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  • Bob Shaw, RIP: Bon Vivant

    09/27/2010 4:46:51 PM PDT · by BluesDuke · 8 replies
    The Catbird in the Nosebleed Seats ^ | 27 September 2010 | Yours truly
    For awhile, Bob Shaw, who died of cancer 23 September at 77, was a pretty good righthanded pitcher, a sinkerballer with a companion biting slider, whose crowning season was 1959---he helped pitch the "Go-Go" White Sox to the American League pennant. The refugee Detroit Tiger became a mainstay on a pitching staff that included Hall of Famer in waiting Early Wynn and reliables Billy Pierce, Dick Donovan, and Gerry Staley, pitching for a team that included such grinding hustlers as two more future Hall of Famers, second baseman Nellie Fox and shortstop Luis Aparicio. Shaw led the 1959 American League...