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The man with the ball is responsible for what happens to the ball.

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Branch Rickey
Age: 83 †
Born: 1881
Born: December 20
Died: 1965
Died: December 9
Baseball Player
Stockdale
Ohio
Wesley Branch Rickey
Ball
Balls
Responsible
Happens
Men

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Only in baseball can a team player be a pure individualist first and a team player second, within the rules and spirit of the game.
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Baseball people, and that includes myself, are slow to change and accept new ideas. I remember that it took years to persuade them to put numbers on uniforms.
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Man may penetrate the outer reaches of the universe, he may solve the very secret of eternity itself but for me, the ultimate human experience is to witness the flawless execution of the hit-and-run.
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We win if the world is convinced of two things, that you are a fine gentleman, and a great baseball player.
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Luck is a residue of design.
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The world’s not so simple anymore, I guess it never was. We ignored it, now we can’t.
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Never surrender opportunity to security.
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Good luck is what is left over after intelligence and effort have combined at their best. Luck is the residue of design.
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I'm a man of some intelligence. I've had some education, passed the bar, practiced law. I've been a teacher and I deal with men of substance, statesman, business leaders, the clergy... So why do I spend my time arguing with Dizzy Dean?
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Some day I'm going to have to stand before God, and if He asks me why I didn't let that [Jackie] Robinson fellow play ball, I don't think saying 'because of the color of his skin' would be a good enough answer.
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Luck is the residue of opportunity and design.
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I cannot face my God much longer knowing that his black creatures are held separate and distinct from his white creatures in the game that has given me all that I can call my own.
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He's the best prospect I've ever seen.
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