Gil Hodges
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Two years ago, the Yankees decided to play him at first-base. Some guys wouldn't have moved after all those years, but Mickey went to spring training and made himself learn the job. I watched him on television the other day. He's never going to be a Gil Hodges, but he won't embarrass himself, either. I don't know when he's going to quit, and I don't think he does.
But the only Dodgers we talked about were Pee Wee Reese and Jackie. Not Roy Campanella, not Gil Hodges, not Duke Snider, not Billy Cox – it was Reese and Robinson. It was because those were the guys that could beat you. They were the creme de la creme.
I always used to think of who I would like going down a dark alley with me. I can think of a lot of great fighters, gangsters I was raised with in Brownsville, strong men like Gil Hodges. But for sheer courage, I would pick Jackie (Robinson). He didn’t back up.More quotes »
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The all-decade team: the ‘50s
outstanding career parallel to that of Ted Williams. Among first baseman in the decade—a list that also includes names like Gil Hodges and Ted Kluszewski—Musial was first in hits, doubles, triples, walks, batting average, slugging percentage and OPS. History from The Hardball Times Read more »
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This Date in Mets History: June 9 — Mets honor Gil Hodges on Old Timer's Day, but Willie Mays steals the game
was granted emeritus status 40 years ago today, was donned by a man with a decent, if not quite convincing Cooperstown case: Gil Hodges. On June 9, 1973, the Mets posthumously honored Hodges by hanging his #14 on Shea's outfield fence. The day's festivities from Amazin Avenue Read more »
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MTA Releases Photos Of Falcon Chicks From Marine Parkway, Throgs Neck Bridges
and bridges each year to band and record the falcons. 20-day-old Peregrine Falcon chicks that hatched atop Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge (credit: New York City Department of Environmental Protection / Christopher Nadareski) The newest MTA peregrines from CBS New York Read more »
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Noah Wyle -- I Own a Piece of Jackie Robinson History
most important squads in the history of baseball. And why, you ask? Just take a look at the roster -- Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese, Gil Hodges, Duke Snider and Joe Black, the first African American to pitch in a World Series game. Pretty sweet, Wyle. from TMZ Read more »
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Catellier: Baseball HOF Discussion: Gil Hodges, Los Angeles Dodgers
he’d wait on line for an Ebinger’s black-out cake just like the rest of us! Is former Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers great Gil Hodges the best eligible position player not in the Hall of Fame? No, Barry Bonds is…or maybe Jeff Bagwell. But five years ago, from Baseball Think Factory Read more »
