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Dennis Lee Eckersley (born October 3, 1954), nicknamed "Eck", is an American former professional baseball pitcher and color commentator. Between 1975 and 1998, he pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians , Boston Red Sox , Chicago Cubs , Oakland Athletics , and St. Louis Cardinals .
Kirk Gibson's 1988 World Series home run was a baseball play that occurred in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series, on October 15, 1988, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Gibson was initially held out of the Los Angeles Dodgers' lineup with injuries to both legs, but after being called upon to pinch hit in the bottom of the ninth inning with two outs, he hit a two-run, walk-off home run against ...
Jerry Remy or Dennis Eckersley or Steve Lyons: Guerin Austin or Gary Striewski: Tom Caron: Dennis Eckersley, Steve Lyons, Tim Wakefield, or Jim Rice: 2015: NESN: Don Orsillo: Jerry Remy or Dennis Eckersley or Guest Analyst Various Tom Caron: Dennis Eckersley, Steve Lyons, Tim Wakefield, or Jim Rice: 2014: NESN: Don Orsillo: Jerry Remy or Dennis ...
Dennis Eckersley made five consecutive Opening Day starts for Boston, 1979–1983. Roger Clemens was Boston's Opening Day starting pitcher eight times between 1988 and 1996. From 1998 through 2004, Pedro Martínez was Boston's Opening Day starting pitcher. Jon Lester was Opening Day starting pitcher for Boston from 2011 through 2014.
Some of the significant picks from the regular phase in June included Dennis Eckersley and Rick Manning (Cleveland). Scott McGregor (New York Yankees) in round one. Also selected in the first round were Chet Lemon (Oakland), Larry Christenson (Philadelphia) and the number one pick, Dave Roberts (San Diego). Roberts went directly to the Padres ...
Adam Eckersley (musician), Australian singer, guitarist and songwriter; Bill Eckersley (1925–1982), English footballer; Charles Ewart Eckersley (1892–1967), English teacher and author; David Eckersley, English rugby player; Dennis Eckersley (born 1954), American baseball player; Julie Eckersley, Australian actress, comedian and writer
At its inception in 2014, the panel consisted of the top five relievers in career saves at the time—Rivera, Hoffman, Lee Smith, John Franco, and Billy Wagner—and the four living relief pitchers who were in the Hall of Fame: Dennis Eckersley, Rollie Fingers, Goose Gossage, and Bruce Sutter.
The coincidental connection between these two events is that Durham had been moved from the outfield to first base during the 1984 season, replacing Buckner after the Cubs traded him to the Boston Red Sox for pitcher Dennis Eckersley. Buckner's error, like Durham's, would be seen as turning a post-season series around.