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Walter Alston Biography

image not available Walter Emmons Alston
Born: 1911-12-01
Birthplace: Venice, OH
Died: 1984-10-01
Location of Death: Oxford, OH

Race: White
Field: Baseball
Famous for: Longtime Manager, Brooklyn/LA Dodgers

Field: Baseball

Walter Alston News


The 1959 World Series -- Game Three, Alston pushes the right buttons
Power Line (blog)
With Don Demeter due up, Walter Alston turned to Carl Furillo. By 1959, Furillo was basically a singles hitter, whereas Demeter had good power. ...



The 1959 World Series, Game 5 -- no beer, no champagne
Power Line (blog)
With his Dodgers up three games to one in the 1959 World Series, Walter Alston had the luxury of using his fourth starter in Game 5. ...



New York Daily News

Adrienne Leslie: Three cheers for Dad's team!!! »
New York Daily News
In the fall of 1955, my Brownsville neighborhood hummed with admiration or scrutiny of Don Hoak, Johnny Podres, Roy Campanella and Walt Alston. ...



CNATI

Stop the search! Tribe picks Manny
CNATI
I mean, what he did with the Nationals doesn't suggest he's the next Walter Alston or Sparky Anderson. But under the circumstances -- and the circumstances ...
Manny's Second Act(a): Cleveland Indians Hir...


The 1959 World Series, Game Six -- improbable champions
Power Line (blog)
By way of comparison, his opposite number, Walter Alston, had perhaps four pitchers he trusted greatly - Don Drysdale, Roger Craig, Johnny Podres, ...



The 1959 World Series -- Game 4, the Dodgers take control
Power Line (blog)
Walter Alston also tapped his Game One starter, Roger Craig, who had lasted less than three innings in that rout. The Dodgers got to Wynn in the third ...



Religious double standard marks conference policy
Swarthmore College The Phoenix Online
... or because of the comment by Don Drysdale, Koufax's replacement, to General Manager Walter Alston when he was pulled in the third inning ? ?I bet right ...



Hank Williams' LA Dodgers link
Nassau Guardian
Our boy was hob-nobbing with the likes of Walter Alston, the revered Dodger manager; Don Drysdale, one of the great pitchers in baseball history and ...



Happy Birthday Roy Hartsfield
Bluebird Banter (blog)
... minor league system, but the Dodgers only used 2 managers from 1958 to 1996: Walter Alston and Tommy Lasorda, so there wasn't much room to move up. ...



What do you think of Don Mattingly's qualifications as Dodger manager?
Los Angeles Times
(Walt Alston for instance) But I believe that it requires a strength of personality that I have never seen Mattingly publicly exhibit. ...

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