Niekro joins a starting rotation that includes Tom Seaver, Bob Gibson, and Whitey Ford, with Ron Perranoski in the bullpen. Along with Joe Morgan, Al Kaline, Lou Brock, Dick Allen, Jim Wynn, and Bob Watson, among others. Yeah, 2020 has not been kind to baseball stars of the past.
I did not know that Morgan was gone. Good grief. He was the best second baseman I ever saw, on the best team I ever saw. The 1976 Reds.
Gibson shook me, but Lou Brock, oh my goodness. That one hurt...