The 1961 MLB Expansion Draft was held by Major League Baseball on October 10, 1961 to fill the rosters of the New York Mets and the Houston Colt .45s. The Mets and the Colt .45s (later renamed the Astros) were the new franchises which would enter the league in the 1962 season. The pool of…
Tag: Gil Hodges
A Word From My Father: Gilbert Raymond Hodges, The Quiet Man
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…
Ten Named To Golden Era Ballot For Baseball HOF Election
Nine former major league players and one former executive comprise the 10-name Golden Era ballot to be reviewed and voted upon Dec. 8 at the Baseball Winter Meetings in San Diego, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum announced today. Dick Allen, Ken Boyer, Gil Hodges, Bob Howsam, Jim Kaat, Minnie Minoso, Tony Oliva,…
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…
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…
