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FILE - In this March 29, 2007, file photo, Baseball Hall of Famer Phil Niekro holds a knuckleball at the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland. Niekro, who pitched well into his 40s with a knuckleball that baffled big league hitters for more than two decades, mostly with the Atlanta Braves, has died after a long fight with cancer, the team announced Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020. He was 81. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)
Ohio Valley native and Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Phil Niekro passed away Saturday night at home during his sleep in suburban Atlanta. Affectionately known as ‘Knucksie,’ he was 81 years old.
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Every season is an opportunity for a new batch of previously unknown or unheralded players to step into the spotlight, for young players to make a leap and for a select few to ascend to superstardom.
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American League East
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In this March 29, 2007, file photo, Baseball Hall of Famer Phil Niekro holds a knuckleball at the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland. Niekro, who pitched well into his 40s with a knuckleball that baffled big league hitters for more than two decades, mostly with the Atlanta Braves, has died after a long fight with cancer, the team announced Sunday. The Blaine native was 81.
Ohio Valley native and Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Phil Niekro passed away Saturday night at home during his sleep in suburban Atlanta. Affectionately known as ‘Knucksie,’ he was 81 years old.
Niekro spent most of his 24-year career with the Atlanta Braves. The righthander baffled opposing hitters and even some catchers with his patented knuckleball for 318 wins and and 3,342 strikeouts, along with his younger brother Joe who died in 2006 at the age of 61 from a brain aneurysm, are the winningest brother combo in MLB history with 539 victories.
It s been a long time coming : Veterans inside Thomson-Hood get vaccinated
The first residents received the vaccine at Thomson-Hood Veterans Center in the morning.
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WILMORE, Ky. (LEX 18) â Long-term care facilities have been ground zero for many community outbreaks of COVID-19.
Residents have spent the past nine months isolated from loved ones while staff members made their own sacrifices to protect them.
But Tuesday was finally a good day as COVID-19 vaccines arrived at some facilities.
The first residents received the vaccine at Thomson-Hood Veterans Center in the morning.
With one quick injection of a long-awaited vaccine, the mood changed.
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