As a 50 yr plus Dodger fan, it appears my boys are doing their usual playoff choke-but the Phillies are a great team and if they win, hope they can whip the Yankees, who have it going this year-1rob...remembering '88..OUT
PS the worst thing we did since then was get Eric Davis and Darryl Strawberry-Lasorda was asked if he thought Strawberry was a 'dog.' 'No,' was the reply, 'a dog is loyal and runs hard after fly balls.' Later, Gang.....
in the ninth inning of the last game of the regular season back in 1950. Dick Sisler hit that HR that beat them. Phillies had a really good team, led by great pitching by Robin Roberts and Jim Konstanty. That was the first year that I really got into baseball as a 7 year old kid, and I got REALLY upset when the Dodgers lost the pennant.
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Hi, Cy,
there's no telling how many Robin Roberts would have won had he pitched for a top team-the '50 Whiz Kids were pretty much the high point for the Phillies for that era as I recall-Roberts spent some time here in Tampa as the coach for the University of S. Florida-Richie Ashburn was a terrific player for Philly on that team-50 and 51 were horror years for the Dodger faithful-referencing your post and then the collapse and the Bobby Thompson shot the following year-Hey, the Dodgers are up 4-3 tonight so there's still a ray of hope-Later, Buddy, 1rob
was actually the headlight of an oncoming train.
Sad night in Dodgertown.