Chapter 1 · Kent Mercker
In May 2000 he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on the mound. He was pitching again by August and won the Tony Conigliaro Award.
Exhibitions · Baseball
In productionThe comebacks — a pitcher who returned from a brain hemorrhage, an arm rebuilt by throwing footballs, a Rule 5 pick who refused to be returned, a closer made from nothing, and a man who vanished for three years and came back better.
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In May 2000 he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on the mound. He was pitching again by August and won the Tony Conigliaro Award.
Threw the first one-hitter in Marlins history, lost a season to back surgery, and rebuilt his arm and form by throwing footballs.
A Rule 5 pick — which means: stay on the roster or be returned. By 1992 he was an All-Star and his team's MVP.
Undrafted, signed as a free agent, and became the closer on Seattle's first division-title team.
Exactly one major-league game in 1997, then three years gone to independent ball. He returned in 2001 and posted a 1.34 ERA in 2002.
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