Go ahead and name the last time you ran across a high-school lefthander who has a 94 MPH fastball and a hammer of a curveball, a Jewish kid whose prized possession is a Sandy Koufax baseball card ...

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 Field.

“So, Sandy, when you’re great on and off the field ... with his introduction to baseball at Lafayette High School in the Bath Beach section of Brooklyn. Koufax thanked various coaches ...

"Sandy would ... But for Koufax, violins -- bittersweet and vaguely ambiguous, like gypsy music. The impression of Koufax persists of him being the J.D. Salinger of baseball.

There is one athlete who does: Jewish legend Sandy Koufax ... Jeff Passan alongside other Jewish baseball insiders. Koufax, known for his on-the-field dominance and his refusal to pitch ...

(JTA) — For many Jewish fans who collect baseball cards ... was Seymour Stoll’s experience years ago when he drew a Sandy Koufax card at 14 years old. Inspired by that sense of pride, Stoll ...

Rosenwald Jeff Torborg, an unassuming baseball lifer who caught three no-hitters, including Sandy Koufax’s perfect game ... “The clubhouse, the playing field, the press box were all property ...

Jeff Torborg, the former catcher who caught Sandy Koufax's perfect game and was the 1990 AL manager of the year with the ...

Gil Hodges and Sandy ... Koufax retired after 12 years because of a chronic left elbow injury. Among other accolades and ...