Word: pitcher
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When we arrived, Dennis immediately ushered us into his trophy room. Quite the curious five-year old, I remember walking around the room in awe, staring at his ALCS MVP and Rolaids Relief Pitcher of the Year awards. Right away, Dennis pulled down the trophies to show me up close, and he explained how he had felt upon winning them. Dennis’s wife took numerous pictures of Bill, Dennis and me that are still proudly displayed in my room at home. Finally, Dennis signed numerous balls, hats and pictures...
...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...
...DIED. FRANK (TUG) MCGRAW, 59, exuberant baseball relief pitcher whose phrase "Ya gotta believe!" was the rallying cry of the New York Mets' unlikely last-to-first run for the 1973 National League pennant; of brain cancer; in Nashville. McGraw, who was known for on-field antics such as feigning heart palpitations when home-run balls drifted foul, pitched in the World Series for the Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies. Asked how he would spend his bonus from the 1973 Mets pennant, McGraw replied, "Ninety percent I'll spend on good times, women and Irish whiskey. The other 10 percent...
...upset, but the rest of us should be pleased. The FDA has received more than 16,000 reports of complications--ranging from dizziness to strokes--that may have been triggered by the supplement, and it has linked ephedra to as many as 155 deaths, including that of Baltimore Orioles pitcher Steve Bechler, 23, last February...