Sandy Koufax
Sandy Koufax
Sanford "Sandy" Koufaxis a former American Major League Baseballleft-handed pitcher. He pitched 12 seasons for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, from 1955 to 1966. Koufax, at age 36 in 1972, became the youngest player ever elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth30 December 1935
CityBrooklyn, NY
arnold babe baseball believe game palmer player run ruth willie
I can't believe that Babe Ruth was a better player than Willie Mays. Ruth is to baseball what Arnold Palmer is to golf. He got the game moving. But I can't believe he could run as well as Mays, and I can't believe he was any better an outfielder.
baseball years body
I've got a lot of years to live after baseball and I would like to live them with the complete use of my body.
running baseball moving
I can't believe that Babe Ruth was a better player than Willie Mays. (Babe) Ruth is to baseball what Arnold Palmer is to golf. He got the game moving. But I can't believe he could run as well as (Willie) Mays, and I can't believe he was any better an outfielder.
baseball way figures
He's the strangest hitter in baseball. Figure him out one way and he'll kill you another.
baseball winning trying
The only time I really try for a strikeout is when I'm in a jam. If the bases are loaded with none out, for example, then I'll go for a strikeout. But most of the time I try to throw to spots. I try to get them to pop up or ground out. On a strikeout I might have to throw five or six pitches, sometimes more if there are foul-offs. That tires me. So I just try to get outs. That's what counts - outs. You win with outs, not strikeouts.
baseball spring writing
People who write about spring training not being necessary have never tried to throw a baseball.
sports baseball art
Pitching is the art of instilling fear.
sports baseball athlete
I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it.
except foul hit
Except for getting hit by a foul ball,
biggest guys trying win
Those guys had been there for 10 years trying to win a World Series. I think that was their biggest moment.
aaron five good great guys henry incredible mays players ten
I think it's incredible because there were guys like Mays and Mantle and Henry Aaron who were great players for ten years... I only had four or five good years.
control fast felt good late loose
This indicates I had good stuff. I had a good fast ball, especially late in the game. I felt loose and my control was better than it had been all year.
balls fast
I pitched to Kuenn with everything I had left, ... They were all fast balls.
glad might run
But I'm glad we got the run or we might have been here all night.