Sixty years ago, on Sept. 9, 1965, at “9:46 p.m. in the City of the Angels, Los Angeles, California,” as Vin Scully noted in his brilliant call, Sandy Koufax pitched a perfect game.

About 20 miles down the road at that same moment, 24-year-old Sammee Zeile was in a hospital delivery room giving birth to a future Major Leaguer.

Todd Zeile , who played for 11 teams during a 16-year career, turns 60 on Tuesday. The historic ballgame that took place that night has followed him around in many ways since then, including a memorable gift from Koufax himself.

It began that night when Sammee and her husband arrived at The LA Hospital in Van Nuys around six o’clock in the evening.

“In those days you couldn’t go in [the delivery room] with her, so I was sitting in the lounge,” said Frank Zei

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