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This last week it almost slipped by us, the bullpen great Elroy Face of the Pittsburgh Pirates, dubbed “The Baron of the Bullpen” by the immortal broadcaster Bob Prince, who died, his death preceded by a couple of days West Virginia University’s baseball introduction of freshman reliever David Perez, who hinted at the kind of ability to someday fill the void that the death of the 98-year-old Face may have created.<\/p>\n
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