Sunday, February 27, 2011

Duke Snider Dies At 84

The "Duke Of Flatbush", "The Silver Fox", Baseball Hall Of Famer Edwin Donald Snider has died.

Duke played with the Brooklyn (and Los Angeles) Dodgers (1947–62), New York Mets (1963), and San Francisco Giants (1964).

He was the Brooklun Dodgers' centerfielder at the same time that Mickey Mantle roamed center for the Yankees and Willie Mays for the Giants. (...)
As I remember, baseball in New York was magic during this era.

Duke was inducted into the Hall Of Fame in 1980, thge same year that the Dodgers retired his number 4.