The American boy starts swinging the bat about as soon as he can lift one.

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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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Luck is the great stabilizer in baseball.

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Babe Ruth made a great mistake when he gave up pitching.

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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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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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It would be useless for any player to attempt to explain successful batting.

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