Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business. But what is most truly is is disguised combat. For all its gentility, its almost leisurely pace, baseball is violence under wraps.
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Every time I look at my pocketbook, I see Jackie Robinson.
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I don't compare 'em, I just catch 'em.
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I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw.
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If you can do that - if you run, hit, run the bases, hit with power, field, throw and do all other things that are part of the game - then you're a good ballplayer.
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It's not hard. When I'm not hitting, I don't hit nobody. But when I'm hitting, I hit anybody.
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They throw the ball, I hit it. They hit the ball, I catch it.
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When I'm not hitting, I don't hit nobody. But, when I'm hitting, I hit anybody.
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Youngsters of Little League can survive undercoaching a lot better than overcoaching.
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