1968 — A HISTORICAL NOVEL: CHAPTER 15

Don Drysdale’s Six-Pack of Shutouts

The nasty Dodgers pitcher, who would knock down his mother if she was a batter, put up a stunning string of zeroes

Sal Maiorana
The Junction
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8 min readNov 8, 2020

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Don Drysdale set a major league record with six consecutive shutouts in 1968.

A few months back when Jack had gone to Florida and spent spring training time with Mickey Mantle, he asked the great slugger…

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Sal Maiorana
The Junction

I’ve been writing about sports — mainly the Buffalo Bills — for the past 34 years for the Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester, N.Y. Also the author of 22 books.