Via Shysterball, there's some news on my second-favorite deceased 1987 Minnesota Twin:
[Niekro's daughter] decided to use her father's famed pitch to battle aneurysms. Her foundation, the Scottsdale-based Joe Niekro Foundation, will hold a fundraiser, the Knuckle Ball, in Houston in September for aneurysm research. Money raised will be donated to Houston's Methodist Neurological Institute.I like Shyster's conclusion: "It would be even better if the name of the Foundation's governing body was 'The Emery Board.'" Posted by Stephen Silver at July 29, 2008 10:40 PM