He remained a huge White Sox fan and lived near Comiskey Park. Every year on his birthday, he threw out the first pitch at Comiskey. In May, he attended a game at RFK. He was wheeled out near the pitcher's mound and dropped the first pitch into Don Buford's glove. At the age of 96, he threw a pitch during a game in the independent Northern League.
Harold Baines and Double Duty on Radcliffe's 100th birthday in 2002.
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rest in peace, double duty.
Duty was one of the stars of the MLB tape archives - several in-house interviews were played so often that they probably should have been re-dubbed for safe keeping.
He was a master storyteller with an eye for the ladies - and once told of his meeting with President Clinton by saying "Bill Clinton - he's my man. He likes the young girls and I like 'em too."
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