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Don Drysdale

It’s a World Championship celebration on October 6, 1963 at The Stadium Club in Dodger Stadium as the Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees in four straight games. (L-R) Sandy Koufax; Walter O’Malley; Don Drysdale; Johnny Podres.

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I’ve never quite known what the right word was for Walter. Magnetic? Dynamic? He was all of that. We used to talk quite a bit about business things. I’d ask his advice and he was always helpful. He’d never say, ‘This should be your decision,’ but I always came away knowing what it should be. I suppose a lot of people didn’t like him, but I think everyone respected him.

Don Drysdale

LOS ANGELES TIMES, AUGUST 10, 1979