Burt “Happy” Hooten

I was doing some research for a post I was trying to put together when I encountered one of my All-Time favorite Dodger pitchers, Burt “Happy” Hooten. I have no idea why, but I seem to favor pitchers from University of Texas, and pitchers from Texas in general. Nolan Ryan, Roger Clemens, Clayton Kershaw, Dustin May, Ross Stripling, Howie Reed, Huston Street, Brooks Kieschnick, Ryan Pressly, Greg Swindell, Shawn Tolleson, Kerry Wood, Calvin Schiraldi, Josh Beckett…Maybe it is because when I was following NCAA baseball, my USC Trojans and University of Texas were the two elite programs. Rod Dedeaux and Cliff Gustafson are arguably the two best college coaches of all time.