ninety feet of perfection.

“Baseball suspends time the longer you’re here on this planet, it takes aches and pains away when you play.” – Bill “Spaceman” Lee

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“The longer I live, the longer I realize that batting is more a mental matter than it is physical. The ability to grasp the bat, swing at the proper time, take a proper stance; all these are elemental. Batting is rather a study in psychology, a sizing up of a pitcher and catcher and observing little details that are of immense importance. It’s like the study of crime, the work of a detective as he picks up clues.” – Ty Cobb

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“My name is Ted fucking Williams and I’m the greatest hitter in baseball.” – Ted Williams

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“I remember the last season I played. I went home after a ballgame one day, lay down on my bed, and tears came to my eyes. How can you explain that? It’s like crying for your mother after she’s gone. You cry because you love her. I cried, I guess, because I loved baseball and I knew I had to leave it.” – Willie Mays

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“I’d walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball.” – Pete Rose

~ by duaneharris19 on September 27, 2013.

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