Lest we forget: Ryne Duren

January 7, 2011

The hard-throwing reliever with the coke-bottle glasses died yesterday at the age of 81.

Duren was an alcoholic. He attributed his wildness on the mound just as much to the booze as his poor eyesight. But he cleaned up his act and in later years worked as a substance abuse counselor and motivational speaker. He published his story, I Can See Clearly Now in 2003.

Here is his obituary from Sports Illustrated’s website.

UPDATE: Here‘s the New York Times‘ obit.

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