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You have to hit the fastball to play in the big leagues.
Ted Williams
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Ted Williams
Age: 83 †
Born: 1918
Born: August 30
Died: 2002
Died: July 5
Baseball Player
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San Diego
California
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A man has to have goals - for a day, for a lifetime - and that was mine, to have people say, 'There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived.'
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By the time you know what to do, you're too old to do it.
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If you don't think too good, don't think too much.
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I don't want to take anything away from Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle. They're both great hitters, but they're batting against guys they never would have seen in previous years.
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Hitting is the most important part of the game. It is where the big money is, where much of the status is, and the fan interest.
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Hitting is fifty percent above the shoulders.
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If I was being paid thirty-thousand dollars a year, the very least I could do was hit .400.
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All I want out of life is that when I walk down the street, folks will say, There goes the greatest hitter who ever lived.
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If I could run like Mantle I'd hit .400 every year!
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You've got to be ready for the fastball.
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There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher.
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The most fun I ever had in my life was hittin' a baseball. And the best sound I ever heard in my life was a ball hit with a bat. Powww!
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If you get fooled by a pitch with less than two strikes, take it.
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There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but I think you can improve a hitter. More than you can improve a fielder. More mistakes are made hitting than in any other part of the game.
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Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it.
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Baseball gives every American boy a chance to excel, not just to be as good as someone else but to be better than someone else. This is the nature of man and the name of the game.
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All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth.
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