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Odds and Ends – Bits and Pieces

April 1, 2020

About a year ago I posted a column on the remaining Brooklyn Dodgers. The current list includes any player who put on a Brooklyn Dodger uniform, even for one game. In the last year, we have lost Don Newcombe, Randy Jackson, and Glenn Mickens. This is the link to the previous article. https://ladodgertalk.com/2019/01/06/the-oldest-living-dodger/ And this is the present list. Eddie Basinski (97): November 4, 1922 1944-45 Tim Thompson (96): March…

Hey, Let Us Know If You Are OK…

March 31, 2020

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I think that this is an amazing community, however, these are trying times. I have instructed my family to notify you if anything bad happens to me. Only the good die young, so I will be OK

“Pistol Pete” Reiser

March 31, 2020

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Growing up, Pete Reiser excelled at any sport he tried. Besides baseball, he earned $50 a game playing soccer against professional players and was a talented football player with a dream of becoming a star player with Notre Dame. He was a skillful bowler and proficient at ice skating. Perhaps his greatest strength was that he was truly ambidextrous.

Pete Richert – Oh What a Night

March 30, 2020

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On April 12, 1962, one week prior to my 11th birthday, Pete Richert made his major league debut against the Cincinnati Reds. I was listening to the game on my transistor radio. Richert entered the game in the top of the bottom of the second inning, with two outs and a runner on second. The Reds had already scored four runs in the inning.

Real Baseball News

March 28, 2020

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We all know postseason play is often not won by the best team, but the hottest team. I don’t think that bodes well for the blue. With 14 teams in the mix, it’ll be tough to come out on top.

Odds and Ends – Bits and Pieces

March 26, 2020

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I must admit it is a major disappointment having made it through the baseball drought that is winter. Our provincial government and federal have asked us to stay home and when out maintain the two-meter separation going out only if really necessary.

My Favorite Duke Moment

March 25, 2020

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The above picture of Duke, Andy Pafko and Carl Furillo is a snapshot of my all-time favorite outfield. I expect this is the case because it was my first outfield and all three homered on my first night of Dodger baseball which also gives me a way to trace my first game. That is the only time all three homered in the same game.

Carl Furillo – the Reading Rifle

March 23, 2020

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Like many baseball players of his era, Furillo answered the call and spent the next three years, 1943-45, in the army. He saw active duty in the Pacific Theater where he was wounded and received three battle stars. His war service gave the Dodgers an early glimpse that Furillo seemed to be uncomfortable in social situations and perhaps almost a lone wolf. Peter Golenbock in his book “Bums” writes that Carl Furillo turned down a Purple Heart medal for his wounds, saying that he hadn’t been sufficiently valiant.

“Shelter in Home” Random Thoughts

March 22, 2020

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It took me a while to come to grips with it, but I’m now absolutely convinced that the coronavirus hysteria and panic has been perpetrated by the Boston Red Sox so that the Dodgers might never have Mookie Betts play a game for them. Think about it, it is plausible. Stinking Red Sox!!!

A Look Forward… From Backwards

March 19, 2020

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In March 2013 I decided to play Nostradamus regarding the Dodgers and made predictions as to what would happen to a number of Dodger players in eight years. So here we are, seven seasons later, and I can now see how far off I was with my predictions. Surprised? Not really. I always seem to view the Blue with optimism. Here is the post below. I’ll interject with italics to…

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