On Jan. 10, 1984, former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Don Drysdale was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Drysdale, who was born and grew up in Van Nuys, Calif., made his Major League debut for ...

This day in Los Angeles Dodgers history saw Don Drysdale and Brooklyn legend Pee Wee Reese inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame during a ceremony held in Cooperstown on August 12, 1984.

Editor’s note: The following excerpt from the book “Don Drysdale: Up and In: The Life of a Dodgers Legend,” by former Orange County Register columnist Mark Whicker, is reprinted with the permission of ...

In the mid-1960s, the two pitchers inspired major league ballplayers to build a union and challenge the owners’ stranglehold on their lives, pay, and working conditions. Dodgers pitcher Don Drysdale, ...