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He bats like a lightning rod.
W. P. Kinsella
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W. P. Kinsella
Age: 81 †
Born: 1935
Born: May 25
Died: 2016
Died: September 16
Novelist
Scrabble Player
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Edmonton
Alberta
William Patrick Kinsella
Bats
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Baseball
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After the strike, I lost interest. In reality, neither players nor owners care in the least about the fans. The greed of both factions has destroyed baseball's credibility, at least for the present.
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At one time I'd been to every park except Baltimore and Houston, but can't even keep track of who plays where these days.
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Have never been a minor league fan.
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Someone once described the pitching of a no-hit game as like catching lighting in a bottle.
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Discovered W. Somerset Maugham in about 5th grade. Didn't understand the plots, but loved the descriptions.
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Hardly anybody recognizes the most significant moments of their life at the time they happen.
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I am an old-fashioned storyteller. I try to make people laugh and cry. A fiction writer's duty is to entertain. If you can sneak in something profound or symbolic, so much the better.
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