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Roger Craig, Teacher of an Era-Defining Pitch, Is Dead at 93

After winning three World Series as a player, Craig became a coach and spread the gospel of the split-fingered fastball, what one player of the time called “the pitch of the ’80s.”

Richard Goldstein
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