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One of the hardest things in life to accept is a called third strike.

Robert Frost

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Robert Frost
Age: 88 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 26
Died: 1963
Died: January 29
Pedagogue
Playwright
Poet
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Robert Lee Frost
Accepting
Called
Strike
Things
Strikes
Life
Third
Thirds
Hardest
Baseball
Accept

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