The best comment I ever heard about knuckleballers was from @libbyemmons who called them the Jedis of baseball. Niekro was a master.
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Thanks for this Dan.
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Total class act and nice guy HoF’er. Prolly be the last to ever win 20 and lose 20 in a year.
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Niekro would come to the mound and it would suddenly be not-baseball; it was like there was a completely different thing happening between the mound and the catcher than before.
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Not sure if he pitched in the first ever mlb game i attended but it was pretty early. Rip
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Sad news, almost missed it. If it was one of his pitches, I would have.
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Amusing trivia (already known to fans, of course): He was on the losing side in a game vs Houston 5/29/76 after giving up a home run. Winning pitcher: brother Joe Niekro. HR hitter: brother Joe Niekro.
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This has been a bad year to be a baseball legend.
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I'll never forget his final day of the season 300th win in '85 after the Jays eliminated the Yanks the day before. Billy had Joe make a mound visit. Only threw the knuckler at the end of his CG. Phil Rizzuto said going nine had become rare. Oh Scooter, you hadn't seen nothin yet.
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In '85, Yankee pitchers threw 25 complete games. Niekro with 7 was second behind Ron Guidry's 11.
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