A boy from a Dominican farming village survived a nine-day coma and taught himself the game with golf balls wrapped in shoemaker's cloth. Juan Marichal rose from poverty to sports immortality, but his story also includes one of the most violent acts in baseball history and a profound tale of forgiveness.

We trace his signature high leg kick, his five-pitch arsenal thrown from three arm angles, the legendary 16-inning duel with Warren Spahn, and the bat-swinging incident with John Roseboro that nearly defined him forever.

• Being conscripted into the Dominican Air Force team by the dictator's son
• The deceptive mechanics behind the Dominican Dandy's delivery
• The 1965 brawl at Candlestick Park and its lasting fallout
• Roseboro's advocacy that helped him reach the Hall of Fame in 1983
• Serving as an honora ...