Tris Speaker Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“The American boy starts swinging the bat about as soon as he can lift one.”
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“If you put a baseball and other toys in front of a baby, he'll pick up a baseball in preference to the others.”
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“Taking the best left-handed pitcher in baseball and converting him into a right fielder is one of the dumbest things I ever heard.”
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“Babe Ruth made a great mistake when he gave up pitching.”
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“When I was a rookie, Cy Young used to hit me flies to sharpen my abilities to judge in advance the direction and distance of an outfield-hit ball.”
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“It would be useless for any player to attempt to explain successful batting.”
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