>No baseball for a while so I thought I might stir the pot. Just finished Jane Leavy's >excellent if reverential bio.
There is an unfortunate tendency among some of Koufax's admirers, especially those who have known him, to elevate him into some kind of human paragon. Granted that he appears to be a highly decent, respectful, dignified person, the fact remains that he is, basically, someone who had an astounding God-given ability that he got the absolute most out of. He was a great baseball player; there's nothing wrong with being a great baseball player, but let's not make him out to be anything more than that. He's not Albert Schweitzer, he's not Martin Luther King Jr. And he doesn't have to be. -- Tom Beck www.prydonians.org www.mercerjewishsingles.org "I always knew I'd see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed I'd see the last." - Dr Jerry Pournelle _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
