Burleigh Grimes quotes
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“The older pitcher acquires confidence in his ballclub. He doesn't try to do it all himself.”
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“I may have got (Paul) Waner out, but I never fooled him.”
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“One day he [Wagner] was batting against a young pitcher who had just come into the league. The catcher was a kid, too . The pitcher threw Honus a curve ball, and he swung at it and missed and fell down. Looked helpless as a robin. I was kind of surprised, but the guy sitting next to me poked me in the ribs and said, 'Watch this next one.' Those kids figured they had the old man's weakness, you see, and served him up the same dish - as he knew they would. Well, Honus hit a line drive so hard the fence in left field went back and forth for five minutes.”
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“I saw a lot of good hitters but I never saw a better one than Paul Waner. I mean I once threw a side arm spitter right into his belly and he hit it into the upper deck.”
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Source : Source: www.realstylenetwork.com
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Source : A. Bartlett Giamatti (1998). “A Great and Glorious Game: Baseball Writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti”, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
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Source : A. Bartlett Giamatti (1998). “A Great and Glorious Game: Baseball Writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti”, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
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Source : Quoted in Sports Illustrated, 17 Apr. 1989
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“Baseball has undergone and absorbed a whole set of dislocations.”
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“Baseball should be the only thing on an eight year old boy's mind.”
Source : "Fictional character: Joe O'Malley". "Stolen Summer", www.imdb.com. 2002.
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“If at first you don't succeed/You can dust it off and try again/Dust yourself off and try again.”
Source : Song: Try Again, Album: I Care 4 U
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