One of the best pitchers of his generation battles fear, the bottle, and family tragedy on his way to the Hall of Fame. Cheese for the kitchen and a yakker for the kudo.  

Links: 

• Card on Beckett
• Peter Gammons, "One Eck of a guy"
• OMG that #look
• Eck talking on-air about his ex-wife and ex-friend
• Richard Marx "Take This Heart"
• For the stats-heads: check out Eck's 1988-1992 stats
• SABR: "The last 1000-100 man"
• Eck pitches to Gibson, 30 years later