Gil Hodges gets his due in Cooperstown
Dodgers and Mets icon finally inducted into Hall of Fame
There was relief, weeping and finally some closure for the Hodges family.
Gil Hodges, the Brooklyn Dodgers’ ever-reliable first baseman and manager of the 1969 Miracle Mets, was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame Sunday afternoon in Cooperstown, N.Y., some 205 miles from where the sporting icon began his legend at Ebbets Field.
“He would be so proud. Today I am especially happy for my mother,” Irene Hodges said during a very touching speech ahead of her father’s official enshrinement.