1965. However, that day happened to be Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year in the Jewish religion. Koufax, a Jew, refused to pitch. The incident garnered national attention as an example of conflict between social pressures and personal...
with the Yankees favored to win the best-of-seven fall classic. Sandy Koufax was tapped to pitch Game 1 on October 2, 1963, as Whitey Ford, the Yankee ace, went to the mound for New York. In that game, Koufax struck out the first five Yankees he faced. Mickey Mantle, who was ...