In kinda-following the path of the 2015 World Series, I had originally planned to take tonight off from posting "Game 3" of my prize winnings and calling it a travel day.
However, good ol' Gavin prodded me on Twitter to drop a Game 3 post right quick - and since tomorrow night is poker night with the boys, I agreed with him and thought it best to kick out Post 3 tonight.
Gavin mentioned in his tweet, "This golden age will never end." His words gave me an idea, so tonight we feature the Golden Age Dodgers, the Boys of Summer, the Brooklyn squad who won it all in 1955.
I'll show the Dodgers here in the closest I can get to their actual 1955 WS batting order. The regular lead off batter for Brooklyn was Jim Gilliam, but he wasn't a prize this time, so we'll start off with the number two batter, Pee Wee Reese...
Topps overused this photo (so what else is new), but this is the first time I have a card with it being used in this subset. The original photo was taken during Spring Training back when the Dodgers were based in Vero Beach, and it features a bonus, lurking Jackie Robinson.
The next group of cards come from the 2001 Fleer Greats of the Game set. Here's Reese once again...
Duke Snider batted third in the lineup...
He was followed by the clean up hitter, Roy Campanella...
Carl Furillo batted fifth...
With no rest for a weary Yankees pitcher, the number six hitter was Gil fricken' Hodges...
The 7 and 8 hitters, the two Dons, Hoak and Zimmer weren't in this package, so we'll skip them and get to the pitcher's spot.
In this set we have Joe Black, who was unfortunately traded to the Reds midseason, and thus, he missed out on the only championship the Brooklyn squad ever won...
He needs no introduction. In fact, he's so humble, he probably wouldn't want an introduction anyways.
Thanks for the inspiration to post tonight, Gavin!
Next: A travel day - and then, Game 4 .
Aloha!
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