My dad is 94. Signed with the Cubs out of HS. Played 13 games, then got the call to serve in Korea. Was wounded in battle. Cubs sent him a subscription to The Sporting News. “And a Rawlings Marty Marion infield glove,” he recalled yesterday. Baseball gloves are forever.
Dodger Stadium was only a year old when this episode was filmed in 1963. The Dodgers went on to win the World Series and Sandy Koufax won the NL MVP and Cy Young awards that same year.
Leave it to Mr Ed to hit an inside the park HR off of Koufax peak year.
After 9 innings of scoreless ball, Russell Martin blasts a walk off home run for the Dodgers to win it 1-0.
Greg Maddux pitched 8 innings allowing just 2 hits on 68 pitches.