Twenty-five years after Donnie Moore's death, it's time to dispel the myth that the pitcher killed himself because of a playoff home run.
he last game Donnie Moore pitched in took place on a drizzly day in Des Moines, Iowa, on June 11, 1989. The 35-year-old Moore—the oldest guy on the Omaha Royals’ roster by more than three years—entered the game in the sixth inning, facing loaded bases, a 5-0 deficit, and a fraction of the 3,678 fans who had been there in the first.
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