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I watched him his whole career and it is a shame to see him go like this. he was always a hard thrower, but he got hit around a bit when he first got called up when he was a kid. they sent him back down for the year his second year in and he came back with a collection of fastballs. Nothing was straight. 2 seamers, cutters, sinkers. Used to drive the hitters crazy because not only could they not guess what was coming they couldn't line it up. One of the first around to throw an arsenal of moving fastballs that often, now they all do it. Harder on the arm but to this day hard to hit.
He worked really hard not only teaching minor league players but with kids as well. Seems like all his spare time was spent giving back to the game that gave him everything. Sad to see someone lose it all just at the start of his retirement.
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