DODGERS MUSTN'T LET THIS BIG ONE GET AWAY.Byline: STEVE DILBECK Bob Daly, you're up. Like never before. Like you only thought you were back when you headed up CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. and Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . All those big stars you pacified? All the hands you held attached to oversized o·ver·size n. 1. A size that is larger than usual. 2. An oversize article or object. adj. o·ver·size also o·ver·sized Larger in size than usual or necessary. egos? Those miffed miff n. 1. A petulant, bad-tempered mood; a huff. 2. A petty quarrel or argument; a tiff. tr.v. miffed, miff·ing, miffs To cause to become offended or annoyed. mega stars you brought back into the fold? Doesn't even compare. Not even in the same ballpark. The comparative minor leagues. Because this is about Sandy Koufax The greatest Dodger of all time. The most beloved baseball player in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. history. Maybe the most dominating pitcher of all time. Koufax has severed his relationship with the Dodgers. You don't allow this to happen. You do not leave Sandy Koufax refusing to have anything to do with the Dodgers. It doesn't matter the origin. How sullied and irresponsible the cause of his anger. You find a way to get Koufax back in the family. Back in spring training talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to wide-eyed kids, helping veterans with their curve, giving tips on the release point, embodying everything that is historic and great about the Dodgers. The Dodgers are for sale. Rupert Murdoch is going to ask for a serious price tag, something far removed from the $317 million his News Corp. paid back in 1998. And they're going to get it with Koufax, the living icon of Dodger Blue, refusing to associate with the Dodgers? Demanding his likeness be removed from all things related to the ballclub? This is a tough assignment. Koufax is one of the shiest shi·est adj. A superlative of shy1. superstars in sports history. A painfully private man. And fiercely dedicated to his personal beliefs. No one was left doubting that back in 1965, when he would not start Game 1 of the World Series because it fell on Yom Kippur Yom Kippur [Heb.,=day of atonement], in Judaism, the most sacred holy day, falling on the 10th day of the Jewish month of Tishri (usually late September or early October). It is a day of fasting and prayer for forgiveness for sins committed during the year. . Truth is, I don't like your chances next week when you arrive in Vero Beach Vero Beach (vēr`o), city (1990 pop. 17,350), seat of Indian River co., E Fla., on Indian River (a lagoon and part of the Intracoastal Waterway); founded c.1888, inc. 1919. . It would be against his nature to back down, to be anything but true to himself. But you'd better find some way to get it done. Better have some magic up your sleeve, some impassioned rationale to sway him. Maybe you don't completely understand how his being upset with Murdoch's New York Post The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and the oldest to have been published continually as a daily.[3] Since 1976, it has been owned by Australian-born billionaire Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation and is one of the 10 translates to disavowing the Dodgers. Doesn't matter a lick. The Post went all tabloid and ran a story Dec. 19 that implied Koufax, 67, was homosexual. It was pure gossip, totally unnecessary, the kind of distasteful item that makes every real journalistic organization wince. It's an old rumor that didn't deserve print, and Koufax is understandably upset. He doesn't want to help one News Corp. entity that might in any way benefit another. This is not some starlet-of-the-week snit. This is Sandy Koufax, the three-time Cy Young winner. Koufax who threw four no-hitters. Koufax who was the Dodgers when they moved to Los Angeles. I covered the Dodgers for seven years. Spent a year of my life in Vero Beach. And my single greatest memory of my time in Dodgertown was when Koufax granted me a rare interview. We sat in a cabana while a heavy Florida rain pelted the metal roof. Koufax looked out a the red clay and was still amazed at how it would soak up the downpour moments after it ended, allowing the team to quickly resume training. A relaxed moment with the man who had been my athletic hero as a boy growing up in Southern California. Millions in L.A. would have envied me that moment. He needs to be back in spring training. Back helping the next Orel Hershiser. Back being looked up to by players and fans alike. He lives in Vero Beach, he should be in Dodgertown. He should always be a Dodger. It's like imagining Jerry West despising the Lakers, Ernie Banks ignoring the Cubs. Some players are simply identified with teams. Koufax and the Dodgers. Bob Daly, you're up. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax, pictured here signing autographs last year, has severed his ties with the Dodgers over an article in the Rupert Murdoch-owned New York Post. M. Spencer Green/Associated Press |
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