Former Baltimore Orioles minor-leaguer Steve Dalkowski, whose blazing fastball and incurable wildness formed the basis for a main character in the movie "Bull Durham," has died at the age of 80.

New Britain native Steve Dalkowski is known as the hardest thrower in baseball history. A new documentary on the life of the left-handed pitcher is set to premiere this weekend on Connecticut Public ...

With baseball’s Opening Day delayed and all of sports on hiatus, we thought it would be a good idea to spread out the Baseball 100 essays. Going forward, the countdown will appear Mondays, Wednesdays ...

On its website, the Shaker Funeral Home, where Steve Dalkowski’s private funeral service took place days after the coronavirus claimed him April 19, describes itself as a “creator of meaningful ...

CIRCA 1962: Steve Dalkowski of the Baltimore Orioles warms up before a spring training game circa 1962. (Photo by National Baseball Hall of Fame Library/MLB via Getty Images) MLB via Getty Images I ...

Steve Dalkowski, who entered baseball lore as the hardest-throwing pitcher in history, with a fastball that was as uncontrollable as it was unhittable and who was considered perhaps the game’s ...

The man wheeled into the room on a cold, damp spring morning, eyes fixed on his visitor, will turn 80 in a couple of weeks. June 3. His story, though, is ageless, timeless. Because baseball cannot be ...

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. He died Sunday at the Hospital of ...

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. — 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. He died Sunday ...

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. He died Sunday at the Hospital of ...

The minor league pitcher whose career inspired the creation of Nuke LaLoosh in the movie "Bull Durham" has died. Steve Dalkowski died Sunday in New Britain, Connecticut. His sister says he had several ...