Remembering Larry Sherry - formed Jewish ‘battery’ with brother in Major Leagues, Dec. 17. 2006
Larry Sherry, who died of cancer on Dec. 17, 2006, was a star relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers who was overshadowed by the Dodgers’ “other” Jewish pitching star - Sandy Koufax - but who formed half of the one of the first all-Jewish batteries (pitcher-catcher tandems) in Major League Baseball with his brother, [...]
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