On April 24, 1962, Hall-of-Famer and Los Angeles Dodgers legend Sandy Koufax set a Major League record with 18 strikeouts in a complete game. The Dodgers defeated the Chicago Cubs, 10-2, at Wrigley ...
Any experienced reader of baseball biographies would know that when Jane Leavy began her book about Sandy Koufax, she was already behind in the count. Strike one: most baseball biographies are about ...
LOS ANGELES — For baseball aficionados, the name Sandy Koufax is almost mythical. In the 1960s Koufax put together what is generally considered the greatest span of five seasons for a pitcher in Major ...