Lest we forget: Billy Loes

July 28, 2010 · 1 comment

The Brooklyn Dodger pitcher who famously lost a ground ball in the sun during the 1952 World Series died on July 15 at the age of 80. His obituary, written by Richard Goldstein, appeared in yesterday’s New York Times.

Like many of his teammates, enjoyed a renewed popularity through books such as Roger Kahn’s The Boys of Summer and Peter Golenbock’s Bums.

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1 Ron_Kaplan July 29, 2010 at 12:01 am

From Bruce Gelber via Facebook:

“I remember him very well , not a a player , but the card – that card was in my original collection – as in 1956 , collecting those cards was magic .. both of those books were top shelf but both like those 56 cards have enjowed great staying power.”

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