How A Relief Pitcher Won MVP 

The fact Dennis when asked if he deserved the award said, 'No. But I ain't givin' it back.' makes him so winning and relatable. Dude was the people's player. His alcoholic moment of clarity story is, well, sobering. If you've never heard it, it's amazing and ultimately heartwarming. Basically, he was a single dad who had his little daughter for the weekend, but had the fellas over for a birthday party where he proceeded to get so drunk he blacked out and acting a fool. His daughter videotaped her father's drunken antics and then the next morning while nursing a hangover, she quietly showed him the footage of himself the night before. The embarrassing display he had no recollection of before him coupled with the fact he was a wildly irresponsible father immediately sent Dennis to rehab and turn his life around. So his daughter is somewhat responsible for making Dennis the hall of famer he is today. Also, never knew the term 'walk-off homer' came from him and that damn Kurt Gibson iconic shot from game one of '88 series. The A's and Dennis made up for it one year later though sweeping the Giants in the series. Where were the Dodgers?

I love videos like this⚾️

i saw Eck in early 80s at Wrigley Fld with Cubbies, with Rick S. and Lee (Smith) Baby!! good times.

A's fan for the last 35 years, he was my favourite player as a kid

In 1990,it wasent that Thigpen just had more saves than Eck..It was the single season record at the time..But arguably, Eck may have still deserved the relief man of the yr

I was 9 when he pulled this off. A’s were a special team that year.

Eck was great. And fwiw, the term _saves_ isn’t new. It has been around for about 70 years, and the concept has existed for even longer .

This channel is good

Good video, but I thought Jim Konstanty, a reliever, won the NL MVP in 1950.

He was good in 96 for my card's as well. Also pronounced Dave steeb. Stieb.

It's "Steeb" btw, great video though!

Good video.. sure youll be corrected on Dave Steib.. Prob to young to remember him. But an idea for a video is Dave Steib masters of one hitters. Im pretty sure he had like 4 no hitters going into 9th before he finally got one.

mason miller is definitely on pace for an MVP

I want to preface this by saying I'm not an As fan by means but I got a little excited thinking this was a Rollie Fingers video

Eck's mustache is so manly that he makes the mustache on your talliwhacker want to grow a mustache on its talliwhacker.

He honestly deserved that MVP. Those stats were insane. Once in a generation kind of stats for a reliever.

Eck winning MVP is weird but at least it aint the worst award winner of the decade. Bob Welch, a career no. 2, not even the best pitcher on his own team, won Cy Young in 1990 on the back of 27 wins. Imagine if Kyle Wright won Cy Young in 2022 just bc he had 21 wins.

Uncle Rico is that you ?!?

Pronounced "STEEB"

We're never see a Closer winning the MVP again.

Jim Konstanty (1950) Rollie Fingers (1981) and Willie Hernandez (1984) also won the MVP. Eckersley was the last of relievers to won the MVP.

Other teams didn't "take suit," they "followed suit."

No person ever said Gagne should be MVP. Decent video, doof narrator.

Dave Stibe? It’s pronounced Dave Steeb. Terrible.