Eddie Murray & Sandy Koufax HOF 7-29-07

Introductions of Fomer Oriole great Eddie Murray & former Dodger Sandy Koufax, the greatest left handed pitcher of all-time. Trivia- Last game pitched by Koufax, he lost to a 20 year old Jim Palmer in 1966 World Series. The score? 1-0

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[conni70]

the late, great willie stargell once described what it was like trying to hit against koufax... he said, it was like trying to drink a cup of coffee with a fork...

[JimAsian1]

Sandy Koufax = In my opinion, the Greatest Pitcher

[David Anderson]

Eddie Murray never got his due while an Oriole because he did not like some of the sportswriters, notably Ken Rosenthal, who once called Murray "a cancer in the clubhouse". In fact, Rosenthal was the cancer in the clubhouse. Murray was very appreciated by his teammates as one of the greatest clutch hitters the game has ever known. He is one of three men to have 3000 hits and 500 home runs, the other two being Stan Musial and Willie Mays.

[yamuvah]

@purleses So what? By choice or coincidence...it doesn't matter. The first Jew, Abraham, was also the first convert. Who cares? The man could pitch! Rod Carew and Sammy Davis Jr. are as Jewish as anyone.

[Airsoftcleaner]

Eddie Murray was my Mickie Mantle

[David50s]

@purleses It is true that Koufax was born Sanford Braun and that his mother remarried but, both his mother and original father were Jewish. There was no conversion. Certain German names, such as Weiss, Schwartz and Braun also Jewish names.

[Lonnie Nefouse]

Koufax....The greatest ever..and he's one of us and made us proud when he didn't pitch on Yom Kippur.

[coreyagraph]

koufax................world series era: 0.91

that reduces the conversation

[lnsmdrftr]

Heck, that's nothing! I saw Ripken vomit all over a kid one night when he left the Cub Hill Inn all tanked up. I guess the kid probably had a good "autograph" though cause Ripken's dinner and drinks were all over his t shirt.