My dad played against Gil in Gibson Co. Indiana when he was a kid. Dad was a catcher also. He had 9 front teeth knocked out when hit by a bat playing a pickup game with no mask. My earliest baseball memory was the 1959 World Series. I was only five. Dad was watching and he was telling me all about Gil Hodges when he was up to bat. Gil immediately hits a homer to win the game and I remember Dad going crazy even though he was a Cardinal fan. A great memory!
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