Word: niekro
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...Braves owner Ted Turner, the genius behind that 4:30 a.m. fireworks display, was involved in another debacle in recent years, when he let Phil Niekro go to the Yankees, and then proceded to try to lure him back once he shone in the Big Apple. (Turner ended up settling for a statue of Neikro). Knucksie is also the oldest current major leaguer, having just celebrated another birthday on April 1. Five points if you can name Phil's exact age, and five more if you can identify the only player on the list below who is older than Niekro...
...were remiss in not including the veteran pitcher for the Atlanta Braves, Phil Niekro, 44, among the potential candidates. His knuckleball still fools many hitters...
...Phil and Joe Niekro, both still active, are about 100 victories behind the Perrys with 419. Five Delahanthy brothers played in the Majors...
...resist a 43-year-old pitcher who wants to pitch every day? "I don't want rest," said Niekro. "I want the baseball." Niekro goes back to the Milwaukee Braves (1965) and had hoped to go back to Milwaukee. "Lots of Polacks, lots of bars," he said. "My kind of town...