Bob Veale, the towering, hard-throwing left-hander from Birmingham who was an All-Star pitcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1960s, has died. He was 89. Veale’s death was confirmed to AL ...

Two-time All-Star Bob Veale passed away, the Pirates announced on Tuesday. He was 89. Veale, a Birmingham native, signed with the Pirates out of college in 1958. He spent parts of five seasons in ...

One of the most intimidating pitchers of the 1960s, credited with inventing a popular baseball saying, has reportedly passed ...

Veale edged Bob Gibson for a National League-best 250 ... That was seconded by Buddy Henchen, who scouted Birmingham, and Veale was signed by general manager Joe Brown in 1958 after auditioning ...

Bob Veale, a left-handed pitcher and veteran of ... when he served as a bat boy and a batting practice pitcher for the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro Leagues. (His father, Robert, had ...

The Pittsburgh Pirates are mourning the loss of franchise legend Bob Veale, who died on Tuesday at 89 years old.

Bob Veale, a left-handed pitcher ... a long-time friend of Veale, who lived in Birmingham, Ala. following his baseball career. Born Robert Andrew Veale in Birmingham on Oct. 28, 1935 and grew ...

Two-time All-Star Bob Veale passed away, the Pirates announced on Tuesday. He was 89. Veale, a Birmingham native, signed with the Pirates out of college in 1958. He spent parts of five seasons in ...