Some of the posters here might not know who the Duke was...in the 1940's-1950's, often called the "Golden Age" of baseball in New York City, he was the Duke in "Willy, Mickey, and the Duke". Snider played CF for the Brooklyn from the late 1940's until they left for LA. Even though I never saw him play he has always been one of my favorite players. Sad day for the Dodgers...RIP.
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Some of the posters here might not know who the Duke was...in the 1940's-1950's, often called the "Golden Age" of baseball in New York City, he was the Duke in "Willy, Mickey, and the Duke". Snider played CF for the Brooklyn from the late 1940's until they left for LA. Even though I never saw him play he has always been one of my favorite players. Sad day for the Dodgers...RIP."People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." - Rogers Hornsby -
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Those 3 men WERE baseball in New York in the early-mid 50's. RIP Duke. -
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Duke of Flatbush
Dodgers all-time leader in homers & ribbies R.I.P.Comment
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I remember the Duke from his days as Dave Van Horne's color commentator doing the Expos TV games back in their early days. He was followed in the booth by Don Drysdale. Now they are both gone.Comment
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I remember hearing stories of how it was always a heated argument about those 3 guys in NYC. Imagine if they played today and were all in NY. The media would be all over that and you'd hear so much about how great all three were.
The Duke seemed to be a quiet superstar who did it all with the bat and the glove and while i'm too young to remember his work for the Expos as a color commentator I do have a game he worked on in the late '70s!Member of the Official OS Bills Backers Club
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An icon from the greatest era of pro baseball. RIP Duke.Comment
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I did this video three years ago...
Seems fitting.
Don't kill me on some of the edits....I'm a complete novice....and this is BEFORE the face editor for The Show obviously!
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R.I.P. Duke..
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Knight165All gave some. Some gave all. 343Comment
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R.I.P. Duke!I can't shave with my eyes closed, meaning each day I have to look at myself in the mirror and respect who I see.
I miss the old days of Operation Sports :(
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