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The Home of Johnny Podres: One of Baseball Greats 1955 World Series MVP -Brooklyn Dodgers Defeat the Yankees in the 7th Game 2-0 Johnny was Born & Raised in this Home |
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Podres shuts out the New York Yankees 2-0 on eight hits, relying on his fastball and a deceptive changeup
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proud to offer the home of Johnny Podres for sale, one of the great left-
handed pitchers of the Brooklyn Dodgers defeating the Yankee's in their own stadium in the 7th
game of the 1955 World Series. Johnny shut out the
Yankees 2-0 in the final game . He gave Brooklyn its one and only
World Series victory. No other pitcher had won a World Series final game
for Brooklyn. Johnny beat the Bronx Bombers in the 3rd game of the
World Series as well. Johnny later moved with the Dodgers to Los Angeles
where his "Pull the Shade Down" Change up, Curveball & Fastball had
great success against his opponents. Johnny was honored on the front cover
of the 1955 Sports Illustrated " Sportsman of the Year" award. He was
proud to pitch alongside two other greats-Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale.
In the most recent book entitled Johnny
Podres-Brooklyn's Only Yankee Killer
written by Bob, John & Robert S. Bennett it was noted that Mickey Mantle
once remarked that Johnny was not as fast as Sandy but he was just as
good. Johnny married in 1966 to his beautiful wife Joanie who traveled
with Johnny giving up her career as a professional skater with the Ice
Follies who performed nationwide. Johnny Podres was born and raised in this home located at 18 Lamos Lane, Witherbee, N.Y. Town of Moriah in Essex County. The design of this home is a Townhouse with 3 bedrooms, spacious living room with wall to wall carpeting and maple hardwood flooring underneath, freshly painted sheetrock walls, formal dining area with the original furnishings, nice kitchen area with new tile flooring, pine cabinetry, & freshly painted, full bathroom, oil fired hot air heat, cover porch area, new vinyl siding, town water & sewer, minutes to Lake Champlain & Lincoln Pond Johnny's favorite fishing spots in the Adirondacks. Johnny was an outdoorsman who loved to hunt and fish in the off season. |
1955 MVP
Podres pitched a
complete game 7-hit victory on his 23rd birthday in Game 3. In the climactic
Game 7,
Podres pitched a
shutout,
winning 2-0, to bring Brooklyn its first and only World Series championship.
It
was the first time a team had won a best-of-seven World Series after losing the
first two games.
Podres was given the first-ever World Series MVP Award by Sport magazine and presented with a red two-seater Corvette
Later he was honored as the Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated magazine.
Sportsman of the Year
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Spacious Living Room
"He was one in a million," former Dodgers
general manager Buzzie Bavasi said.
"I've had many good pitchers on my
teams during my career,
including the best in the business in Sandy
Koufax,
and I am sure that all these pitchers will agree that if a club had
to win one game,
it would be Podres that would get the call."
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Hardwood Maple Flooring Throughout
Birch Doors & Nice Woodwork Throughout
The Rookie Beat the Bronx Bombers
In six Series games, Johnny allowed
only 29
hits in 38⅓
innings, with a 2.11 ERA adorning his 4-1 won/loss record
Formal Dining Room with Original Furnishings
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Podres told his teammates to get him just one run and the Dodgers
would win Game 7.
They got him two,
and the franchise celebrated its first and only championship while playing
in Brooklyn.
Thank You Johnny!
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