A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball ...
Of those was Don Newcombe, who debuted for the Dodgers in 1949, going on to play eight seasons for the franchise. With February being Black History Month, Cincinnati Reds ace Hunter Greene posted ...
The same year Jackie Robinson integrated the International League, Don Newcombe and Roy Campanella were being tested -- and ...
A Times writer was browsing the gray columns of newsprint when a photograph transported him to the green infield grass of ...
Don Sutton, 75.7% (70.1): Leads or is in top three in many all-time Dodgers pitching categories, but always seems to struggle to get respect. It took him five tries to get into the real Hall of Fame, ...
Seeing the number featured in the ballpark with the rest of the retired numbers is cool and it's always an opportunity to ...
Mackey’s impact didn’t end with Campanella. As manager of the Newark Eagles, he mentored Larry Doby, Don Newcombe and Monte Irvin — three players who would go on to make history in Major ...
Looking back on the 3 most electric Dodgers rookie pitching seasons of all time after this year's Roki Sasaki signing 3: Young Don Newcombe quickly made a name for himself in 1949 As a 23-year-old ...
Six-foot-six and 300 pounds. There were no comparable players in the history of the game. Don Newcombe was as close as it came. We were trying to model it out using NFL offensive linemen.
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“I’d slap a £5 million price tag on him when he gets back and see where we go from there,” concludes Newcombe. “I’d put it ...