Tony knew me both as an athlete and as a person. He cared for me like a father.
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I think today the players are too nice to one another, but that might change with the unbalanced schedule, with teams playing each other more and more. When you face each other that much, with that much at stake, something's bound to happen.Dennis Eckersley
Pitching... sometimes I did so poorly, it brought me to tears.
Dennis Eckersley
The thing that got me over the hump was accepting that I had to do whatever I could to stay in the game.
Dennis Eckersley
But through experience I learned to control my body and locate the ball.
Dennis Eckersley
Then you figure out that if you don't throw it as hard as you can, you can put it where you want. It's more important where you put it.
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My career spanned the era when relievers started to become more important.
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