The 44th Anniversary Of Sandy Koufax’s Perfect Game

It's the 44th anniversary of Sandy Koufax's fourth no-hitter, and his one and only perfect game—a 1-0 masterpiece at Dodger Stadium to beat Bob Hendley and the Chicago Cubs.

Rather than wait for a more obvious anniversary, such as the 50th, to recall the game, I'll just plunge ahead and quickly do it now.

Only 29,139 fans were there to watch the game, which took just 103 minutes. Take a look at the box score.

Afterward, Sandy said his one bad pitch was to Byron Browne in the third inning: Browne lined it to center fielder Willie Davis, "coming as close as the Cubs got to a hit all night," as the L.A. Times reported.

Koufax also went 3-0 on Billy Williams in the seventh...

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