Milwaukee’s best: A tribute to the humor and humanity of Bob Uecker
As a catcher for the Milwaukee Braves, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia Phillies, Uecker hit .200 with 14 home ...
Jeff Torborg, Dodger who caught Sandy Koufax’s perfect game before managerial career, dies at 83
Jeff Torborg, the Dodgers catcher who caught Sandy Koufax's perfect game in 1965 and was a manager of the year with the ...
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He was a Jewish leftist like Sandy Koufax — remembering Howard Zinn
9, 2009 against the Toronto Blue Jays. Pure coincidence: This was also the date the Dodgers Sandy Koufax pitched a perfect game in 1965. Howard told me he had once met Koufax. I’d heard that ...
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Former Marlins manager Jeff Torborg, who caught Sandy Koufax’s perfect game, dies at 83
Jeff Torborg, the former catcher who caught Sandy Koufax’s perfect game and was the 1990 AL manager of the year with the Chicago White Sox, died Sunday. He was 83. The White Sox said on social m ...
Sports Illustrated10d
Former Chicago White Sox, Florida Marlins Manager Jeff Torborg Dies at 83
Jeff Torborg – who spent decades in MLB as a player, coach, manager and broadcaster – died at the age of 83 on Sunday morning. Torborg played for the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1964 to 1970 ...
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Jeff Torborg, former big league catcher and manager, dies at 83
Jeff Torborg, the former catcher who caught Sandy Koufax's perfect game and was the 1990 AL manager of the year with the Chicago White Sox, died Sunday. He was 83. The White Sox said on social ...
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Jeff Torborg Passes Away
That same season saw Torborg play a big role in one of the most memorable pitching performances in baseball history — Sandy Koufax’s 14-strikeout perfect game against the Cubs on September 9.