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...Eckersley holds a particularly special place in my heart. Shortly after my father passed away in January of 1989, my father’s close friend Bill Jenkins met Eckersley at a Boston area restaurant when the A’s were in town to play the Red Sox. Eckersley still maintained a house in Sudbury, Mass. from his days playing in Boston that just happened to be less than five minutes away from where both Bill and I lived at the time...
...Major League Baseball history to win 20 games in one season and save 50 in another. In his amazing 23-year career he won 197 games and saved 390. But the numbers can’t even begin to tell the story of newly-elected Hall-of-Famer Dennis Eckersley...
...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...
Bill explained to Eckersley that I was an avid five-year old baseball fan who had just lost his father and asked if perhaps Dennis would be willing to sign an autograph for me. Incredibly, Eckersley instead invited Bill to bring me to his home in Sudbury to meet him in person...
...Louis--Ray Lankford is hurt. When he gets back, the team's outfield of Lankford plus Brian Jordon and Ron Gant will be awesome. The starters are good, but how long can the ancient bullpen including Dennis Eckersley and Rick Honeycutt hold...