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Hitting the ball was easy. Running around the bases was the tough part.


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A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.



Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.'

Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.'



I leaned on him for support when I got out of the cab, and he just crumpled to the ground. That's how we found out.

I leaned on him for support when I got out of the cab, and he just crumpled to the ground. That's how we found out.



After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with my head down. I figured the pitcher already felt bad enough without me showing him up rounding the bases.

After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with my head down. I figured the pitcher already felt bad enough without me showing him up rounding the bases.



If I had played my career hitting singles like Pete (Rose), I'd wear a dress.

If I had played my career hitting singles like Pete (Rose), I'd wear a dress.



I thought I raised a ballplayer. You're nothing but a coward and a quitter.

I thought I raised a ballplayer. You're nothing but a coward and a quitter.



You never have to wait long, or look far, to be reminded of how thin the line is between being a hero or a goat.

You never have to wait long, or look far, to be reminded of how thin the line is between being a hero or a goat.



Well, baseball was my whole life. Nothing's ever been as fun as baseball.

Well, baseball was my whole life. Nothing's ever been as fun as baseball.



I've often wondered how a man who knew he was going to die could stand here and say he was the luckiest man on the face of the earth, but now I guess I know how he felt.

I've often wondered how a man who knew he was going to die could stand here and say he was the luckiest man on the face of the earth, but now I guess I know how he felt.





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