Рет қаралды 347
We built the iconic 1959 Topps baseball set, and in this series, we’re going through every card to talk about the players, teams and people who made up major league baseball in 1959. Today, we’ll cover cards 270 through 277 in the set. This includes Gil Hodges, the star first baseman of the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers who finally made the Hall of Fame in recent years long after his passing. We also discuss 1957 NL Rookie of the Year Jack Sanford, legendary college baseball coach Jerry Kindall, multi-time 20-game winner Joey Jay and more.
Today's episode was written by Abby and Jake T. O'Donnell.
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Here is our source material for today's episode:
Gil Hodges
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Orlando Pena
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Jerry Lumpe
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Joey Jay
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Others:
Wikipedia, SABR, Baseball-Reference, University of Arizona