I saw Sandy pitch many games, including his first no-hitter against the Mets. In the 9th inning, the great Richie Ashburn hit a little flair down the left field line that barely went foul.
One of my great memories was watching Koufax when I just turned 21. I was with my dad and brothers in the left field pavillion. For the first 7 innings, I had a beer an inning. No wonder I had trouble following his awesome curveball. LOL
I saw Koufax for the first time at the Coliseum, it was probably '62 or '63. they yanked him in the first inning: as I recall it was pretty bad two walks, a hit batter passed balls. He had no control.
I was with my Dad and Uncle, brother and cousins. My Uncle (huge Dodger fan) never let me forget that game as I made a comment: "This guys a bum" (or something).
My Uncle never let me forget that as each time Koufax did something good it was:
"Looks like that bum worked out" or " What do you think of that bum now?"
Being from Texas I never got to watch Sandy pitch in person but I sure watched him on TV whenever I could. A shame he had to retire so early!