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  1. MILESTONES, Page 75
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  3.     DIED. Truett ("Rip") Sewell, 82, former Pittsburgh Pirates
  4. pitcher and master of the "eephus" pitch; in Plant City, Fla.
  5. Between 1938 and 1949, Sewell amassed 143 career wins using his
  6. patented off-speed curve, an arching delivery that soared 25 ft.
  7. before darting down to the plate.