Announcement: New Gil Hodges biography

September 30, 2007

Mort Zachter, author of the surprise hit Dough, is working on a biography of former Dodger All-Star first baseman Gil Hodges.

Hodges, who later managed the Washington Senators and the Miracle Mets of 1969, died in April 1973 of a heart attack during spring training. He was 48 years old.

Zachter posted this essay on some of his research on his Web site. The book, Gil Hodges: The Man Behind the Miracle, will be published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2009.

A standout player, and respected as a man of strength and principle, Hodges was one of those unfortunate “lifers” who, despite impressive (if not top-notch) statistics, was never deemed worthy of inclusion in the Hall of Fame.

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