| DATE SHOT: 1953-57 SUBJECT: Johnny Podres APPROXIMATE SIZE: 8"x10" MARKS / STAMPING: Hand-signed by Johnny Podres ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Signature is original, Photo is Type 4 - Second or later-generation photo, printed from a duplicate negative or wire photo process, in a later period SIGNER: Johnny Podres COMMENTS / CONDITION: As with all of my signed items, the signature is guaranteed to pass further inspection by any major authenticator, or your money back. See scans for signature quality and photo condition. BIO: John Joseph Podres was born in 1932 in Witherbee, NY and died in 2008 in Glen Falls, NY. He played major league baseball from 1953 to 1969 as pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Detroit Tigers and the San Diego Padres, appeared in the 1953, 1955, 1959 and 1963 World Series, and was selected 3 times as an All-Star. He was the pitching coach for the Minnesota Twins in the early 1980s (1982-1984), and later for the Philadelphia Phillies. Immediately after Podres' death, Curt Schilling wrote: "Outside of the Lord, my wife and my father, there was no person who impacted my life more than Johnny Podres. A true man's man if there ever was one....Johnny made me realize that being a man wasn’t about the macho cool stuff we think men are supposed to be, but rather compassion, care, commitment, loyalty, integrity and drive....MLB, the Dodgers and players everywhere lost a very good and kind man today." SKU: L14692
Item: L14692
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