This hard-throwing reliever went from the top of his game at age 31 to a violent death at age 35. The story behind Donnie Moore&#39;s downfall is far more complicated than just giving up a big home run. 
 
<ul>
 <li>Card 471 on <a href="https://marketplace.beckett.com/item/900/1988-topps-tiffany-471-donnie-moore_52217650" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Beckett</a></li>
 <li>College football coverage from Lubbock for <a href="https://digitalcollections-baylor.quartexcollections.com/Documents/Detail/the-baylor-lariat-waco-texas-vol.-98-no.-22-tuesday-october-6-1998/187326?item=187360" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">The Baylor Lariat</a></li>
 <li>&quot;What Broke Donnie Moore?&quot; on <a href="https://deadspin.com/what-broke-donnie-moore-1795651449" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Deadspin</a></li>
 <li>&quot;The Split&quot; on <a href="https://www.si.com/longform/donnie-moore/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Sports Illustrated</a></li>
 <li>1981 manslaughter story on <a href="https://retrosimba.com/2019/10/17/donnie-moore-stint-with-cardinals-tainted-by-tragedy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">RetroSimba</a></li>
 <li>1986 ALCS Henderson <a href="https://youtu.be/0QOyhcIZQzo" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">home run</a> off of Moore</li>
 <li><a href="https://www.thehotline.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">National Domestic Violence Hotline</a></li>
</ul>

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