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I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else.

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Earl Weaver
Age: 82 †
Born: 1930
Born: August 14
Died: 2013
Died: January 19
Baseball Player
St. Louis
Missouri
Earl Sidney Weaver
Became
Wasn
Sports
Winning
Games
Else
Optimist
Anything
Discovered
Going
Meaningful

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