Sunday, December 27, 2020

R.I.P. Phil Niekro

Posted by el duque at 1:07 PM

 


14 comments:

Rufus T. Firefly said...

The file coming out of his pocket was an unforgettable moment. Deserved a razzie if not an oscar.

December 27, 2020 at 6:07 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...

Gave us a couple of very nice years, sorry to see him go.

Of course, Phil's brother, Joe, also pitched briefly for the Yankees.

Can anybody give me two other brother combinations who pitched for the Yankees in the 1980s-90s?

December 28, 2020 at 12:32 AM
Anonymous said...

Melido and Pascal Perez

Doug K.

December 28, 2020 at 12:46 AM
JM said...

I missed those two, but a few remaining brain cells remember the Niekros.

No one throws the knuckler anymore, do they? Sad. One more quirk homogenized out of the game.

December 28, 2020 at 8:45 AM
Anonymous said...

That was Joe.

December 28, 2020 at 9:04 AM
Anonymous said...

Speaking of knuckleballers Just bought the Jim Bouton bio. "Bouton: The Life of a Baseball Original"

Looking forward to reading it.

Doug K.

December 28, 2020 at 10:14 AM
Carl J. Weitz said...

There are 2 other brother combos that played for the Yankees in the same year. One set is easy to remember. The other pair are more obscure. Well, one of the players was obscure. Name them.

December 28, 2020 at 1:21 PM
Carl J. Weitz said...

There were two other sets of brothers that played together on the Yankees at the same time. Not necessarily pitchers though.

One set is easy to remember as they were both well-known. The other pair only had one sibling that would be commonly remembered.

No Googling! :)

December 28, 2020 at 1:32 PM
Anonymous said...

The Alous?

Doug K

December 28, 2020 at 3:14 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...

Yep, the Alous in 1973. Both released before the end of the season if I recall correctly.

But anybody have my other pitcher-brothers combo? Good work with the Perezes, Doug K.

December 29, 2020 at 1:16 AM
Rufus T. Firefly said...

Hoss,

Naturally, I thought of Mike Kekich and Fritz Peterson. Then I realized that wasn't where you were going with the question.

I cheated and looked it up. In doing so, I reviewed some very bad personnel decisions other than Kekich -- and some truly awful (if entertaining) teams.

December 29, 2020 at 8:14 AM
Publius said...

The brothers Leiter

December 29, 2020 at 2:17 PM
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