PHIL NIEKRO RUMORS & GOSSIP
Baseball Hall elects 3 for excellence
Former New York Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert, longtime umpire Hank O'Day and barehanded catcher Deacon White were elected to the Hall of Fame on Monday for their excellence through the first half of the 20th century.
The trio was picked by the Hall's pre-integration panel -- part of what once was known as the Veterans Committee -- and gave the shrine exactly 300 members....
Via AP on Fox
December 03, 2012
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MMO Interview: Phil Niekro, Tim Wakefield Visit R.A. Dickey At Citi Field Last Night
In honor of Knuckleball! the movie coming out, Hall-of-Famer Phil Niekro and 200-game winner Tim Wakefield were out and about prior to today’s game alongside the Mets own R.A. Dickey and were kind enough to answer some of my questions as well as some other Mets bloggers while watching BP with us along the first base side.
The interview began with Phil Niekro telling us the fascinating...
Knuckleball royalty reunited at Citi Field
R.A. Dickey's face lit up when he saw Phil Niekro and Tim Wakefield, and the New York Mets' ace greeted both with a big hug in front of the dugout.
The next thing they knew, the mini-fraternity of major league knuckleballers was talking shop and trading barbs. Dickey says it's an instant bond, since they know how hard it is to master the difficult pitch.
All three pitchers...
Via Fox Sports
September 19, 2012
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Dickey's been Niekro-esque with knuckler
NEW YORK -- With 318 victories and a plaque in Cooperstown, Phil Niekro is the patron saint of knuckleballers. But even he wants to seek advice from R.A. Dickey. "Anytime we get a chance, we sit down and talk a little," Niekro said of Dickey. "Boy, I should be taking lessons from him right now." Dickey, the unlikely co-ace of the New York Mets, continued...
Braves Plate
My Grammy passed away last month, and her children have found some real gems in her house. This was passed along to me, since they all guessed I'd appreciate it the most. The problem is... no one seems to remember much about it. Here's what we do know:
* My uncle gave it to her. He worked for the Braves for a decade or so and said, "I left the Braves in early 1982...
Not the same old ballgame at spring training
Sometime soon, Phil Niekro plans to make his way from his home outside Atlanta to the Braves' spring-training site near Orlando, Florida, where he'll watch a little baseball, play a lot of golf and, as he does every year, throw some batting practice.
Niekro is 72, but he can still lob it in there. Besides, age doesn't really matter since anybody who has ever picked up...
Via Fox Sports West
February 20, 2012
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Unpredictable on the Mound, Less So on the Links
A film crew followed Charlie Hough, Tim Wakefield, R.A. Dickey and the Hall of Famer Phil Niekro for nine holes as part of a documentary on the knuckleball.
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