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During the game, Koufax threw 113 pitches, 79 of which were strikes. The game was also notable for the high quality of the performance by the opposing pitcher, Bob Hendley of the Cubs. Hendley gave up only one hit and allowed only two baserunners. Both pitchers had no-hitters intact until the seventh inning.
But he is perhaps best remembered for his match-ups against Baseball Hall of Fame left-hander Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers for two classic pitchers' duels while Hendley was a member of the 1965 Cubs. On September 9 at Dodger Stadium, Hendley allowed only one hit, but Koufax threw a perfect game and defeated Hendley, 1–0.
This list of top-ranked chess grandmasters is ordered by their peak Elo rating. The cut-off value is 2700 for men (players with a rating at or above this value are colloquially known as super grandmasters) and 2500 for women.
[180] [181] During one spring training visit in 2014, Koufax was hit on the head by a stray line drive, resulting in a cut on his head. [182] [183] He underwent a precautionary CT scan and returned to the spot where he had been hit the following day. [184] Koufax retired from the front office role prior to the 2016 season. [185]
A look back at Vin Scully's memorable call of Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax's perfect game at Dodger Stadium on Sept. 9, 1965.
A computer-based process of analyzing chess abilities across history came from Matej Guid and Ivan Bratko at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, in 2006. [20] A similar project was conducted for World Champions in 2007–08 using Rybka 2.3.2a (then-strongest chess program) and a modified version of Guid and Bratko's program "Crafty". [21]
Chess grandmaster Christopher Yoo, 17, was banned from the 2024 U.S. Championships after having an outburst. The teenager "crumpled his scoresheet, stormed out of the tournament hall, and struck a ...
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