Hall of Fame Pitcher Bob Feller Dies at 92.

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"CLEVELAND -- Bob Feller, the Iowa farm boy whose powerful right arm earned him the nickname "Rapid Robert" and made him one of baseball's greatest pitchers during a Hall of Fame career with the Cleveland Indians, has died. He was 92.

"Feller, who won 266 games in 18 seasons -- all with the Indians -- died at 9:15 p.m. on Wednesday night of acute leukemia at a hospice, said Bob DiBiasio, the Indians vice president of public relations."
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5924684

See also Bob Feller lived a proud life: Outspoken Hall of Famer defended impressive pitching record and his country. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=kurkjian_tim&id=5900647
 
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Forget Strasburg, Feller was a phenom back when they actually threw 17 year olds straight into the big leagues. Not to mention he gave up 3 prime years to serve in WWII.
 
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R.I.P., refreshingly candid, none of the ol P.C. bull**** from Mr. Feller.
 
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A co-worker of mine, Paul Warburton, just had a book published and one chapter is devoted to Bob Feller. The book is called Signature Seasons: Fifteen Baseball Legends at Their Most Memorable. Paul is a baseball fanatic and it took him 10 years to write the book. The first thing he said to me this morning was "Bob Feller died."

RIP, Bob...
 
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