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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...
...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. Eckersley recorded 93 strikeouts in only 80 innings, picking up 51 saves while posting a 1.91 ERA in one of the best...
...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...