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"When I first came up, the bullpen was pretty much where they put the guys who couldn't start."

Dennis Eckersley, American Athlete

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"When I first came up, the bullpen was pretty much where they put the guys who couldn't start."

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"When I first came up, the bullpen was pretty much where they put the guys who couldn't start."

Dennis Eckersley, American Athlete

Bullpen, First, Pretty

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"I'm proud of the fact that I pitched almost 3,300 innings."

"I think today the players are too nice to one another, but that might change with the unbalanced schedule, with teams playing each other more and more. When you face each other that much, with that much at stake, something's bound to happen."

"When I started finishing games and coming off the field shaking hands, it was a beautiful thing. I mean, you start seeing that you're an important part of the team."

"I can't recall too much about pitching, but I do remember that I was anxious to get it over with. I just wanted to get that first game over with and go from there."

"I had never been to the playoffs, and it was exciting. The fans went through the roof. They were excited about the whole team. It was great to be traded to a city like Chicago, which was a lot like Boston."

"That first year in Chicago was one of the most memorable in my career. Getting traded rejuvenated me, and I had something to prove. I wanted to show them what I could do."

"Tony knew me both as an athlete and as a person. He cared for me like a father."

"They developed a platform for me to put up another 12 years, and that was my ticket to Cooperstown. Those were the best years of my life. It was like magic."

"My career spanned the era when relievers started to become more important."

"But more important than personal awards is winning the World Series. That's the max that anyone could ask for. Let alone to have the ball in your in your glove for the final out of the World Series. That was the ultimate."

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