
When former Dodger pitcher Joe Moeller looked through the collection he stumbled across this note from Brooks Robinson about his greatest thrill. Robinson writes, “My most exciting moment in baseball was the 1966 World Series. It was my first, a dream come true. Sincerely, Brooks Robinson”.
Moeller remembered facing Robinson in Game 1 at Dodger Stadium. After some arm twisting, the good-natured Moeller added this to the bottom of Robinson’s note, “Jim, Brooks may be in the Hall of Fame, but when he faced me in that series, he grounded out to Gilliam. Tell him I said so! Sincerely, Joe Moeller”.
One of the nicest men in baseball, Moeller remained in the game as the advance scout for the Florida Marlins more than 50 years after his debut as the youngest starting pitcher in Los Angeles Dodger history.