Drysdale

He ended up becoming the first kid to grow up in Los Angeles and then start a World Series game for the Dodgers since Hall of Famer Don Drysdale, in 1966.

Sydney-based Pip Drysdale nails novelists, actors and other fame-hungry strivers perfectly in this dark thriller, her fifth, centered on a young author desperate for a second bite of the apple.

References to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby,” Joan Didion’s “Play It as It Lays” and other classics lend literary resonance to Drysdale’s warped tale of fame and revenge that manages to deliver some real surprises as it answers the question posed by Zoe’s stalker: “R U willing to die for him?”

Hot summers and sudden cold snaps of the previous two years had made things hard for producers, says John Inglis, senior commercial manager at ESG Drysdale, one of the UK's largest sprout producers.

I know I’m dating myself, but I remember back in 1966 the two greatest pitchers were Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale.