I am 82 years old and I keep coming back to this video. I saw 3 beautiful things in all those years that really have stuck with me, my wife when she was pregnant, my children when they were sleeping and watching Sandy throw a fast ball. And especially watching him strike out Mickey. Pete Rose had some things to say about Sandy's curve ball. Watching Sandy was just poetry in motion, fluid, smooth......
@carlosreyes53714 жыл бұрын
Just beautiful...
@alfredoarzamendizamorano97404 жыл бұрын
Simple unforgetable.
@tomanycooks3 жыл бұрын
this was beautiful
@guymevers97823 жыл бұрын
Let's not forget The Mick hit a line drive home run off of Sandy in that series.
@jeffreyadams6482 жыл бұрын
@@guymevers9782 I saw that. If memory serve me well it was to straight centre, fast ball and the run was meaningless.
@mikeforte75854 жыл бұрын
I was working at the ticket counter for a major airline in Orlando in 1985...I got to wait on Sandy he was a remarkably nice person although I knew who he was we never discussed baseball..he didn't no me but he asked about how I was doing and how was my family doing...we talked for about ten minutes and wished each other well..when he walked away he walked by several people on his way to the gate...nobody in the terminal recognized him..I told my co workers there goes one of the best pitcher in baseball history and nobody knows who he is!!!..WOW ..he gave me alot of thrills as a young fan...I cried a tear when he retired.
@johnnypastrana67272 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful experience...in interviews he always seemed to be so self composed and well spoken. IMO he was the best I ever saw.
@DCG5502 жыл бұрын
You stated that nobody knew who he was. That’s probably just the way Sandy wanted it.
@martinbachmann62839 ай бұрын
Mikeforte7585, VERY cool story my friend! Sandy Koufax actually still has His home down south of my area about 55-miles or so. When the Dodgers still had spring-training in Vero Beach, I used to LOVE going down to watch the Grapefruit League "Baby-Dodgers" play at Holman Field. Yup, I even wore one of my "SF-GIANTS" caps down there a lot too, & never had any problems. During this time I also purchased on official players cap that was Dodger-Blue, with "V B" initials on the top of a grapefruit. Still have that cool cap too, always will, + sometimes HOPING that the Dodger organization will return there some day? I never saw Sandy at any of the games I watched then, but I knew He was reported as attending them on occasion. And relating to His preferred "anonymity;" very true, and the cool thing is that the folks down in Vero are still very good about just leaving the guy alone, sometimes even "running some interference" for Him when such circumstance arise.
@martinbachmann62839 ай бұрын
@@DCG550 Absolutely! See my comment above?
@nicholasschroeder36784 жыл бұрын
No pitcher ever had a more beautiful motion. Poetry in motion
@danielshanetzky37149 ай бұрын
Tom seaver had a better pitching motion call Warren Spahn or Steve Carlton
@ron883036 ай бұрын
@@danielshanetzky3714 It's in the eye of the beholder.
@danielshanetzky37146 ай бұрын
@@ron88303 warren spahn was much better
@danielshanetzky37146 ай бұрын
@@ron88303 warren spahn was the best
@ron883036 ай бұрын
@@danielshanetzky3714 He was certainly one of the best to me. If you think he was the best; that’s fine, too.
@carymiller24033 жыл бұрын
Sandy Koufax was much more than a baseball player. He was a dignified gentleman. Pure class. Plus for six years he was the greatest pitcher of all time.
@roberteaston64132 жыл бұрын
Maybe the American League should have arranged to have the World Series played over Yom Kippur every year.
@MarkBryant-sd8cj Жыл бұрын
@roberteaston6413 Big D took Sandy's place during that situation and bombed out, seven runs against him after a few innings. As Alston took the ball at the mound Drysdale commented, "Gee, Skip, I bet you wish I were Jewish too".
@martinbachmann62839 ай бұрын
@@MarkBryant-sd8cj Ah HAHAHAHA!! Brother Mark, I've always thought that I know/knew a ton of folklore regarding both the Giants and Dodgers cultures, but, I "thought?" -which obviously is not true (And yes, I thought I was very familiar with most of Twin-D's sometimes hilarious quips?) Until you mentioned it here, I NEVER knew Twin-D made that VERY funny crack! Speaking of which, when (very sad!) the National League went with the weeny DH-option last season, my first thought was, "Drysdale has gotta be rolling in His grave!" Remember back when on some of His days when He wasn't pitching, & Alston would stick Him in as a pinch-hitter? Yup, Twin-D could also hit hell out of the ball too!
@jbyesterday39592 жыл бұрын
Sandy Koufax - a name synonymous with greatness & having had a phenomenal career !
@jimbonds60295 жыл бұрын
The deep South is a long way from L.A. However, because of Sandy Koufax and specifically the '63 World Series, an 11-year old kid in Mississippi became a lifelong Dodger fan. To this day, despite all the stadiums visited and games I covered with my career, those Koufax-Drysdale-Wills-Davis, etc. teams of the mid-60's stand out as vividly if they were played last season. The best lefty ever. Period. Thanks Sandy!
@philippesauvie6392 ай бұрын
It’s November 10, 2024 and Sandy Koufax is the greatest living baseball player.
@DavidHolloway-v1k2 ай бұрын
No, he isn't. Shohei Ohtani is clearly the greatest living baseball player. This season he became the first player in history to hit over 50 homers and steal over 50 bases. He is also an outstanding pitcher who didn't pitch this season because he is recovering from surgery. Koufax was a great pitcher, but was not even a decent hitter or a threat on the bases. Ohtani clearly is a better all-around baseball player than Koufax.
@philippesauvie6392 ай бұрын
@ Certainly the greatest living “active“ baseball player with 250 some odd home runs in his career. Sandy Koufax is the greatest living baseball player.
@DavidHolloway-v1k2 ай бұрын
@@philippesauvie639 Maybe Koufax is the greatest living retired player, as he did not possess Ohtani's all-around skills.
@syourke37 жыл бұрын
He had the most beautiful pitching delivery of all time - look at the extension he got, the ball is nearly touching the ground when he rears back to fire, and the way he points his right toe at first base and then comes striaght over the top! So perfectly elegant! Never seen anything like it since.
@klausrain1115 жыл бұрын
Steven, I agree 100%!
@r.crompton22864 жыл бұрын
Great description! I'd rank Herb Score's pre-injury delivery close to or the equal of Koufax's. I saw them both pitch
@mikewhitney86154 жыл бұрын
@@r.crompton2286 Score was Koufax before Koufax.
@Gregoryfrederick10193 жыл бұрын
Sandy's motion is identical to a computer generated "perfect" pitching motion.
@charleswinokoor60232 жыл бұрын
Like a big cat.
@24HeySay Жыл бұрын
Sandy is right up there with Stan Musial, Willie McCovey, and a few other superstars who embodied grace, humility, and class throughout their careers. I've been a Giants fan my entire life but have always had nothing but deep respect for Koufax. In a decade of brilliant pitching featuring Gibson, Marichal, Drysdale and even Denny McClain for a couple of years, Sandy was the best.
@briankorbelik2873 Жыл бұрын
Thank you from a lifelong Dodgers fan. I want to add that Willie McCovey was always a gentleman, I feared him but never "hated" him because he was a "dirty Giant". Seriously, when McCovey came up to bat against the Dodgers it used to scare the hell out of me. I also never hated Willie Mays, he was just a once in a lifetime along with Hank Aaron.
@OldRustySteele Жыл бұрын
Amen. Lifelong Card fan here, but I always felt that from 1963-1966, Sandy was the absolute best I ever saw.
@jkrasney1 Жыл бұрын
Agreed. As much as I wish to place Juan Marichal in a similar greatness bucket, Sandy Koufax was designed differently. Whether the regular season or in World Series games, no one was better than #32. Koufax remains the best.
@martinbachmann62839 ай бұрын
@@OldRustySteele OldRusty, spent part of my childhood in the midwest back then, & watched LOTS of Cards-games on TV. As I've mentioned in previous comments, I be a lifelong GIANTS fan, but oh my! Those "Red Birds" were awesome back then. Gibby, Lefty, but my favorite Card was/is Tim McCarver; da "Clutch-Man" who not only was a great catcher, but could hit absolute hell out of da ball when it really mattered! And He was/is my by far, my favorite sportscaster-color commentator as well. RIP "Tim McCarver!" (RE: "Lefty above? For those (other than Rusty of course) who don't recognize this nic-name, "Lefty" = the great "Steve Carlton," and a further note: Lefty ALWAYS preferred McCarver to catch Him; the prime reason why both were on the Phillies together after trades!)
@OldRustySteele9 ай бұрын
@@martinbachmann6283 Hi Martin. You bet! Timmy Mac, the pride of Memphis! Tough as nails behind the plate and AT the plate in the clutch. And, like you, I enjoyed his commentary on telecasts. Really did a deep dive on strategy and situational play. We lost 2 beloved Cards last year - McCarver and Mike Shannon. Shannon was a hometown boy. We lived in the same Catholic parish back in the late ‘60’s when I was a teenager. (Back when ball players didn’t make 48 zillion a year and lived near us “regular folk”!!) BTW, did you used to jam with a fellow named Turner, takin’ care of business in Overdrive ?!? 😂 Cheers, Ol’ Rustbucket
@pocobull3 жыл бұрын
Willie Stargell said he would get asked all the time what it was like to hit off Koufax. His reply was simply "You ever try to drink coffee with a fork?"
@michaelmanning71102 жыл бұрын
We all loved Sandy Koufax and the entire Dodger Organization. Our whole Family followed our Dodger Team year after year. That is why he is recognized in the Game of Baseball. Thank you Sandy as you are one of the best.
@winterguitarkingyea11 жыл бұрын
I saw Sandy Koufax Pitch as a kid at Dodgers stadium. He was the most dominating pitch I ever saw, the greatest of em all.
@tjjanosko1334 жыл бұрын
@MANCHESTER UNITED ur stupid af
@kuppday70524 жыл бұрын
@MANCHESTER UNITED why you here
@jonberry58164 жыл бұрын
@@kuppday7052 , Ive seen the same stupid post on multiple baseball related videos. He's a troll. We in the USA prefer our own sports. The Man U can suck it!
@tommcconville42704 жыл бұрын
Manchester!!! If you continue to disrespect the great game of baseball, it's high time you leave this site and direct your comments to your cronies in the UK. We don't need you here any longer.
@angelcruise33294 жыл бұрын
I saw him in St. Louis...All-Time Favorite!!
@marshaevelyn17 жыл бұрын
There was no one like him and no one since . There may have been better pitchers, but no one was so hodd and yet so honorable in the way he played. Sandy wasn't just a great ball player, he is a class act.
@winterguitarkingyea4 жыл бұрын
No pitcher was better than Koufax. He had the best breaking ball ( curveball ) ever as told by the world's best baseball players and a 98 mile an hour moving fastball, he was the best of the best.
@johnnypastrana67274 жыл бұрын
@@winterguitarkingyea Yeah, the movement on his pitches is what separates him from the others.
@winterguitarkingyea4 жыл бұрын
@@johnnypastrana6727 I agree with you Thanks. I stood behind Johnny Roseboro #8 Catcher for the Dodgers. I watched Koufax Fan Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, and one other player on 9 pitches he made em look silly. Koufax was a Super Star All Time Greatest Pitcher. and Class role model. What A Champion He was. I was like 10 years Old watching that.
@davidgoodwin86413 жыл бұрын
Indeed
@johnnypastrana67272 жыл бұрын
@@winterguitarkingyea How wonderful to have that experience...Koufax was one of a kind for sure.
@douglascarlson90063 жыл бұрын
My dad took me to Wrigley in '65 to see him pitch ... When he came out to warm up, everybody stopped, stood up and applauded ... for just warming up!
@LauraGlorybelle6 жыл бұрын
I love Sandy Koufax! He's the greatest!
@solspiegler28745 жыл бұрын
rina.schwarz@outlook.com Someone at work wanted to fix me up with Sandy Koufax and I told him I wasn't interested. Silly me. Curious to know how it would have turned out.
@fredwright59544 жыл бұрын
5 great years doesn't make you one of the greatest...dodger priviledge
@martinbachmann62839 ай бұрын
@@fredwright5954 Ah nope, you're slightly mistaken here; and it was a "6-year span," and NOBODY before, or SINCE could match that specific time-frame event. And no, it certainly will not occur in the future either; too many prima-donna types in MLB today, the DH (< Disgusting!) in the National League now, which means any even close approach to Koufax's record will have to have a silly * (< asterisk) next to it! MLB started to become ruined way back in '66-'67 when the pitchers-mound was lowered 6-inches, & then along comes the totally weeny "DH" provision? Can hardly watch MLB anymore. 😡 😭
@billymatthews73464 жыл бұрын
Got his book, in the 2nd grade, Life and times of Sandy Koufax...and still have it to this day...that was 1966......I'm 62....grew up during the best times of baseball ⚾️
@kennethgordon98373 жыл бұрын
When you get a chance pick up the book by the brilliant Jane Leavy, Sandy Koufax, A lefty's Legacy. Every other chapter covers each inning of his perfect game. Wonderfully woven into his life story.
@glennhfriedman45712 жыл бұрын
Not too shabby right now
@ellsworth63 ай бұрын
Ha! I still have that book
@dandyer26163 жыл бұрын
I had an opportunity to meet Harmon Killibrew... l asked him about game 7 of the world series and what was being felt on the Twins bench. Koufax pitched a 2 hitter on only 2 days rest...throwing mostly fast balls as his elbow was too sore to throw a curve... and Mr. Killibrew said it was the greatest game he ever saw pitched. By the way, l became an admirer or Harmon Killibrew after that..(he got one of the hits that game)..incredibly humble..
@liamg22716 жыл бұрын
Willie Mays has said repeatedly that every time he faced Koufax he knew exactly what he was going to throw and still had "no chance". I look at his curve and am still in utter awe of that break. The guy was without question the GOAT, totally unhittable at his peak. And his .95 era in the postseason seals further discussion on the matter.
@johnnypastrana67274 жыл бұрын
Yeah, Sandy's curve was a thing of beauty that defied the law of physics...the break was straight downward.
@jr-xs9tf4 жыл бұрын
@Mitchell D They got "jelly-legged".
@jamesrivera49472 жыл бұрын
Mays did manage to hit five home runs off him 😏
@mrzee48622 жыл бұрын
@@johnnypastrana6727 Koufax was so well known for his fastball, people forget he had the best curveball in baseball.
@lemaxmas11 жыл бұрын
Shutting down the Cubbies line up in 1965 included three hall of famers. What an amazing athlete Koufax was. What is remarkable about him is that he never pitched until he was 15 years old. It took him a few years to get his stride but when he did there was none better. Thanks for uploading this!!
@clifford7594 Жыл бұрын
As a child, I grew up in the shadows of Yankee Stadium, a third generation (at least) Yankee fan. It was unquestionable to me that the Yankees were invincible. Then one day I sat down to watch the opener of the 63 World Series. Whitey set down the first 3 Dodgers. I was comfortable. Then the cool and confident Koufax took the mound and began throwing rockets... and my world perspective was shaken. He pitched 2 complete games, allowed 3 runs, and struck out 23. It seemed to me that he struck out everyone. Never seen anything like it - before or after. Respect.
@adrianojames58284 жыл бұрын
As a kid ( 67 now) my dad bought me a "45" with Vin Scully calling the last inning of Sandy's perfect game, I can't say how many times I listened to it but I can say everytime i did i had goose bumps , Vin Scully was to broadcasting what Michaelangelo was to painting.
@TheFaithfulAtheist2 жыл бұрын
Vin Scully, Jack Buck, Harry Carry, Ernie Harwell...that whole era of baseball broadcasting was truly great.
@Mr4stringer2 жыл бұрын
against the Cubs. The last out was Chris Krug
@sirqitous2 жыл бұрын
@@Mr4stringer Harvey Kuenn.
@blakemoreln Жыл бұрын
Same here. "Two and two to Harvey Kuenn" is a phrase I've passed down to my two boys..
@MarkKrauklis Жыл бұрын
To this day, Sandy was, and is ,in a class by himself!!🥰 I'm 71 years old. I've seen A LOT of MLB pitchers. I'm a lifelong Yankees and Cubs fan but Koufax is the greatest hurler that I ever laid eyes on!!! 🥰🇺🇲🥰🇺🇲🥰🇺🇲🥰🇺🇲🥰🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
@roncaruso9318 ай бұрын
Agree 1000%
@MarkKrauklis8 ай бұрын
@@roncaruso931 🥰🇮🇱🇺🇲 Two of the greatest to ever play the game. 🇺🇲🇮🇱🥰🥰🥰
@stroncox6 жыл бұрын
I'm 76 years old; I've seen a lot of great pitchers over those years; I've never seen anything like Koufax; he was as un-hittable as it gets; also a great representative of the game (and life in general)....a lot of class.....my 2nd pick for un-hittable was Nolan Ryan.
@Adam1306946 жыл бұрын
Like 7 times.
@mikewhitney86155 жыл бұрын
Agree with you on both pitchers, Ian, though Koufax was a far better pitcher than Ryan, who lost almost as many as he won. He was sure hard to hit, though.
@oldiesgeek4545 жыл бұрын
That's the thing about Ryan that just puzzles me to death. How could a guy be that dominant and not have a better win-loss record? Did he get very little run support for the majority of his career? I wish someone could explain it to me in great detail... Lol
@nickcammarata92135 жыл бұрын
@@oldiesgeek454 He played on terrible teams. That was the problem
@d.e.b.b57885 жыл бұрын
@@oldiesgeek454 Baseball is a team game. To have a winning record, the rest of the team has to hit. Perhaps the only pitcher who could do it all on his own, was Babe Ruth. And we now know that every fastball takes a little more out of a player's arm. So when we see players like Ryan who lasted so long, it's even more amazing.
@mariocisneros911 Жыл бұрын
He looks beautiful. Man what a arm. I missed all those great 1960's pitchers. Saw some great ones in Ryan and Guidrey
@lighthouse38793 жыл бұрын
Ah, I was there. I'll never forget it. Now, I shed a tear just thinking about it.
@johnherlihy47394 жыл бұрын
I just heard that Bob Gibson died tonight. He was an outstanding pitcher. But I truly believe that Sandy Koufax was one of the greatest pitchers of all time! Koufax is the the all-time best pitcher whose career ended early due to a bum elbow! We should all be proud of what he accomplished.
@briankorbelik2873 Жыл бұрын
I remember watching Bob Gibson on TV with my dad. We both liked and respected him, he didn't screw around between pitches and one hard nosed guy. Great to watch as well. Rest in Peace Mr.Gibson.
@kevinrussell114410 ай бұрын
I was one of four (seemingly Okie, bare-footed and WASP white) boys growing up in central valley CA in the late 50's and 60's. We were all baseball mad, and we all rooted for different teams. Our older brother was a Mickey fan for the Yankees, the #2 boy loved Yogi and Sandy, I was a Giants fan living and dying for what Willie did each day, and the youngest loved Hank Aaron and the Braves. We all sang the praises of (while not rooting for) Clemente, Frank Robinson, Ernie Banks, Don Drysdale, and Robin Roberts, while Warren Spahn, Whitey, Lou Burdette, and Juan Marichal were household gods. What a great time for baseball. Our dad (paralyzed with polio) never allowed politics or religion at the dinner table, but there were lots of friendly insults and digs about baseball. He loved it. He started listening to Dodger games in the late 50's when Sandy was wild as a hare, but then learned to control his pitches. The rest was a short but VERY sweet history. We ALL agreed that in that time period, no pitcher could be placed in the same rank as Koufax. He WAS the best.
@martinbachmann62839 ай бұрын
@@kevinrussell1144 Brother Kevin, absolutely AWESOME Dad you had (< and still have when we all go to da BIG ballpark in the sky some day) my friend! Would have LOVED having dinner with your family back then too! Yup, GIANTS fan here too, though I always liked the DODGERS too? I won't list any of the GIANTS players' names ( you know them all just like me anyways) but just one - "Bobby BONDS." Along with the rest, I really loved this guy, & he could play "baseball" > I add italics to the word on purpose because Bobby sure was EONS better than His infamous son? During the time your family resided in "Central Valley" California, our family lived up in Northern Calif from 1959-66. That's when I really began being a true MLB fan. Thanks VERY much for sharing a GREAT family story/culture with the rest of us too!
@kevinrussell11449 ай бұрын
@@martinbachmann6283 Thanks for the kind reply. I'll bet your family experienced some very similar happenings. I married an SF girl (just had lunch with her). She recalls a writing assignment in grammar school titled: "Why Willie Mays is the Greatest ballplayer of all time". Most of my friends growing up, however, were Vin Sculley-Dodger fans, but I, too, loved the Dodgers.....the Davis boys, Maury, Wally Moon, the great Jim Gilliam, Johnny R....all good times. Thanks, friend, for helping us all think back on those simpler times.
@danielshanetzky37149 ай бұрын
Colfax only 164 games that doesn't make them worthy of the caliber of Bob Gibson who dominated for whole decade not just three seasons
@tomitstube4 жыл бұрын
koufax's last 4 years are simply amazing, the 4 no hitters of course from 1962 to 1965. but from 1963 to 1966 he was 97-27 - a .782 winning percentage. an era of 1.86 over 1192.2 innings. 31 shutouts and 1228 strike outs. 1.03 strikeouts per inning for almost 1200 innings. still 8th overall of guys who've pitched 12 years or more. it's one thing to be a flame thrower, but another to be winning 25, 26, and 27 games a season. he had a combined 54 complete games in two consecutive seasons, 1965-66. and had it not been for missing about 12 starts in 1964 these numbers would be even more astounding.
@df52954 жыл бұрын
In his early years he should have been in the minors but the Dodgers had to keep him on the roster because he is what they use to call a bonus baby. He finally put it all together with zero minor league experience! Then he had to retire while he was still young with arthritis in his elbow. Who knows what he could have done? He's still the greatest lefty pitcher ever and you can argue he was the greatest pitcher righty or lefty ever!
@tomitstube4 жыл бұрын
@@df5295 sandy had control problems early on, and he admits himself his approach was to just throw harder rather than learn how to pitch, he walked 8 batters in his first start. maybe some time in the minors would have helped, would have definitely taken some pressure off, but it's all about the pitching coach depending on where you are. even so koufax didn't like the way he was being used, so despite needing time in the minors, and who knows how that would have ended, koufax wanted more starts, and off the short leash that walter alston had him on. so he struggled for 6 years, amazing to me the dodgers never gave up on him, alston had less than full confidence in koufax's ability to throw strikes. koufax had actually demanded to be traded, not sure how that all got defused but i've heard numerous people told a stubborn alston to stop messing with koufax and just give him the ball, everyone else saw his potential. and who would have predicted the next 6 years? no one did.
@monroeelkin2182 Жыл бұрын
Sandy was also a great basketball player. We both attended Lafayette High School in Brooklyn. I played baseball there and was a few years behind him. Naturally, we always talked about him and John Franco another Lafayette alumnus. Lafayette had a great tradition of players. Bobby and Kenny Aspromonte, Ron Solomini and about 8 others that went to the majors. Regrettably, I never met a curve ball that I liked.
@MrDleverett4 жыл бұрын
My Father in Law's first cousin was the pitcher for the Cubs in his no hitter. His name is Bob Hendley
@OldRustySteele Жыл бұрын
I’m a lifelong STL Cardinal fan. Been watching baseball since 1963, which of course means I watched Bob Gibson in his prime. If I had one game to win like, for example, the 7th game of the World Series, my choice would be Sandy Koufax. From 1963-1966, Koufax was the very best pitcher I’ve ever seen. Period.
@richbacon1218 Жыл бұрын
Imagine Gibby and Sandy as Cardinals pitchers!
@Nonduality4 жыл бұрын
I remember listening to Vin Scully calling that game on the radio and each instant he would announce the exact time it galvanized your attention and made you realize that something important was happening. It was like he was giving a countdown for the launch of a rocket to a world you'll always remember, and I have always remembered it.
@calwestland34 Жыл бұрын
How I not seen this before? He was legendary
@patrickmcgrath54112 жыл бұрын
THE BIGGEST PART OF SANDY'S GREAT CAREER WAS THAT..."HE WAS SO HUMBLE"👍
@glennhfriedman45712 жыл бұрын
and shy
@3dbadboy1 Жыл бұрын
There was a time where it 'called' for him to throw at an opposing Giant because Marichal threw at one of the Dodgers. Roseboro and Koufax were talking about it and Koufax said he couldn't bring himself to do it. To which Roseboro replied, no problem, I'll take care of it and make a throwing motion so it passed closely by Marichal's head when he threw the ball back to Koufax and a fight broke out. (at least that's how I understood the story).
@timmellin281511 ай бұрын
Vin Scully used to say whenever he did something great, he'd look down like "maybe he had done something wrong."
@martinbachmann62839 ай бұрын
@@3dbadboy1 You have the story correct; Koufax wouldn't purposely throw at anyone, + always felt bad if He accidentally did nail someone? But Johnny Roseboro.... He was giving Marichal an old-time "Sal 'The Barber' Maglie" close shave (< in the opposite direction) for sure. and then whack! Juan bops Roseboro with that damned bat.
@dandyer26163 жыл бұрын
My favourite player by far... Love his humility...
@curtisjones4007 жыл бұрын
Sandy Koufax was the most exciting pitcher in MLB
@youtrickydog3 жыл бұрын
I was at this game with my father and my brother on my birthday. I kept score pitch my pitch inning by inning on the souvenir program. For anyone my age and for people all throughout Los Angeles . . .Vin Scully and Sandy Koufax . . . without one you do not fully have the other.
@goldbug665 жыл бұрын
Three great windups I loved-- Sandy Koufax, Warren Spahn and Juan Marischal
@MM-qi5mk4 жыл бұрын
Gibson was pretty cool too
@kevingohdcantgo10_04 жыл бұрын
Edward Lyon warren Spahn had a long one
@ronniecozzi83854 жыл бұрын
And Bob Gibson and Tom Seaver.
@bigcolt52564 жыл бұрын
Luis Tiant
@r.crompton22864 жыл бұрын
Herb Score
@Alkes7773 жыл бұрын
He had a most incredible pitching motion. I was young but old enough to realize that I was watching one of the all time best.
@JBatts417 жыл бұрын
Is there a historic moment Vin Scully didn't call? Man I could listen to him read the phone book.
@kevinmiller63244 жыл бұрын
And it would be another half century before the Cubs would (finally) fall victim to a no hitter (Cole Hamels, July 25th, 2015-Philadelphia Phillies 5, Chicago Cubs 0).
@jr62003 жыл бұрын
Yeah, he was incredible
@kevinmiller63803 жыл бұрын
SBagLenny-You'd probably get enthralled by listening to Scully talking in his sleep.
@brandocalrissian32942 жыл бұрын
I wish vin would have narrated old war footage.
@martinbachmann62839 ай бұрын
@@brandocalrissian3294 You know something? I never thought of that - Vinny would have been AWESOME at that!
@jpeterrich6 жыл бұрын
Yankee second baseman Bobby Richardson struck out just 22 times in 630 at bats during the 1963 season. Koufax fanned him THREE TIMES the first game of the 1963 World Series....
@secondstring4 жыл бұрын
Pretty solid argument right there.
@LordofDublin44 жыл бұрын
Baby Boomer, native NY'er, and Yankee fan since Game 7 of the 1960 World Series (Mazeroski made this 8 year old cry😪) and seeing Koufax strikeout Yankee after Yankee was tough to see. A formidable Yankee lineup with Mantle, Maris, Howard, Tresh, and Richardson was tough to see. And Bobby Richardson was an excellent contact hitter. I "think " Koufax actually struck him out 4x. I'm going to check the baseball almanac.
@LordofDublin44 жыл бұрын
You are CORRECT ! Richardson fanned 3x. Just checked the almanac.
@jpeterrich4 жыл бұрын
LordofDublin4 Thanks. But I cannot feel sorry for you’ve given 1951, 1952, 1953 (against arguably the best Brooklyn Dodgers team of all time), 1956, 1958, 1961, and 1962. I replayed the 1963 series in Advanced Strat-o-Matic Baseball and Koufax won three games as the Series went six games. But Richardson never stuck out more than once in a game...
@LordofDublin44 жыл бұрын
@@jpeterrich.... I have been fortunate to have witnessed many great Yankee years and players. I have no complaints. The M & M boys, Berra , Ford, Elston Howard, Guidry, Lyle, Gossage, Jeter, Ruvera .....it's good for baseball that the Yankees put a good team on the field. That's why they always are the #1 road team in attendance. The league wants to beat the Yanks and so do their fans.
@beatlejim646 жыл бұрын
From 1961 to 1966...Koufax MIGHT have been the best ever...too bad about his arm....Sandy was beautiful to watch!!!
@hevadhu95136 жыл бұрын
The curve ball ruined his arm. He should have developed other pitches. Poor coaching on the Dodgers.
@tomb45754 жыл бұрын
Today he could have had a 20 year career but the manager would'nt allow him to pitch past the 5th inning and shut him down after September 5th.
@dennisbresee54034 жыл бұрын
1963-1966
@mikeyposs31323 жыл бұрын
Don’t feel bad for Sandy. Part of his incredible legacy is walking away from the game at the peak of his career.
@koshersalaami4 жыл бұрын
I loved hearing Ron Howard talk about Scully’s technique as a storyteller. That is of course what would get Howard’s attention.
@alanbreshears40584 жыл бұрын
I loved watching Koufax, Drysdale, what duo greatesed of all time !!!
@mexicanusrex94183 жыл бұрын
Koufax is a National Treasure!
@charleswinokoor60234 жыл бұрын
Sandy and Vin. Quite a combination. Beautiful stuff to the eyes and ears. And black and while TV has never looked so gorgeous.
@martinbachmann62839 ай бұрын
Charleswinokoor6023, oh yes - you be very correct! Our family still had our ol' black&white all the up into the early 70s too. Remember da black&white days when a frame would come up reading: "In Color??"
@tomitstube7 жыл бұрын
after game 1 of the 1963 world series when koufax struck out 15, (the first 4 batters 9 times) yogi said, "i can see how he won 25 games, what i don't understand is how he lost 5.". maury wills would reply, "he didn't, we lost them for him."
@kevinmiller63244 жыл бұрын
Koufax's perfect game against the Cubs set a ML record for fewest hits in the game-one.
@Nonduality4 жыл бұрын
I saw Koufax pitch and lose a game 2 - 1. He gave up a 2-run home run and not much else. But the Dodgers were held to the 1 run.
@df52954 жыл бұрын
Those Dodger teams didn't score many runs. They won because they had Koufax and Drysdale!
@tomitstube4 жыл бұрын
@@df5295 which was true of the era, not just the dodgers, bob gibson used to get angry about the same thing, the cardinals not giving him enough runs. for some reason i can't find a record of gibson vs. koufax. now there's a ticket you'd frame.
@GaryFox110003 жыл бұрын
Sandy Koufax is one of the top 3 greatest pitchers of all time ! I saw him pitch at Crosley . Everyone in the stadium was in awe of his greatness. Fastball was incredible ; His mechanics were perfect. A class act ; even walking off the mound back to the dugout ; you knew you were witnessing the best ! I was 12 years old . Won the MVP of my little league team ; got my picture taken with the mayor of Indpls. my hometown . Will never forget how special it was ; watching one of the greatest athletes in the history of all sports. Thank you Sandy for being a total class act in everyway , a human being could be. All of these arrogant, loud in your face athlete's; don't have a clue how damaging there negative actions have on youth ; & all people !
@johnnysalter70724 жыл бұрын
saw him pitch n Houston against The Astros when the dome first opened, it was in early May. We had excelllent seats on the 3rd base side about 6-8 rows behind it their dugout. When Kofax threw you could tell i was heat even from there. When he wound up its as if his left shoulder dislocated, it came back so far. Head up, left knee nearly touched the ground, and it was flaming.
@tomsmith77423 жыл бұрын
I was there, at age 14- Sept. 9, 1965, sitting aways down the third base line with my dad- my first hero in life- as my second and last hero pitched his way into history I remember Vin Scully's call echoing through Dodger Stadium from my transistor radio- and thousands of others radios, cranked all the way up. Sandy struck out the side in the eighth, and again in the ninth- a feat as fabulous as his final perfecto- and then 31,000 blue seat cushions flying up into the air as Vin spoke the immortal words, "Swung on and missed- a perfect game!." No pitcher has ever had such a windup- a true thing of beauty. And no athlete in any sport has ever been as classy an act. The Sportsman of the Century, hands down...
@martinbachmann62839 ай бұрын
Tomsmith7742 Brother Tom, oh my! What an AWESOME experience to have, especially with your Dad too. Would have LOVED to have been at that scenario! My best friend in college (< an absolute main-line sports junky) was from Oxnard, Calif. He and His Dad did a LOT of that down at Dodger Stadium too. How I envy you guys!
@tomsmith77429 ай бұрын
@@martinbachmann6283 Thanks Martin- Over the years, I managed to lose my ticket stub, so I can't prove I was there. But the memory is just as clear as ever.
@judykramer75628 жыл бұрын
Short career but the very best of all time. Every start was a potential no-hitter.
@newnoggin22 ай бұрын
I used to play golf with Mantle at a development in Florida where he was doing promotions. I asked him about😅 the toughest pitcher he ever faced. He immediately said Koufax. He said once he turned to the umpire and said "How am I supposed to hit that sh.....t.
@jimtruscott56706 жыл бұрын
I remember about 40 years ago a young baseball fan asked me if Koufax was really as good as some said .I answered,” For a period of six consecutive years Koufax was the greatest pitcher in MLB history. Simply awesome.”
@73Trident5 жыл бұрын
I've always thought myself.
@dennisbresee54034 жыл бұрын
Just 4 years 1963-1966
@dennisbresee54034 жыл бұрын
Not 6 years --
@jimtruscott56704 жыл бұрын
Dennis Bresee Read the stats for 1961- 1966. 6 years.
@dennisbresee54034 жыл бұрын
Jim Truscott -I wasn’t impressed with 1961-62
@graverobber3512 жыл бұрын
what a beautiful delivery.
@dombrunelli50825 жыл бұрын
Many, many great pitchers, but Koufax was the BEST!
@kevinmiller63803 жыл бұрын
Dom Brunelli-Maybe so, but Koufax never threw 110 shutouts like the great Walter Johnson. Of course, Koufax didn't pitch as long as the Big Train, and was completely inconsistent starting out.
@robertc8134 Жыл бұрын
I was only five when this happened, but I remember... I can still see that gigantic windup, the glove and throwing arm rising above his head prior to releasing the pitch, the absolutely gigantic throwing stride with his whole body moving forward, almost tearing him off the pitcher's mound. The follow-through with the pitch practically already in the catcher's mitt. We will never see his like again. Period.
@5dave111 жыл бұрын
Doctors Kerlan and Jobe did the best they could for Sandy and it's amazing he was able to last those final years ending in 1966. He endured such pain that pitchers today don't have to suffer. I saw my share of his games and also the September 9, 1965 game..........My birthday is September 7 and that game was a birthday present which is also California Admission Day where school is not in session as it was a Thursday.......Such memories!
@cubswin38382 жыл бұрын
TRUE WARRIOR! GAVE HIS HEART!
@douglascarlson90064 жыл бұрын
In 1966 my father took me to Wrigley Field to see Koufax pitch against the Cubs ... There were only 15,000 to 20,000 in attendance - but when he came out to warm up, everything stopped ... everyone stood up and applauded.
@samueljohnson97234 жыл бұрын
I'm a Dodger fan and Koufax is the our greatest player of all time. ⚾⚾⚾💙💙💙
@glennmiller366811 ай бұрын
The BEST ever. When I met Pete Rose and asked him who was the toughest pitcher he'd ever faced, without hesitation, he said Koufax. He added that Gibson and Marichal would throw at you...Koufax never threw at you. He beat you fair and square.
@ron883038 ай бұрын
Koufax average one hit batter every 528 plate appearances, lowest among 25 HOF pitchers I looked at. By comparison, Marichal hit one every 356 PAs, and Gibson one every 158 PAs. Drysdale was third on my list with one every 92 PAs.
@georgesealy47064 жыл бұрын
In the 1963 World Series, the Yankees scored a total of 4 runs. The length of the games were: 2:09, 2:13, 2:05, and 1:50. Yes, Koufax set down the Yankees in the 4th and deciding game in way less than 2 hours! It is hard to imagine.
@nonstoprocker53772 жыл бұрын
I remember reading about a MLB game in the early days of baseball that was 58 minutes long...that almost seems impossible
@simontills70902 жыл бұрын
No interminable TV commercials.
@cubswin38382 жыл бұрын
I'm a Cubs fan, but I admire Sandy! LOVE seeing Ron Howard/Richie Cunningham talk what it meant to him. Say it,Red! What Fonzie would say!
@felixmadison5736 Жыл бұрын
Not hard to imagine if you lived in those days and loved baseball.
@eeuhuhahahahah7728 Жыл бұрын
Try to envision this: As a kid I was at a Dodgers/Spokane farm club exhibition in Spokane in the 60's. Koufax was already a legend, and I was in a long line of kids waiting to get his autograph. An older, bigger kid muscled his way into the line near the front, just as Koufax happened to look up from where he was signing autographs at the front of the line. All of us saw his eyes lock on the big kid, and everybody went dead quiet. Looking at the kid who crowded in, he said, with no smile on his face, "Son, go to the end of the line and wait your turn." I can tell you, there was no back talk, and no grumble. None. The big kid went to the back of the line, very quickly. As an 11 year old, I enjoyed it thoroughly. At 70 and retired, I still do.
@martinbachmann62839 ай бұрын
Eeuhuhaaaaaa7728, I just finished taking a screen-shot of your remark. AWESOME story my friend, & thanks for sharing with the rest of us too! (ps: noticed your interesting y-tube name here; I take it your a HUGE fan of Beavis & Butthead? Me too; even though I be in my late-60s now, I always thought, and still think Beavis & Butthead is absolutely hilarious!)
@domxem55514 жыл бұрын
Like so many have said, if you absolutely ought to win a game, your best chance is going with Koufax.
@Craig27605 жыл бұрын
Been listening to Cubs games on the radio for 25+ years. On the air, Ron Santo said Sandy Koufax was the best he ever faced.
@beatlejim646 жыл бұрын
Like they say...everytime Koufax pitched...you had a chance to see a no hitter...OR...a perfect game! Don't compare Pedro to Koufax....you can't...Sandy stands alone!!!
@michaelbelfer10695 жыл бұрын
Jim Cushman I was 9 years old when Sandy blew the Yanks away in 1963. BTW, I was (and still am) a huge Yankee fan as well as being Jewish and "The Mick" is still my all time favorite player.
@ernestolombardo58114 жыл бұрын
Pedro leaned heavily on his incredible off-speed, a pitch Sandy did not have. I read somewhere that while the throwing mechanics were identical, the difference between his fastball and his off-speed was something like 15 mph, which is apparently unheard of in the baseball world, and I'd believe it, I mean... just look at the results.
@glennhfriedman45712 жыл бұрын
Kershaw
@timpowers44493 ай бұрын
I am 73 yo and was fortunate to see Sandy one time in Atlanta against the Braves in 1966. The best and most artful pitcher I have ever seen. Perfect windup and high leg kick follow through. Of course he won in a complete game. Until Maddog Maddox the best I had ever seen.
@halbie715 жыл бұрын
1965 I was 12 years old & Koufax was my baseball idol. I only saw him pitch one time in person & that was the night he pitched his perfect game. I was with my Dad & my Uncle Carl that night at Dodger Stadium sitting in the top deck, a little past the first base side.
@johnchristiansen64652 жыл бұрын
Ok
@johnchristiansen64652 жыл бұрын
My teenage friends & I used to go to the LA Coliseum frequently during the summer of 1959, to watch the Dodgers play, especially when Koufax was pitching. This summer night the Dodgers we’re facing the SF Giants & their fine veteran pitcher, Sad Sam Jones. The Giants were leading thanks to a 2 run HR by the recently called up rookie, Willie McCovey, who had hit what was probably his first major league HR to put the Giants ahead. Thankfully, the Dodgers tied the game up towards the later innings, & finally won the game in the 9th inning with “walk-off” homer by Wally Moon over the tall 40-50 ft. Screen in LF for what was called a “Moon Shot.” The most remarkable thing that night was the fact that Koufax struck out 18 batters to get the win. To this day, I still kid my younger teenage brother about his decision to stay home to watch “The Untouchables” stop more criminals that night. John C.
@martinbachmann62839 ай бұрын
@@johnchristiansen6465 John, one word reply, "Ok?" Um, that's kind of an ignorant bosomheaded reply you give here.
@johnr83095 жыл бұрын
I'm 70 years old and a prime Sandy Koufax was the best pitcher I ever saw.
@hammer44head8 жыл бұрын
Whats even scarier about Sandy was he tipped his pitches. In Ken Burns Baseball series they talk about it. He positioned his arms differently according to the pitch he was going to throw. The hitter knew what was coming Curve, Fastball but they still didn't hit it. Amazing pitcher Mr.Koufax.
@donriley33498 жыл бұрын
@hammer44head: I was lucky to have seen Sandy 3 times between my age 13-`16.years old. 3-0, a 4 hitter, 2 3 hitters. 2 shutouts (the last on in his final year, 66) That Clint Eastwood movie "Trouble with the Curve" ? EVERYONE had trouble with Koufax curveballs when he was on! With that big overhead delivery, that curveball literally exploded like a fastball, that would DROP 2-3 feet down to the batter's knees. A thing of beauty. In slow motion, like a ballet opera. Also, dig your tag name! Having been born in Milwaukee, my 1st ball game was age 3 at Milwaukee Country Stadium in 54. Saw Hammerin' Hank hit a HR that day. He remains my favorite baseball player of all time (Koufax #2, Drysdale #3). And "Bad Henry" --- that is the nickname both Don and Sandy gave him--- is still and People's All Time HR Champ, no matter what number Bonds ended up with.
@hammer44head8 жыл бұрын
don riley--- wow that is so cool you got to see Sandy pitch. I was only 5 when he retired. I too also think Hammerin Hank is still the king of swat but my name is a nickname my friends called me and the 44 is because Chuck Foreman of the Vikings was and Jerry West of the Lakers. Cool now I must add Hank to the group!
@koko-pu5vn Жыл бұрын
@@donriley3349 Hank Aaron, true all time Home Run king!!!! Amen to that!!!!
@martinbachmann62839 ай бұрын
@@hammer44head Brother Hammer, that is a very cool name you have! If you're ever in the central-coastal area of Florida, you can go over to Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, FLA and watch the "Jupiter HAMMERHEADS" minor-league team play - great stadium to watch baseball in!
@phillippatterson9484 Жыл бұрын
I’m a Life Long Cardinal fan and their announcer on radio for many years was Jack Buck. His baseball knowledge was remarkable . I’m 65. Mr. Buck was asked who the greatest pitcher he ever saw. Well, I stood up and took notice when he said Sandy Koufax..
@isukaman11 жыл бұрын
In a game against the Yanks Koufax threw Mantle one of those pitches that looks like it's going to first base but then breaks over the plate for a called strike. Mantle then turned to the Dodgers' catcher John Roseboro and said "How the f--k's anybody supposed to hit that?" Mantle once said that Koufax was the best pitcher he ever faced.
@jimallen86 жыл бұрын
Should be noted, Mantle hit a homer off Koufax in the fourth and final game, tying him with Babe Ruth's all time World Series homerun record. Mantle went on to hit three more homers in the '64 WS against the Cardinals, setting the all time HR record for World Series.
@HankFinkle114 жыл бұрын
First of all, Clemons wasn’t a 100 mph thrower. Low to mid 90’s with a great splitter. Clemens would not power through the hitters of that era any better than Seaver, Marichal, Gibson, Jenkins, each who had over 90 mph velocity.
@johnschunk974 жыл бұрын
@MANCHESTER UNITED if soccer's the greatest game why are you always trolling baseball videos? Stupid I guess.
@bugman97874 жыл бұрын
MANCHESTER UNITED F.C soccer sucks!
@bugman97874 жыл бұрын
I RUIN YOUR COMMENTS Roger was enhanced!
@144Donn4 жыл бұрын
Today happens to be September 9th, 2020...57 years ago!
@felixmadison57364 жыл бұрын
I remember Mantle commenting about Koufax' stuff. The Mick said: "Yeah, like anybody can hit that shit!" LOL!! Mick did homer off Sandy in the World Series once. I was lucky enough to have watched the 1963 World Series when I was 14 years-old and a lefty pitcher myself on our high school team. I was not a Yankee fan, so when Koufax set a World Series record, (at that time) by striking out 15 Yanks and the Dodgers won the Series, I became a Koufax fan for life! Loved watching him pitch! Sandy Koufax was the greatest I ever saw and I thank God I got to watch him back in the 1960s when he was at his best.
@ehoffman22602 жыл бұрын
Yep, game 4, Dodgers won 2-1, Mantle homered in the seventh. Many people believe that for 6 to 7 years he was the best pitcher ever. When the best hitters from that era talk about Koufax, it is with total respect. Seemed like a great person, too.
@felixmadison57362 жыл бұрын
@@ehoffman2260 And he still is a great human being...at least at the time I typed this in 2020.
@ehoffman22602 жыл бұрын
@@felixmadison5736 I know I’m late and your statement was at least a year old, but a well thought out true statement like yours can withstand the test of time. For the record, I’m a Yankee fan and Mantle was my favorite player, but the truth is the truth. Koufax was the best at that time. Many great hitters with big egos admit they were lucky to even make contact against him.
@felixmadison57362 жыл бұрын
@@ehoffman2260 I never was a Yankee fan, but Mantle was one of my boyhood idols, along with Whitey Ford. I had the utmost respect and admiration for these two ball players. Mantle was a 'God' to any baseball crazy kid like I was back in the day.
@ehoffman22602 жыл бұрын
@@felixmadison5736 I guess it has to do with our age, but to my mind that was the best era for baseball. So many great players who were great for at least a decade or more. I realize Koufax had to retire early due to injury, but he may be the best ever. I know there are exceptions, but It doesn’t seem like as many guys stay on top for as long anymore. Maybe it’s the outrageous money they make.
@stever17912 жыл бұрын
What impressed me was that Sandy ran to the catcher ( Roseboro ) faster than Rosboro ran to him for the Congratulations. Very Humble guy was that Sandy Koufax
@bailinnumberguy11 жыл бұрын
2:35: The curveball drops about 2 feet. His fastball explodes as it approaches the batter. Amazing stuff.
@curtisjones4009 жыл бұрын
+Randy Bailin he had the best fastball in the majors he was the best
@johnnypastrana67274 жыл бұрын
His fastball rose up at the plate and his curve broke sharply downward...the movement on his pitches is what separates him from all of the others IMO.
@hammer44head5 жыл бұрын
Koufax's delivery was just beautiful to watch. Baseball historians have noted that Sandy tipped his pitches off by how he held his arms before he threw the ball yet it didn't matter cause they still for the most part couldn't hit his pitches anyway. Amazing.
@Bill-tz3wg4 жыл бұрын
Koufax, Nolan Ryan, Bob Gibson, Steve Carlton and Jim Palmer would be my all-time starting rotation among modern era pitchers.
@cubswin38384 жыл бұрын
I would replace Nolan Ryan with Tom Seaver. Seaver had better control.
@miguelsanchez26622 жыл бұрын
Sandy the best big game pitcher in baseball history! Dodgers legend and postseason hero!!
@rcp19366 жыл бұрын
Damn the Good Old Days when players wore their uniforms with class
@samuelbarrett56484 жыл бұрын
Tell me about it
@mikewhitney86154 жыл бұрын
You mean they didn't turn their caps around backwards?
@samuelbarrett56484 жыл бұрын
@@mikewhitney8615 That too. One of the many great things about the uniforms of the 60s
@mikewhitney86154 жыл бұрын
@@samuelbarrett5648 So right, Samuel. Loved the stirrups that used to be visible - looked so classy because it was how a ballplayer should look. Hard to beat the unis of the 1950s. Aaron and Mantle always wore it right in the 1950s. I also liked Bob Gibson's long, bright red sleeves, which added great color to that brilliant Cards uniform.
@samuelbarrett56484 жыл бұрын
@@mikewhitney8615 The stirrups always make any uniform better. I personally think the 60s is more of the aesthetic golden age of baseball because 1. The players started wearing their uniforms more tailored (Not tight, but not baggy like the 50s), and 2. You had the perfect combination of classic baseball teams and colors and newer, at the time, counterculture colors and teams-all while still wearing wool flannel that made the colors pop and that was worn to make the players look like athletes. If you take the Yankees classic look and the late 60s A's or Pilots, you can see the difference in approach, but all 3 still look like baseball. (Also, I wish Gibson had worn the bottom of his pants higher to show more if the stripes on the great Cardinals stirrups, but I won't nitpick someone with a 1.12 ERA in 1968 too much)
@MapleSyrupPoet3 жыл бұрын
He was built like a professional athlete 👏 ...rare gem 💎 ✨
@JayManne6211 жыл бұрын
The longevity issue you're making about Koufax is pure bull. If Koufax had only pitched 4 or 5 seasons, that would be one thing. Koufax was THE MOST dominating pitcher for SIX consecutive seasons. In fact, baseball got robbed by losing Sandy to arthritis in 1966. Plus, Koufax dominated and won 26 and 27 games in '65 and '66 with two of the WORST hitting teams I've ever seen win a pennant! Longevity.. bogus argument.
@smitskee4 жыл бұрын
In those years, when Koufax was on, I don't think he ever lost. That is, unless his team behind him crapped it up with errors. The joke I use to hear as little kid was ... Koufax is pitching today. Maury Wills walks. Steals second. Steals third. Scores on a sac fly. Dodgers win.
@robertkelly62824 жыл бұрын
Yes but what about his previous years? He was not very good
@bugman97874 жыл бұрын
Billy Smith that was no joke, that happened a lot!
@eyesonyou994 жыл бұрын
@@robertkelly6282 partially true. Until spring training 1961 when he learned to pitch and not just throw although he did have runs in and 1959 where he
@eyesonyou994 жыл бұрын
Where he put it together but couldn’t sustain.
@tomschecker8 ай бұрын
My parents took us to see the Dodgers play when we were young kids. Sandy Koufax was our pitcher!! It was AWESOME.
@johnnypastrana67276 жыл бұрын
If I had to win one game, I would start Koufax in his prime...
@imalt82715 жыл бұрын
I agree 100%! I'm from Philadelphia and am a Phillies fan (phan?), but Kouax was the best I ever saw and I saw Robin Roberts and Steve Carlton. Steve was great. He won 27 games one year when his team won 59 total! But I still rate Koufax #1 if I need to win one game.
@majonari5 жыл бұрын
Nope, it would be Bob Gibson.
@patrickmorgan40065 жыл бұрын
@@majonari He did say that if HE had one game to win. It's his choice so he isn't wrong. You take Gibson and let's see what happens. I am betting that there wouldn't be a lot of footprints on the base paths.
@minato8085 жыл бұрын
Randy Johnson or Pedro Martinez depending on the line up I was facing.
@davidr59614 жыл бұрын
Whitey Ford, in his prime
@timmellin281511 ай бұрын
Check the first pic. of Viin S. at the microphone. Shot snapped in 1958 or 59....the first years the Dodgers were in L.A. "KMPC" painted on the micr......a station flagship that was a lower power than their next 15 or 20 "glory" years, at which time the major affiliate flagship stn. was 50 KW clear channel KFI....which came in like gangbusters at night all over the west coast. I remember tuning in to Dodger games in my Perham dorm at Wash. St. Univ in 1971, at night, along w/ Paul Compton's music show, after the games had concluded.
@Mryrhodesian9 жыл бұрын
I get so tired of feeling that I have to defend Sandy whenever Pedro Martinez is brought up. Sandy is defined not only by the most dominant run a pitcher has ever had but he was a winner, a champion. For that reason alone Pedro Martinez doesn't even belong in the conversation. Martinez was on one championship team, the 2004 Red Sox. But overall his post season career is best defined by 3 words. "Who's Your Daddy? Koufax owned the post season, not the other way around. One last thing. Keep in mind there was no LCS when Koufax played. There was no second place wild card stuff. He pitched two years in a row on two days rest to put the Dodgers in the series. If he doesn't win those high pressure games, his legacy as well as the Dodgers isn't the same. he delivered when the money was on the table. Sandy Koufax simple the best ever.
@stevechowning5307 жыл бұрын
Mryrhodesian I saw Sandy Koufax twice once in 1960 and in 1961. This was at the Coliseum. I was 10. In 61 he pitched against Juan Marichal. Both pitched complete games I sat on the first base side watching him warm up and then pitch, listening to Vin Scully on the radio. with all the Giant greats, Mays, MCcovey, Cepeda, also the boys of Brooklyn, all of them. I could ramble on I will never forget 6/3/61
@davanmani5566 жыл бұрын
Pedro had trouble with the Michael J. Fox types like a Biggio, Scott Brosius, and others. They could creep into him. But he could beat the Chuck Connors type like a McGuire or Sosa or Killebrew. Sandy could beat both. However, speed guys like Lou Brock threw him off at base if they got on.
@shrapnel776 жыл бұрын
My two cents: I think Koufax was one of the best to ever take the mound. His post season accomplishments are truly remarkable. I still want to defend Pedro, with no disrespect meant to Sandy. Sandy got to pitch half his games at L.A., a pitchers park if there ever was one, especially at night. The ball did not carry well. He also got to face a pitcher as one of the nine hitters. Most hitters were punch and judy, intent on making contact and little else. The 60's was a weak hitting decade. Pedro pitched in the steroid era, where hitters were routinely putting up 30 bombs, 100 rbi's and hitting .300. He also pitched half his games at Fenway, not exactly a pitcher's paradise, yet he totally dominated. Please keep these in mind when you want to mention dumb quotes - it needs to be factored into the conversation.
@davanmani5566 жыл бұрын
shrapnel77 I did say that Pedro did well against “sluggers.” He always seemed to intimidate those guys. Bonds and McGuire never got comfortable with him. Speed guys just never got on base with Pedro or if they did, they never seem to steal a base. It’s those slap hitters with a little power because you can’t bully those. Sandy took out the sluggers in Game 7 of the ‘65 Series and those Jimmie Hall and Bernie Allen. But Lou Brock guys and Maury Wills would have given him trouble had he pitched against him.
@kennethmatthew96386 жыл бұрын
Mryrhodesian I find myself always having to bring up koufax when people say Jews aren't athletic.
@marksinger30678 ай бұрын
I worked in the Central Coast area of California in the summer of 1978.. Was sitting at the counter of great local cafe in San Luis Obispo, Louisa's, and there was Sandy having breakfast with friends in a booth.. I just smiled and went on with the meal..Great athlete great guy..
@nealmarcus28538 жыл бұрын
It looks like he is throwing a BlitzBall on that first pitch. Absolutely filthy.
@donalddowning41082 жыл бұрын
Sandy Koufax and Vin Scully in the early 60’s made me a lifelong Dodger fan, not to mention that was born in LA County. I also liked Don Drysdale because I got a lot of crap over my name until he got famous.
@martinbachmann62839 ай бұрын
Donalddowning4108, curious, did you get called "Twin-D" too, very much?
@donalddowning41089 ай бұрын
@@martinbachmann6283 Double D! 🤮
@jameshoran84 жыл бұрын
Koufax won Game 1 and 4. Drysdale won #2 and Podres won #3 with relief help from Perronoski. I'm from Philly but remember that awesome four game sweep against the Yankees. Koufax was the best pitcher that I ever saw
@garyfaught3769 Жыл бұрын
Drysdale's win was a 1-0. I think the Dodgers manufactured a run in the 1st inning and that was it. As a 12 year old I remember watching that game.
@guymevers97823 жыл бұрын
A bit of trivia. As a 20 year old I was working at the Times-Picayune in New Orleans. While Sandy was pitching his perfect game the city of New Orleans had a hurricane, Hurricane Betsy, bearing down on us. From my perspective it was a night of jubilation and destruction. I loved the great Sandy Kofax.
@beethovenfan36 жыл бұрын
Ron Howard will always be Opie to me
@albertcontla32994 жыл бұрын
I REMEMBER LISTENING TO DODGER BASEBALL AS A KID . I REMEMBER LISTENING TO ALL HIS NO HITTERS . WHAT A HUMBLE PERSON HE IS . ATHLETES TODAY NEED TO EAT SOME SANDY KOUFAX HUMBLE PIE AND JUST THANK GOD FOR THEIR GIFTS .
@martinsiegel41634 жыл бұрын
I watched the 1963 World Series when Koufax was unbeatable. Mantle's home run in the fourth game was a rocket so fast that the TV cameraman didn't swivel fast enough. I was surprised no one was hurt. I've often wondered how Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams would have fared against Koufax. He couldn't have been that much faster than Bob Feller in his prime, and Feller also had a great curve. Anyway, I've never seen a pitcher so dominant as Koufax, more unbelievable when you think he had arthritis!
@johnnypastrana67272 жыл бұрын
It wasn't the speed of Koufax' pitch, it was the movement on his pitches (both fastball and curve) that were unique.
@americanman04995 жыл бұрын
What a privilege to have seen one the greatest if not the greatest of all time pitch.
@coleparker5 жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to be 10 years old when the 1963 World Series. Mickey Mantle was my player/idol, Sandy Koufax was my year younger brothers idol. Boy what a time in our house we had at that time. Both of us actually got to Dodger Stadium/Chavez Ravine to see those players live. One night it was the Yankees against Angels and my father got us tickets in Center Field, the Next night it was the Dodgers against the Giants with Koufax on the mound and we were behind first base/ unfortunately though way up high. Didn't matter though.
@mikep35465 жыл бұрын
nice
@louispaine8203 жыл бұрын
No doubt Sandy was fantastic but in his next world series appearance Mantle homered and Whitey Ford outpitched Sandy and lost a two hitter on Joe Pepitone's throwing error. GAME 4
@coleparker3 жыл бұрын
@@louispaine820 Two great teams. Boy I did love baseball back then😀
@martinbachmann62839 ай бұрын
@@coleparker And boy did you have a terrifically GREAT childhood in order to witness all that!
@fawnfang4854 жыл бұрын
It's 2020, coronavirus asterisk year. I'm a 65 year old lifelong Jewish baseball fan, a New Yorker. I live in Taiwan now, and on my fantasy baseball team this year, I had both Shane Beiber and Trevor Bauer, who will probably be the 2 Cy Young award winners. Beiber's stats and dominance this year took me back to my youth, and my love and pride in Sandy Koufax. It's Yom Kippur today, holiest day of the year for Jews, and though I'm not religious, I recall with pride when Sandy refused to pitch in game one of the World Series in 1965. He won game 7 on 2 days rest for the championship. He was a man of great integrity, which we could sure use in today's world.
@vivalasvegas20905 жыл бұрын
When Koufax went 25-5 Yogi Berra said I can't believe he lost 5 games
@mikep35465 жыл бұрын
If the Dodgers has some offense in those years he would have won 30.
@martinbachmann62839 ай бұрын
@@mikep3546 Brother Mike, agree, and Sandy would have had at least a couple three years where He would have gone OVER 30 wins too!
@russs75743 жыл бұрын
I was fortunate to see Koufax pitch a couple times at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. My Buccos weren't so fortunate. He stuck their bats up their collective @$$e$ both times. I don't know how many people know that he and Larry King were childhood buddies. There is a video on YT of King telling "The Carvel Story," where, as teenagers, he and Koufax and a couple other friends drove from NYC to New Haven, because Koufax told them there was a Carvel store there where you could get 3 scoops for 15 cents. It's funny as hell.
@clydeb77137 жыл бұрын
Sandy was a man of conviction. He refused to pitch on his holy holiday. This was never done before and got great media attention at the time. Drysdale pitched in his absence and got tatooed. Later stating he wished he were Jewish.
@timfleming30836 жыл бұрын
Tell it to his teammates he was a man of conviction if they lost the World Series.
@loyaldude106 жыл бұрын
I think I read where Hank Greenberg did not play in a WS game back in the 1930s due to it being Yom Kippur.
@floridasunshine89946 жыл бұрын
Clyde Barrow Hank Greenberg was actually the first not to play on Yom Kippur
@Mryrhodesian6 жыл бұрын
@@timfleming3083 Wouldn't of mattered he still got 3 starts and the last two were shutouts. the last on two days rest.
@TheBatugan775 жыл бұрын
@@timfleming3083 They didn't.
@michaeljacobson36054 жыл бұрын
I saw him once against the Astros in the Astrodome. Also saw Drysdale in the same series. Thanks Dad for taking me!
@margaretwalsh8525 жыл бұрын
One of the all time great athletes, it's such a shame his career was cut short!
@glennhfriedman45712 жыл бұрын
Sandy made the right move
@keithbyrd-MysticRuby0117 Жыл бұрын
❤I was on 7 years old when I seen this game.. What a memory ..
@paulgutermann84134 жыл бұрын
Sandy Koufax and Jim Brown were my first two athletic idols. I don’t think I could have picked two better men, though I confess not to have been thinking in those terms back then.