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The stats for this world series:
Sox: 23 runs, 52 hits, 4 errors, .261 BA
LAD 21 runs, 53 hits, 4 errors, .261 BA
With such even stats how did the Dodgers take the series 4 games to 2?
The Sox blew their wad in game one, an 11-0 drubbing of the Dodgers. This one game accounts for most of the Soxs totals. In another game they garnered 12 hits but had only one run.
The biggest aberration was LA getting a World Series win in its second year as the home of the Dodgers. Poor Brooklyn had to suffer through all those years of Robins, Bridegrooms, and Dodgers with only one celebratory season (1955) to show for it...
I remember 1959 clearly. My best boyhood pal was a huge Sox fan. He lived and died with Fox and Aparicio, Sherm Lollar, Billy Pierce, Dick Donovan -- that whole crew. I on the other hand was a still-shocked Brooklyn diehard. I could recite GilliamReeseSniderRobinsonHodgesCampanellaFurilloA marosNewcombe in my sleep (though by 1959 Robby was gone, Campy had had his terrible accident, and Larry Sherry was to have that spectacular Series run).
We were never as close again after LA topped the Sox.
The stats for this world series:
Sox: 23 runs, 52 hits, 4 errors, .261 BA
LAD 21 runs, 53 hits, 4 errors, .261 BA
With such even stats how did the Dodgers take the series 4 games to 2?
The Sox blew their wad in game one, an 11-0 drubbing of the Dodgers. This one game accounts for most of the Soxs totals. In another game they garnered 12 hits but had only one run.
Speaking of numbers and the weights they hold, in 1981 the Cincinnati Reds had the best record in baseball.
I remember 1959 clearly. My best boyhood pal was a huge Sox fan. He lived and died with Fox andAparicio, Sherm Lollar, Billy Pierce, Dick Donovan -- that whole crew. I on the other hand was a still-shocked Brooklyn diehard. I could recite GilliamReeseSniderRobinsonHodgesCampanellaFurilloA marosNewcombe in my sleep (though by 1959 Robby was gone, Campy had had his terrible accident, and Larry Sherry was to have that spectacular Series run).
If you were to add "Jungle" Jim Rivera, these were my boyhood heroes. Minoso had already left for Cleveland, but he was my favorite Sox player. Fox came to our LL banquet and gave each kid an autograph. We moved to LA and the Dodgers arrived a few years later, so I was very conflicted at the time of the '59 WS. Sherry was superb, though, and I lost the few dollars I had wagered on the Sox.
If you were to add "Jungle" Jim Rivera, these were my boyhood heroes. Minoso had already left for Cleveland, but he was my favorite Sox player. Fox came to our LL banquet and gave each kid an autograph. We moved to LA and the Dodgers arrived a few years later, so I was very conflicted at the time of the '59 WS. Sherry was superb, though, and I lost the few dollars I had wagered on the Sox.
Jungle Jim! And the Sox had Big Klu at the end of his career, as well. I had forgotten about Minnie. Great ballplayer. He was Cuban, wasn't he?
And I believe Aparicio was the SECOND ace Sox shortstop from Venezuela, following Chico Carrasquel.
I also just remembered that Fox was the AL MVP in 59. What a great second baseman and team player.
There was something special about ballplayers in those days. Maybe it was because there were fewer teams and thus fewer major league players. Maybe it was because it was relatively inexpensive to go to games -- many of which were played in the afternoon.
Of course, maybe it was also because we were young.
Jungle Jim! And the Sox had Big Klu at the end of his career, as well. I had forgotten about Minnie. Great ballplayer. He was Cuban, wasn't he?
And I believe Aparicio was the SECOND ace Sox shortstop from Venezuela, following Chico Carrasquel.
I also just remembered that Fox was the AL MVP in 59. What a great second baseman and team player.
There was something special about ballplayers in those days. Maybe it was because there were fewer teams and thus fewer major league players. Maybe it was because it was relatively inexpensive to go to games -- many of which were played in the afternoon.
Of course, maybe it was also because we were young.
I think the ballplayers were special to us because we were young. We didn't know about the drinking, the womanizing, or the big egos. All we were aware of was the magic that happened between the lines.
While it was relatively inexpensive to see a game - it cost a mere 50 cents to pass the gates at Comiskey Park - I often had to sneak in, having spent my paper route money on White Castle hamburgers.
When the Sox travelled to play the hated Yankees some of us would ditch classes and watch the game on TV (I'm talking the 5th and 6th grades) but eventually the principal got onto us. Glad that he was a Sox fan, too.
While Charlie Hustle and the Say Hey Kid are more famous, Minnie would dazzle you with his play in the outfield, and who could forget his running out every infield pop-up, sometimes on his way to 3rd when the ball finally hit the leather? There is a new kid on the Dodgers now - Puig, also from Cuba - that reminds me of Minnie.
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