Nothing ever changed on the mound for Jenkins, Canada's first and only son in baseball's Hall of Fame. He repeated that motion for 19 seasons, 4,500 innings, 284 wins and 226 losses for mostly terrible teams (Phillies, Cubs, Rangers, Red Sox, Rangers, Cubs). "My mother knew before I did that the sport of baseball was what I should play," Jenkins said at his Hall induction. While she battled for her life in hospital, the Hall of Fame call came. In his Hall of Fame speech, 18 months before, Jenkins had said: "Life has taught us all the fabric of life is interwoven with wins and losses, successes, joys and tragedies.

Source: CBC News January 18, 2017 16:12 UTC