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That they had already gotten 18 holes in that sunny Easter Sunday, hitting the primary tee at Palm Seashore Lakes Golf Course shortly after Mass, and after lingering over a light-weight lunch they figured: Would possibly as nicely play 9 extra.
They'd slightly have been working, all of them, however the day earlier than, baseball’s gamers had gone on strike, so Gil Hodges discovered himself with out a workforce to handle, and his three closest buddies — Joe Pignatano, Eddie Yost and Rube Walker, all coaches on his Mets’ workers — had nothing however time on their arms.
Within the afternoon solar, Hodges persistently out-drove his taking part in companions, although his brief sport was giving him bother.
“Typically,” Hodges mentioned at one level, smiling, “I believe I’m too robust for this sport.”
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