No one could put it better than Vin Scully, so why even try?
I’m not nearly old enough to have seen Duke Snider with my own eyes, but grew up reading nearly mythological stories about “Willie, Mickey and the Duke” and Brooklyn’s lone Subway Series title in 1955.
Sadly, Willie Mays is the last of that trio with us any longer. Hall of Fame Dodgers center fielder Duke Snider passed Sunday morning at Valle Vista Convalescent Hospital in Escondido, California at the age of 84.
The Duke not only witnessed teammate Jackie Robinson break the color barrier in 1947, but was a pillar of an era when there were three teams in New York, all of which not only could win, but...
Original Story:
http://www.bugsandcranks.com/landonev...
