Joe Niekro

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• baseball is a cheaters game? I disagree matt..signed joe niekro -- JOHN HERNANDEZ
• 90 minutes of September left EST. End awareness month with a donation to Joe Niekro Foundation. -- Donna Poole
• Aug. 23, 1980: Starter Joe Niekro pitches 2 relief innings and earns the walk-off RBI in the 17th, as the Houston Astros beat the Cubs, 1-0. -- HoustonSportsPast
• 9/30/79 Joe Niekro gets his 21st win as the beat LA 3-2 at Dodger Stadium. He's the third HOU 20-game winner. view -- Mike Acosta
• Lowest run support for 20-game winner (since 1974) Jim Palmer (1976) 3.37 Joe Niekro (1979) 3.45 Johnny Cueto (2014) 3.58 (via -- Joel Luckhaupt
• Amazing night at Fashion Woodlands. Thank you Theresa Roemer for allowing The Joe Niekro Foundation to be a part of this special evening. -- JoeNiekroFoundation
• As part of my opt out of winter - I've decided to watch baseball. 1980 NLCS Game 3 - Phillies vs. Astros, Larry Christenson vs. Joe Niekro -- j7baseball
• "I sometimes have to file my nails between innings" -- Joe Niekro after being caught on the mound with a nail file. -- TheBatShatters
• Today Astros traded Curt Blefary to Yankees for Joe Pepitone and Tigers traded Dave Campbell & Pat Dobson to Padres for Joe Niekro. -- John Bateman
• Tom Meyers is so good at faceoffs he's getting frisked like Joe Niekro. He passes. -- Matthew De George
• (25-23):Vince-7/McGee-8/Herr-4/Clark-3/Van Slyke-9/Pendleton-5/Ozzie-6/Nieto-2/Andujar- (9-1) vs Joe Niekro (2-5) & HOU (25-24). -- 1985 Cards
• 1979 fue el otro año cuando los lanzadores d Astros ganaron el prermio: Ken Forsch, Joe Niekro, Joaquín Andujar y J.R. Richard. -- René Cárdenas
• MTL 0 HOU 1 [Top 2nd] [0 Out] [0 balls] [0 strikes] ... No one on [P: Joe Niekro] [B: Gary Carter] -- Vermont Grizzlies
• Bartolo Colon is the oldest pitcher to make a World Series relief appearance since Joe Niekro in 1987 -- Ryan McCrystal
• You must learn how to take losses without being defeated. - Joe Niekro -- Gene Belcher
• Died Oct 27: Rod Roddy, Joe Niekro, Lou Reed -- Art Turner
• JR Richard and Joe Niekro were a much more dominant tandem than JR Richard & Nolan Ryan. You could look it up. -- It's a long season.
• Phil y Joe Niekro la pareja de hermanos nudillistas han sido la que mas juegos ha ganado juegos en MLB y la que mas ha perdido también. -- VICTOR_15
• Bartolo ya ganó e igualó a Joe Niekro en lugar de por vida con 221 triunfos. Los Mets ganaron 6-3. -- Luichy Sanchez
• With a win tonight, Bartolo Colon would have 221 in his career and tie Joe Niekro for 75th on the all-time list. -- Michael Mayer
• Which started as cotton ad/warm up music for Joe Niekro. -- nayr
• Last leadoff triple by Astros hitter in 13th or later of home game: Eddie Mathews vs Joe Niekro, April 28, 1967. -- Doug Kern
• Bartolo Colon empato en victorias (222) con Tim Hudson y sobrepaso a Joe Niekro. -- Giovanni Padilla
• 87MIN 2 87STL 7 [Bottom 6th] [0 Out] [0 balls] [0 strikes] ... No one on [P: Joe Niekro] [B: Vince Coleman] -- Matthew Acton
• Jim Bouton tells there were 3 knuckleballers in the majors - Phil Niekro, Wilbur Wood & Charlie Hough. He 4got Joe Niekro. -- Aaron Goldstein
• KNUCLEBALL ERA HAD PHIL NIEKRO Joe Niekro Wilbur Wood Mickey Moloch 1970s -- Robert Jonas
• Joe Niekro 1967-1988 -- Every MLB Player
• June 25, 1967 Cubs sweep DH giving up just 1 run to Astros. Bill Hands & Joe Niekro both pitch very well for -- Mark @ Cubs History
• RonMFlores: BBB ties it after 2 Timmie Buckets FTs, then a mad scrum Melo comes out with it tries the Joe Niekro full court pass stays i -- Alan D. Miller
• BBB ties it after 2 Timmie Buckets FTs, then a mad scrum Melo comes out with it tries the Joe Niekro full court pass stays in air for an hr! -- Ronnie Flores
• 30 years ago today Joe Niekro of the Twins was ejected from a game for illegally having a nail file in his pocket -- Isaac Rodriguez
• Aug. 7, 1973: Tigers sell Joe Niekro to the Braves -- Tigers History
• Who is the best baseball player ever who isn't as good as his brother because Kyle Seager's gonna be way up there? Joe Niekro? Lloyd Waner? -- John Fleming
• This World Series Game 1 is particularly weird if, like me, u covered the 1980 NL West Division playoff. Joe Niekro, baby. -- Dan Daly
• This one is for Milo Hamilton This one is for Joe Niekro This one is for Tal s Hill This one is for 1998 -- Robert Flores
• RoFlo: This one is for Milo Hamilton This one is for Joe Niekro This one is for Tal s Hill This one is for 1998 -- Time 4 Texans
• Joe Niekro. FFS. Hey writers, LOOK ACROSS THE TABLE AT THE NIEKRO THANKSGIVING DINNER! -- King Kaufman
• Mike Fiers just the 3rd pitcher with 6+ innings, 6+ strikeouts and 0 runs in Tigers debut First since Joe Niekro in 1970 -- Austin Drake
• Rick Sutcliffe is terrible at his job. But he did give the 1980 Cy Young to Joe Niekro posthumously. -- Lance Savage
• Hmm...Rick Sutcliffe thinks Joe Niekro won the NL CYA in 1980...try Steve Carlton, you nitwit. -- Larry Underwood
• Best stat I heard: Joe Niekro has over 1,000 at bats with only 1 career home run.....which was off his brother Phil. -- John Vamossy
• Reminder - NO Joe Niekro Foundation stroke group meeting today. Meetings will resume on February 7th. -- CarolinaNeurosurgery
• Now Joe Niekro might have scuffed the ball some. Phil however I'd say no. -- Frederick D. Gibson
• [joe niekro pulls wet piece of sandpaper out of pocket] [turns to umpire] "Webster's defines 'rag' as ..." -- Grant Brisbee
• Happy what would be 76th B-Day to the late great MLB Pitcher Joe Niekro! -- TReese82

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