Lest we forget: Steve Dalkowski

April 27, 2020

Amazon.com: 1963 Topps # 496 Rookie Stars Steve Dalkowski/Jack ...The poster boy for cautionary tales, Steve Dalkowski died April 19 at the age of 80.

Here’s The New York Times obituary by Richard Goldstein.

The hard-throwing but erratic pitcher never made it to the Majors. His story appears in numerous books about “what might have been,” including Left on Base in the Bush Leagues: Legends, Near Greats, and Unknowns in the Minors and The Suitors of Spring.

Dalkowski was the inspiration for the character Nuke LaLoosh in Bull Durham, although that pitcher actually made it to The Show by the end of the film.

There is supposedly a documentary in the works.

Here’s a tribute from MLB.com.

 

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