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    There IS crying in baseball

    THERE is crying in baseball. Hall of Famer Phil Niekro and his 318 wins and 3,342 strikeouts are proof. The biggest day of the knuckleballer’s career came 50 years ago when the coal miner’s son sat at the kitchen table and signed a contract with the Milwaukee Braves. “I got a $500 bonus and jumped […]

    Posted on Sunday, September 27, 2009
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    Like Father Like Daughter

    So, next weekend I am going to Houston for a special pre-game ceremony at the September 13th Astros game, in which we will be discussing the success of The Knuckle Ball.  What follows this ceremony is the real kicker….me throwing out the first pitch!  And, you must know that it won’t be  complete unless I […]

    Posted on Friday, September 4, 2009
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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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