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- <title>
- Sep. 18, 1989: Died:Truet ("Rip") Sewell
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- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
- Sep. 18, 1989 Torching The Amazon
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- <source>Time Magazine</source>
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- MILESTONES, Page 75
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- <p> DIED. Truett ("Rip") Sewell, 82, former Pittsburgh Pirates
- pitcher and master of the "eephus" pitch; in Plant City, Fla.
- Between 1938 and 1949, Sewell amassed 143 career wins using his
- patented off-speed curve, an arching delivery that soared 25
- ft. before darting down to the plate.
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- </body></article>
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