All Ball Sports: Sandy gets a statue

By Paul Teetor There are plenty of retired sports stars walking around Los Angeles. Right here in the Beach Cities we have big-name guys like former USC quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart, former Boston Red Sox shortstop and World Series hero Nomar Garciaparra, and former Phoenix Suns point guard Steve Nash, a two-time NBA MVP who is now coaching the Brooklyn Nets. But there’s only a few no-dispute living legends, first-ballot Hall of Famers who are still around, commanding respect, and even awe by their very presence alone. To be in the same room and even talking with them is a memorable experience to be recounted for the rest of your days. That short list would include Lakers superstars Jerry West, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson, former Rams running back Eric Dickerson, and former Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully. Guys who are worthy of having a statue erected in front of the venues where they sparkled like a diamond in the SoCal sun. But there is one man who stands above all of them on the Mount Rushmore of LA sports stars, and that man made a rare public appearance Saturday. At age 86, the greatest Dodgers pitcher of them all, Sandy Koufax, was honored…

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