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	Houston's Clear Thinkers: Joe Niekro, R.I.P.
		Joe Niekro, R.I.P. Former Stros pitcher Joe Niekro died yesterday at the age of 61 in Tampa, Florida, reportedly of a brain aneurysm.
		Niekro and his Hall of Fame brother Phil were two of the best knuckleball pitchers of that era and still hold the Major League record for total wins by brothers with 539 (Joe accounted for 221 of those, 144 with the Stros).
		Niekro pitched for the Stros from 1975-85, and he was a workhorse on the Stros pitching staffs (along with Nolan Ryan and J.R. Richard) of the first Stros teams that were serious playoff contenders in the 1979-81 seasons.
	blog.kir.com /archives/2006/10/joe_niekro_rip_1.asp (801 words)

	Joe Niekro - Stats, Biography, and Pictures (1944 - 2006) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Joe Niekro was much more traveled than his brother, pitching for the Chicago Cubs, San Diego Padres and Detroit Tigers with only occasional success before joining brother Phil Niekro with the Atlanta Braves in 1973.
		Niekro claimed he had been filing his nails in the dugout and stuck the file in his back pocket when the inning started and had not been doctoring baseballs.
		Niekro appeared on the television show carrying a power sander and wearing a carpenter's apron, the pockets of which were crammed with everything from sandpaper to emery boards.
	www.joeniekro.com (903 words)

	New Georgia Encyclopedia: Phil Niekro (b. 1939) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Philip Henry Niekro was born on April 1, 1939, in Blaine, Ohio.
		Niekro held the ball so that the first two fingers of his right hand—tips and nails only—touched the top of the ball.
		In 1997 Niekro was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
	www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-737 (748 words)

	AP Wire \| 10/28/2006 \| Former major league pitcher Joe Niekro dead at 61 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Niekro won a franchise-best 144 games in 11 seasons with the Astros from 1975 to 1985, when he was traded to the New York Yankees.
		Niekro was born on Nov. 7, 1944 in Martins Ferry, Ohio.
		Niekro, who once was suspended for getting caught on the mound with a nail file in his back pocket, pitched his final game in April 1988 - at age 43.
	www.dfw.com /mld/dfw/sports/baseball/mlb/texas_rangers/15870000.htm (455 words)

	Joe Niekro - BR Bullpen
		Joe Niekro is mostly remembered for his days with the Houston Astros, which he joined at the age of 30 at the beginning of the 1975 season after being purchased from the Braves.
		Joe Niekro's son Lance Niekro made his Major League debut in 2003 as a first baseman with the San Francisco Giants.
		Joe died of a brain aneurysm in 2006.
	www.baseball-reference.com /bullpen/Joe_Niekro (844 words)

	Big Days in Astros History - August 28, 1982 - Joe Niekro wins 100th game as Astro
		Niekro was a large (but largely unsung) part of what was possibly the greatest pitching staff in Houston Astros history, perhaps the best in all of baseball at the time.
		But there is no doubt that Joe Niekro was the bedrock of the Houston Astros' rotation from the late '70s to the mid '80s; they could not have achieved their success in those years without him.
		Niekro's effort Saturday was typical of his overall 1982 performance which he repeatedly has called the most consistent of his career, more so even than in 1979 and 1980 when he was a 20-game winner.
	www.astrosdaily.com /history/19820828 (1781 words)

	All Headline News - Baseball Friends Remember Joe Niekro - October 29, 2006
		Joe Niekro died Saturday of a brain aneurysm at age 61.
		Niekro pitched for seven ballclubs and finished his career with a mark of 221-204.
		Niekro was also a practical jokester in the dugout, especially when it came to duping the sports writers.
	www.allheadlinenews.com /articles/7005335456 (459 words)

	St. Paul Pioneer Press \| 10/28/2006 \| Ex-Twin Joe Niekro dies
		Former major league pitcher Joe Niekro, a member of the Twins' 1987 World Series champion, died Friday in Tampa, Fla. He was 61.
		Niekro gained notoriety in 1987 in Anaheim, Calif., when umpires caught him with an emery board in a back uniform pocket while on the mound.
		Niekro finished 221-204 with a 3.59 ERA, including 144-116 with a 3.22 ERA for the Astros.
	www.twincities.com /mld/twincities/sports/15870259.htm (481 words)

	Joe Niekro \| The BASEBALL Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Niekro's 2.47 ERA was second in the National League, and he pitched 16 complete games, five of them shutouts.
		In this stretch, Niekro’s ERA was a respectable 3.33, and the Cubs flexed their muscle behind him, scoring 4.21 runs per game when he was on the mound.
		Niekro was one of three young Cub pitchers to make their way into the starting rotation in 1967.
	www.thebaseballpage.com /players/niekrjo01.php (1712 words)

	Joe Niekro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Niekro, like his brother, specialized in throwing the knuckleball, and his 221 career victories make him one of the most successful knuckleball pitchers of all time.
		Joe Niekro was much more traveled than his brother, pitching for the Chicago Cubs, San Diego Padres and Detroit Tigers with only occasional success before joining Phil with the Atlanta Braves in 1973.
		Niekro claimed he had been filing his nails in the dugout and stuck the file in his back pocket when the inning started and had not been doctoring baseballs.
	www.info-pedia.net /about/joe_niekro (348 words)

	Joe Niekro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Joe used a fastball and a slider early in his career, with mixed results.
		Joe threw harder than Phil and could set up batters nearly as effectively with his fastball in combination with his excellent change-up.
		On October 26, 2006, Niekro suffered a brain aneurysm and was taken to South Florida Baptist Hospital in Plant City, Florida.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joe_Niekro (659 words)

	NBC11.com - MLB - Former Pitcher Joe Niekro Dies
		Niekro spent 22 years in the majors, and like his brother, was a specialist with the knuckleball.
		Most of Niekro's time was spent with the Astros and he remains the all-time winningest pitcher in Houston history with 144 victories.
		Niekro, who retired in 1988, also pitched for the Chicago Cubs, San Diego Padres and Detroit Tigers early in his career before joining his brother with the Atlanta Braves in 1973.
	www.nbc11.com /mlb/10179151/detail.html (368 words)

	FATHER'S DAY SPECIAL / A chip off the old big-league block
		Joe Niekro and his brother, Phil, combined for 539 major-league victories, a record for wins by brothers.
		Nancy Niekro recalled her son, maybe 4 years old at the time, wearing Joe's way-too-big Astros jersey, admiring himself in the mirror as the jersey dragged along the floor.
		Joe signed as a conventional fastball-slider-curveball pitcher, but a sluggish start to his career caused him to experiment with the knuckler during a winter-ball game in Puerto Rico.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2005/06/19/SPGM1DB49T1.DTL (1329 words)

	Ex-Astro Joe Niekro dies at 61 \| Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
		Niekro came to the Astros in 1975, purchased from the Atlanta Braves for $35,000.
		Niekro was born on Nov. 7, 1944 in Martins Ferry, Ohio.
		Niekro was with the Yankees and Minnesota Twins before retiring at age 44 in 1988.
	www.chron.com /disp/story.mpl/sports/4293468.html (1226 words)

	Joe Niekro Passes Away at 61 - RedsZone.com - Cincinnati Reds Fans' Home for Baseball Discussion
		Joe Niekro recognized the pitch as soon as it left his brother's hand.
		Joe lived in the shadows of his older brother's career, which was honored with an induction into baseball's Hall of Fame.
		A year later, Niekro went 20-12 and was fourth in the balloting for the NL Cy Young.
	www.redszone.com /forums/showthread.php?p=1185347#post1185347 (1558 words)

	SportingNews.com - MLB - Former pitcher Joe Niekro dead at 61
		Niekro, who once was suspended for getting caught on the mound with a nail file in his back pocket, pitched his final game in April 1988 -- at age 43.
		Joe was one of those players you could really count on to give it his all and present a great game.
		I'll never forget the time when Joe let the emery board fly out of his hand when the umpire went to the mound, one of the funniest moments I've ever seen in sports.
	www.sportingnews.com /yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=142729 (1067 words)

	The Crawfish Boxes :: A Blog Devoted to the Houston Astros
		Niekro was the franchise's career leader in victories, and ranks second to Larry Dierker in just about every other career pitching statistic, including shutouts, complete games, innings pitched, losses, and starts.
		The Yankees later moved Niekro to Minnesota, and it was with the Twins in 1987 that Niekro was most famously caught with a nail file upon his person.
		Niekro is survived by his son, major leaguer Lance Niekro, by his second wife, and by a daughter.
	www.crawfishboxes.com /story/2006/10/27/235846/15 (485 words)

	Joe Niekro \| BaseballLibrary.com
		The younger, underrated half of the winningest brother duo in major league history, despite decent early seasons as a starter and reliever, Joe Niekro struggled between the majors and minors before perfecting his knuckleball in the Atlanta system.
		Joe won the one-game playoff between the Astros and Dodgers in 1980, then pitched a record 10 shutout innings to a no-decision in the third game of the LCS.
		Joe and Phil Niekro join Jim Perry and Gaylord Perry as the only pitching brother combinations to win at least 200 games per pitcher.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/N/Niekro_Joe.stm (1274 words)

	Joe Niekro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The winner of 221 games in his 22 major-league seasons, Joe Niekro and his older brother, Phil, together form the winningest brother combination in baseball history, with a total of 539.
		In 1979, with Joe pitching for the Houston Astros and Phil for the Atlanta Braves, both Niekros won 21 games to tie as leaders of the National League.
		As with his older brother, Joe's pitching success was the result of craftiness and guile rather than speed and strength.
	members.frys.com /~marimba/SilverBullets/Coaches/NiekroJoe.html (154 words)

	SR.com: Former pitcher Joe Niekro dies at 61 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Niekro suffered an aneurysm and was taken to South Florida Baptist Hospital.
		Brother of Hall of Fame pitcher Phil Niekro, Joe pitched 22 seasons in the majors before retiring in 1988 with a lifetime record of 221- 204.
		Niekro is also the father of San Francisco Giants player Lance Niekro.
	www.spokesmanreview.com /sports/story.asp?ID=156908 (984 words)

	Joe Niekro Remembered for Sense of Humor
		HOUSTON — Quick with a joke or a smile, Joe Niekro was the life of the Houston Astros' clubhouse for more than a decade.
		Niekro went 21-11 for Houston in 1979 and 20-12 in 1980, becoming the first Astro to win 20 games in consecutive seasons.
		Niekro allowed six hits in a 7-1 Houston win that propelled the Astros to their first postseason.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/10/28/sports/s142728D62.DTL (757 words)

	Anecdote - Joe Niekro - Manicurious (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		"Aug. 3, 1987: Joe Niekro's on the mound in Anaheim, pitching for the Minnesota Twins against the California Angels.
		Niekro's also carrying a small piece of sandpaper 'contoured to fit a finger,' according to second base ump Steve Palermo...
		"Niekro denied any wrongdoing, arguing that as a knuckleballer, he needed the emery board to file his fingernails.
	www.anecdotage.com /index.php?aid=9194 (219 words)

	Bleed Cubbie Blue :: A Chicago Cubs Blog
		He won 221 games in his career and was part of one of the lesser-discussed, but ultimately worst trades in Cub history, being sent to the Padres in April 1969 for Dick Selma, who was popular with the Bleacher Bums, but was gone from the Cubs before 1970 began.
		Niekro, meanwhile, went on to a successful career with the Astros, though it took him nearly another decade (till 1978) before he established himself.
		Niekro is the father of Giants first baseman Lance Niekro.
	www.bleedcubbieblue.com /story/2006/10/28/54613/516 (237 words)

	KRAD's Inaccurate Guide to Life - Joe Niekro, RIP
		Former MLB pitcher Joe Niekro died of a brain aneurysm at the age of 61.
		Niekro was a fine pitcher, though a bit less famous than his older brother Phil.
		I remember rooting for him when I was about seven or eight, and watching Joe and Phil pitch against each other in that year when they both won 20 games (which, baseball-reference.com tells me, was 1979, making my age 7).
	kradical.livejournal.com /684175.html (252 words)

	Joe Niekro Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
		Joe Niekro was born on Tuesday, November 7, 1944, in Martins Ferry, Ohio.
		Niekro was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 16, 1967, with the Chicago Cubs.
		"Joe (Niekro) certainly was a fun guy, and I think everybody on the team enjoyed him.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=niekrjo01 (329 words)

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