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    NOW IS THE TIME…RETIRE #36

    1980: Astros take Playoff with Dodgers, 7-1 By Bill McCurdy  Texas Baseball Hall of Fame Induction, 2005: Artist Opie Otterstad, Presenter Greg Lucas, Inductee Joe Niekro.  The date was October 6, 1980. By tailspinning into a three game sweep loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on the West Coast, the Houston Astros found themselves facing the […]

    Posted on Saturday, July 17, 2010
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    It’s Time to Retire Joe Niekro’s Astros #36

    http://bill37mccurdy.wordpress.com/2010/07/13/its-time-to-retire-joe-niekros-astros-36/#comment-1016   Joe Niekro Has Been the Astros Franchise Wins Leader for 25 Years! His Total MLB WIns Exceed Those of 16 Great Starting Pitchers in the HOF at Cooperstown.  Sometime in the next couple of weeks, Roy Oswalt may tie and surpass Joe Niekro as the all time leader in pitching wins for the […]

    Posted on Tuesday, July 13, 2010
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    The Journey…a long road with lots of speed bumps

    This past Wednesday was our 2nd Aneurysm Support Group Meeting and I must admit that this group is becoming like family to me.  I didn’t realize how much I needed to talk about my feelings until I got around others who were feeling the same thing.  My excitement for what the foundation is doing grows every second I spend […]

    Posted on Sunday, June 27, 2010
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    A Special Wish to Dad

      Dad, Today, the world celebrates Father’s Day, a day to honor the joy, love and happiness that you  have brought into my life.  My greatest gift came from God and that gift is you, Dad.  How I wish you were here so I could give you a hug, tell you how much you mean to me […]

    Posted on Sunday, June 20, 2010
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    Niekro to be Inducted in the Ohio Valley Hall of Fame

    THREE ATHLETES who starred on the gridiron while a fourth who went on to star in Major League Baseball are the latest four selections into the OVAC Hall of Fame. Tom Rataiczak, Executive Secretary of the OVAC, announced that Bridgeport’s Joe Niekro and Martins Ferry’s Larry Duck are the honorees for the decade of the […]

    Posted on Monday, June 7, 2010
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