Sandy Koufax perfect game

Please note that there weren't a lot of images of his perfect game, so these are just some images I found around. Most of them are ill-timed. At least its something. Enjoy Vin Scully's legendary call (note that he mentions the time several times).

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[oddsox1919]

45 years ago today -- incredible!

Long live Vin Scully & Sandy Koufax, too.

(..and I'm a Giants fan.... damn, what am I saying??!)

[noclouds111]

He was arguably the best pitcher in my 56 years.

I'm a Met fan.

[golfmaniac007]

those are some awesome pictures. love the vin scully soundtrack with these pics.

[noclouds111]

@doowaditti I do recall the Mets getting whoopped, every time they did the west coast road trip. On one occasion, prob in 68 or 69, they faced Sutton, Drysdale, Koufax, Marichal & another ace on the Giants (can't remember his name), the Mets won all but one of the games. Their fortune changed after that.

[doowaditti]

@noclouds111 I was about 10 years old living in LA during the early 60's.Went to

Dodger stadium 3 or 4 times and actually saw Sandy pitch in a rare relief effort.

I can't confirm that,but it would be a good trivia question.

BTW,I was a Giants fan from day 1.And in my book,Koufax was THE greatest, given his shortened career because of arthritis.

Remember the marathon games that the Giants and Mets used to have?Haaahaaa!

[doowaditti]

@oddsox1919 Ha ha,I said almost the same thing on a related vid.Lived in LA '61 to '66

and was a Giants fan from the time I became a fan.......Loved Willie Mays and Juan Marichal.Can I still hate the Dodgers and love Sandy? I think so.

[MMSMikey]

its 2 and 2 to Harvey Keene...

[agutierrez1947]

I remember reading a comment by an opposing player who said that what distinguished Sandy's fastball from others was that it was still picking up speed as it crossed the plate. He had never seen that before or since. The most poetic delivery ever from the greatest pitcher to ever take the mound. Thanks for posting.

[TheMadNorsky]

Koufax was coaching for the Dodgers during a late 1970's playoff series. The time was in the Garvey, Cey, Russel, Lopes years. Pre-game, teams took batting practice. For the Dodgers turn, Koufax went and threw batting practice. After a bunch of Dodgers broke bats, struck out, popped up and couldn't hit the ball out of the infield, the Dodgers replaced Koufax with another pitcher, they didn't want this to happen to their team before a big playoff game. Retired 11 plus years and doing this!