Dodger Vice President
Al Campanis called Scioscia the best plate-blocking catcher
he had seen in 46 years of baseball. In July 1985, the fearless Scioscia was knocked
unconscious in a collision with the Cardinals'
Jack Clark, but held on to the ball.
With a good eye at the plate, he finished second in the
National League in on-base
percentage in 1985, batting .296. He missed most of 1983 after tearing his rotator
cuff throwing out Padres speedster
Alan Wiggins. Scioscia hit a game-tying, ninth-inning
homer off
Dwight Gooden in Game Four of the 1988 LCS as the Dodgers won in the 12th.
(TG)
Mike Scioscia
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