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Former Minor Leaguer Matt Pobereyko Dead at 31 After Reported Heart Attack

February 27, 2023
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Matt Pobereyko, a former Minor League Baseball pitcher who played for the Sioux City Explorers from 2019 to 2022, has died suddenly after experiencing a heart attack, according to his team. He was 31. The Saraperos de Saltillo, a professional baseball organization in the Mexican League, confirmed Pobereyko’s passing in a statement on Twitter, saying…

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Tom Browning, Who Pitched Perfect Game for Reds, Dies at 62

December 20, 2022
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CINCINNATI—Tom Browning, an All-Star pitcher who threw the only perfect game in Cincinnati Reds history and helped them win a World Series title, died on Monday. He was 62. The Boone County Sheriff’s Office announced Browning’s death on Twitter, saying he died at his home in Union, Kentucky. No cause was given. Sheriff’s Office deputies…

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Former MLB Pitcher Turned Cop Varvaro Dies in Car Crash

September 12, 2022
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Anthony Varvaro, a former Major League Baseball pitcher who retired in 2016 to become a police officer in the New York City area, was killed in a car crash Sunday morning on his way to work at the Sept. 11 memorial ceremony in Manhattan, according to police officials and his former teams. Varvaro, 37, was…

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Former MLB Pitcher Turned Officer Killed in Crash While on His Way to 9/11 Ceremony

September 12, 2022
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Anthony Varvaro, a former Major League Baseball pitcher who retired in 2016 to become a police officer in the New York City area, was killed in a car crash Sunday morning on his way to work at the Sept. 11 memorial ceremony in Manhattan, according to police officials and his former teams. Varvaro, 37, was…

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Former MLB Pitcher Born Without a Right Hand Inspires Others With Physical Challenges

January 21, 2022
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It’s one thing for those with physical challenges to be told, “You can do it,” and quite another to have a living, breathing example of achievement standing before you, showing you that anything is possible. Jim Abbott has been—and continues to be—that living, breathing example to many who otherwise might have not have believed they…

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Former Batboy With Autism Rises to Become Pitcher in High School Baseball Team

June 9, 2021
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A former batboy with autism has beaten the odds to rise to become a top pitcher for his high school baseball team. Anthony Solari, 18, a student at the Holy Spirit High School in Absecon, New Jersey, has been passionate about baseball since he was 7 years old. Talking to The Epoch Times, his mother, Andrea Solari,…

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Grant Jackson, Winning Pitcher in 79 WS Game 7, Dies at 78

February 2, 2021
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PITTSBURGH—Grant Jackson, the winning pitcher in Game 7 of the 1979 World Series for the “We Are Family” Pittsburgh Pirates and a reliable left-hander for 18 seasons in the majors, died Tuesday from COVID-19 complications. He was 78. The Pirates said Jackson died at Canonsburg Hospital in Pennsylvania. “This pandemic has affected every family throughout…

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