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Bechler's widow gets insurance payment Posted: Tuesday March 11, 2003 6:34 PMFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- The widow of Baltimore pitcher Steve Bechler will be paid $450,000 in life insurance, major league baseball's pension committee decided Tuesday. Bechler died on Feb. 17 from heatstroke a day after collapsing during a workout at training camp. In his preliminary autopsy report, Broward County chief medical examiner Dr. Joshua Perper linked Bechler's death to a diet supplement that contains ephedra. A bottle of Xenadrine RFA-1, an over-the-counter weight-loss product containing ephedra, was found in Bechler's locker after he collapsed. Perper is expected to hold a news conference Thursday to disclose the findings of the autopsy performed on the pitcher. Bechler pitched in three games after being called up from Class AAA Rochester by the Orioles last September. Under the old collective bargaining agreement, Bechler would have not have been covered by the life insurance because he had only 27 days of major league service. But under the deal agreed to last August, all players on 40-man rosters are covered, regardless of service time. The payment to be made to Kiley Bechler, the pitcher's widow, who is eight months pregnant. |
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