After two home runs in Atlanta, and a home run in the only game not rained out in Cincinnati, Guerrero unleashed hell in Houston.
“I think every pitcher fools around with one. THE BOARD!

“He taught us the knuckler but he didn’t throw it. “Dad was the best athlete in the family,” Joe Niekro told The Washington Post in 1987. The next season, Joe Niekro was 20-12 with Houston. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.We bring you cool stories about the game, players, ballparks and the people that shaped the game! He hit one home run in his major league career, and it came off Phil, when Joe was pitching for the Astros and Phil for the Braves. Cy Young award. Joe Niekro, a native of Martins Ferry, Ohio, and his brother Phil were tutored in pitching by their father, Phil Sr., a former coal miner. THE BOARD: Scouting + Stats! On May 29, 1976, Joe hit the only big league home run of his career (973 lifetime at bats). Strangely enough, Niekro reaches the seats against his brother, Phil, the ace of the Atlanta Braves. Niekro, who pitched 11 seasons for the Astros, had a brain aneurysm, the news agency reported. Joe Niekro was a two-time 20-game winner and he finished second in the National League Cy Young award balloting in 1979.
Phil Niekro, pitching mostly for the Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves, had a record of 318-274 in 24 seasons and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1997. 1987 — Minnesota’s Joe Niekro was caught with a file on the mound and was ejected during the fourth inning of the Twins’ 11-3 win over the California Angels. He was 61. Niekro maintained that he used sandpaper and the emery board to manicure his fingernails. Joe Niekro, the knuckleballing right-hander who won 221 major league games in 22 seasons and combined with his Hall of Fame brother Phil to win more games than any pair of brothers in major league history, died Friday in Tampa, Fla. “I can’t say I’ve never thrown one,” The A.P. When Niekro appeared in the 1987 World Series with Minnesota, he set a record for the longest period of time elapsed between a player's major league debut and his first appearance in … He was big and strong. In addition to his brother Phil, Joe Niekro’s survivors include a son Lance, who played first base for the San Francisco Giants this season. Joe Niekro pitched only once in the World Series, a two-inning relief stint for the Twins against the St. Louis Cardinals in 1987.

He hit one home run in his major league career, and it came off Phil, when Joe was pitching for the Astros and Phil for the Braves. Mr. Letterman asked him if he had ever thrown a scuffed, cut or otherwise doctored baseball. But he was remembered as well for a misadventure that he turned into a late-night television comedy sketch. quoted Niekro as saying. His death was announced by Tal Smith, the president of the Houston Astros, The Associated Press said.

Joe Niekro’s unexpected blast helps the Astros to a 4-3 win. quoted him as saying.

Your donations are used to enhance the research and treatment of brain aneurysms, AVM and hemorrhagic strokes, while supporting patients and families through the recovery process. Joe Niekro … Twenty-three of Houston’s safeties are singles, a National League record.Forbes Field 1909 Baseball Tee Shirt - Past Home of Your Pittsburgh PiratesShea Stadium 1964 Baseball Tee Shirt - Past Home of Your New York MetsFulton County Stadium 1966 Baseball Tee Shirt - Past Home of Your Atlanta Braves1979 Pittsburgh Pirates we are family Championship rememberedBusch Stadium 1966 Baseball Tee Shirt - Past Home of Your St. Louis Cardinals When Niekro turned his pants pockets inside out at the umpires’ request, an emery board tumbled onto the grass. pitcher, and was runner-up to Bruce Sutter for the N.L. But he never appeared in a World Series.