Here's a tribute of sorts to a guy that in my opinion should be in
the Hall of Fame: Gil Hodges, longtime cog in those awesome Brooklyn
Dodger teams of the late-40's and 1950's:
On August 31st, 1950 against the Boston Braves, all Hodges did was go five-for-six with four homers and nine runs batted in!
This awesome offensive attack led the Dodgers to a 19-3 win,
shockingly at the hands of Hall of Fame Braves starting pitcher Warren
Spahn!
I still cannot figure out why he never got into the Hall, as he was
a MAJOR part of those "Bum" Dodger teams, slamming 370 career homers,
driving in 100+ runs seven years in a row between 1949-1955, and topping
30+ homers six times.
Later on he went on to a managerial career that includes one of the
all-time great surprises in Major League ball, leading the "Miracle
Mets" over the heavily favored Baltimore Orioles in 1969.
You think all these accomplishments would warrant induction, even all these years later (???).
