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Koufax said at the press conference announcing his retirement that he had an arthritic elbow and that he had been pitching in constant pain for two seasons.
I heard from an interview on Don Drysdale that Koufax was hot about the money the Dodgers were paying him and thought he should get more. I know I know. He had arm problems. But there was another reason that caused him to quit.
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