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See how easy it is, Throwing a knuckleball doesn't exactly put a great strain on a pitching arm, even a 47-year-old arm, so Phil Niekro's expression h(...)
See how easy it is, Throwing a knuckleball doesn't exactly put a great strain on a pitching arm, even a 47-year-old arm, so Phil Niekro's expression h(...)

See how easy it is, Throwing a knuckleball doesn't exactly put a great strain on a pitching arm, even a 47-year-old arm, so Phil Niekro's expression h(...)

Date5/19/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: See how easy it is, Throwing a knuckleball doesn't exactly put a great strain on a pitching arm, even a 47-year-old arm, so Phil Niekro's expression here may be a little deceiving. The ancient knuckler, who was in town recently to bag career win No. 303 against the Blue Jays, has fit right in with his younger (naturally) teammates on the Indians, who think he's absolutely amazing.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0070856F
Phil Niekro, Knuckleball specialist is the oldest player in the major leagues
Phil Niekro, Knuckleball specialist is the oldest player in the major leagues
5/19/1986
Here's Knucksiel, Phil Niekro, 48, has put together some Hall of Fame statistics over the pat 232/3 seasons, most recently with Cleveland. He has won (...)
Here's Knucksiel, Phil Niekro, 48, has put together some Hall of Fame statistics over the pat 232/3 seasons, most recently with Cleveland. He has won (...)
5/19/1986
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We never counted them, say Ambrose Nesbitt and his wife, Mary, so they don't know exactly how many foster children they have cared for in the past 25 years-but it is more than 50
3/11/1971
We never counted them, say Ambrose Nesbitt and his wife, mary, so they don't know exactly how many foster children they have cared for in the past 25-year - but it is more than 50
We never counted them, say Ambrose Nesbitt and his wife, mary, so they don't know exactly how many foster children they have cared for in the past 25-year - but it is more than 50
8/6/1980
Guelph - Danny Barrett, showing unbridled confidence and a stronger throwing arm in training camp, will start at quarterback for the Argonauts tonight when
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A hit with voters: George Bell caught American League MVP voters' attention with his booming bat and strong throwing arm and picked up the league's top individual honor yesterday
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Phil Niekro
Phil Niekro
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It isn't easy: Throws from second base to first sometimes look easy to the spectators but the strain on the face and neck of the Jays' shortstop Tony Fernandez yesterday proves this isn't so
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6/15/1986
Terminal Suffering: The pain in this worker's arms, neck and shoulder turned out to be tendinities, a repetitive strain injury, caused by working on a computer terminal
Terminal Suffering: The pain in this worker's arms, neck and shoulder turned out to be tendinities, a repetitive strain injury, caused by working on a computer terminal
1/16/1992
Even when you can see cyclists, you just never know what they are going to do next and this makes driving more of a nervous strain than it needs to be(...)
Even when you can see cyclists, you just never know what they are going to do next and this makes driving more of a nervous strain than it needs to be(...)
6/1/1972
Dr. Linh Le checks four-year-old Angelo Muredda's growth to see if larger replacements for his legs or left arm are needed
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11/22/1989
Prize-winning poet, 12-year-old Sarah Eastwood, of Waterdown, puts her arms fondly around a colt during a one-day trip to world's largest breeding farm for standardbreds, in Hanover, Penn
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