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What a relief it is to Pittsburgh fans when Kent Tekulve comes out of the bullpen to bail the Pirates out of trouble with his serpentine, sidearm deliveries. Bob Ottum writes of the skinniest—and perhaps most irreplaceable—member of the fam-i-lee.

Shades of Dan Patch, there's another big horse wheeling down the track. Niatross is his name, pacing is his game. He's unbeaten and, though he hasn't raced as a 3-year-old, he's all but enshrined in the hall of fame. Douglas S. Looney reports.