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Picture day in the Moyer household, early '70s. L to R: Jamie, mom Joan, sister Jill, Jim.

The Little League All-Star in the early '70s.

As a Chicago Cubs rookie in 1986, Moyer beat his boyhood idol Steve Carlton in his first-ever start.

Cal Ripken Jr. and Moyer on the field at Camden Yards. Ripken holds Dillon Moyer and Jamie has Hutton.

Celebrating making the 1997 playoffs with Seattle teammate Ken Griffey Jr.

Celebrating making the 1997 playoffs with Seattle teammate Randy Johnson.

With cancer patient Gregory Chaya in 1998: “He's my miracle friend,” Moyer says.

With Erin Metcalf, the inspiration for the Moyer Foundation's Camp Erin, along with Seattle Mariners teammate Jeff Fassero.

In Seattle, Moyer became an elite pitcher, winning 145 games between the ages of thirty-three and forty-three. (Courtesy Ben VanHouten)

With wife, Karen, and father-in-law, Digger Phelps.

Dinner at Philadelphia's Saloon Restaurant with Digger and the rest of the Phelps crew on the eve of Moyer's first-ever World Series start.

The Moyer clan after Jamie excavated the pitching rubber from the mound during the World Series celebration in 2008.

A long time coming: Jamie and Karen kiss on the field after the Phillies beat the Dodgers to make it to the World Series in 2008.