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Steve Dalkowski, inspiration for 'Bull Durham,' dies at 80

by AP Baseball Writer
| April 27, 2020 12:03 AM

Steve Dalkowski, a hard-throwing, wild left-hander whose minor league career inspired the creation of Nuke LaLoosh in the movie “Bull Durham," has died. He was 80.

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