Dennis Eckersley

(9 votes)   I started to realize that maybe I had to give up the thought that I was a starter. But I was willing, and then I started having a little success.

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(12 votes)   I also think that I had great mechanics.

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(11 votes)   I always had the attitude that I wanted to throw a no-hitter every game.

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(11 votes)   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.

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(10 votes)   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.

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(10 votes)   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.

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(10 votes)   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.

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(10 votes)   Later, I could take something off my slider and I could make my fastball sink, so I really had four pitches.

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(10 votes)   My career spanned the era when relievers started to become more important.

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(9 votes)   But through experience I learned to control my body and locate the ball.

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(9 votes)   It took me a few years to realize that throwing harder wasn't always better.

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(9 votes)   Pitching... sometimes I did so poorly, it brought me to tears.

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(8 votes)   I was in good control of my body, and I kept my head still.

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(8 votes)   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.

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(8 votes)   When I first came up, the bullpen was pretty much where they put the guys who couldn't start.

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