Greatest Sports Legends- Sandy Koufax Beans Lou Brock
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Growing up in SoCal in the 50s and 60s and being left-handed to boot, Sandy Koufax was my baseball hero; saddened when he retired!
lou brock one of baseballs best players and ambassador of baseball
Don Drysdale offered a 2 for 1 deal. "You hit one of my team
mates, I hit 2 of yours". And he meant every word of it &
would carry it out.
@MUFC
Fuck soccer.
Eddie Schantz he also added “Tell me when you want to stop!”
@MUFC I will be long gone by then so it doesn't matter. I am not a soccer fan at all proud do say.
Then hide behind I'm a pitcher and it's part of the game
@MUFC very important in third world shithole like south America ... Africa and Europe.
I’ve got news for the poster. Getting hit in the back is not a bean ball. Your bean is slang for your head. A bean ball is thrown at the batter’s head, not his back. Yup, Sandy could be mean. Just ask Frank Robinson. Sandy drilled him twice.
Drysdale
didn't have to hit one of his players for him to retaliate. I was at a Dodger game, when a guy homered off him. The next batter did the same. The 3rd batter, you guessed it....bean ball. My old man hated the Dodgers. For the next, however many innings, he yelled at Big D, "you cry baby" every time he entered the dugout, we sat right behind the dugout. And yes, I watched the rest of the game (I was 10), about seven rows up....aw the memories!
I still miss hearing Don Drysdale. He was the Dodgers color guy with Ross Porter when i was growing up. I was really sad the day he died in Montreal.
+lildun34 , Don also did Great Color for The Chicago WhiteSox! Chicago will Always Remember Don Drysdale, it Took Big Feet To Fill His Shoes.
In his Early Playing Days he was a Featured Guest on a few Prime Time Family Oriented TV shows which are On TH-cam.
Yes, Frenchie, Jim Lefebvre, played with Dodgers from mid-1960's to early 70's. Drysdale had to be referring to Lefebvre.
That was Lefebvre's Rookie season. He was the Rookie of the year In 1965
I loved to listen to Big D on the radio he would love to tell jokes and he was his best audience. Died at 54 very sad
Priceless.
Sandy Koufax a Brooklyn boy who made good 😊
I believe it. Koufax struck you out but he didn't embarrass you.
If you embarrassed him? I'd never heard of this before.
I imagine word got around the league very quickly.
Still, Drysdale and Gibson will always be the 60's pitching Punishers.
Drysdale was the meaner of the two. You didn’t necessarily have to do something to him for him to throw at you. Drysdale once said it was his job to find out if the batter could be intimidated, and if he could, to make sure he stayed intimidated.
Many batters said Gibson was so menacing that it looked like he was JUMPING at them when he delivered a pitch 😠
@@dzanier Drysdale pitched more than once with a hangover which made him meaner
Imagine if Drysdale and Gibson were both pitching against each other. The game would have never ended with all the beanings going on.
Both pitching against each other? Be kinda hard for only one person to pitch against each other.
At age 88 (as of 2024) Koufax, who was elected to the HOF in 1972 at age 36, holds the record for having being a Cooperstown enshrinee for the last 52 years, and counting. Wille Mays, actually the oldest living member of the HOF at age 93 received his plaque 44 years ago. However, Drysdale, elected at age 48, was a HOF member for only 8 years, due to his premature death at age 56.
Koufax turned 89 dece 24
Koufax followed by hitting Brock in the left shoulder with his fastball. Drysdale thought the thud of Koufax's fastball against Brock was so loud it reverberated throughout the stadium. Brock, he said, fell like a deer that had been shot. Standing up, Brock refused to show he was hurt and would not rub his shoulder until he returned to the dugout. None of the Cardinals charged the mound; in the sixties, players still regarded hit batsmen as an accepted part of the game.
Hit a Cardinal, and then face a mad Bob Gibson. Not sure that's a win.
Not a win at all...am sure Bob got pay back for him...lol
Good for sandy.fuck brock
@MUFC
Shove a soccer ball.
There's another story about a pitcher, I believe it was Lew Burdette, who hit Cardinal 1st baseman, Bill White (if memory serves). The next inning Burdette leads off and catcher, Tim McCarver starts pounding and rubbing his mitt in anticipation and Burdette asks, "This gonna hurt, ain't it?" Sure enough, Gibby drills him. Of the 2, I'd rather Sandy hit me, not Gibby.
@MUFC you are obviously a Troll because a real fan of 'soccer' refers to that girl sport as football,
You may be right though because as the world becomes femanised the girl sport will become more popular . Real men watch American football ; not a sport where just brushing accidentally to an opponent causes him to fall in a heap like he has been shot. LOL.
The footage of the stolen base was Maury Wills stealing third and continuing home vs. the Giants in 62. Jim Davenport was the third baseman; it is well known footage..
Love it-
Crazy I delivered a package to his home today for his son Darren same exact house 🧐
Ironically, it was Drysdale, and not Koufax, who was known for throwing at batters. Koufax was reluctant to do so. To be fair, he hit Brock in the body, not the head. He didn't "bean" him, therefore.
Drysdale was known as a headhunter, particularly early in his career. He was the instigator of a number of bench clearing brawls in those years. His temper sometimes got the better of him, and when that happens, a pitcher will quickly lose his effectiveness. Having said that, he was among the top starters in the game for virtually his entire span in the big leagues. And he died far too soon.
Fuck brock
@@herbpetrillo163 your momma did what ?
To be fair he hit batters that crowded the plate. He felt the batters box was the hitters area and the plate was his.
He didn't 'bean' him but he sure drilled him!
The video they showed was of Maury Wills stealing third and scoring on an overthrow. It happened in the otherwise best to be forgotten 62 playoff against the Giants.
1962? You think the Dodgers had it rough. "Why couldn't McCovey hit the ball 3 feet higher!"
Funny how stories get enhanced over the years, lol. After getting hit, Brock made it to first, but left two innings later to get x-rays at the hospital. . He was out five days, not a month. But he never attempted a bunt against Sandy again. And the Cardinals didn't retaliate against Sandy.
Don’s embellishments are hysterical. Thanks.
@@mrmojorisin8752
That's part of the charm of baseball.
Drysdale is reported to have said that Brock refused to rub it and attempted to "man up" and make it to first, but couldn't. He said that Brock dropped to his knees while attempting to walk to first, and had to leave the game right there. That's a great story from Big D, but unfortunately, it isn't true.
Here is what happened. Brock made his way to first base and like so many star players in the game do, he made Koufax pay again. He promptly stole second base.
But the beaning took its toll on Brock. First, because he had to leave the game two innings later and go to the hospital for x-rays, (that were negative). Second, because the beaning actually knocked him out of the next five games, with only a brief pinch running appearance a few days later
Except that it wasn’t a beaning, as many people have said
Drysdale tells it better, but I’m glad you set the record straight.
Don Drysdale is from La Crescenta a bedroom community of Los angeles. My cousin was there next door neighbor he said Drysdale was a big baby.
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Utube commenters always tell the truth
In the 5th inning Carl Warwick replaced Lou Brock in left and batted 2nd. Winning pitcher Curt Simmons, one of the 1950 Whiz Kids, went the distance. Sandy was lifted in the bottom of the 8th when Al Ferrara pinched hits for him. Reliever Bob Miller finished for the Dodgers.
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First of all this doesn’t describe a beaning. It does describe HBP. A beaning goes for the head. That said, Koufax rarely retaliates like drysdsle did. Koufax just blew the ball by hitters which was embarrassing enough. .
Koufax averaged one hit batter per 528 plate appearances, which is incredibly low.
Beaming is intentional hbp duhhhhh head word applied now to anywhere 😅
Koufax was the best lefty in the game. Fucking guy dominated.
Drysdale, a great pitcher and not the man to fight over the plate with, ironically had a fear of being injured by a line drive up the middle during his playing career. In August 1969, after a Roberto Clemente shot whistled into the outfield, Drysdale flicked what felt like an insect off his neck, but discovered blood on his fingers. Clemente's drive had torn the skin off the top of Drysdale's ear. Shaken, Drysdale allowed a home run to the next batter Willie Stargell and the next time up, he walked Clemente. Six days later Drysdale retired just one year after his greatest season in 1968 when he broke the then record for scoreless innings pitched. While Don indeed had shoulder problems for much of the latter part of his career and this may have been a major factor in choosing retirement, there's little doubt that the Clemente liner helped Don make up his mind a bit sooner.
+lemaxmas , WOW, ThankYou for Your comment!
Whereas, in July of '67, Gibson took a Clemente liner off his shin, got up and pitched to the next 3 batters before he collapsed with a BROKEN LEG! In St. Louis, we spell competitor, G-I-B-S-O-N. Fun fact, he has 24 HR's, incl. 2 World Series home runs (unusual for a modern pitcher, not named Ruth) and 18 more than their once shortstop, Dal Maxvill.
I think I remember hearing that Clemente bloody ear liner story in the Ken Burns baseball documentary.
In those days, you could get Sandy and Don, who formed a duo, for 100 K a piece. What a deal and The Dodgers still balked
Yeah they're holdout was unsuccessful 😅
Koufax threw so hard, you would collapse trying to charge the mound!
Big D has his story wrong. The game was Wednesday, May 26, 1965 at Dodger Stadium. Attendance: 30,794, Time of Game: 2:26 Earlier in the game Brock laid down a bunt that Koufax blew. Brock was credited with a single and stole the bases. After Brock was hit, he went to first and then stole second. Two inning later he left the game and had his back x-rayed. He missed 5 games and made appearances as a pinch runner for a few afterwards. The Cards won 2 to 1.
Thought it was a bit exaggerated. I was an avid St. Louis fan at the time (still am) and did not recall Lou being a month out - ever.
Sandy Koufax vs Juan Marichal nothing like it today in Baseball
In fairness to Lou Brock (the greatest & more importantly to me, most exciting base stealer of my time) he was just being himself. As he galloped around the bases with ease. That said, I have never had a problem with pitchers 'owning' the plate, as well. And obviously both players lived another day & went on to H.O.F. careers. So no harm, no foul.
As a St. Louis kid, Brock was a thrill, but Mickey Lolich sure has his number in the '68 Series. Once picked him off when Lou was like a deer in headlights, couldn't decide which way to break and died in the base path.
Weird times. I think it was wrong to bean players but it was common practice.
Snowflake ❄️😅
Why are they showing Maury Wills stealing third at 00:22 LOL
Brock should have thrown the bat at him next time they faced each other!! The bat slipped out of my hand.....
FYI! Koufax hit Brock in the back, he did not bean him. A person who knows baseball knows to bean a batter means to hit him in the head (aka the bean).
I've been hit in the middle of the back with around 80mph, I can't imagine 95.
I asked Red Patterson, dodger pitching coach if Drysdale was the meanest pitcher he ever coached. He said no, that Sandy was meaner. In person I saw some great dodger/Giants match ups with Gaylord and Juan against Sandy and Don. Four great pitchers. Not using caps for word dodger was on purpose.
patrick holland - You didn't use caps because they are not used in your name, and you never cap the real greats...now do you?
Careful, we don't want to enforce any unwritten rules. The new kids might get upset.
As much as I like and respect mr. Drysdale in Jane Levy's book about Sandy Koufax story is a little bit different. But the bottom line is Koufax hit Brock
Sorry Big D, but Brock was not carried off on a stretcher. In fact, he would steal 2nd base after he was hit. Brock was later taken out of the game and would only see sporadic pinch running duty for the next five games.
Good research, thanks. I think Don can be forgiven for missing a few details.
The reality of this story is that after being hit, Brock was carried off the field but went to first base, and stole second. The next day, Brock couldn't lift his arm and was out of the lineup for 5 days, not a month.
What would be the point in Sandy trying to intimidate hitters. He dominated with only fear of hitting his fastball and curve.
It wasn’t intimidation, it was payback.
All great competitors mark their territory. It is f*ck with the bull and get the horn.
Bob Uecker had singled in the 7th. Simmons helped his own cause when he also hit a single off of Sandy. Javier hit a 3rd single off of Koufax and Uecker scored from 2nd. Warwick hit a foul flyball to end the inning as Bill White and Phil Gagliano had made the first two outs before the single barrage off of Koufax.
Uecker!!!!!
@@danthefan5378 Getting a hit off Koufax was the climax of his career : )
@@gershonhoffman8228 I heard Uecker say, that Koufax didn't deserve to be in the HOF, because he of all people got a hit off him... 😃
@@oldiesgeek454 Obviously stuck his bat out with his eyes closed. When he heard a sound, took off for first base! Even a blind squirrel finds an occasional nut .. lol. Koufax doesn't belong, but he DOES? .. Hahaha. They both there, Of Course.
@@danthefan5378 Uecker was the starting catcher for that game and caught workhorse pitcher Curt Simmons. He batted .228 that year. He would never hit that high again.
From Koufax by Edward Gruver: Sitting next to Jim Lefebvre, nicknamed "Frenchy," Drysdale watched Brock dig in against Koufax.
who's the frenchie don is referring to?
Jim Lefebvre
Jim Lefevere.
Great sorry told by Big D!!! We miss you Don.
sorry but Lou Brock was never on dl and the year in question Brock played in over 150 games out of 162 so Brock was not out for a month
Drysdale was a MEAN pitcher. I mean even meaner than Gibson.
I would have given a million dollars to see Yasiel Puig come to the plate the next time after bat flipping a home run off Gibson or Drysdale.
@@jackcane7485 So would I.
@nakedBison69
How many teams has Puig been with in his short career?
Coincidence?🤔
Meaner then Gibson...now thats beyond mean...
Usually, such frequency in being traded indicates the player is a pain in the locker room.
Not "beaned". More like "drilled".
LOL They show the Dodgers' Maury Wills stealing third base when Drysdale is telling the story. They couldn't find file footage of Brock stealing third base somewhere?
Koufax was all class. Just don't show him up. Some homegrown local star got to be at a Dodgers fantasy camp attended by Koufax in uniform years ago, and challenged 60 something Sandy to show "what he's got left". Sandy's eyes narrowed, wound up, and he got that man to hit the deck faster than he ever thought possible.
lol. Wish I saw that.
Lou batted second in the game. He had 1 basehit 2 at bats, 3 stolen bases and one hit by the pitch. Kenny Boyer hit the SF that scored Lou from 3rd. Brock scored his run in the first. Curt Flood stole 2nd when Lou took 3rd. Uecker scored the winning run in the top of the 7th when leadoff hitter Julian Javier singled.
Uecker!!!!!
@@danthefan5378
"Juuust a bit outside."
This story is downright weird. Halberstam set it in 1964 and Drysdale in 1965. Halberstam has it that Koufax broke Brock's shoulder blade; Drysdale speaks of a blow to the back. Either way, one part is definitely untrue: Brock didn't miss significant time due to the (not) beaning. He missed seven games in 1964 and seven more in 1965.
Shouda broke brocks ugly ass face
@@herbpetrillo163 ya funny man;!!!!!
7 total games each year .... a broken shoulder blade doesn't heal in a week. the BEANING was obviously overrated as Brock wasn't injured but puts Koufax in a bad light for sure as throwing at a hitter for bunting and stealing bases IS NOT in the unwritten rules of baseball
Brock was lucky; if it was Drysdale or Gibson he would have had a baseball removed from his ear.
Hit in the back-hardcore; hit in the head-dirty play.
Brock an Gibson were teammates...
@@jamesvickers9476 Not for the first 3.5 years of Brock's career. He came up with the Cubs.
@@roberthudson1959 At the time of the Brock trade, along with other Cardinal teammates, Gibson was totally unimpressed with the deal. He had faced him before, and Gibson never felt Brock showed him much. It didn't take long with the Cardinals to figure that, yes, Bing Devine did know what he was doing in this trade.
I wonder if Gibson was the opposing pitcher for that game?
Good point. Willie Mays told Jimmy Ray Hart not to dig in against Gibson, but Hart did not listen. Gibby planted a fat one into Jimmy's shoulder - and Hart was never the same after that; it really messed up his career.
@Johnnyboy792 Seriously. I didn't think he ever threw at anybody. The one Purpose Pitch I know he threw went three feet over Willie Mays' head. That was in the 1965 game where Marichal cracked Roseboro's skull with his bat, and Koufax sent Mays the message only because Marichal had put down a couple of Dodgers.
Marichal was a chicken shit punk.
@Johnnyboy792 yea me too very cool
Brock "embarrassed" Koufax legally with the strength of his playing ability. Hitting Brock in the back hard enough to put him out for a month is hard enough to have made him a quadriplegic for the rest of his life like Christopher Reeve if he had hit him in the spine or killed him if it hit him in the neck. I don't give a damn what anybody says, Koufax and any other pitcher who would deliberately punish a fellow baseball player for doing what is totally within the rules deserves to be kicked out of baseball.
There wouldn’t enough pitchers to play a game!!
Lou Brock played in at least 150 games with the Cardinals in every season from 1964 to 1974. So NO "dippy" don drysdale Mr Brock did not miss a month of ANY season and probably didn't miss a game related to this cheap shot.
You ever play the game Pal? Cheap shot? Damn, you really haven't played have you? Been part of the game since 18 guys got together one day and the pitcher figured out, ah, what the hell, I'm wasting my time...
a few other notes.. Curt Simmons pitched a complete game and won 2-1. Koufax lasted 8 innings and gave up two runs.. not bad but the Dodgers had a terrible offense in those days. Lou Brock was the next to last batter Koufax ever hit.
Simmons such a headhunter he was hated even by Ernie Banks
The Dodger's offense took a big hit after they traded Frank Howard after the 1964 season.
Dodger offense was great in 1962 and 1963. The 65 Dodgers were very weak offensively but had excellent pitching!!
Why not show the actual beaning?
Zoomer millennial drone 😅
Baseball and their stupid unwritten rules.
Brock must have really been showboating because Koufax was very reluctant to throw at opposing hitters
+loyaldude10 . Yes, Sandy was very reluctant...; Lou was a Kid, a Talented Kid who knew the Real Rules then But Still a Kid.
The days when Men were Men and baseball was America's favorite sport.
Sounds strange considering Koufax refused to throw at Juan Marichal in 1965 after Marichal had thrown at Dodger hitters, leading to the infamous incident when Marichal hit Dodger catcher Johnny Roseboro on the head with his bat.
Koufax was a well known "Team Player", refusing to stand up for his team mates, abandoning them in the WORLD SERIES... Can't trust or rely on them.
Give me Koufax any day in a fantasy league.@@marioarguello6989
Luckily, Brock did not have his spine smashed.
he stole second...he stole third...scored on a fly ball...GET EM LOU...oops, that's Kofax.
Drysdale misremembers a few things.. According to baseball reference.. the game in question occurred May 26, 1965. Brock had two at bats, one hit, and three stolen bases. He did not walk however. From this Brock must have singled and stolen one base, stuck out, reached by a fielder's choice - not a walk- ,stolen two bases then scored, and then the 4th plate appearance when he was plunked. He missed a week, not a month (although he was a pinch runner in one of the games that week.
no walk,,, HBP
Just to clear some things up. In the 1st inning, Javier struck out to start the game, then Brock put his bunt down. He then stole second. Flood singled but Lou stayed on 2nd. Then the two of them stole their respective bases. Boyer hit his sac fly scoring Lou. In the third, Sandy drilled Lou. Lou took first and stole 2nd. In the 5th, Lou was out of the game and Warwick was in.
Google it! You are wrong!
@@mikebotelo8330 Boxscore agrees with me. I tried to post a link to it but my post to you disappeared. Go to the 1965 season on Baseball-Reference and look for the Cardinal vs Dodgers game on May 26, 1965. Scroll down to the play-by-play. You will see that what I wrote is basically accurate.
@@mikebotelo8330 I have tried a number of ways to rewrite the link so you can see the boxscore for yourself and play by play. Each time what I have written has been removed and this is why I hate using TH-cam these days as it prevents the sharing of information. I have nothing more to say about your comment. I believe the Boxscore and many baseball books and magazines such as Baseball Digest that describe this incidence.
@@mikebotelo8330 Here is the play by play from the boxscore ...............Top of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Dodgers' Sandy Koufax facing 1-2-3
t1 0-0 0 --- O STL Julian Javier Sandy Koufax -2% 48% Strikeout Looking
t1 0-0 1 --- STL Lou Brock Sandy Koufax 2% 50% Single to P/Bunt
t1 0-0 1 1-- STL Curt Flood Sandy Koufax 2% 52% Brock Steals 2B
t1 0-0 1 -2- STL Curt Flood Sandy Koufax 2% 54% Single to SS; Brock stays at 2B
t1 0-0 1 12- STL Ken Boyer Sandy Koufax 5% 59% Brock Steals 3B; Flood Steals 2B
t1 0-0 1 -23 RO STL Ken Boyer Sandy Koufax 1% 60% Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Brock Scores
t1 1-0 2 -2- O STL Dick Groat Sandy Koufax -3% 57% Groundout: 3B-1B
Top of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Tied 1-1, Dodgers' Sandy Koufax facing 1-2-3
t3 1-1 0 --- O STL Julian Javier Sandy Koufax -2% 48% Flyball: LF
t3 1-1 1 --- STL Lou Brock Sandy Koufax 3% 50% Hit By Pitch
t3 1-1 1 1-- STL Curt Flood Sandy Koufax 2% 52% Brock Steals 2B
t3 1-1 1 -2- STL Curt Flood Sandy Koufax 2% 55% Walk
t3 1-1 1 12- O STL Ken Boyer Sandy Koufax -5% 50% Strikeout
t3 1-1 2 12- O STL Dick Groat Sandy Koufax -5% 45% Groundout: 1B unassisted
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. C
One might frame Koufax's reaction as the actions of a spolied child who threw a tantrum when his opponent bested him in a competition.
This is 60’s baseball. Sandy is the ultimate gentleman on and off the field.
@@mikeyposs3132 And Petie Rose nudged Ray Fosse off the plate during a meaningless exhibition game.
He did. Who knew Fosse was a snowflake?@@chrisoleson9570
How is stealing against Koufax embarrassing him?
This occurred on May 26th, 1965. Brock figured the best way to get to Koufax was to bunt. He did & Koufax couldn't get it & Brock scored a bit later. Koufax was pissed & clocked Brock in the back next AB. But Brock went to 1st, not off the field. He only missed 5 games. Came back June 1st.
He just told you Brock walked space cadet 🚀😅
@@iacoponefurio1915 read the accounts of this. Drysdale was wrong. I believe the written accounts more than Drysdale's memory, you pinhead.
I've never seen the _delayed knockout_ in baseball.
Isn't it 'beaned'??
Brock was hit in the back. He wasn't beaned.. To be beaned means hit in the head.
That was certainly a punk move by Sandy Koufax. That's a punk move in any era of baseball. Taking a great player like Lou Brock off the baseball field for a month because you got your feelings hurt shows a lack of character.
Baseball is awesome but full of bullshit, I'm sorry I mean legend. Kofax did hit Brock, he then took first base and promptly stole second. He was taken out of the game a couple of innings later.
So he smashed a lethal weapon in the back on an unarmed man who couldn't strike him back all because the guy danced around a bit. That's what we call cowardice, which is typical of pitchers. I used to like Koufax, thought he was above this nonsense. No more.
And you used to be able to clothesline a ball carrier in football, so what? Some of the most successful pitchers of all time were not above demanding a little respect from the hitter.
@@richstex4736 respect via assault of a man who can't defend himself? You call that respect?
@@MTAB-bs3xr I call it unwritten rules in baseball. Don't hate the player, hate the game.
I'm sure if Mr. Koufax heard that you lost respect for him, he'd be crushed.
@@JR-zv6qm try to discuss the issues, such as pitchers assaulting batters, and spare us your snide remarks.
Hitting a guy in the back is not beaning. Beaning is the head.
Drysdale was making that up about Sandy. But why? Koufax would never bean any ballplayer. NEVER.
Zombie you are in the twilight zone 😅
Koufax would have been thrown out and fined doing that today. There is no excuse
for doing this ever. Remember what happened to Tony Conigliaro who almost lost his eyesight over a pitch? Drysdale was also prone to brush-back pitches. Brock should've taken the bat to his left arm for doing that. Koufax is a coward for doing this, and I bet he really regrets it today. I have no respect for Drysdale's comments either. This changes my perception of who Koufax is. Lou Brock deserves more than an apology.
I believe you're thinking of Tony Conigliaro of the Red Sox... But I get what you're saying...
Bernie20Kosar
Thanks. Correction duly noted. Yes Mr. Conigliaro. Sandy is my childhood idol--the game was played under different 'accepted' protocols then and I get that. You backed your teammates and returned an opponents slight, tit for tat. Violence, as you well know, should never become an accepted strategy in any situation in sports. Pitches at 98 mph thrown at the head of aggressive hitters crowding the plate was always an option. Defensive lines targeting quarterbacks, teams intent on injuring the already injured and so on. The Shaq attack strategy of throwing bench players at fouling a poor free throw shooter who can't be stopped inspired rule changes, didn't it?
Wilt the Stilt's dominance moved the basket height. Many former athletes'
head trauma injuries are still being challenged, sadly, by pro sport counsel.
you live in a dream world..he was lucky sandy didn't take his head off
Brock got hit on the back between the shoulder blades? It means to me like he wanted to get on base no matter what, by getting a base on balls or by getting hit by a pitch. I haven't read anywhere where Lou Brock got a hit to get on base.
Fluteristic
Pantywaste
That's not beaning.
If I was a pro player and a pitcher threw at me.
He’d get a bat to the face for thanks.
You throw at me, I throw at u.
Fair is fair.
sounds like a whole lot of horseshit to me.
Koufax could bring it sadly only a 6 year prime..