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Imagine being a National League hitter in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s having to face the nastiest 1-2 pitching duo in major league history: Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale. Once you ran the gauntlet of Koufax and his scary 6.79 hits allowed per game, 9.28 strikeouts a game, and a minuscule .205 opponent batting average, you’d then have to face Drysdale, of the 2.65 lifetime ERA, 2,486 career strikeouts, and reputation as perhaps the meanest headhunter in league history (witness the still record of 154 hit batsman). If you survived a weekend dust-up against these two with your confidence and head intact you had the added joy of knowing you’d face them again in about a month. Yogi Berra once said of Koufax, “I can see how he won 25 games. What I don’t understand is how he lost five.” Of Drysdale, Mike Shannon once said, “Don Drysdale would consider an intentional walk a waste of three pitches. If he wants to put you on base, he can hit you with one pitch.”
“Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax.”
Mike Royko, 1981 (via howboutdemos)(Source: , via mightyflynn)
