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...look at it, Eckersley was not a typical pitcher. Throughout his career with the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Oakland A’s and St. Louis Cardinals, the kid from California known as the Eck utilized his trademark sidearm delivery to deceive hitters. Eckersley’s long black hair always hung out the back of his cap, and he would routinely pump his fist in jubilation after completing one of his 2,401 career strikeouts...
Eckersley’s professional career was as remarkable as the gesture he did for me. From his entrance in the league in 1975 until 1986, the Eck was a dominating starting pitcher, compiling double-digit win totals in nine of those seasons. However, Eckersley had a difficult battle with alcohol abuse in the mid-eighties that coincided with his slip from his peak as a 20-game winner in 1978 to the point where he was simply mediocre...
Eckersley finally decided to get help and went into rehab. He came out invigorated and returned in a different incarnation as a closer for Tony LaRussa’s Oakland Athletics. The Eck proceeded to dominate American League hitters for the next nine seasons in an Oakland uniform, leading the A’s to three consecutive World Series and winning a championship in 1989. Eckersley was also the last pitcher to win an MVP award, picking up the American League honor in 1992 along with the Cy Young Award in a season in which the Eck was virtually unhittable...
...addition to Gomes and Mansfield, Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies Diana L. Eck spoke about what she called a “crisis in the humanities...
...addition to Gomes and Mansfield, Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies Diana L. Eck spoke about what she called a “crisis in the humanities...