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It would be useless for any player to attempt to explain successful batting.
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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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The Babe was a great ballplayer, sure, but Cobb was even greater. Babe could knock your brains out, but Cobb would drive you crazy.
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Luck is the great stabilizer in baseball.
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The American boy starts swinging the bat about as soon as he can lift one.
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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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Collection: Baseball
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Babe Ruth made a great mistake when he gave up pitching.
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Collection: Baseball
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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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Collection: Distance