was always a hothead.
After they all retired I couldn't root for the next generation (i.e. Tom Tresh was going to be the next Mickey Mantle - not!) I became a Mets fan suffering with them through the very lean years until magic in '69 - which was an extremely bad year for HC football. After the players strike, I lost interest in the MLB and will watch a World Series if the Mets or Yanks are in it.
Whitey always seemed to be the class act of that group and Catholic. Bobby Richardson the good boy (believe an ordained minister). Loved Phil Rizzuto maybe even more as an announcer. Favorite memory: he's announcing a day game, hardly anyone in the stands and a foul ball goes down the line where not a soul is sitting. 8 or 10 kids run from the netherlands for the free ball and Phil excitedly says: "Looks like Romper Room on fire!" (for the younguns here, "Romper Room" was a little kids show on TV).
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Oct 9, 2020 15:54:58 GMT -5
Kaline, Watson, Washington, Seaver, Brock, Gibson, Ford. Heaven has a hell of a club this year.
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Post by hchoops on Oct 9, 2020 16:51:57 GMT -5
R.I.P., Whitey. When da bums left NY for the left coast and I became a Yankee fan (the only game in town, hoops, before you jump on me), Mantle, Berra, Rizzuto, Skowron, McDougall, Richardson, Ford, et. al. were such a great team. Maris seemed to be a carpetbagger but he did hit enough homers to be acceptable. Martin was always a hothead. After they all retired I couldn't root for the next generation (i.e. Tom Tresh was going to be the next Mickey Mantle - not!) I became a Mets fan suffering with them through the very lean years until magic in '69 - which was an extremely bad year for HC football. After the players strike, I lost interest in the MLB and will watch a World Series if the Mets or Yanks are in it. Whitey always seemed to be the class act of that group and Catholic. Bobby Richardson the good boy (believe an ordained minister). Loved Phil Rizzuto maybe even more as an announcer. Favorite memory: he's announcing a day game, hardly anyone in the stands and a foul ball goes down the line where not a soul is sitting. 8 or 10 kids run from the netherlands for the free ball and Phil excitedly says: " Looks like Romper Room on fire!" (for the younguns here, "Romper Room" was a little kids show on TV). You could not have hated the Yank... the way almost all of Brooklyn did But at least your insanity lasted only a few years.-‘58-‘61 Whitey partied with Mantle and Martin
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Post by sader1970 on Oct 9, 2020 17:23:06 GMT -5
Never lived in Brooklyn like you but did have all nuns from Brooklyn who were big Dodger fans and told us to tell our parents not to vote for Kennedy the communist. Suspect Castro didn’t believe that.
The Dodgers moving to L.A. really qualified them as Bums in my book. Yeah, it wasn’t the players’ fault but it was the organization’s.
I certainly appreciate your unreciprocated loyalty.
For me, almost as bad as the Crusader getting “fired.” I may never get over that. 😤
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Post by hchoops on Oct 9, 2020 17:42:17 GMT -5
I did not and do not root for the la dodgers(no trolleys in LA.) I rooted for the players I loved until they were gone. Then I became a Mets fan, still am. I have hated and will continue to hate the yan...
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Oct 9, 2020 19:19:05 GMT -5
Who was the last active ex Brooklyn Dodger? it should have been Koufax or Drysdsle, as they were quite young when they were in Brooklyn, but they retired at very young ages: 32 and 30. By “active” I mean playing MLB, not coaching or managing.
The last active NY Giant is the easy obvious answer as Willie Mays played into his 40’s.
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Post by WorcesterGray on Oct 9, 2020 19:41:50 GMT -5
Who was the last active ex Brooklyn Dodger? it should have been Koufax or Drysdale, as they were quite young when they were in Brooklyn, but they retired at very young ages: 32 and 30. By “active” I mean playing MLB, not coaching or managing. John Roseboro, who retired after the 1970 season (a year after Drysdale).
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Post by hchoops on Oct 9, 2020 19:44:34 GMT -5
Johnny Roseboro played until 1970 with the Dodgers Johnny Podres played until 1969
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Post by WorcesterGray on Oct 9, 2020 19:48:14 GMT -5
Roseboro's final year with the Dodgers was 1967. He played two seasons with the Twins, and his final year with the Senators (managed by Ted Williams)
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Oct 9, 2020 19:58:56 GMT -5
Roseboro is not the correct answer
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Oct 9, 2020 20:04:09 GMT -5
Many here will remember Mister Ed.
This short clip is so good. My kids and I love it. Mister Ed with an inside-the-park job off Sandy at Chavez Ravine with Roseboro behind the dish, and the Pride of West Springfield Leo Durocher in disbelief.
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Oct 9, 2020 20:07:47 GMT -5
Bob Aspromonte had I think one AB in Bklyn.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Oct 9, 2020 20:08:54 GMT -5
Bob Aspromonte is correct
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Oct 9, 2020 20:14:27 GMT -5
Bob Aspromonte is correct He had that one at bat in 1956 at age 18 then went back to the minors, returning at age 22 in 1960. He only played until age 33 so the last Brooklyn Dodger bowed out in Sept 1971 It seems appropriate that he was a Brooklyn native. His brother Ken had a shorter career
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Post by longsuffering on Oct 10, 2020 0:12:54 GMT -5
I did not and do not root for the la dodgers(no trolleys in LA.) I rooted for the players I loved until they were gone. Then I became a Mets fan, still am. I have hated and will continue to hate the yan... I noticed an interesting trend among Italians of a certain age. Many were Yankee fans although they had always lived in Mass. I chalked it up to Joe DiMaggio and the other Italians on the Yankees. The Yankees were also the only club whose triple A team, the Kansas City A's, was also in the the American league.
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Oct 10, 2020 3:59:28 GMT -5
Think there was an episode of Leave it to Beaver where the Beav called Don Drysdale at Dodger Stadium after a game.
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Post by WorcesterGray on Oct 10, 2020 5:11:13 GMT -5
Also an episode of "Lassie" that starred Roy Campanella.
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Post by hchoops on Oct 10, 2020 6:55:47 GMT -5
Just terrific Thanks for posting.
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Post by alum on Oct 10, 2020 7:46:28 GMT -5
Who was the last active ex Brooklyn Dodger? it should have been Koufax or Drysdale, as they were quite young when they were in Brooklyn, but they retired at very young ages: 32 and 30. By “active” I mean playing MLB, not coaching or managing. John Roseboro, who retired after the 1970 season (a year after Drysdale). Any Roseboro reference requires us to think about the Marichal attack. www.mlb.com/video/marichal-roseboro-brawl-examined-c409390583This is a great thread.
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Post by rgs318 on Oct 10, 2020 8:42:08 GMT -5
I had never seen that film before. Thank you, alum! I hope we never see such an event again.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Oct 10, 2020 8:55:49 GMT -5
I haven't watched the video yet, and maybe it has the facts laid out, but my recollection is that the Commissioner suspended Marichal for something like 5 games, causing him to miss just one start....
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Post by sader1970 on Oct 10, 2020 9:58:25 GMT -5
Yep. I recall it and having seen it (don't recall if live or tape) but the details were fuzzy but the video put it back into focus. Scary stuff when a player decides to use a bat as a weapon. My recollection was that Marichal was the guilty party and deserved getting nicked by Roseboro after what he admitted doing and Koufax being too much of a Christian (I'm joking) to retaliate/"defend" his teammates.
Dodgers needed someone like Sal "the barber" Maglie in there instead of Koufax and Marichal would have been nailed by a pitch and case would have been closed.
For those who don't know the referenced player:
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