Saturday, February 15, 2025

"Only in Hollywood," 2018 Documentary on 1988 Dodgers' Winning Season

Documentary on the Dodgers' 1988 season, called "Only in Hollywood," narrated by Bryan Cranston of Breaking Bad fame.

1988 Dodgers' roster.

Jim Lefebvre was National League Rookie of the Year in 1965.

Don Drysdale passed in 1993.
Jerry Doggett passed in 1997.
Al Campanis passed in 1998.
Willie Crawford passed in 2004. Graduated from Fremont HS, all-city in football and baseball.
Steve Howe passed in 2006.
Willie Davis passed in 2010.
Ron Fairly passed in 2019.
Ron Perranoski passed in 2020.
Tommy Lasorda passed in 2021.
Don Sutton passed in 2021.
Bill Sudakis passed in 2021. Heard nothing about his passing.
Vin Scully passed in 2022.

Maury Wills passed in 2022. Wills played for the Dodgers, 1959-1966, before being traded to Pittsburgh for two years, 1967-1968. Then traded to the Expos in 1969, and finally back to the Dodgers for 1969-1972.

Al Ferrara, outfielder, passed in 2024. Played for the Dodgers in 1963, 1965-1968.

Len Gabrielsen is still with us. So is Bill Grabarkewitz.

I thought Ross Porter had one of the best baseball voices. He called games for the Dodgers from 1977-2004. He had a post-game show that I listened to almost nightly after Dodgers games. Wikipedia says that "Ross was rated among the top 60 baseball announcers of all time by Curt Smith in his book Voices of Summer." 

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