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Don Drysdale, ace right-handed
pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers
partnered with Jack Lafaye in 1962, and
opened "Don Drysdale's Dugout." The Van
Nuys 60 seat restaurant and cocktail
lounge located at 14030 Oxnard St.
featured a baseball motif throughout,
from the entrance doors, in the shape
of baseball bats, to the baseball
shaped light fixtures.
Drysdale a Van Nuys native, opened two more Don Drysdale Dugout
restaurants, one in Santa Ana, and
another in Maui, before calling it
quits in 1982. The Don Drysdale's
Dugout souvenir postcards were produced
by J.D. McCarthy. It features a black &
white picture of Don on one knee
holding a baseball, with a blue ink
facsimile salutation signature; "Very
Best Wishes Don Drysdale." The back
reads: "Don Drtsdale's Dugout,
Luncheons Steaks & Cocktails, Santa Ana
California. Another lists all three
locations.
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