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Every day and in every way, baseball gets fancier. A few more years and they'll be playing on oriental rugs.

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Russell Baker
Age: 93 †
Born: 1925
Born: August 14
Died: 2019
Died: January 21
Autobiographer
Journalist
Writer
Morrisonville
Virginia
Russell Wayne Baker
Baseball
Gets
Playing
Every
Years
Way
Fancier
Rugs
Oriental

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