Larry Dierker
Larry Dierker
Lawrence Edward Dierkeris a former Major League Baseball pitcher, manager, and broadcaster. During a 14-year baseball career as a pitcher, he pitched from 1964–1977 for the Houston Colt .45s/Astros and the St. Louis Cardinals. He also managed the Astros for five years...
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It's amazing. It's been so much fun to watch.
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I started taking courses to teach adult literacy and try to appear in every event I can to encourage people to think about it and realize how important it is.
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I think he's the best pitcher that I've seen in the 40 years that I've been in the major leagues,
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Two or three months ago I decided to devote some energy to literacy. I came to realize that it was a problem in school, with kids getting through school, getting passed along without really learning to read and write.
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His offensive numbers are not even as good as they should be because of the Astrodome,
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In my opinion, he's the only one in this franchise who should have a retired number.
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By teaching the parent to read, the children increase their opportunity to share in the wonderful world of educational enlightenment. In addition to helping the adults pursue higher education and obtain better jobs, their children now have a mom and dad to read them bedtime stories.
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He almost never throws a ball over the middle of the plate and still doesn't walk anyone.
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Gene had such a friendly, smooth and comfortable style that listening to the game was like listening to nice music. It was just pleasant. Gene's style is what impressed me the most.