Topic: Gil Hodges
Today, I hear the sound of music, not from Carnegie Hall but from Ebbets Field. They are disjointed tones to everybody but Brooklyn Dodger fans. To...
On Friday, Aug. 24, 1962, Mighty's Uncle Vincent Stephens took Mighty and his brother Ken to the Polo Grounds to watch the Mets (Mets beat Drysdale...
The history of the New York Mets has been mostly one of futility, but with a few glorious moments. The Mets then started to develop other, very talented pitchers, most notably Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman and Nolan Ryan, who would combine for ...
The New York Yankees won 103 games during the 1954 baseball season -- more than they had in any of their five previous pennant seasons -- only to finish eight games behind the Indians, who won a league-record 111. Although Larry Doby led the ...
Aspects of the topic Gil Hodges are discussed in the following places at Britannica. Early Mets rosters were populated with popular New York ballplayers from a bygone era-over-the-hill veterans such as Gil Hodges, Duke Snider, and Yogi Berra-coached by Casey Stengel, the ...
December 10, 1971 was a fateful day for the New York Mets. It was the day that they traded 24 year old Nolan Ryan to the Angels for shortstop Jim Fregosi. Ryan was considered to have a chance to become one of ...
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Gil Hodges: The Quiet Man
An excerpt from this critically acclaimed national TV special about ...2007-08-18 -
Gil Hodges Funeral Part 1
Former Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Mets attend the funeral ...2011-06-23 -
Gil Hodges pulls Cleon Jones July ...
Joe Pignatano and Gil Hodges Widow Joan Hodges tell the ...2006-07-14
