The 100 Greatest Brooklynites of All Time: 30 to 21
There are some very good arguments to be had (preferably in the bar) about Hodges vs. Snider vs. Campanella on this list. But here’s the thing about Hodges (second only to Snider in the 1950s in RBIs and home runs): in the 2-0 game-seven World Series win over the Yankees, Hodges batted in both runs; and threw out Elston Howard at first for the final out. Oh, and he managed the Mets—repository for all the bittersweet hopes of brokenhearted Dodgers fans—in the 1969 miracle run to the championship.