Koufax
Americannoun
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As Jane Leavy explains in her outstanding biography, Sandy Koufax was then still an erratic pitcher, but the Dodgers were prohibited by league rules from sending him down to the minors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Mr. Brown contends that Mr. Ryan is incomparable, though Sandy Koufax, a fellow artist of no-hitters, comes to mind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
But like Mr. Koufax early in his career, Mr. Ryan frequently lost the strike zone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
“I come into the back with my arms and it’s a little bit like a Sandy Koufax kind of thing,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
While my friends idolized John Glenn, Sandy Koufax, and Johnny Unitas, my own heroes were Hombein and Unsoeld.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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