There are times when I feel like I have an obligation not to do certain things because I'm preparing myself to pitch. Well, the Dodgers score more runs than people think, but even if your ball club scores a lot of runs I don't think you can take the attitude that you can give up two or three runs and still win. So you put out on every pitch. At 30, Sandy Koufax lives alone in a modest two-bedroom bungalow in Studio City, just over the hill from Hollywood and Beverly Hills. Wow, where did all these links come from? Did you know Takashi Saito can't see a catcher giving signs with his fingers at night? Yes, but you have this reputation for being awfully hard on yourself. The disappointing Dodgers' worst 34-game stretch this season has been 13-21. At this stage of your career isn't there any tendency on your part to jake it a little, not to put out quite so much? Expanded playoffs could lower bar for Dodgers in 2012, Reports: Dodgers were finalists for Fielder. --I can't. Dodger Thoughts friend Stan from Tacoma passes along the massive interview Koufax did for the issue, which begins thusly: Sandy, what's the difference between the way you manage your life and the way anybody else would manage his? Says the Pittsburgh Pirates' Willie Stargell, "Hitting against him is like eating soup with a fork." That's the exact record that the Los Angeles Sparks rode into the WNBA playoffs that start tonight. From the batter's point of view, Sandy Koufax in full pitching motion is an awesome spectacle. Jim Thome, who had four singles in 17 plate appearances as a Dodger a year ago, is having one of the best age-39 seasons in baseball history, according to Aaron Gleeman of Hardball Talk. Sandy Koufax was Sports Illustrated's 1965 Sportsman of the Year. Mark Bowman of MLB.com has details (via Hardball Talk). Sandy Koufax famously chose not to start Game 1 of the 1965 World Series for the Dodgers because it fell on Yom Kippur, but his whereabouts that day remain a mystery. … He's out there trying to get your team out, too. --Maybe I am. And I say to myself, "Well, why not? I do the things that most people do. Sometimes you get enough runs and you try to take it easy and all of a sudden you're in trouble. And San Francisco rallied from a 10-1 deficit as well -- the Giants were tied with the Reds in the ninth, 11-11. --I don't do anything different. You can always try to pitch a better ball game, the best you possibly can. Fried met Koufax in 2018 when the Braves and Dodgers faced off in the postseason. --You've got to put out on every pitch. Where Have You Gone, Sandy Koufax? There's nothing to stop me -- except the hitters. Gregg Found and Matt Willis of ESPN.comdelve into Hiroki Kuroda's near-historic 0-for-40 season at the plate. Sandy, I've seen you after you've pitched and you sit at your locker and you look like World War II. Why can't I do more, why can't I do a better job?"
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