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There's much more to Kennedy than W-L record, ERA

By Jeff Pearlman
Special to Page 2

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Joe Kennedy died last Friday, collapsing in the middle of the night from what appear to be complications due to an enlarged heart. Maybe you've heard of Kennedy, maybe you haven't. He was a lefty pitcher who bounced around the bigs, compiling a 43-61 record and 4.79 ERA with five teams over seven seasons. Being a former baseball writer for Sports Illustrated, I thought I had Kennedy pretty well pegged. Mediocre as both a starter and a reliever, he was an unjustifiably cocky, snide pain in th ...

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