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<v Speaker 1>It's Sandy Kofax Babo head night at Dodger Stadium and

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<v Speaker 1>also Alumni Weekend coming up. And what a better person

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<v Speaker 1>to talk to than Dodger team a historian Mark Langel. Mark,

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<v Speaker 1>great to see you here at Dodger Stadium. We're all

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<v Speaker 1>so happy things are going well with you well.

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<v Speaker 2>David, it's a pleasure to be here.

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<v Speaker 3>And right after you say Alumni Weekend, I immediately think

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<v Speaker 3>of Old Timers Day when they called it when I

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<v Speaker 3>was a kid in the nineteen seventies and eighties, and

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<v Speaker 3>it's still the same premise, no matter the same generation

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<v Speaker 3>in terms of what you remember and everything. How cool

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<v Speaker 3>that we're going to have all these familiar names coming

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<v Speaker 3>back to Dodger Stadium and sharing memories.

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<v Speaker 1>Including the all time legend Sandy Kofax. What do you

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<v Speaker 1>want to share about him? Because it feels like everybody

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<v Speaker 1>just bows at the altar of Sandy Kofax.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, just imagine, who is a reigning Hall of Famer

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<v Speaker 3>for more than a half century. I think people see

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<v Speaker 3>the statue, but they don't really know the legend as

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<v Speaker 3>far as behind the scenes. He retires when he's thirty

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<v Speaker 3>years old, having won twenty seven regular season games in

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<v Speaker 3>nineteen sixty.

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<v Speaker 2>Six of arthritis.

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<v Speaker 3>So if you look at all the stats, they say

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<v Speaker 3>three times cy Young Award winner. They only gave one

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<v Speaker 3>cy Young Award between nineteen fifty six and nineteen sixty six.

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<v Speaker 3>And I have a feeling that after Sandy had won three,

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<v Speaker 3>they said, you know, we better give one to each league,

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<v Speaker 3>otherwise Sandy's going to take them all.

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<v Speaker 1>How much have you shared stories and memories with Sandy

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<v Speaker 1>Kofax for him to be in the vault of Mark

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<v Speaker 1>Langel's head.

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<v Speaker 3>The really nice thing is to be able to know

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<v Speaker 3>behind the scenes as far as the perfect game, and

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<v Speaker 3>to be able to work with Jane Levy as far

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<v Speaker 3>as that wonderful book that he did.

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<v Speaker 2>She did because people just don't understand.

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<v Speaker 3>We've been playing baseball since eighteen ninety in the National League.

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<v Speaker 3>We've only had one perfect game. September the ninth, nineteen

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<v Speaker 3>sixty five. Sandy pitched it. So the greatest pitcher in

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<v Speaker 3>our history pitched the only perfect game. And oh, by

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<v Speaker 3>the way, Bob Henley of the Chicago Cubs only allowed

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<v Speaker 3>one hit and one walk, and the hit had nothing

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<v Speaker 3>to do with the scoring, so it could have been

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<v Speaker 3>a double no hitter, So that night was just one

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<v Speaker 3>of those hitching for the ages. Bob Henley versus Sandy kolfex.

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<v Speaker 1>Mark Langel, Dodger team historing is joining us and on

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<v Speaker 1>Friday Night, Mark Dusty Baker will be honored. He was

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<v Speaker 1>my favorite Dodger growing up. He captured the imagination of

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<v Speaker 1>so many young Dodger fans. How special is it finally

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<v Speaker 1>to have I guess, not closure, but full circle for

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<v Speaker 1>Dusty on Friday.

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<v Speaker 3>It's definitely full circle because I remember the struggles that

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<v Speaker 3>he went through.

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<v Speaker 2>In nineteen seventy six. He hits a home run.

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<v Speaker 3>On Opening Day and then they only hits three more

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<v Speaker 3>because he's got knee problems. Tommy Lesorda comes along in

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<v Speaker 3>nineteen seventy seven.

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<v Speaker 2>I believe in you.

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<v Speaker 3>You're my guy, You're my left fielder. And just imagine

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<v Speaker 3>you're going into that final week end of the season.

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<v Speaker 3>The other three Ron say, Reggie Smith and Steve Garvey

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<v Speaker 3>have their thirty home runs and you're gonna face JR.

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<v Speaker 3>Richard on Sunday the final regular season game. And my

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<v Speaker 3>favorite story from that, Reggie Smith actually called the Houston

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<v Speaker 3>dugout in front of Dusty and said, let me talk

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<v Speaker 3>to Jr. And he said, I'm gonna He's gonna do

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<v Speaker 3>it against you. Dusty's in the background going no, no,

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<v Speaker 3>don't say that. Don't say that. And it all comes

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<v Speaker 3>down to the final at bat and Dusty remembers Tommy

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<v Speaker 3>giving him the Rob Ross speech, something about Moses and

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<v Speaker 3>the partying into the Red Sea and to be able

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<v Speaker 3>to hit that home run on the last day as

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<v Speaker 3>a kid for me, I'm in middle school.

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<v Speaker 2>I wanted him to do that so bad.

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<v Speaker 3>And then afterwards for them to be able to all

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<v Speaker 3>tip their caps and the first thirty home run quartet

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<v Speaker 3>and now it's like Mount Rushmore. They were the first

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<v Speaker 3>to do it, and Dodger fans in seventy seven will

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<v Speaker 3>never forget that quartet.

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<v Speaker 1>This might be the first time they've been together at

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<v Speaker 1>the same place at the same time at Dodger Stadium

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<v Speaker 1>in a while.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely and John Sue, who are a great team photographer

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<v Speaker 3>who's been here forever, said he's never shot Dusty in

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<v Speaker 3>a Dodger uniform because if you think of it, when

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<v Speaker 3>Dusty left, When Dusty leaves in the mid eighties, suddenly

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<v Speaker 3>he goes to the Giants.

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<v Speaker 2>He goes to the A's.

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<v Speaker 3>He goes to the Reds and Cubs, and so this

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<v Speaker 3>is a great homecoming. Dusty would always participate in pregame

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<v Speaker 3>ceremonies if we had a bobblehead or things like that.

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<v Speaker 3>But to be able to see Dusty in a Dodger uniform,

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<v Speaker 3>it's a wonderful sight. But Dodger fans have to turn

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<v Speaker 3>back the clock to the nineteen seventies and early eighties

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<v Speaker 3>to actually see Johnny B in a Dodger uniform number

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<v Speaker 3>twelve like his boyhood idol.

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<v Speaker 2>Tommy Davis can't wait.

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<v Speaker 1>It's going to be a great alumni weekend. Mark Langel.

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<v Speaker 1>We're so happy you're doing well. You're a treasure yourself

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<v Speaker 1>to the Dodgers. Thanks a lot for the time, my.

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<v Speaker 2>Pleasure, David, Thank you. Always good to be with you,