1959 – The Pirates take a doubleheader form the Dodgers, beating Don Drysdale in both games. As a starter, Drysdale loses the opener, then relieves in game 2. In the 10th inning, with runners on first and third and two out, Drysdale hands out an intentional pass to get to Dick Groat, who singles in the winning run.

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1959 – The Pirates take a doubleheader form the Dodgers, beating Don Drysdale in both games. As a starter, Drysdale loses the opener, then relieves in game 2. In the 10th inning, with runners on first and third and two out, Drysdale hands out an intentional pass to get to Dick Groat, who singles in the winning run.

In the second All-Star Game this summer, Nellie Fox delivers the key hit to propel AL to a 5-3 win

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In the second All-Star Game played this summer, Yogi Berra’s two-run home run off Dodgers right-hander Don Drysdale in the third inning at the LA Memorial Coliseum proves to be the difference in the American League’s 5-3 victory over the Senior Circuit. The home run will be the last one hit by a Bronx Bomber in a Mid-Summer Classic game for 41 years until Derek Jeter goes deep in 2001.

1959 All Star Game At Forbes Field features Aaron, Mays and Mathews (radio Broadcast)
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1959 All Star Game At Forbes Field features Aaron, Mays and Mathews (radio Broadcast)

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At Forbes Field, Hank Aaron’s 8th-inning single ties the score and a triple hit by Willie Mays plates Aaron with the winning run in the 5 – 4 All-Star victory in the first of the two Mid-Summer Classics to be played during the season. Don Drysdale pitches perfect ball the first three innings.

Don Drysdale homers in opener – First pitcher two hit more than one homerun on opening day
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Don Drysdale homers in opener – First pitcher two hit more than one homerun on opening day

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On April 11, 1959, Don Drysdale of the Los Angeles Dodgers hits his second Opening Day home run, becoming the only pitcher to hit more than one career homer in opening games. Drysdale’s historic blast doesn’t prevent the Dodgers from losing their game, 6-1, to the Chicago Cubs…

Major League Baseball comes to California as the transplanted Giants and Dodgers play the first game on the Pacific Coast

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1958 – Major League Baseball comes to California as the transplanted Giants and Dodgers play the first game on the Pacific Coast. The Californian contest at San Francisco’s Seals Stadium sees Ruben Gómez blanking Los Angeles and Don Drysdale. Daryl Spencer hits the first home run and Orlando Cepeda also homers in the Giants’ 8 – 0 victory in front of 23,448 fans.

Full Radio Broadcast – Sandy Koufax and the Dodgers face off against Roberto Clemente and the Pirates

Full Radio Broadcast – Sandy Koufax and the Dodgers face off against Roberto Clemente and the Pirates

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  August 17, 1957 – At Ebbets Field, the field was full of future Hall of Famers as Sandy Koufax will start vs. the Pittsburgh Pirates and Roberto Clemente. Don Drysdale will finish the game Roy Campanella will go 4-4 in today’s game. The Pirates came into the game with 42 wins vs. 73 losses…

The Brooklyn Sports Authority gets an engineering report on a 50,000-seat stadium in the downtown area and Drysdale pitches Dodgers past Giants
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The Brooklyn Sports Authority gets an engineering report on a 50,000-seat stadium in the downtown area and Drysdale pitches Dodgers past Giants

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The Brooklyn Sports Authority gets an engineering report on a 50,000-seat stadium in the downtown area. It will cost an estimated $20.7 million, including the land site. Indications are that there will be trouble finding a market for the bond issue.

Eddie Mathews and Don Drysdale
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Johnny Logan and Don Drysdale ejected for fighting

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On June 13 1957, At Ebbets Field, In a game that features the ejection of Johnny Logan and Don Drysdale as a result of the fighting, Clem Labine loses for the first time in ten months and 38 appearances in relief as the Milwaukee Braves defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers, 8 – 5. Logan charges the mound after getting drilled in the ribs…