Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Daoibh (Happy St. Partick’s Day)
For 15 years Lefty O'Doul was the much beloved manager of the San Francisco Seals
A San Franciscan, a Seal, a Giant, a bridge, a gate, baseball’s goodwill ambassador to Japan and an Irishman – who else could we celebrate on St. Patrick’s Day except Lefty O’Doul?
Lefty in 1934 with the NY Giants
And 24 years later with the SF Giants
Peter Magowan accepted Lefty's plaque from the Japanese Hall of Fame
Lefty is buried at the Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in Colma
Newly painted orange guardrails on the Lefty O'Doul bridge on Third Street.
Fans enter the Lefty O'Doul gate for a Giants game.
Lefty lived on a street behind my home. I meet him on a flight to NY, he was going there for a Old timers game. He is a graces and wonderful person. He even invited me to the game. Baseball needs more people like him around now.