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The Baseball World Mourns the Sudden Passing of Gil Hodges, April 2, 1972
Gary Livacari
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Hi Gary,
Many thanks for your loving, fitting tribute to The Great Gil. God bless his family and him on the eve of his 95th birthday. His continued exclusion from the Hall of Fame is one of the great injustices of the sports world, and you can count on me to do whatever might help put him over the top at long last. The Mets were sure right to retire Gil’s No. 14 many years ago, and I would greatly appreciate it if the Dodgers would wake up and do the same.
Please keep up the great work! Your articles are a pleasure, and always educational.
Best regards,
Michael Keedy
Thanks Mike…greatly appreciated!
It is shocking to many of my age group who saw him at the twilight of his career and as manager of the Mets that Gil is not in the Hall of Fame. My father, a Brooklyn Dodger fan in his youth, until the day he died hoped the Gil would be put in the Hall
Thanks Andrew, we all agree with your dad…