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

Dennis Eckersley

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Dennis Eckersley
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: October 3
Baseball Player
Oakland
California
Dennis Lee Eckersley
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Took
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Wasn
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Years
Always
Throwing
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