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Gil Hodges

Literary birthday greetings: Gil Hodges, the Golden Eagle, the Goat, and Superjew

April 4, 2011 · 0 comments

Gil Hodges was born this date in 1924. While compiling my list of books about Hall of Famers, I couldn’t help but ask why some of these guys were in while someone like Hodges was out. Praying for Gil Hodges: A Memoir of the 1955 World Series and One Family’s Love of the Brooklyn Dodgers, [...]

Tagged as: Gil Hodges, Mickey Owen, Mike Epstein, Thomas Oliphant, Tris Speaker

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* RK interview: Thomas Oliphant

August 26, 2009 · 0 comments

I conducted this interview with the author of Praying for Gil Hodges for Bookreporter.com in 2005. * * * Bookreporter.com baseball specialist Ron Kaplan interviewed Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas Oliphant about PRAYING FOR GIL HODGES, his bittersweet memoir about growing up as a fan of the Brooklyn Dodgers and the joy of celebrating their only [...]

Tagged as: Brooklyn Dodgers, Gil Hodges, Thomas Oliphant

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* Happy birthday, Gil Hodges

April 4, 2008 · 0 comments

The old Dodger slugger w0uld have been 84 today, not too unreasonable. But he died at age 48 while at spring trainer with the Mets. Some believe Hodges should be in the Hall of Fame. I’m not among them. In 18 seasons, he played in more than 140 games 10 times, and only twice hit [...]

Tagged as: Gil Hodges, Tom Olip[hant

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