STEVE DALKOWSKI: WHOM THE GODS WOULD DESTROY, THEY FIRST GIVE A FASTBALL

I've written a long piece about Steve Dalkowski, the legendary lefty, who died last week. It's up at Medium, and if you use this link, you can bypass the pay wall. It's a story about talent and failure, and one that's been part of baseball lore for 60 years. Ron Shelton heard it when he was an Orioles farmhand, and used it in Bull Durham for the Nuke LaLoosh character...