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One hundred years from now, people will think back to the day this park opened, and they'll remember Willie, too." Stargell will be remembered as a tremendous teammate and hitter (his windmill ...
Willie Stargell, whose wicked left-handed swing ... When we were kids playing Wiffle Ball in the backyard, we would all windmill our bat the way he did.” Exhibiting his huge windmill practice ...
Only Willie Stargell was standing between one of the meanest pitchers to ever toe the rubber and history. Gibson detested hitters. He would never speak to them because he didn’t want to get ...
One day it was Willie Stargell. The next day it was Roberto ... I had to make my choice. Did I windmill my bat while waiting for a pitch, like Stargell, or put my foot deep in the batter’s ...
Willie Stargell, 61, a hulking fixture of the Pittsburgh Pirates teams that won World Series championships in 1971 and 1979 and a baseball Hall of Famer who demoralized pitchers with towering home ...