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When I come into a game in the bottom of the ninth, bases loaded, no one out and a one-run lead ... it takes people off my mind.

Tug McGraw

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Tug McGraw
Age: 59 †
Born: 1944
Born: August 30
Died: 2004
Died: January 5
Baseball Player
Martinez
California
Frank Edwin Tug McGraw
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Ninth
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