Recall the 89-year-old legend who led the Dodgers to victory 60 years ago! Tuhon Yamamoto → 18th inning + 399 minutes I watched all the great blood fights
Oct 29, 2025
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MLB.COM reported that Dodgers legend Sandy Koufax (89) watched Game 3 of the World Series, which the Dodgers won with Freddie Freeman's walk-off shot at the end of the 18th inning.
Koufax watched all the long blood clots spread over 399 minutes. After the game, he visited the Dodgers clubhouse to encourage and congratulate Freeman, Will Klein, and Shohei Ohtani.
Koufax is a legendary pitcher representing American baseball in the 1960s.
He recorded his first double-digit wins (11-11, 4.48 ERA) in 1958, and played an 18K game against the San Francisco Giants in 1959. However, his poor control compared to his peak was a weakness, and when the Dodgers repeatedly pointed out it, he asked for a trade.
But after moving into the 1960s, Koufax literally becomes a legend. From 1961 to 1966, he won 129 games in just six seasons. In particular, in 1961, he passed the first 200 innings with 255 ⅔ innings.
In particular, he posted incredible records in 1963 (311 innings, 25 wins, 5 losses, 1.88 ERA), 1965 (26 wins, 8 losses, 2.04 in 335 ⅔ innings), and 1966 (323 innings, 27 wins, 9 losses, 1.73 ERA). Koufax was the MVP of the 1963 season, as well as the Triple Crown and Cy Young Award for pitchers in all three seasons.
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Koufax is also the youngest person to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame (HoF) in the U.S. (36 years and 20 days). Of course, No. 32 was designated as the Dodgers' permanent number.
Koufax has previously emerged as a hot topic since Yamamoto Yoshinobu's complete victory in Game 2 of the World Series. Yamamoto pitched completely with eight strikeouts without four outs, and Koufax of the 1963 World Series was the pitcher who left such a record before Yamamoto.
Yamamoto surprised everyone when he was seen warming up in the bullpen during the 18th inning of overtime. When the 17th inning was in progress, he visited the pitching coach and volunteered to `I'll throw it.' Fortunately, as the game ended with Freeman's walk-off home run in the bottom of the 18th inning, Yamamoto, who pitched 109 pitches, and even two consecutive games, did not take the mound again.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
