February 26: Greatness visits Mets

February

One of the great things about spring training is that you’ll never know who’ll show up from day to day. This afternoon, “Sandy Koufax”:http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/koufasa01.shtml was giving pitching tips to Chan Ho Park in a corner of the empty Mets clubhouse during the intra-squad game.

I was there after talking to Jorge Sosa. Hitting coach Rick Down walked by and asked what was going on and I said, “I’m just watching greatness.’’ He looked into the corner, saw Koufax, and said, “yes you are.’’

This entry was posted on Monday, February 26th, 2007 at 12:15 pm by John Delcos.
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7 Responses to “February 26: Greatness visits Mets”

Steve C. February 26th, 2007 at 12:27 pm
wow lucky you…
dave February 26th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
Hey!

Can he be a roving instructor in the spring for us?
dan February 26th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
i had the pleasure of meeting Sandy when he was in Met camp working with Shawn Estes back in the day. he always hangs around b/c of his friendship w/ Fred Wilpon. always good to see him hanging around.
John Delcos February 26th, 2007 at 1:50 pm
Yeah, lucky me to see Koufax. It’s a great perk to the job. No, he won’t be a uniformed roving instructor, but he informally chats with some of the pitchers. Chan Ho Park had better have been taking notes.
sweetlew February 26th, 2007 at 1:50 pm
Good for you John…hope you remembered your sunscreen today!

How did the arms look during the game? 1-2-3 doesn’t necessarily mean much….
sheadenizen February 26th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
Could Park actually understand a word Koufax said? Maybe pitching is the universal language….and words need not be spoken!
John Delcos February 26th, 2007 at 5:01 pm
- To sweetlew: (RE: 1-2-3): Yup, got the sunscreen. Burned once and I learn. No, 1-2-3, doesn’t mean much, but it is better than getting raked. Sosa was down to all three hitters, which is key to him, and he got a strikeout on an off-speed pitch. You take your plusses where you get them.
- To sheadenizen: (RE: Park): Park actually speaks pretty good English. And, Koufax is one of those guys whose greatness transcends any language.

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