Phil Niekro, RIP

[jimsumner]

Another baseball-hall-of-famer gone.

Seven this year.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...leball-dies-81

[ClemmonsDevil]

Ol Knucksie. Damn.

[camion]

This hurts more than most. I was a knuckleball pitcher in college and and feel a special kinship with anyone who threw the floater.

Please 2020 just end.

[accfanfrom1970]

Great line from Bob Uecker, whom Niekro credits with getting him to throw only the knuckleball - Niekro led the league in era and Uecker lead the league in passed balls.

"Catching Niekro's knuckleball was great," said Uecker, now a Hall of Fame announcer. "I got to meet a lot of important people. They all sit behind home plate."