Throughout Spring Training the Dodgers PR department sends out helpful daily notes from Camelback Ranch, and I am happy to pass them along. See what they've written below.
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- During Koufax’s 12-year tenure with the Dodgers, the only Major League uniform he ever donned, the left-hander put together one of the best careers in baseball history, amassing a 165-85 record with a 2.76 ERA in 397 games (314 GS) and tossing four no-hitters, including a perfect game. Koufax baffled hitters in his era, posting three seasons with a sub-2.00 ERA, three seasons with 20 or more complete games and three seasons with 300+ innings pitched. Among several awards in his career, he was the MVP and Cy Young Award winner in 1963 and also won Cy Young awards in 1965 and ’66. He was a member of Dodgers’ world championship teams in 1955, ’59, ’63 and ’65, earning MVP honors in 1963 and ’65, when he pitched two shutouts. His postseason record was 4-3 with a 0.95 ERA. He was selected to seven consecutive All-Star games from 1961-66. Koufax retired after the 1966 season at the age of 30, the same season the southpaw tossed 27 complete games (five shutouts) and posted a 1.73 ERA over 41 starts, striking out 317 that season.
- Koufax told the media today that he plans on attending Old Timers Day at Dodger Stadium on June 6 vs. Atlanta at 7:10 pm, which will be a celebration of the 1963 World Series Champion Dodgers. During the 1963 World Series, Koufax went 2-0 with a 1.50 ERA (3 ER/18.0 IP), fanning 23 while walking only three.
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FOR THE CAUSE: Tomorrow, Dodger players and coaches will sign more than 400 jerseys, 32 bats, 120 dozen baseballs and hundreds of photos, which will be donated to various charities throughout the Los Angeles community.
CHEEEEESE: Today, the Dodgers held the club’s annual Photo Day, flashing the pearly whites for photographers from the Associated Press, Baseball Digest, Baseball Magazine Sha, ESPN the Magazine, Getty Images, KCAL, MLB Photos, MLB.com, Topps, and USA Today. Among players being photographed in Dodger blue for the first time were Carl Crawford, Zack Greinke, J.P. Howell, Hyun-Jin Ryu and Skip Schumaker. Check out a bunch of pics at Zimbio.
COULD BE LEGENDARY: Dodger alumni Ron Cey, Tim Leary, Fernando Valenzuela, Maury Wills and Steve Yeager will help celebrate a new season of Cactus League play next weekend at Camelback Ranch - Glendale’s inaugural Legends Weekend on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 23-24. Former greats from both the Dodgers and White Sox franchises will be on hand to sign autographs and greet fans from 11:30 am-12:30 pm before being introduced in pregame ceremonies for the club’s first Cactus League game at Camelback Ranch – Glendale against the White Sox at 1:05 pm on Saturday, Feb. 23.
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