Former Baltimore Orioles minor-leaguer Steve Dalkowski, whose blazing fastball and incurable wildness formed the basis for a main character in the movie "Bull Durham," has died at the age of 80.

He was the Paul Bunyan of fastballs, with one important distinction: Bunyan (like his cowboy counterpart, Pecos Bill) was always understood to be fictional, the vehicle for tall tales. Steve Dalkowski ...

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Major League Baseball Hall of Fame manager Earl Weaver called Steve “Dalko” Dalkowski the fastest pitcher he had ever seen with an estimated 110-mph fastball in an era without radar guns. Dalkowski, ...

We don't know for sure, since there were no radar guns at the time, but those that saw lefty Steve Dalkowski pitch have said he threw his fastball well over 100 mph. Maybe 110 mph, maybe even 115 mph.

Steve Dalkowski, a former minor league pitcher who had a legendary and erratic fastball, and served as the inspiration Nuke LaLoosh in the movie "Bull Durham," has died. He was 80 years old. Dalkowski ...

Steve Dalkowski, who entered baseball lore as the hardest-throwing pitcher in history, with a fastball that was as uncontrollable as it was unhittable and who was considered perhaps the game’s ...

Steve Dalkowski, who possessed a terrifying fastball he could not control and, though he never made the major leagues, became an enduring figure of baseball lore, died on Sunday in his hometown of New ...

Known for his extraordinary fastball, Dalkowski never made it to the major leagues, walking batters almost as often as he struck them out. By Richard Goldstein This obituary is part of a series about ...

When it comes to fastball tall tales, Steve Dalkowski remains baseball’s Bigfoot. And the last official mound sighting was in San Jose. Dalko, perhaps the hardest-throwing pitcher in baseball history, ...

The resulting documentary, narrated by Kevin Costner, is a fascinating dive into the history, physics and mythology of the game – full of gorgeous slow-mo pitching footage, interviews with Hall of ...