March 5 in Dodgers History: Duke Snider, Johnny Podres, and Don Zimmer suffer minor injuries in an auto accident in Vero Beach, Florida (1958)

On March 5, 1958 — The Los Angeles Dodgers , whose players stay healthy enough on the diamond but seemed jinxed on the highway, held their breath today as doctors examined dry X-ray plates of Duke Snider’s left knee and Johnny Podres neck. Snider, Podres and Don Zimmer all were injured Wednesday whe

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