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Someone once described the pitching of a no-hit game as like catching lighting in a bottle.

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
Writer
Edmonton
Alberta
William Patrick Kinsella
Catching
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Bottles
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Softball
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Pitching
Games
Lighting
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