PIT 6.0 IP, 8 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER. Drysdale made his Major League Baseball debut for. When I was a freshman I was able to play for a guy named Kenny Washington, who was one of Coach Woodens players that won a couple of championships. "She didn't know who he was." Growing up in pickup games, size never really mattered to me. Below we countdown to Don Drysdale upcoming birthday. Ann Meyers Drysdale attended Hall of Fame Weekend 1993 in Cooperstown to share memories following the passing of her husband, Don Drysdale, on July 3 of that year. Being a broadcaster myself, thats the one thing I really appreciated about how he broadcast a game. - BL-1361-68 (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library), Don Drysdale was one of the most intimidating pitchers of his era, winning 209 games in 14 seasons with the Dodgers while helping his team win five National League pennants and three World Series titles. Meyers, 30, is 1 of 11 children, the majority of whom get together every Christmas Eve at the house where Ann grew up, in La Habra. So there are stories I'm hearing now, and it's like give me more. Sutton passed away at age 75 on Tuesday morning.. The list of baseball luminaries was long. Keep up with headlines and events at the Baseball Hall of Fame, and see who will be taking their place in history next. Ranking MLB's radical City Connect uniforms: Which one's No. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Drew sang Whenever You Remember, the Diane Rae Warren composition best known from a Carrie Underwood performance, and she absolutely nailed it. Self-guided tour or VIP experience. That moment, said Drysdale, was the biggest thrill of his career. Along the way she met Don Drysdale, the former Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher who won 209 games during his Hall of Fame career. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Both wanted to be paid $500,000 over three seasons, but Dodgers' GM Buzzie Bavasi preferred to give them one-year contracts according to team policy. ', "You look at the positives. Javascript is required for the selection of a player. I'll have to work a little harder now and plan things better. Publicly she has put up a cheery front since July 3, the day Don Drysdale died of a heart attack in a Montreal hotel. Kelly is Drysdales only child from his former marriage to Ginger Drysdale, which ended in divorce. A right-handed pitcher for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers for his entire career in Major League Baseball, Drysdale was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984 . "I asked, "What's her mom look like?' The latter record was broken by fellow Dodger Orel Hershiser 20 years later. Show your love of the game and play a part in preserving past and ensuring the future of the Baseball Hall of Fame. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. Just being able to talk to Coach Wooden made it an easy transition for me. "It's. But now, obviously, after meeting Donnie, I was just totally involved in it. Meyers was a UCLA All-American and Olympic basketball star, and is in the basketball Hall of Fame. Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith. But you realize it's the people in your life who make you rich.". Drysdales father pitched in the minor leagues until he suffered a back injury. He also was 23-12 in 1965. Rookie Status: "First of all, she thought he was Don Meredith," Uecker said. Drysdale's 14-year big league career ended in 1969 at the age of 32.
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