Today is the 89th birthday of Sandy Koufax, who has been a living Hall of Famer for going on 53 years, longer than anyone in baseball history - ThreadSky

ericstephen.bsky.social • 60 days ago

Today is the 89th birthday of Sandy Koufax, who has been a living Hall of Famer for going on 53 years, longer than anyone in baseball history

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anthonyemerson.bsky.social•60 days ago

The fact that Sandy Koufax was inducted into the hall of fame at 36 is mind blowing, honestly

ericstephen.bsky.social•60 days ago

LeBron James, Tiger Woods, and Koufax is a fun birthday trio

ericstephen.bsky.social•60 days ago

LeBron (40 years old today) + Tiger (49) = Koufax (89)

Sports math

boxingandbeer.bsky.social•60 days ago

@dameshek.bsky.social - this birthday date would be hard to top if looking only at sports personalities.

kleshreen.bsky.social•60 days ago

A contenders thread:

1/3 (Bobby Hull/Schumacher/Eli)
1/21 (Nicklaus/Olajuwon/Jonathan Quick)
1/25 (Uecker/Gretzky/Vince Carter)
1/31 (Jackie Robinson/Ernie Banks/Nolan Ryan)
2/4 (Hank Aaron/Staubach/Ronaldo)
2/14 (Coack K/Randy Moss)
2/17 (MJ/Jim Brown)
3/13 (Steph/Biles)
3/17 (Baugh/Hamm/Ledecky)

kleshreen.bsky.social•60 days ago

4/16 (Night Train Lane/Kareem/Belichick)
4/19 (Viola/Polamalu/Mauer/Candace Parker)
4/29 (Aparicio/Earnhardt Sr./CuJo/Agassi)
5/6 (Mays/Brodeur/CP3/Altuve)
5/15 (George Brett/Smoltz/Emmitt/Ray Lewis/Andy Murray)
6/11 (Vince Lombardi/Montana/Taurasi)
6/18 (Mikan/Brock/Bruce Smith/Antonio Gates)

kleshreen.bsky.social•60 days ago

6/26 (Zaharias/LeMond/Sharpe/Jeter)
6/30 (Tyson/Phelps)
7/7 (Paige/Sampson/Sakic/Lisa Leslie/Kwan)
7/24 (Karl Malone/Bonds)
8/4 (Rocket Richard/Roger Clemens/Jeff Gordon)
8/9 (Cousy/Laver/Brett Hull/Deion)
8/20 (Wilt/Archie Griffin/Usain Bolt)
9/10 (Arnold Palmer/Maris/Lanier/Big Unit/Votto)

kleshreen.bsky.social•60 days ago

9/12 (Jesse Owens/Lolich/Yao/Freddie Freeman/Luck)
9/17 (Blanda/Phil Jackson/Jimmie Johnson/Ovechkin/Mahomes)
10/5 (Switzer/Lemieux/Patrick Roy/Grant Hill/Travis Kelce)
11/21 (Musial/Earl Monroe/Aikman/Griffey Jr/Strahan)

I think 9/17 and 11/21 are the top contenders to today, but not quite there.

thebopper.bsky.social•60 days ago

Always takes me by surprise when a new year of Topps products comes out and there are new Koufax autographs in it…

jlaro55.bsky.social•60 days ago

And my mom has been telling me about how great he was for not pitching during high holidays for 40 years now. Longer than anything else she has told me.

sparkyharlan.bsky.social•59 days ago

The bane of my existence as a lifelong Giants fan. 😊

rangerlongshot.bsky.social•60 days ago

I grew up in the Bay Area but was a Dodger fan because of Koufax. Or I was until the A’s moved to town, sigh.

aruschpler.bsky.social•60 days ago

Being the youngest hall of famer ever elected certainly helps that

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