Don Newcombe, the intimidating right-handed pitcher who was the first player in major league history to have won rookie-of-the-year, most-valuable-player and Cy Young awards, died Tuesday. He was 92. Newcombe, who cut short a brilliant baseball career with alcohol abuse then spent much of the rest...

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