Bob Veale, 1971 World Series champ with Pirates, dies

Two-Time All-Star, World Series Champion for Pirates, Red Sox Passes Away
One of the most intimidating pitchers of the 1960s, credited with inventing a popular baseball saying, has reportedly passed away at age 89.
Pirates legend Bob Veale, World Series champion in 1971, dead at 89
Longtime Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Bob Veale, who helped the franchise win a World Series championship in 1971, died over the weekend at 89 years old. The Pirates released a statement on Veale, who spent 11 of his 13 seasons with Pittsburgh.
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Former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Bob Veale died at the age of 89. The Pirates confirmed his death on Tuesday. Veale made 341
Bob Veale, 1971 World Series champ with Pirates, dies at 89
Longtime Pirates broadcaster Bob Prince had a nickname for Bob Veale’s fastball: a “radio ball.” Why did it get that moniker? Well, you could hear it, but you couldn’t see it. Veale and that radio ball became mainstays in the Pirates’ rotation in the 1960s,
Longtime Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Bob Veale dies at 89
Longtime Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Bob Veale, who helped lead the team to victory in the 1971 World Series, died this past weekend. He was 89. “Bob was an integral member of the Pirates who helped our team capture back-to-back division titles as well as the 1971 World Series,
Pirates Strikeout Record Holder Bob Veale Dies at 89
Bob Veale, who holds the Pittsburgh Pirates’ single-season strikeout record for a pitcher in baseball’s Modern Era, has died. He was 89. AL.com confirmed Veale’s death on Tuesday via Gerald Watkins, the executive director of the Friends of Rickwood Field and a longtime friend of Veale’s.
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