tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129825817358907805.post8914797560302636926..comments2024-01-24T22:12:57.838-05:00Comments on 1980 Topps Baseball: Koufax & Drysdale: Beaten on the Same DayDean Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09835797943104870803noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129825817358907805.post-86768442914608685852011-06-24T20:30:58.959-04:002011-06-24T20:30:58.959-04:00Great stuff! Thanks for sharing.Great stuff! Thanks for sharing.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06161762602291616465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129825817358907805.post-22032787962238553562011-06-24T14:39:15.702-04:002011-06-24T14:39:15.702-04:00Great story!
My dad and grandpa were sitting in C...Great story! <br />My dad and grandpa were sitting in Chavez Ravine, August 10, watching Sandy Koufax beat the Mets for win no. 20 of the 1965 season, when my mother went in to labor a week early and gave birth to me! Next morning, the story goes, my dad caught an earful from my mother for not being there, and my grandpa caught even more of an earful from my grandma for taking him! My dad ended up sitting in the hospital waiting room, reading the LA Times write up of the previous night's game, and watching the black smoke on the horizon as the Watts riots began.Anthony Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12235433322648199652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129825817358907805.post-35928721044293485122011-06-23T14:51:40.939-04:002011-06-23T14:51:40.939-04:00Two starts after the Koufax loss that your dad saw...Two starts after the Koufax loss that your dad saw, he pitched his 4th no-hitter, a perfect game against the Cubs!night owlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.com