Koufax Throws a Curve

Koufax Throws a Curve
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 216
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ISBN-10 : 9781476669427
ISBN-13 : 1476669422
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Book Synopsis Koufax Throws a Curve by : Brian M. Endsley

Download or read book Koufax Throws a Curve written by Brian M. Endsley and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-04-30 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The conclusion of the Sandy Koufax Era was a wild roller coaster ride for the LA Dodgers. Overly dependent on the fragile left arm of their to-be Hall of Fame left-hander, they careened from their worst season since World War II in 1964 after losing Koufax to an injury in mid-August, to a World Series Championship in 1965 on the strength of his shutout performance on short rest in Game 7 with the Twins, to an ignominious World Series collapse to the Orioles in 1966 after he single-handedly saved the Dodgers' 1966 regular season in the final game. In the last two seasons of his career, Koufax averaged an impressive 27 complete games, 27 wins and 350 strikeouts. Yet 16 days after winning his second straight unanimous Cy Young Award, he shocked Major League Baseball by announcing he was going to retire. Like a supernova that had lit up the sports world for six years, he flamed out and was gone by age 30.


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