1. 12-27-20 11:29 AM #1
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    RIP Phil Niekro

    Another 2020 loss.
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  2. 12-27-20 11:33 AM #2
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    He was 81. Shiit happens.. Later Phil..

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  3. 12-27-20 11:33 AM #3
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    RIP. Both Niekro brothers have left us. Will never see knuckleballers like them again.
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  4. 12-27-20 11:34 AM #4
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    Wow.

    RIP Phil
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  5. 12-27-20 11:35 AM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by JIBBBY View Post
    He was 81. Shiit happens.. Later Phil..

    Jibby... at least put him in a Braves uniform.

    rip..they should do a biopsy on his knuckles.
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  6. 12-27-20 11:36 AM #6
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    wow, rip phil niekro
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  7. 12-27-20 11:39 AM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by Al Masters View Post
    Jibby... at least put him in a Braves uniform.

    rip..they should do a biopsy on his knuckles.
    You're right. Fair enough..

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  8. 12-27-20 11:43 AM #8
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    Dammit. Please Fukk off 2020... RIP
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  9. 12-27-20 11:45 AM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by JIBBBY View Post
    You're right. Fair enough..

    My favorite Braves uniform of all time.
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  10. 12-27-20 11:45 AM #10
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    I used to watch him pitch all the time when I was a kid.
    He was a good guy.
    Sad news.
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  11. 12-27-20 11:46 AM #11
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    Loved it when those old guys hung around to get 300 wins.

    Perry
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    Niekro
    Ryan
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    Carlton

    Didn't Neikro lead the league in wins AND losses one year
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  12. 12-27-20 11:48 AM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by MinnesotaFats View Post
    Loved it when those old guys hung around to get 300 wins.

    Perry
    Sutton
    Niekro
    Ryan
    Jenkins
    Carlton

    Didn't Neikro lead the league in wins AND losses one year
    Niekro remains the last MLB pitcher to have both won and lost 20 or more games in the same season. With the 1979 Braves,[2] Niekro finished with 21 wins and 20 losses. This was his third and final 20-win season and his second and final 20-loss season.[1] That season, Phil and Joe Niekro were NL co-leaders in wins.
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  13. 12-27-20 11:49 AM #13
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  14. 12-27-20 11:58 AM #14
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    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MzxrKO-yVV8

    Here's Joe Neikro...the original Harris (Major League) doctoring the ball lol
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  15. 12-27-20 12:03 PM #15
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    Quote Originally Posted by MinnesotaFats View Post
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MzxrKO-yVV8

    Here's Joe Neikro...the original Harris (Major League) doctoring the ball lol
    He was using it for his fingernails.
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  16. 12-27-20 12:06 PM #16
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr KLC View Post
    He was using it for his fingernails.
    Oh I know but the Angel's make it out to be a federal case, putting the balls in a hermetically sealed bag for inspection lol
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  17. 12-27-20 12:11 PM #17
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr KLC View Post
    RIP. Both Niekro brothers have left us. Will never see knuckleballers like them again.
    rip sir.
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  18. 12-27-20 12:27 PM #18
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  19. 12-27-20 01:46 PM #19
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    "The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up."
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  20. 12-27-20 02:23 PM #20
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    Greatest knuckleballer. Nobody perfected it the way he did. RIP.
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