Outside the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, a statue depicting southpaw Johnny Podres after a pitch release stands 60 feet, six inches from a statue of catcher Roy Campanella. They commemorate the Brooklyn Dodgers winning the 1955 World Series over the New York Yankees, one of the most iconic moments in Dodger history! The photo of the elated Podres leaping into the arms of Roy Campanella, with Don Hoak ready to join in, is one of the most revered in Dodger history.
On October 4, 1955, the 23 year old the dimpled chinned, sleepy eyed, Johnny Podres (who was a dead ringer for silent-film comedian Buster Keaton) pitched a complete-game, 2-0 masterpiece in Game 7 of the World Series, and riding his shoulders, dem lovable Bums, won their first World Series Championship over the mighty and, seemingly, always triumphant Yankees.