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Bill James, the godfather of baseball statistical analysis, says in an open letter to the sport's hall of fame that Evans deserves induction, which would enshrine him alongside other San Fernando Valley-spawned stars such as Don Drysdale and Robin Yount.
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Two days before that he’d missed the cycle by a single. The day before that he’d gone 5-for-6. Yeah, that’s pretty good. But all yins must have their yang, and today would be that day for Aaron. It started off generically enough. In the first inning, he...
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So, Frank homers in the first inning of Game 1 and I'm pitching Game 2, and we're all thinking, "Hey, we have a chance to win here." The Orioles posted a triumphant four-game sweep of the defending champion Dodgers and Robinson's Game 4 homer, off Don...
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"If you give him those two years, he probably would have broken Ruth's record," Riley said. "It depended on how quickly he matured, because in the military, he matured. You look at him as a rookie in '51 and as a superstar in '54, and in those two...
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"In 2010, which Tigers player hit a grand slam for his first home run?" Enberg, the Central Michigan University product, posed a query like that when he was doing California Angels radio broadcasts in the 1970s with former pitcher Don Drysdale. ...
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1978 the BBWAA announced that longtime Milwaukee Brave Eddie Mathews had been elected to the Hall of Fame, appearing on 301 of the collected 379 ballots (79.4%). Despite the fact that Mathews was one of ten future Hall of Famers on the ballot this year,...
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In 1968, it all came together. Only one American Leaguer hit .300 that season, the majors batted .231, and the collective slugging percentage for the AL dropped to .340. With the sea change in offense, several pitchers dominated the game. Detroit’s...
About Don Drysdale
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Donald Scott "Don" Drysdale (July 23, 1936 - July 3, 1993) was a Major League Baseball player and Hall of Fame right-handed pitcher with the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was one of the dominant starting pitchers of the 1960s, and became a radio and television broadcaster following his playing career. He was born in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California... Full Article
