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    The Knuckle Ball: It’s Now A Pitch for Life Over Sudden Death

    IT HAPPENS EVERY SPRING Written by: Natalie Niekro at age 7 Spring Training is here and baseball is starting, which means that my Dad and I will be parting. His baseball career is his dream-come-true But the time we’re apart makes me so sad and blue. Though Winter’s a memory and flowers now bloom, I […]

    Posted on Friday, July 3, 2009
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    Hall of Famer Phil Niekro remembers his brother Joe

    The following article was posted on The Methodist Hospital website just today and I wanted to share with all of you. It touched my heart and I hope it touches yours too. Nothing in baseball can be as unpredictable as the knuckleball, a crazy corkscrew of a pitch that befuddles hitters and catchers alike. The […]

    Posted on Thursday, July 2, 2009
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    Living a Legacy

    I receive hundreds of comments every week on the foundation website, www.joeniekrofoundation.org, and as I hear about the number of people effected by aneurysms, I become more astonished at the lack of research being done within this area. Just yesterday I received a message from a young woman who had just lost her 33 year […]

    Posted on Wednesday, June 24, 2009
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    Reflections from 1980

    Two days ago while sitting in my office burning the candle at both ends as I always do, I received a call from a dear friend of Dad’s and former Detroit Tiger, Jon Warden. As soon as I answered, Jon asked me if I subscribed to the MLB Network. Well, it doesn’t take a genius […]

    Posted on Thursday, June 4, 2009
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    An Aneurysm Strikes One of Houston Astros Very Own

    This past week the Houston Astros experienced quite a scare, when they heard one of their very own, minor league catcher, Jose Lopez, had been admitted to the hospital that afternoon for a brain aneurysm. The irony of this event happening to one of the players within the organization I am working with was alarming, […]

    Posted on Tuesday, May 26, 2009
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