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Baseball Hall of Famer Phil Niekro, who pitched well into his 40s with a knuckleball that baffled big league hitters for more than two decades, mostly with the Atlanta Braves, has died after a long fight with cancer, the team announced Sunday. He was 81.The Braves said Niekro died Saturday night in his sleep. He lived in the Atlanta suburb of Flowery Branch, where a main thoroughfare bears his name.Niekro won 318 games over his 24-year career, which ended in 1987 at age 48 after he made one final start with the Braves. Known for a pitch that befuddled hitters and catchers md
stanley cup ash; heck, Niekro didn t even know where it was going mdash; he was a five-time All-Star who had three 20-win seasons with Atlanta. In this 1970 file photo, Atlanta Braves Phil Niekro poses for a photo. Niekro, who pitched well into his 40s with a knuckleball that b
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stanley cup cer, the team announced Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020. He was 81. / AP Niekro also pitched for the New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians and Toronto Blue Jays late in his career. We are heartbroken on the passing of our treasured friend, the Braves said in a statement. Knucksie was woven into the Braves fabric, first in Milwaukee and then in Atlanta. Phil baffled batters on the field and Uohs Mission: Impossible co-star Simon Pegg talks watching Tom Cruise s stunt: We were all a bit hysterical
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reebok t was also because this was his first game in two seasons. It was just fun to have my brother back, said Milan Womack, a teammate. Speaks wasn t injured, he had been ineligible to play. But it wasn t because of bad grades or discipline issues. It s because with his father dead, and his mother not in his life, he was bouncing from one friend s house to another. The school ruled without a permanent address, he couldn t play.His friends decided to take a stand. Last game, they refused to
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