2020 delivers one more blow to us baseball fans as we lose Hall of Famer Phil Niekro. He was 81. R.I.P. Phil.
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RIP Phil Niekro
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Sad news indeed. He was a great pitcher. Rest in peace Mr. Niekro....
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12-29-2020, 12:24 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-29-2020, 12:26 PM by kerryandbeth.)
RE: RIP Phil Niekro
I just know him as the brother of the guy who had a file fly out of his pocket while on the mound for the Twins.
That moment, as well as the Gant/Hrbek incident are 2 of the funniest Twins moments to me.
RIP Phil. Good pitcher for a long time. When he was on, impossible to hit. But when his knuckleball was not Buggy's Bunn-ing he got lit up. He and Wilbur Wood both posted +20 win - +20 loss seasons and could pitch all day.
The YANKS had him for a brief time towards the end of his career and when he was ‘on’ he was untouchable. 3 seasons and left with a winning record ... believe he was in his 40’s at the time.
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That makes 7 Hall of Famers gone in 2020 and a couple of other pretty good players.
WSJ article about those guys (and Dick Allen, Jimmy Wynn, Tony Fernandez): https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-histori...1609396387 
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