We continue to count down the 25 greatest Dodgers of all time with one of the most intimidating pitchers in team history.
Readers voted in droves, submitting 15,212 ballots by email, Twitter and Facebook. Voters were asked for their top 10 Dodgers in order from 1 to 10, with first place receiving 12 points, second place nine points, third place eight, all the way down to one point for 10th place.during the 1960s to form one of the most dominating pitching duos in history.
Drysdale himself talked about his rule for knocking down batters: “My own little rule was two for one. If one of my teammates got knocked down, then I knocked down two on the other team.”dug in sometimes with both feet and he looked up and realized it was Drysdale. I don’t think he was even thinking at the time. He called time out and filled up the hole as if to say, ‘I made a mistake. I didn’t realize he was pitching.’ VROOOOM, down he went.”: “He hit me more than anyone else.
Drysdale was ejected, given a five-day suspension and fined $100. He decided that the next time the Dodgers were in Cincinnati, home to NL president, he would pay the fine in person. On July 19, the day a three-game series at the Reds was starting, Drysdale went to a bank and got $100 in pennies . He went to Giles’ office and put the bag of pennies, weighing 55 pounds, on Giles’ desk and said “paid in full” and walked out.A torn rotator cuff forced Drysdale to retire in 1969 at age 33.
On July 3, 1993, Drysdale was in Montreal for the Dodgers-Expos series when he died of a heart attack in his hotel room. People became concerned when he failed to show up for the bus ride to the stadium for that day’s game and hotel employees found him in his room. He was only 56.was told of Drysdale’s death but couldn’t say anything about it on the air until Drysdale’s family could be notified.
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