9, 2009 against the Toronto Blue Jays. Pure coincidence: This was also the date the Dodgers Sandy Koufax pitched a perfect game in 1965. Howard told me he had once met Koufax. I’d heard that ...

1937 — Nap Lajoie, Tris Speaker and Cy Young are elected to the Baseball ... of blacks in golf tournaments. 1972 — Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers becomes the youngest player elected ...

Tris Speaker and Cy Young are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in the second year of voting. 1952 — The Professional Golfers Association approves the participation of blacks in golf tournaments. 1972 — Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers ...