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He (Jimmie Foxx) has muscles in his hair.

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Lefty Gomez
Age: 80 †
Born: 1908
Born: November 26
Died: 1989
Died: February 17
Baseball Player
Rodeo
California
Vernon Louis Gomez
Vernon Gomez
Vernon Lefty Gomez
Jimmie
Pitching
Muscles
Hair

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I don't know. I've never been on second before.
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When I first signed with the Yankees, the regulars wouldn't talk to you until you were with the team three or four years. Nowadays the rookies get $100,000 to sign and they don't talk to the regulars.
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We lost 14 straight. Then we had a game rained out and it felt so good we had a victory dinner.
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Hell, Lou (Gehrig) it took fifteen years to get you out of a game. Sometimes I'm out in fifteen minutes.
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One rule I had was make your best pitch and back up third base. That relay might get away and you've got another shot at him.
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When Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon, he and all the space scientists were puzzled by an unidentifiable white object. I knew immediately what it was. That was a home run ball hit off me in 1933 by Jimmie Foxx.
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He's in a rut. Gehringer goes two for five on opening day and stays that way all season.
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I talked to the ball a lot of times in my career. I yelled, Go foul. Go foul.
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I've got a new invention. It's a revolving bowl for tired goldfish.
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I want to thank all my teammates who scored so many runs and Joe DiMaggio, who ran down so many of my mistakes.
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I was the worst hitter ever. I never even broke a bat until last year when I was backing out of the garage.
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I'm something like the old soak who never knew whether his wife told him to take one drink and come home at 12, or take 12 and come home at one.
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The secret of my success was clean living and a fast outfield.
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I'd rather not throw the ball at all.
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