[dougscats]

Hi Yoda.
We share similar backgrounds, though you predate me with that 1951 memory of "the shot heard round the world."
I never heard Russ Hodges described like that before!

I grew up in Bay Ridge Brooklyn in the 1950's.
Probably the first game I vaguely remember hearing was on the radio, on a drive home from a wonderful weekend outing at Peach Lake.
The announcers were discussing some controversy over Duke Snider and something he said about his salary.
I didn't quite understand, but then it dawned on me,
You mean he gets paid to play? I asked my father.

Doug Goodman,
How faulty is my memory. I have a 1956 WS Program/Scorecard, not 1955 [See scan below. I note that my older, 13 year old brother did not know how to score, though he was neat].

Still, they were the defending World Champions, up two games to none after the 13-8 thrashing that this scorecard attests to.
What happened?

The Yankees.

Wait'll next year.

Which of course was to be the last.

Nice stuff, Kawika. Love that shot of the Babe crooning with the Dodgers.
And the Ebbets Field fences in 1939.

I couldn't fit [get under 2 MB] the front page of the 1956 WS Program. It's a bit oversized and I'm a dinosaur on the computer. But I was able to get half the scorecard.

My all-time favorite is Gil Hodges.
He would have played without getting paid, I just knew.

Finally in the Hall of Fame, this WWII Marine Sergeant was a born leader of men, first as a player on the field, and then as a manager.
No one can know what Jackie went through, but it must have helped him a little to know Gil Hodges had his back.
I saw him once in the 1960's in Leemark Lanes; he had the big hands.

PS. Thanks Kutcher55 and REG197 for all those nice-looking cards of the Boys of Summer.
I was going to show all those teams with Gil--but it was way too many--Now I have selectively deleted some of them and haven't included some backs.
Still too many, but forgive me.