Joined: 14 Apr 2001 Posts: 144432 Location: The Gold Coast
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2022 3:58 pm Post subject: RIP Bruce Sutter
At the age of 69. The memories of him coming in the ninth and shutting teams down, it seems like yesterday. I was at Busch for game 7 in 1982 when they beat the Brewers and Darrell Porter ran out and jumped into Bruce’s arms. Ironically I was given those tickets by Bill Haller who also passed away this year. For a short period of time the Cards had Sutter and Rollie Fingers. Bruce was a great one, in the Baseball Hall of Fame and the Cardinal Hall of Fame. Much too young to lose him. _________________ RIP mom. 11-21-1933 to 6-14-2023.
(Bruce Sutter - Baseball Hall of Fame Biographies)
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Bruce Sutter was on the fringes of professional baseball, a struggling Minor League pitcher with an injured arm, until he received a gift that changed his life forever. A wise, old man of the game taught him a new pitch -- a split-fingered fastball -- and in a matter of years, Sutter took this new weapon and blazed a trail as one of the game's top relief pitchers. A six-time All-Star, Sutter was the 1979 National League Cy Young Award-winner and was on the mound for the last six outs of the Cardinals' 1982 World Series championship. He saved at least 20 games in nine consecutive seasons and set an NL mark with 45 saves in 1984. The right-hander retired following an arm injury with 300 saves and a 2.84 ERA to his credit.
Joined: 02 May 2005 Posts: 90299 Location: Formerly Known As 24
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2022 7:01 pm Post subject:
The guy who really popularized the splitter, with all due respect to the Candy Man. Later guys sped it up, but his was like a slow change that just disappeared. _________________ “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” ― Elie Wiesel
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