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Dennis Eckersley

Dennis Eckersley is recorded in 1 distinct story.

A baseball figure represented within the novel’s radio-followed games or sports-talk program. The entry is scoped to this portrayal; real-life identity alone does not create a story crossover.

Also recorded as Eckersley, the Eck.

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While the Yankees batted against Dennis Eckersley in the top of the ninth (“the Eck” was what Joe and Troop called him), Trisha gave in—she couldn’t stand listening to the daffy babble of the stream any longer. Even with the Walkman’s volume turned up it was there, and her tongue and throat begged for what she was hearing.

The Yankees bat against Eckersley; the same passage explicitly gives the announcers’ nickname the Eck.

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