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| #10951 | | The pitcher wound up and he flang the ball at the batter. The batter
swang and missed. The pitcher flang the ball again and this time the
batter connected. He hit a high fly right to the center fielder. The
center fielder was all set to catch the ball, but at the last minute his
eyes were blound by the sun and he dropped it.
-- Dizzy Dean
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| #10952 | | The real problem with hunting elephants is carrying the decoys.
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| #10953 | | The surest way to remain a winner is to win once, and then not play any more.
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| #10954 | | The University of California Bears announced the signing of Reggie
Philbin to a letter of intent to attend Cal next Fall. Philbin is said
to make up for no talent by cheating well. Says Philbin of his decision
to attend Cal, "I'm in it for the free ride."
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| #10955 | | The urge to gamble is so universal and its practice so pleasurable
that I assume it must be evil.
-- Heywood Broun
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| #10956 | | The whole of life is futile unless you consider it as a sporting proposition.
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| #10957 | | There's a couple of million dollars worth of baseball talent on the loose,
ready for the big leagues, yet unsigned by any major league. There are
pitchers who would win 20 games a season ... and outfielders [who] could
hit .350, infielders who could win recognition as stars, and there's at
least one catcher who at this writing is probably superior to Bill Dickey,
Josh Gibson. Only one thing is keeping them out of the big leagues, the
pigmentation of their skin. They happen to be colored.
-- Shirley Povich, 1941
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| #10958 | | They also surf who only stand on waves.
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| #10959 | | To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and, whatever you hit,
call it the target.
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| #10960 | | Trust everybody, but cut the cards.
-- Finlay Peter Dunne, "Mr. Dooley's Philosophy"
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