-JB>      Thirty-something years ago, the Dodgers had very good
-JB> pitching, but
-JB>      a rather impotent offense.  The late Don Drysdale had
-JB> gone to the
-JB>      hospital for some reason which I no longer recall.  A
-JB> teammate came
-JB>      by to visit, and told him that Sandy Koufax had
-JB> pitched a no-hitter
-JB>      that day.
-JB>      
-JB>      Big D quipped, "Did he win?"
 
Not so funny -- many have lost no-hitters on walks and errors.
 
Thirty something odd years ago, the Dodgers were in the World Series and 
Walter Alston had to juggle his starting lineup because Sandy Koufax had a 
clause in his contract that he would not have to pitch on Yom Kippur (the Day 
of Atonement, most solemn of Jewish holydays).
 
Drysdale had an awful outing, to which some wiseguy said to Alston, 
"I bet you wish Drysdale was Jewish, too."
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