Duke Snider Dies At 84

He had a bowling alley in Fallbrook where we had a house for three years and he lived nearby. One of my heroes and I became a Dodger fan because the Yankees would beat them every year.:) I remember when Larsen pitched his perfect game and near the end Snider hit a ball and the announcer exclaimed "There's a long ball, it's going, going, going, gone, foul!":)

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Baseball Hall of Famer Duke Snider died Sunday morning at the Valle Vista Convalescent Hospital in Escondido, Calif.. He was 84.

Snider died of natural causes, his family said.

DUKE THROUGH THE YEARS

Hall-of-Famer Duke Snider played for the Dodgers, Mets and Giants. Take a look back at his career.

He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., in 1980 after an 18-year major league career in which he hit 407 home runs.