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Cannons Friday
Friday, May 9, 2008, 11:55 AM PST [General]
Today, the Cannons broadcast live from Energy Solutions Arena in Utah as they get ready for the Lakers game 3 matchup against the Jazz. The guys will be joined by Phoenix Suns analyst, Eddie Johnson at 2:05, and they will talk baseball with LA Times national baseball writer, Bill Shaikin. The Loose Cannons live from Utah starts today at noon on AM570 KLAC!
Steve Hartman,
LeftyYou talk about Steve Garvey, who I admired growing up, but Gil Hodges truly deserves to be in the Hall of Fame.
How many first basemen – or players at other positions for that matter – accomplished anything equivalent to the following by the end of Hodges’ playing era:
· All-time career right-handed home run hitter in their league
· All-time career Grand Slam hitter in their league
· Had 100 or more RBI for seven consecutive years
· Had 30 or more HR six times, five consecutively
· Won three Gold Gloves (first three awarded; they started giving them in 1957, toward end of his career)
· Seven World Series appearances
Hodges was the dominating first baseman of his era.
03:47 PM PST