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Dennis Eckersley [1954-0] American

Rank: 104
Athlete, Baseball pitcher

Dennis Lee Eckersley, nicknamed "Eck", is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. Between 1975 and 1998, he pitched for the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Oakland Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals.

Attitude

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Sooner or later you learn that you belong in the big leagues, and that makes you calm down.		101
The thing that got me over the hump was accepting that I had to do whatever I could to stay in the game.		102
I always had the attitude that I wanted to throw a no-hitter every game.	Attitude	103
It took me a few years to realize that throwing harder wasn't always better.		104
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.		105
When I started finishing games and coming off the field shaking hands, it was a beautiful thing. I mean, you start seeing that you're an important part of the team.		106
Pitching... sometimes I did so poorly, it brought me to tears.		107
Later, I could take something off my slider and I could make my fastball sink, so I really had four pitches.		108
I had never been to the playoffs, and it was exciting. The fans went through the roof. They were excited about the whole team. It was great to be traded to a city like Chicago, which was a lot like Boston.		109
I can't recall too much about pitching, but I do remember that I was anxious to get it over with. I just wanted to get that first game over with and go from there.		110
But more important than personal awards is winning the World Series. That's the max that anyone could ask for. Let alone to have the ball in your in your glove for the final out of the World Series. That was the ultimate.		111
You aren't going to stick around long with just two pitches.		112
When I first came up, the bullpen was pretty much where they put the guys who couldn't start.		113
Tony knew me both as an athlete and as a person. He cared for me like a father.		114
They developed a platform for me to put up another 12 years, and that was my ticket to Cooperstown. Those were the best years of my life. It was like magic.		115
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.		116
That first year in Chicago was one of the most memorable in my career. Getting traded rejuvenated me, and I had something to prove. I wanted to show them what I could do.		117
My career spanned the era when relievers started to become more important.		118
I'm proud of the fact that I pitched almost 3,300 innings.		119
I was in good control of my body, and I kept my head still.		120
I was a starter and did some good things there, and then I got a chance to prove myself as a closer. Because of that opportunity, I was blessed with the honor of being elected to the Hall of Fame.		121
I also think that I had great mechanics.		122
But through experience I learned to control my body and locate the ball.		123

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