Bruce Sutter, Hall of famer who threw the final pitch of the 1982 World Series to clinch the Cardinals’ 1st championship in 15 years, dead at 69

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The 1979 NL Cy Young Award winner and a member of the Chicago Cubs Hall of Fame, Sutter pitched with Chicago from 1976-80, collecting 133 saves, second-most in franchise history

he also won a championship with the Cardinals

Cardinals' relief ace Bruce Sutter, who clinched 1982 World Series, dies at age 69

Split-fingered practitioner amassed 300 saves and was elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.

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The guy introduced the Split Fingered Fastball

At the time, it made you wonder….How did he do that?
It would start out in the strike zone and end up in the dirt

 

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The guy introduced the Split Fingered Fastball

At the time, it made you wonder….How did he do that?
It would start out in the strike zone and end up in the dirt

it takes a genius to innovate something new. he was a genius, simply