This day in baseball: Dodger car accident
Posted: March 5, 2019 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Don Zimmer, Duke Snider, Jim Gilliam, Johnny Podres, Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, MLB, Roy Campanella, sports, Spring Training Leave a commentAttempting to beat a 12:30 a.m. curfew on March 5, 1958, the Dodgers’ Duke Snider, Johnny Podres, and Don Zimmer sustained minor injuries in a car accident in Vero Beach, Florida. This automobile mishap was the third involving the Dodgers within the last two months, with prior crashes involving Roy Campanella and Jim Gilliam.
