September 9, 1965

September 9, 2020

55 years ago today, perhaps my favorite non-WS game I ever watched or listened to played out on my transistor radio.  It was a Thursday evening.  School had just started, and we had just completed our third day of my 9th grade year.  I was forbidden to be listening to my transistor radio, but I chose to ignore the rules and listen anyway.  Of course that is another story that…

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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…

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