Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy by Jane Leavy
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RESCHEDULED for next Sunday. Feeling a bit under the weather
For our second book, we are going to discuss Sandy Koufax, American baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons for the Dodgers from 1955 to 1966.
Koufax was the first three-time winner of the Cy Young award. Retiring at age 30 due to chronic pain in his pitching elbow, Koufax was elected to the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 1972at age 36, the youngest player ever elected.
blurb:
The instant New York Times bestseller about the baseball legend and famously reclusive Dodgers’ pitcher Sandy Koufax, from award-winning former Washington Post sportswriter Jane Leavy. Sandy Koufax reveals, for the first time, what drove the three-time Cy Young award winner to the pinnacle of baseball and then—just as quickly—into self-imposed exile.
Book is available in all media format.
