ninety feet of perfection.

“I feel like my first year was last year. Sometimes I’m scared because I don’t want to stop playing baseball, you know? I just want to stop aging.” – Miguel Cabrera

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“One day a writer in KC said both me and Ted were mentally ill, and Ted (Williams) got up and spat at him. The writer was a fuckin’ prick.” – Jimmy Piersall

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“I can’t get Cubans out; I can’t get anybody out that’s got a vowel at the end of their name.” – Bill Lee

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“Awards mean a lot, but they don’t say it all. The people in baseball mean more to me than statistics.” – Ernie Banks

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“We were not disorganized, just unrecognized.” – Buck Leonard (on the Negro Leagues)

~ by duaneharris19 on September 10, 2015.

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