Preface: My dad passed on January 1st of 2013. He was a Die Hard Brooklyn Dodger fan and an even bigger Gil Hodges fan. We would always talk baseball and one of the topics that came up was why is Gil not in the MLB Hall of Fame. This sparked me to ask him to…
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The Cross Town Rivalry: Mets Vs. Yankees
With the end of the MLB season just over 5 weeks away and both NY tams looking good, I thought it only fitting to talk about this city’s MLB intra-city rivalry. The Mets–Yankees rivalry has its origins in the histories of the Brooklyn Dodgers, the New York Giants, and6 the Yankees, the three Major League…
The Woman Who Earned The Title “First Lady Of Brooklyn Baseball” Turns 88 This Month
0 By: Bill Hall The woman who has earned the title First Lady of Brooklyn Baseball turns 88 late this month. The Brooklyn Cyclones honored Joan Hodges and her late husband Gil in grand style this year, handing out commemorative jerseys bearing Hodges’ name and famous number 14, and adding a “Mrs. #14” banner to…
Scully To Return In 2015
Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully, an icon in American sports history, will return to the Dodger broadcast booth for an unprecedented 66th season in 2015. The announcement was made by several Dodger players on Dodger Vision during last night’s game against the Atlanta Braves.
Gil Hodges Belongs In The Baseball Hall Of Fame
The Cyclones sponsored an online petition back in 2002 to help keep Gil Hodges name in the public to help make people aware of his contributions to the great game of baseball, but they and the Mets have not done something similar since then so Bill Hall, a fellow believer that Gil Hodges should be inducted into…
