September 2018 - Baseball History Comes Alive

Black Sox Scandal Essays / Don Stokes' Colorizations September 29, 2018February 10, 2019

Black Sox Ringleader Arnold “Chick” Gandil Tells His Story!

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Another Edition of Baseball Odds and Ends: Talk About a “Bad Day at the Office!”

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Charles Conlon Collection / Hall of Fame / Historic Events / MVPs / Player Spotlights / We're Contacted by Relative/Acquaintance of a Former Player! September 22, 2018September 23, 2018

Spotlight on the Hall of Fame: An Often-Overlooked Hall-of-Famer, “Sunny Jim” Bottomley

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Chicago Cubs September 13, 2018September 14, 2018

The Great Cub Double Play Combination, “Tinker to Evers to Chance.” But What About Harry Steinfeldt??

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Babe Ruth September 10, 2018September 11, 2018

Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY, April 18, 1929 – The Yankees, the Red Sox and Opening Day at the Stadium

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Don Stokes' Colorizations / Ernie Banks / Jimmie Foxx / MVPs / Time for a Quiz! September 7, 2018January 19, 2019

It’s Time For a Quiz! Let’s Have Some Fun With Baseball Trivia: MVP Awards!

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Brooklyn Dodgers / Gil Hodges for the Hall of Fame / Hall of Fame / Los Angeles Dodgers September 3, 2018December 6, 2021

Does Gil Hodges Belong in the Hall of Fame? Let’s Take a Good Look!

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Brooklyn Dodgers / Does He Belong in the Hall of Fame? / Gil Hodges for the Hall of Fame / Los Angeles Dodgers / Player Spotlights September 1, 2018October 29, 2019

Let’s Remember Gil Hodges!

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Sandy signing balls
Don Newcombe with Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax
Don with Sandy Koufax
Sandy Koufax
Sandy hoolding up four no-hitter balls.
Don Drysdale, Pete Richert, Stan Williams, Sandy Koufax, Johnny Podres
Teammates mob Sandy adter the Perfect Game
Newpapers the next day.
A young Sandy Koufax
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax yields a hit to Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Memorial Stadium. St. Louis, Missouri 9/17/1963 (Image # 1049 )
Box score from Sandy's Perfect Game,, Seept. 9, 1965
Don Sutton with Tommy Lasorda and Sandy Koufax
Sandy Koufax at the time of the Johnny Roseboro incident
Sandy Koufax
Sandy Koufax and Wally Moon during the 1959 World Series
Sandy Koufax with Carl Erskine, October 2, 1963 (Getty Images)
Sandy Koufax and Jim Palmer
Sandy Koufax later in life
Jeff Torborg caught Sandy's Perfect Game.
Maury Wills, Sandy Koufax, Willie Davis
Sandy Koufax threw a no-hitter at Shibe Park on June 4, 1964
A young Sandy Koufax with the Brooklyn Dodgers
Sandy Koufax and Willie Davis
Sandy after recording 14 KO's (Getty Images)
Sandy sets World Series strike out record, 1963
Whitey Ford with Sandy Koufax
Jim Kaat with Sandy Koufax in the 1965 World Series
Sandy Koufax with his mother and father
Sandy Koufax, 1965 after the final out of his Perfect Game
Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale with Tommy Lasorda and Duke Snider
Three greats, Sandy Koufax, Tom Seaver, Bob Gibson
Sandy with Dodger teammate and fellow Hall-of-Famer, Don Drysdale
Stan Musial with Sandy Koufax and Warren Spahn
Sandy Koufax