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Dan	11-01-2012 02:15 PM

Pascual Perez Murdered

NBC Sports

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two Spanish language newspapers are reporting that former major league pitcher Pascual Perez was murdered in a robbery in his home this morning in the Dominican Republic.

RIP to one of the game's great characters.

cumberlandreds

11-01-2012 02:37 PM

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Certainly hate to hear about this. He was a true character of the game. He was actually a pretty ddecent pitcher for a short time with the Braves. I remember that I-285 incident very well too. The TBS broadcasters laughed about that one for years and gave him the nickname I-285. He even had it on the back of his warmup jacket, IIRC. RIP Pascual Perez. You made the game fun.

kaldaniels

11-01-2012 02:39 PM

Re: Pascual Perez Murdered

He was the last guy to throw the eephus pitch, no?

DGullett35

11-01-2012 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by kaldaniels (Post 2772951)

He was the last guy to throw the eephus pitch, no?

Vicente Padilla throws that pitch. Always throws it to Texieara(sp?) The 2 hate each other.

Vottomatic

11-01-2012 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by kaldaniels (Post 2772951)

He was the last guy to throw the eephus pitch, no?

I saw Perez throw that eephus pitch live during a game I was watching. And I think it was a perfect strike too.

_Sir_Charles_

11-01-2012 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Vottomatic (Post 2772961)

I saw Perez throw that eephus pitch live during a game I was watching. And I think it was a perfect strike too.

Same here. He was an odd one to say the least, but fun to watch. RIP. :(

marcshoe

11-01-2012 05:49 PM

Re: Pascual Perez Murdered

I thought about him last winter when I found myself on I-285.

Johnny Footstool

11-02-2012 01:11 AM

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Didn't Pascual Perez also have a long-snap pick-off move, in which he would toss the ball between his legs to first?

cumberlandreds

11-02-2012 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Johnny Footstool (Post 2773116)

Didn't Pascual Perez also have a long-snap pick-off move, in which he would toss the ball between his legs to first?

I saw him fake a throw between his legs but don't remember him actually doing it. But he may have. Wouldn't surprise me if he did.

Raisor

11-02-2012 11:44 AM

Re: Pascual Perez Murdered

My pop and I were just talking about him a week or two ago. Wow. RIP

Chip R

11-04-2012 11:07 AM

Re: Pascual Perez Murdered

Three have been arrested in this murder.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/85...-pascual-perez

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