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RIP Phil Niekro

While Niekro wasn’t in the same dominant category as Gibby, Seaver or Whitey Ford, we lost a lot of great pitchers in 2020.
 
His knuckle ball was gorgeous. Best ever?? (knuckle) Loved watching him.
Maybe best ever but for those of us old timers Hoyt Wilhelm would be close to the top.. His knuckler was so crazy that Orioles “invented” a catcher’s glove at least twice the size of a regular glove even though it made stealing bases easy. I think the glove was later banned but it was pretty funny to watch catchers yield it.
 
Maybe best ever but for those of us old timers Hoyt Wilhelm would be close to the top.. His knuckler was so crazy that Orioles “invented” a catcher’s glove at least twice the size of a regular glove even though it made stealing bases easy. I think the glove was later banned but it was pretty funny to watch catchers yield it.
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